The Seven Wonders of The Ancient World.ppt

The Seven Wonders of The Ancient World ? The Great Pyramid of Giza 吉萨金字塔? Hanging Gardens of Babylon 巴比伦空中花园? Statue of Zeus at Olympia 奥林匹斯宙斯神像? Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 阿尔忒弥斯神殿? Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 摩索拉斯陵墓? Colossus of Rhodes 罗德岛太阳神巨像? Lighthouse of Alexandria 亚历山大灯塔 The Great Pyramid of Giza (吉萨金字塔) ? The Great Pyramid of Giza (also called the Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. ? Initially at metres , the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years, the longest period of time ever held for such a record Hanging Gardens of Babylon (巴比伦空中花园) ? The gardens were supposedly built by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II (尼布甲尼撒二世) around 600 BC. He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his homesick wife, Amytis of Media, who longed for the trees and fragrant plants of her gardens were destroyed by several earthquakes after the 2nd century BC. Statue of Zeus at Olympia 奥林匹斯宙斯神像? The sculpture was about 12 meters high , wreathed with shoots of olive (橄榄) worked in gold and seated on a magnificent throne of cedarwood (雪松) , inlaid with ivory (象牙) , gold, ebony (黑檀) , and precious stones. ? In Zeus' right hand there was a small statue of crowned Nike, goddess of victory, also chryselephantine (用金和象牙做成的) , and in his left hand, a sceptre (权杖) inlaid with gold, on which an eagle perched. The sandals of the god are made of gold, as is his robe. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (阿尔忒弥斯神殿) ? The temple construction take the marble (大理石) as the foundation, the above is covering the wooden roof. ? I t 's biggest characteristic is the interior has two rows, at least 106 columns (圆柱) , each about 40 to 60 foot high. Th