The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, built between 2584 and 2561 BC is the only ancient wonder of the world still in existence
Today I came across an article on
Daily Mail about how most Britons can only name one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and it caught my interest. First because growing up, I've always been fascinated with the ancient wonders of the world, and the article brought back secondary memory memories. Secondly, I wondered how many educated Nigerians know anything about the worlds ancient wonders talk more of the uneducated ones. In fact, many young people of today will probably ask "how does the wonders of the world affect the price of garri in the market?" or "how does it make me richer?"
Well, truth is no knowledge is ever lost. And as is the norm here on d Grapevyne, to mix things up and help make readers be more knowledgeable, I present to you this article about the ancient and modern wonders of the world.
Old Wonder 2:The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is said to have stood on the east bank of the River Euphrates, from around 600BC before being destroyed by earthquakes although many experts now doubt it ever existed at all
The seven wonders of the ancient world are said to be the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity, yet today very few people know little or nothing about it.
Perhaps the lack of knowledge may not be altogether unexpected as out of the all the monuments on the original list it is now only possible to visit one - the Great Pyramid.
All the others no longer exist. Most were destroyed by earthquakes and experts now doubt that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which were said to have been laid out on an artificial mountain in Iraq, ever existed at all.
The original list was drawn up by Greek scholars around the third century BC for travellers in the eastern Mediterranean.
Old wonder 3:An engraving of Statue of Zeus at Olympia. The temple was built between 466and 456 BC. The statue was added in 435 BC. It was disassembled during the 5th and 6th centuries AD and later destroyed by fire
Over three quarters of the 2,486 people quizzed in a recent survey by online travel agency bonvoyage.co.uk, said they they found the ancient monuments 'boring'.
Bonvoyage.co.uk have responded by asking those who took to suggest a new set of seven wonders of the modern world instead.
The top choice was the Statue of Liberty in New York harbour. The other six are all natural phenomena consist of The Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Table Mountain, the Northern Lights and Mount Vesuvius.
old wonder 4:An engraving of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Turkey. It was built by the Lydian Greeks in 550 BC and again at 323 BC. It was destroyed in 401 and only fragments now remain
Bonvoyage.co.uk spokesman Steph Curtin, said: 'After discovering the lack of knowledge and awareness among the general public regarding the seven wonders of the world, the team here felt compelled to investigate what landmarks are now highly coveted as modern day wonders.'
'The collated list produced some great results, such as the Statue of Liberty and the Great Barrier Reef, but also a couple that we weren’t expecting, including the Northern Lights and Mount Vesuvius.'
Forty-three per cent of those questioned claimed they had learned all seven ancient wonders at school and simply forgotten them over time.
old wonder no5:The classic seven wonders are The Great Pyramid of Giza, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and Lighthouse of Alexandria.old wonder 5:The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus at Bodrum, Turkey, was built in 351 BC by the Greeks Carians and the
and the Greeks but was destroyed by earthquakes in 1494
Old wonder no 6:The Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, was built by the Greeks between 292 and 280 BC. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BC
old wonder no7:The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria was built between 280 and 247 BC on the coastal island of Pharos at Alexandria, Egypt. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1303
THE OLD SEVEN WONDERS
Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse of Alexandria
.AND THE NEW SUGGESTIONS
Statue of Liberty
The Grand Canyon
Niagara Falls
Great Barrier Reef
Table Mountain
The Northern Lights
Mount Vesuvius
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of France. It represents Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, the tablet she is holding is inscribed with the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
The Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA, stretches for 277 miles and is up to 18 miles wide and over a mile deep
Table mountain is a flat-topped mountain creating a stunning backdrop to the South African city of Cape Town. The level plateau stretches two miles from from side to side
The Great Barrier Reef off Australia's Queensland coast is the world's largest coral reef, stretching over 1,600 miles and covering an area of approximately 133,000 square miles. It is composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands
Mount Vesuvius is seen behind a cast of one of the victims of the famous eruption of A.D. 79. which led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Niagara Falls comprises three waterfalls that sit on the border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York
