Colossus of Rhodes is the Seven Wonders of the most mysterious one, this colossusbuilt in the entrance to the port city of Rhodes. It is the Greek sun god Helios as bronzecasting, high about 33 meters. Because only six years in just fifty years will bedestroyed by an earthquake in 226 BC, the archaeologists and even its exact locationand appearance are not sure.
Colossus of Rhodes in Greece Rhodes (island of Rhodes) leading to the (Mediterranean Sea) port. BC Rhode Island is an important business center, which is located at the junction of the Aegean and the Mediterranean, Rhodes was built in 408 BC. Rhode Island has historically been ruled by many spheres of influence, including hair Solas (his tomb is one of the seven wonders), and Alexander the Great. But after Alexander the Great die from the island fell into a long war. Macedonia (Macedonia) forty thousand troops led by Dmitry the aggressor (which has more than the entire population of the island) surrounded by the port. After an arduous war, Rhode Island, who defeated the invaders. To celebrate this victory, they decided to use bronze weapons abandoned by the enemy to build a statue. Statue built twelve years, about 33 meters and the height of the Statue of Liberty New York, almost. The statue is hollow inside with a complex of stone and iron pillar reinforcement. However, the completion of this great statue was only 50 years after the earthquake destroyed.Statue of the legendary port of embarkation standing legs apart just past the middle from the legs, very spectacular and interesting.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Statue of Zeus
Zeus the Greek god of gods, worship of the table is the statue of Zeus built the world's largest indoor statue, Statue of Zeus Temple of Zeus where is the source of the Olympic Games, some Olympic events had on this trip.
Construction time: about 457 years BC
Construction Location: west coast of Greece Olympia (Olympia) in the city
Temple of Zeus was built in 470 BC, was completed in 456 BC, designed by the architect Libon, Zeus statue carved by the sculptor Pheidias.
Temple is built of limestone surface covered with plaster, Dianding are built using marble, the temple of the thirty-four 17 meters high Corinthian-style (Corinthian) prop forward, the Temple area was 41.1 m by 107.75 m, Temple of Zeus is the Duo Lisi-style building, the whole statue and he wore robes are made of gold, he wore a knit olive ring, right hand holding made by the ivory and gold, like the goddess of victory, the left hand holding a the scepter inlaid with glittering metal, above the eagle to stay with, and he places the seat of the throne of the Sphinx, the goddess of victory and decorated mythological figures, not including the throne, only the statues on the equivalent four-level modern buildings, so that the head of Zeus seated on top of almost wore the Temple. The temple is located in Olympia in the year five years was destroyed by fire. Although the statue of Zeus for being transported to Constantinople survived, but ultimately could not escape, was destroyed by fire in AD 462.
Construction time: about 457 years BC
Construction Location: west coast of Greece Olympia (Olympia) in the city
Temple of Zeus was built in 470 BC, was completed in 456 BC, designed by the architect Libon, Zeus statue carved by the sculptor Pheidias.
Temple is built of limestone surface covered with plaster, Dianding are built using marble, the temple of the thirty-four 17 meters high Corinthian-style (Corinthian) prop forward, the Temple area was 41.1 m by 107.75 m, Temple of Zeus is the Duo Lisi-style building, the whole statue and he wore robes are made of gold, he wore a knit olive ring, right hand holding made by the ivory and gold, like the goddess of victory, the left hand holding a the scepter inlaid with glittering metal, above the eagle to stay with, and he places the seat of the throne of the Sphinx, the goddess of victory and decorated mythological figures, not including the throne, only the statues on the equivalent four-level modern buildings, so that the head of Zeus seated on top of almost wore the Temple. The temple is located in Olympia in the year five years was destroyed by fire. Although the statue of Zeus for being transported to Constantinople survived, but ultimately could not escape, was destroyed by fire in AD 462.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Egypt Pyramids
Pyramids of ancient Egypt, the king built his tomb. Jizha pyramids of Egypt are called seven wonders of the ancient world. The size of the pyramids in Egypt, most of them were built in the third to the sixth dynasty of Egypt. Some 4,000 years of history of the pyramid are mainly located in the capital, and Nepalese River West Kat and other places. Jizha pyramid on the left part of Kafra king, the right part of library-fu Wang, attached to a nearby Sphinx. The main building material is limestone, some of the flowers rock.
