Map & Timeline Of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – Brilliant Maps

The
map
above
shows
the
locations
and
timeline
of
existence
of
the
Seven
Wonders
of
the
Ancient
World
by
CMG
Lee.

This
is
shown
alongside
the
approximate
lifetime
of

Philo
of
Byzantium,
who
documented
them
and
was
alive
when
they
all
existed
simultaneously.

And
at
the
bottom
you
can
see
the
relative
height
of
each
of
them.

Dates
in
bold
green
indicate
construction,
while
dates
in
dark
red
indicate
destruction.

Here’s

more
about
them:

Even
more
about
them:

1.
Great
Pyramid
of
Giza

• 
  Location:
  Giza,
  Egypt
• 
  Built
  by:
  
  Pharaoh
  Khufu
  (Cheops)
• 
  Construction
  Date:
  c.
  2580–2560
  BC
• 
  Destruction
  Date
  and
  Cause:
  
  Still
  standing
  (the
  only
  surviving
  ancient
  wonder)
• 
  Purpose:
  A
  
  tomb
  for
  Pharaoh
  Khufu,
  reflecting
  ancient
  Egyptian
  beliefs
  in
  the
  afterlife.

2.
Hanging
Gardens
of
Babylon

• 
  Location:
  Babylon
  (modern-day
  Iraq)
  
  (exact
  location
  debated)
• 
  Built
  by:
  Traditionally
  attributed
  to
  
  King
  Nebuchadnezzar
  II
  (though
  disputed)
• 
  Construction
  Date:
  c.
  600
  BC
  
  (exact
  date
  uncertain)
• 
  Destruction
  Date
  and
  Cause:
  Possibly
  destroyed
  by
  earthquakes
  or
  erosion
  after
  the
  1st
  century
  BC
  
  (exact
  date
  unknown)
• 
  Purpose:
  Allegedly
  
  built
  as
  a
  lush
  terraced
  garden
  for
  Nebuchadnezzar’s
  homesick
  wife,
  Amytis
  of
  Media.

3.
Statue
of
Zeus
at
Olympia

• 
  Location:
  Olympia,
  Greece
• 
  Built
  by:
  
  Sculptor
  Phidias
• 
  Construction
  Date:
  c.
  435
  BC
• 
  Destruction
  Date
  and
  Cause:
  c.
  AD
  475,
  ultimately
  destroyed
  by
  fire
  or
  earthquake.
• 
  Purpose:
  A
  
  monumental
  statue
  honouring
  Zeus,
  the
  chief
  god
  of
  the
  Greeks,
  located
  inside
  the
  Temple
  of
  Zeus.

4.
Temple
of
Artemis
at
Ephesus

• 
  Location:
  Ephesus
  (modern-day
  Turkey)
• 
  Built
  by:
  Sponsored
  by
  
  King
  Croesus
  of
  Lydia,
  designed
  by
  the
  Greek
  architect
  
  Chersiphron
  and
  his
  son
  Metagenes.
• 
  Construction
  Date:
  c.
  550
  BC;
  rebuilt
  in
  323
  BC
  after
  a
  fire
  (356
  BC)
• 
  Destruction
  Date
  and
  Cause:
  Destroyed
  by
  invading
  Goths
  in
  AD
  262.
• 
  Purpose:
  Dedicated
  to
  the
  Greek
  
  goddess
  Artemis,
  serving
  as
  a
  religious
  centre
  and
  pilgrimage
  site.

5.
Mausoleum
at
Halicarnassus

• 
  Location:
  Halicarnassus
  (modern-day
  Bodrum,
  Turkey)
• 
  Built
  by:
  Commissioned
  by
  
  Artemisia
  II
  in
  memory
  of
  her
  husband
  Mausolus,
  designed
  by
  Greek
  
  architects
  Satyros
  and
  
  Pythius.
• 
  Construction
  Date:
  c.
  353–350
  BC
• 
  Destruction
  Date
  and
  Cause:
  Damaged
  by
  earthquakes
  between
  the
  12th–15th
  centuries
  AD;
  dismantled
  by
  Crusaders
  for
  building
  materials.
• 
  Purpose:
  
  Monumental
  tomb
  commemorating
  Mausolus,
  Persian
  satrap
  of
  Caria.

6.
Colossus
of
Rhodes

• 
  Location:
  Rhodes,
  Greece
• 
  Built
  by:
  Sculptor
  
  Chares
  of
  Lindos
• 
  Construction
  Date:
  c.
  292–280
  BC
• 
  Destruction
  Date
  and
  Cause:
  Destroyed
  by
  an
  earthquake
  in
  c.
  226
  BC,
  lasting
  only
  around
  54
  years.
• 
  Purpose:
  
  Giant
  bronze
  statue
  celebrating
  the
  island’s
  successful
  defense
  against
  a
  siege,
  dedicated
  to
  Helios,
  the
  Greek
  sun
  god.

7.
Lighthouse
of
Alexandria
(Pharos
of
Alexandria)

• 
  Location:
  Alexandria,
  Egypt
• 
  Built
  by:
  Commissioned
  by
  
  Ptolemy
  I
  Soter;
  completed
  during
  the
  reign
  of
  his
  son,
  Ptolemy
  II
  Philadelphus.
  Designed
  by
  the
  architect
  
  Sostratus
  of
  Cnidus.
• 
  Construction
  Date:
  c.
  280–247
  BC
• 
  Destruction
  Date
  and
  Cause:
  Gradually
  destroyed
  by
  earthquakes
  from
  AD
  956–1323,
  last
  remnant
  disappeared
  in
  1480.
• 
  Purpose:
  Guiding
  ships
  into
  Alexandria’s
  busy
  harbour;
  considered
  one
  of
  the
  
  earliest
  and
  tallest
  lighthouses
  ever
  constructed.

Locations
of
The
Seven
Wonders
of
the
Ancient
World

Which
ancient
world
wonder
is
closest
to
you?

And
finally
the
map
above
shows
which
of
the
seven
ancient
wonders
you’re
closets
to.

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