SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

An account of all seven wonders of classical antiquity is presented thanks to wikipedia, the Internet-based encyclopedia. These wonders are in fact huge constructions and sculptures located in the Mediterranean rim, that were selected and described by Greek authors and historians in the 3(rd) century BC. It can be seen that the architectural wonders selected by them are structures that were still existent at that time. today, this is no longer the case as we are now able to admire only the oldest and the greatest of these wonders - the Great Pyramid of Giza near Cairo in the present day Egypt. all other "wonders of the world" were destroyed a long time ago, and the exact location of some of them is still not known. The interest for the architectural wonders of the antiquit resurged in europe at the time of revived interest in Hellenistic heritage, although the first descriptions and reconstructions were not very accurate, and often abounded in unbelievable and fantastic details. More accurate descriptions and reconstructions of these long-gone constructions and sculptures have surfaced only after thorough archaeological explorations.