Seven Wonders of the World – General Knowledge Update for Recruitment Exams
Last updated: December 16, 2011 by +Sarbjit
Hello Friends,
Here we come with another useful General Knowledge update for competitive exams like Bank PO, SSC, Excise and Income Tax Inspector exams.
New and Old Seven Wonders of the World
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The greatest monuments of the ancient world were listed as Seven wonders of the World by Antipater of Sidon in 2nd century BC. He was a Greek author. Most of these structures are now in ruins except the 'Pyramids of Egypt', a portion of which has survived. The old list is:
1. The Pyramids of Egypt:
These are royal tombs built more than 4000 years ago for the Egyptian Pharaohs and house their mummified bodies surrounded by their treasures and personal belongings. They are about 70 in number and represent 1200 years of ancient Egyptian history that flourished around the lower Nile (near Cairo).
2. The Colossus of Rhodes It was a bronze statue of the Greek Sungod, Helios (Apollo) in the port city of Rhodes along the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. It was sculpted around 325 BC-292 BC by Charles of Lindus. It was destroyed during an earthquake in 224 BC.
3. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon They were built in the 6th century BC by Nebuchadnezzar II near the Euphrates river (south of modern Baghdad, Iraq). The gardens consisted of a series of terraces at about 23-91 m (75-300 feet) above the ground level and water was piped down from the reservoir at the top of the terraces.
4. The Mausoleum at Halicamassus Also known as the Tomb of Mausolus (the King of Caria in Asia Minor-325 BC) at Halicamassus on the eastern side of Aegean Sea in Turkey.
5. The Pharos of Alexandria It was world's first known lighthouse, built in 270 BC on the island of Pharos at the entrance of the port of Alexandria (chief port of Egypt on the Nile Delta). It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 13 th century.
6- The Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia It was located in the valley of Olympia, in the southern peninsula of Greece and was made of wood; sometime in 5th century BC
7 The Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus (Rome) It was situated in Asia Minor at Ephesus, an ancient but now vanished city, built some time in 5th century BC. It was destroyed by invades hordes in 262 A.D.
New Seven Wonder
| Wonder | Location |
| Taj Mahal | Agra, India |
| Chichen Itza | Yucatán, Mexico |
| Christ the Redeemer | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Colosseum | Rome, Italy |
| Great Wall of China | China |
| Machu Picchu | Cuzco, Perú |
| Petra | Jordan |
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