The Great Pyramid, the tallest of the three famous Pyramids at Giza and the last Wonder, was the tallest built by humans for nearly 4,000 years. The Great Pyramid, built around 2560 B.C.E., is the final resting place of Khufu, the pharaoh of the fourth century.
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It was built by king Nebuchadnezzar II in the ancient city of Babylon around 600 B.C.E. It was a marvel of agricultural engineering with a variety of exotic flowers, foliage, fruits, and waterfalls. Around 200 B.C., earthquakes destroyed it.
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Phidias, a Greek sculptor, built the enormous seated Statue of Zeus in the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, Greece, around 435 B.C.E. The sculpture was covered in ivory, ebony, gold, and precious stones. Sadly, the cause of the temple and Zeus statue's destruction is unknown.
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An ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis was honored in the Greek Temple of Artemis. It was the first marble-only temple and stood 115 meters tall in Ephesus (Western Turkey). In 356 BC, Herostratus, a maniac, set it on fire in a self-serving act of arson.
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The mausoleum, built in 50 B.C.E. by Greek architects Satyros and Pythis, was 43 meters tall and adorned with precious artifacts and intricate carvings. The tomb of Caria's ruler Mausolus was the subject of the monument. It was completely destroyed by a series of earthquakes, despite having existed for centuries.
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Between 292 and 280 B.C.E., a 33-meter-tall bronze statue of the Greek sun god Helios was erected at the harbor of ancient Rhodes to commemorate their victory over the invading army of Demetrius in 304 B.C.E. However, in 224 B.C.E., an earthquake destroyed the statue after only 56 years.
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All subsequent lighthouses were modeled after this one, which was constructed on Pharos, an island in Alexandria in ancient Egypt. It was regarded as a work of technical genius. It stood 107 meters tall and was constructed between 285 and 247 B.C.E. Earthquakes destroyed it completely in 1480 C.E.