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
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.
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)
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)
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.