blockhseagull
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Having this conversation in the office, we can't name them all...anyone else know?
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Seven Wonders of the world
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
blockhseagull
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Hiney said:
Yeah we got that one
Jordan's tits?
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Hiney said:
Temple of Artemis
Hallicarnasuss Mausoleum
The Great Pyramid
Colussus of Rhodes
Hallicarnasuss Mausoleum
The Great Pyramid
Colussus of Rhodes
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Off the top of my head -
The ancient Greeks loved to compile lists of the marvellous structures in their world. Though we think of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as a single list today, there were actually a number of lists compiled by different Greek writers. Antipater of Sidon, and Philon of Byzantium, drew up two of the most well-known lists. Many of the lists agreed on six of the seven items.
The final place on some lists was awarded to the Walls of the City of Babylon. On others, the Palace of Cyrus, king of Persia took the seventh position. Finally, toward the 6th century A.D., the final item became the Lighthouse at Alexandria. Since the it was Greeks who made the lists it is not unusual that many of the items on them were examples of Greek culture.
The writers might have listed the Great Wall of China if then had known about it, or Stonehenge if they'd seen it, but these places were beyond the limits of their world. It is a surprise to most people to learn that not all the Seven Wonders existed at the same time. Even if you lived in ancient times you would have still needed a time machine to see all seven.
While the Great Pyramids of Egypt was built centuries before the rest and is still around today (it is the only "wonder" still intact) most of the others only survived a few hundred years or less. The Colossus of Rhodes stood only a little more than half a century before an earthquake toppled it.
So
Temple of Artemis
Gardens of Babylon
Halicarnassus
Pharos Lighthouse
The Great Pyramid
Colossus of Rhodes
Statue of Zeus
We all learnt this on our first night at Courthope yoof club init
The ancient Greeks loved to compile lists of the marvellous structures in their world. Though we think of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as a single list today, there were actually a number of lists compiled by different Greek writers. Antipater of Sidon, and Philon of Byzantium, drew up two of the most well-known lists. Many of the lists agreed on six of the seven items.
The final place on some lists was awarded to the Walls of the City of Babylon. On others, the Palace of Cyrus, king of Persia took the seventh position. Finally, toward the 6th century A.D., the final item became the Lighthouse at Alexandria. Since the it was Greeks who made the lists it is not unusual that many of the items on them were examples of Greek culture.
The writers might have listed the Great Wall of China if then had known about it, or Stonehenge if they'd seen it, but these places were beyond the limits of their world. It is a surprise to most people to learn that not all the Seven Wonders existed at the same time. Even if you lived in ancient times you would have still needed a time machine to see all seven.
While the Great Pyramids of Egypt was built centuries before the rest and is still around today (it is the only "wonder" still intact) most of the others only survived a few hundred years or less. The Colossus of Rhodes stood only a little more than half a century before an earthquake toppled it.
So
Temple of Artemis
Gardens of Babylon
Halicarnassus
Pharos Lighthouse
The Great Pyramid
Colossus of Rhodes
Statue of Zeus
We all learnt this on our first night at Courthope yoof club init
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blockhseagull
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Hiney said:
You looking these up ?
blockhseagull said:
Of course!
Surprised to see Jordan's tits in there though
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Sydney Opera House, perhaps ?
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Hiney said:Of course!
Surprised to see Jordan's tits in there though
I'm not , they get everywhere !!!!!
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SheffGull said:Falmer in a few years time!
I said in a ltter to the argus, that I was waiting on the edge of my seat for the muddy field at Falmer to be named alongside the likes of the Hanging Gardens and the statue of Zeus, but they cut my letter up!
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My name is Andrew Winder.
I am only half a breath from memorable grace and tourists staying near my body.
I am only half a breath from memorable grace and tourists staying near my body.
Mark McGhees managerial record ?
Gazwag
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So isnt the Great Wall of China one
Edit: Just read your post again, but concentrated
Edit: Just read your post again, but concentrated
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eastlondonseagull
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Angkor Wat
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gazwag said:
No. The Greeks didn't know China existed, I guess.
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WATFORD zero said:
It's a shit list, then, innit. Greeks - what did they know?