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existing forms in domestic building and imitated them in stone: bundles of reeds tied together with their heads fanning out, logs placed edgewise to form a roof, palm stalks, reed fences, matting and papyrus.
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STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA:
A large, ornate figure of the god on his throne made c.430BC by Phidias of Athens and placed in the huge temple of Zeus at Olympia in western Greece. Plated with gold and ivory, the statue was seated on a cedar throne decorated with ebony, ivory, gold and precious stones. It stood almost 40 feet high and took eight years to construct. In AD426 the Temple of Zeus was destroyed and possibly the statue with it. No accurate copies survive.
TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS:
A structure famous for its imposing size (350'x180') and for the works of art that adorned it. Built in about 550BC by King Croesus of Lydia and rebuilt after it was burned by a madman in 356BC. The temple was destroyed by invading Goths in AD262 and never rebuilt. Little remains of the temple except for many fragments of columns, some of which can be seen today in the British Museum.
MAUSOLEUM OF HALICARNASSUS:
A monumental tomb of the Anatolian King Mausolus (the word mausoleum is derived from his name) built by his widow Artemisia (c.353-350BC). The mausoleum was an enormous structure designed by the famous Greek architect Pythius and decorated with works by eminent Greek sculptors. Some remains of it are now in the British Museum.
COLOSSUS OF RHODES:
A huge bronze statue built at the harbor entrance to Rhodes in commemoration of the raising of the siege of Rhodes (305-304BC). It was made of bronze and represented the sun god Helios. Standing more than 100 feet high, it was toppled by an earthquake around 225BC. It was left in place until raiding Arabs had it broken up in AD653 and sold for scrap. It was said the metal needed 900 camels to haul it all away.
PHAROS OF ALEXANDRIA:
The most famous lighthouse of antiquity, it was a technological wonder that served as a model for all lighthouses since. It was built for Ptolemy II of Egypt c.280BC on the island of Pharos in Alexandria's harbor. It stood more than 440 feet high in three stages and was surmounted by a huge statue. The Arabs replaced the beacon with a mosque in the Middle Ages and it still stood in the 12th century. However, by 1477 it had been destroyed and the Mamluks built a fort from its ruins.
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