Seven+Wonders+of+the+Ancient+Word

__The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World__ //**The Lighthouse of Alexandria and The Statue of Zeus are two of the Ancient 7 Wonders of the World. The first has a functional propose and the second was a monumental proposes. The booth are two of the most important structures never created by the human bean.**// //**Alexandria's Faro or the Light house of Alexandria was the guide for many merchants who try to reach Alexandria's port in Egypt. It was the only ancient marvel created with a practical aim. His function was to direct the ships for the labyrinth of the bars of sands that were very dangerous illuminating the sea for polished mirrors of bronze created to reflect the light of the Sun during the day and fires ships directed by night. His height was estimated in between 117 and 134 meters. This tower was the highest structure on the Earth for many centuries but, after a series of earthquakes the structure was dismantled for his stones.**// //**The Council commissioned Zeus de Olympia’s Statue and was constructed inside the Parthenon by the aim to show his respect to the god more powerfully, Zeus. The work was entrusted him to the great sculptor Athenian Phidias who carved the Zeus of ivory and statue silvered it with gold. The statue was of approximately 12 meters of high place and it occupied the entire width of the corridor of the temple that was constructed to the house it. Zeus was seated on a throne of cedarwood stuffed by the ivory, the gold and the ebony and precious (beautiful) stones. Zeus's statue later was destroyed, but already in our days the circumstances are not clear.

Alexandria Faro

**// Piramids of Giza

Colossus of Rhodes The Hanging Gardens

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