If ancient history is your interest at all, you know of the Great Library at Alexandria. It’s not one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but was a major intellectual achievement all the same. But it was not the only major library from ancient times. The Library of Ashurbanipal also ranks among the […]
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The Temple of Artemis – Greatest Enigma of the Seven Wonders?
When he visited the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Antipater of Sidon described it as follows. He wrote: “I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the colossus of the Sun, and the […]
The Colossus of Rhodes – The First Ancient Wonder Destroyed?
If you blinked, you might have missed it. Well, not quite. But the lifetime of the Colossus of Rhodes as a Wonder of the Ancient World was fleeting compared to some of the other six wonders. It’s reputation must’ve been very great, then, if 56 years was enough to earn everlasting fame. The Colossus is […]
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia – Power & Art Perfected?
A second of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was the statue of Zeus at Olympia. Like six of the seven wonders, sadly, it is not extant. You cannot travel to see it today like you can visit the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. And unlike some of the other great statues of antiquity, […]
Pyramids of Giza – The Greatest Wonder of the Ancient World?
It’s probable that no structures ever built by humans command more wonder than the pyramids of Giza. Everything about these funeral monuments beggars description. Their size is monumental. The pyramids of Giza also stand out from the landscape around them in a way that few other structures do. They give the appearance of awesome power […]