Movie Description:
Philo of Byzantium, approximately 2,000 years ago, compiled a list of two statues, a temple, a roof-top-garden, two tombs, and a lighthouse. AncientRomans considered these to be the seven great man-made wonders of the world. WhySeven? Six of the seven have long been destroyed, some by nature, somedesecrated by humans. Oly the Great Pyramid of Giza still stands in its original form and is the oldest wonder, built about 2560 BC. The other six arethe Hanging Gardens of Babylon,the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple ofArtemis at Ephesos, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodesand the Pharos(lighthouse) at Alexandria. This fascinating video reveals the story behind each wonder, it`s location,and thepeople responsible for theconstruction and original function of each. It`s all here-theimmense creativity of ancient civillizations espressed in size, majesty, and beauty,qualities which produced a sense of wonder then and now.
