Check out this insanely cool video of 7 Wonders of the Ancient World Digitally Reconstructed
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have captured the imagination for thousands of years. Long before there was electricity, computers and heavy machinery, mankind's ingenuity throughout Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean shone through via monumental, seemingly impossible structures. The list, meant as an ancient travel guide, was originally compiled by the second-century Greek poet Antipater of Sidon, with later contributions by the mathematician Philon of Byzantium.
3. The Hanging Gardens of BabylonDid the Hanging Gardens ever actually exist? They’re the only wonder on the list that may have been a figment of an ancient travel writer’s imagination. The native writers of Babylon—which was 50 miles south of what is now Baghdad in Iraq—made no mention of the garden. But if it did exist, it seems to have been a remarkable engineering feat, with complex machinery drawing water to built terraces up to 65 feet high.
5. The Mausoleum at HalicarnassusThe tomb built for Mausolus, ruler of Caria, an ancient region of Asia Minor, was so impressive that the late king’s name became the generic word for large funeral monuments. Mausolus commissioned many great temples and civic buildings in his life, and planned the Mausoleum himself. The structure was a mixture of Greek, Near Eastern and Egyptian design principles set in Anatolian and Pentelic marble.
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