Alexandria became the
centre of all know ledge.
Here in the 3rd century BC
the very first list of the 7
Wonders was drawn up.
The 7
Wonders of
the Ancient
World:
Statue of Zeus at
Olympia
Great
Pyramid of
Giza
Lighthouse
of
Alexandria
Colossus
of Rhodes
Maulesoum in
Halicarnassus
Hanging
gardens of
Babylon
Temple of
Artemis at
Epheus
One of the greatest
scholars was
Callimachus
There was a
poem which
was bwritten
y a Greek
Antipater of
Sidon.
For ancient
Greeks the
number 7 seems
to be related with
the idea of a
lunar month with
28 days, thy
thought there
were 7 planets.
Therefore the 7
was an
important
number.
Maerten van
Heemskerck made
some engraving of
the list of the 7
Wonders of Ancient
World.