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The seven Wonders of the World
- Where the list come from?
- The Seven Wonders were first defined as “themata”
(Greek for 'things to be seen’ which, in today’s common
English, we would phrase as 'must sees’) by Philo of
Byzantium in 225 BCE, in his work 'On The Seven
Wonders’. Other writers on the Seven Wonders include
Herodotus, Callimachus of Cyrene and Antipater of
Sidon. Of the original seven, only the Great Pyramid
exists today.
- The Seven Wonders were first defined as “themata”
(Greek for 'things to be seen’ which, in today’s common
English, we would phrase as 'must sees’) by Philo of
Byzantium in 225 BCE, in his work 'On The Seven
Wonders’. Other writers on the Seven Wonders include
Herodotus, Callimachus of Cyrene and Antipater of
Sidon. Of the original seven, only the Great Pyramid
exists today.
- What does the number 7 simbolished for
Ancient Greeks and Maerten van
Heemskerck?
- Maerten van Heemskerck
- He was famous
beacause he painted
the seven wonders of
the world
- He was famous
beacause he painted
the seven wonders of
the world
- For Greeks
- Many ancients held various beliefs
about the supernatural virtues of
certain numbers. In ancient Greece, the
school of Pythagoras (590 BC) taught
the doctrine of the numerical essence
of natural events. In accordance with
this theory, the number 7 was
considered a sacred number and thus
vital to human life.
- Many ancients held various beliefs
about the supernatural virtues of
certain numbers. In ancient Greece, the
school of Pythagoras (590 BC) taught
the doctrine of the numerical essence
of natural events. In accordance with
this theory, the number 7 was
considered a sacred number and thus
vital to human life.
- Maerten van Heemskerck
- 7 Wonders of the Ancient
World
- The Temple of Artemis (Ephesus)
- Tha Statue of Zeus at Olympia
(Greece)
- The Hanging Gardens of
Babylon
- The Mausoleum (Halicarnassus)
- The Colossus of Rhodes
- The Great Pyramid at Giza
(Egypt)
- The Lighthouse at Alexandria (Egypt)
- The Temple of Artemis (Ephesus)
- 7 Wonders of the Modern
World
- Channel Tunnel (Joins France with
the United Kingdom)
- CN Tower (Canada)
- Itaipu Dam (Between Paraguay and Brazil)
- Panama Canal (Between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean)
- Golden Gate Bridge (California)
- Empire State Building (New York)
- Netherlands North Sea Protection Works
(Netherlands)
- Channel Tunnel (Joins France with
the United Kingdom)
- What are the 7 Wonders?
- Modern
- Ancient
- The Seven Wonders of the World or the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World refers to remarkable constructions of classical
antiquity listed by various authors in guidebooks popular among
the ancient Hellenic tourists, particularly in the 1st and 2nd
centuries BC.
- Of the original seve
wonders , only one (the
great pyramid of Giza) the
oldest of the ancient
wonders-remains relatively
intact.
- Of the original seve
wonders , only one (the
great pyramid of Giza) the
oldest of the ancient
wonders-remains relatively
intact.
- Modern
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