Презентация "Древние чудеса света"
презентация к уроку по английскому языку (11 класс)

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The Colossus at Halicarnassus The Great of Babylon The Mausoleum of Artemis at Ephesus The Lighthouse Pyramid of Giza The Temple of Alexandria The Statue of Rhodes The Hanging Gardens of Zeus at Olympia

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The only wonder of the ancient world that still exists . It was built around 2584 to 2561 BC for the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu (referred to in Greek as Cheops) and was the tallest manmade structure on the planet for just about 4,000 years. It is situated in the north of the country near to Cairo and the Nile.

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It was made by the Athenian sculptor Phidias around the middle of the fifth century BC . It shows the god in a position of authority, his skin made of ivory and his robes of hammered gold. It stands 12 meters tall and was intended to inspire wonder and awe in those who visited the temple. It was moved to Constantinople in the fourth century AD and it is believed to have been destroyed by fire in the year 462.

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From ancient Greek texts, it is thought that they were close to the Euphrates in modern-day Iraq and were built by the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar II between 605 and 562 BC for his wife, Amytis of Media . They are described by the ancient writer as self-watering planes of colorful greenery achieving a height of more than 23 meters through a progression of climbing terraces . They are considered to be destroyed by an earthquake at some point after the first century AD.

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Situated in the southeastern part of present-day Turkey, it was a tomb which Artemisia had built for her husband, Mausolus , the ruler of Carnia , after his death in 353 BC . The aim was to create a structure whose magnificence would be unmatched on the planet. The gigantic catacomb was made completely of white marble and is thought to be 41 meters tall .

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The magnificence of the sanctuary has been praised by various ancient sources which all agree that it was the most astounding structure ever built. It took over 120 years to build the temple but only a single night to demolish it. Completed in 550 BC, the temple was around 129 meters high, 69 meters wide, and supported by 127 eighteen-meter high columns.

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It was a gigantic bronze model of the sun god Helios built between 292 and 280 BC. It stood a little over 33 meters high and overlooked the harbor of Rhodes . It stood for just 56 years before it was destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BC. It lay in ruins for more than 800 years. When the Arabs attacked Rhodes many years later, they sold the remaining parts of the magnificent statue as scrap metal.

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It was situated on the small island of Pharos close to the city. It was built by the Greek engineer Sostratus and completed around 280 BC. During the reign of Ptolemy II, it was used to guide ships down the Nile. It was seriously damaged in an earthquake in 956 and again in 1303 and 1323. By the year 1480, it was no more, although pieces of the original have been found at the bottom of the Nile.