Friday, March 27, 2009

7th WORLD MIRACLE

Every so often we hear that there is a building called the seven wonders of the world, but the last miracle in the world into ten wonders of the world.

Of the original wonders of the world and is determined at the II century before Christ sebernya there are only seven, but the number is now often added into the top ten include the Borobudur, the wall of China, and the Taj Mahal in India, the seven wonders of the world is now actually only one that still intact and there, while the other is destroyed.

The seven wonders of the world are: that there is still intact and Pyramida Giza, built by three Egyptian Pharaoh, Khufu, or Cheops, Khafre or Chepaern, and Mycerinus. This pyramid is in the El Gizeh, southwest of Cairo, in Egypt.

Giant pyramid (Khufu Horizon) is completed in the year 2580 BC, is actually the high 146.5 meters, but since the loss of the high stone terats be only 137 meters, 230 meters linear basic means of land area covers 5000 square meters.
While the six wonders of the world are only a name that is:

Temple of Diana (Artemis) at Ephesus, Turkey, built in the year 350 BC, the temple is destroyed in the attack on the nation Goth year 262 BC.

Tomb king Mausolus Halikarnassus (now Bodrum) in Turkey which was built in the year 325 BC.

Semiramis hanging gardens in Babilonia, Iraq, which was built in the year 600 BC by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, now only rubble-puingnya.

The statue of the god Zeus dikota Olympia, Greece, which is 12 meters high and made of marble stone, ivory and gold elephant is made by the carver on the Greek Phidias century V. This time the statue is missing a fire occurred in Istanbul, Turkey.

The statue of the god Apollo (Helios), 35 meters high, built in 292 BC - 280 BC. The statue is destroyed by the earthquake that occurred in the year 242 BC.

The world's oldest lighthouse, built in the year 270 BC on the island of Pharos (Pharos in Greek means lighthouse) beach El Iskandaria removed (Alexandria), Egypt. This lighthouse has been working more than 1500 years and then destroyed by the earthquake catastrophe.

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