Project

Project

1. By: LAURA GÓMEZ

2. 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

3. One of the greatest scholars was Callimachus

4. There was a poem which was bwritten y a Greek Antipater of Sidon.

5. 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.

6. Maerten van Heemskerck made some engraving of the list of the 7 Wonders of Ancient World.

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