SevenWondersoftheWorld世界七大奇迹.ppt

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1、SevenWondersoftheWorldTheclassicsevenwonderswere:GreatPyramidsofGizaHangingGardensofBabylonStatueofZeusatOlympusTheTempleofArtemisatEphesusTheMausoleumofHalicarnassusTheColossusofRhodesTheLighthouseofAlexandriaTheonlyancientworldwonderthatstillexistsistheGreatPyramido

2、fGiza.GreatPyramidsofGizaTheGreatPyramidofGiza(alsoknownasthePyramidofKhufuorthePyramidofCheops)istheoldestandlargestofthethreepyramidsintheGizaNecropolisborderingwhatisnowElGiza,Egypt.ItistheoldestoftheSevenWondersoftheAncientWorld,andtheonlyonetoremainlargelyintact.

3、BasedonamarkinaninteriorchambernamingtheworkgangandareferencetofourthdynastyEgyptianPharaohKhufu.Egyptologistsbelievethatthepyramidwasbuiltasatombovera10to20-yearperiodconcludingaround2560BC.Initiallyat146.5meters(481feet),theGreatPyramidwasthetallestman-madestructure

4、intheworldforover3,800years.Originally,theGreatPyramidwascoveredbycasingstonesthatformedasmoothoutersurface;whatisseentodayistheunderlyingcorestructure.Someofthecasingstonesthatoncecoveredthestructurecanstillbeseenaroundthebase.Therehavebeenvaryingscientificandalterna

5、tivetheoriesabouttheGreatPyramid'sconstructiontechniques.Mostacceptedconstructionhypothesesarebasedontheideathatitwasbuiltbymovinghugestonesfromaquarryanddraggingandliftingthemintoplace.TherearethreeknownchambersinsidetheGreatPyramid.Thelowestchamberiscutintothebedroc

6、kuponwhichthepyramidwasbuiltandwasunfinished.Theso-calledQueen'sChamberandKing'sChamberarehigherupwithinthepyramidstructure.TheGreatPyramidofGizaistheonlypyramidinEgyptknowntocontainbothascendinganddescendingpassages.ThemainpartoftheGizacomplexisasettingofbuildingstha

7、tincludedtwomortuarytemplesinhonorofKhufu(oneclosetothepyramidandoneneartheNile),threesmallerpyramidsforKhufu'swives,anevensmallerHangingGardensofBabylonTheHangingGardensofBabylonwereoneoftheSevenWondersoftheAncientWorld,andtheonlyonewhoselocationhasnotbeendefinitelye

8、stablished.TraditionallytheyweresaidtohavebeenbuiltintheancientcityofBabylon,nearpresent-dayHillah,Babilprovince,inIraq.TheB