Construction time: about 2700-2500 years BC
Construction sites: the Giza plateau near Cairo, Egypt
According to legend, before the Third Dynasty of ancient Egypt, kings and ministers, or whether the people died, were buried with mud-brick built into one kind of rectangular tomb, the ancient Egyptians called it, "Maas Taba." Later, a clever young man named Yi Muhe Tepper, plug in to the left Pharaoh king of Egypt, when the tomb design, invented a new construction methods. He used was taken under the stones instead of mud-brick square, and continue to modify the design of the construction of the tomb, the final completion of a six trapezoidal pyramid - this is what we now see the pyramid shape. In ancient Egyptian text, because the pyramid is the hierarchical ladder, so called level of the pyramid. This is a tall pyramid building, the base square, each side is a triangle, looks like the Chinese character "gold", which we call the "pyramid." Yimu He too general design of the tower is the tomb of the history of Egypt's first stone tomb.
There are eighty pyramids in Egypt, the largest of which is a pyramid built around 2600 BC the Jizha pyramids are all built by hand. How the ancient Egyptians carved the stone and brick ridge tomb tomb tomb chamber within the channel and the Bureau of like a fan, what is the way the ancient Egyptians built it?
Construction time: about 2700-2500 years BC
Construction sites: the Giza plateau near Cairo, Egypt
According to legend, before the Third Dynasty of ancient Egypt, kings and ministers, or whether the people died, were buried with mud-brick built into one kind of rectangular tomb, the ancient Egyptians called it, "Maas Taba." Later, a clever young man named Yi Muhe Tepper, plug in to the left Pharaoh king of Egypt, when the tomb design, invented a new construction methods. He used was taken under the stones instead of mud-brick square, and continue to modify the design of the construction of the tomb, the final completion of a six trapezoidal pyramid - this is what we now see the pyramid shape. In ancient Egyptian text, because the pyramid is the hierarchical ladder, so called level of the pyramid. This is a tall pyramid building, the base square, each side is a triangle, looks like the Chinese character "gold", which we call the "pyramid." Yimu He too general design of the tower is the tomb of the history of Egypt's first stone tomb.
There are eighty pyramids in Egypt, the largest of which is a pyramid built around 2600 BC the Jizha pyramids are all built by hand. How the ancient Egyptians carved the stone and brick ridge tomb tomb tomb chamber within the channel and the Bureau of like a fan, what is the way the ancient Egyptians built it?
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Miracle
Nine ancient wonders of the ancient buildings and statues, which for its size, the construction of a beautiful or unique way of surprising endless. Ancient Seven Wonders of the roster development in the third century BC. By today's standards, we might think, in terms of the seven wonders of scale are not particularly compelling. However, their extraordinary beauty and ancient times by people still heartfelt praise.
In fact, "seven wonders of the world" only includes the West Asia, North Africa and the Mediterranean sites, it is just the eyes of all the ancient Western world, the Great Wall of China too far away from them. This region has been brilliant in the ancient civilization, BC, Phoenician travelers Angdi Parker summed up the man-made landscape of the region when he considered the greatest of seven called the "seven wonders of the world", this formulation has been circulated to the present. However, apart from the pyramids of Egypt still stand tall in the desert, other six have been lost in the dust of history into. They are: the pyramids of Egypt, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus, Mausolus tomb, Rhode Island sun god Colossus.
In fact, "seven wonders of the world" only includes the West Asia, North Africa and the Mediterranean sites, it is just the eyes of all the ancient Western world, the Great Wall of China too far away from them. This region has been brilliant in the ancient civilization, BC, Phoenician travelers Angdi Parker summed up the man-made landscape of the region when he considered the greatest of seven called the "seven wonders of the world", this formulation has been circulated to the present. However, apart from the pyramids of Egypt still stand tall in the desert, other six have been lost in the dust of history into. They are: the pyramids of Egypt, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus, Mausolus tomb, Rhode Island sun god Colossus.
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