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Page 1: S10 _ Seven Wonders: Religion

Religion: Featured Artworks

The 7 wonders of the ancient world

Session 10

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7 wonders of the ancient world

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Function:Commemorate the dead• THE GREAT PYRAMID AT

GIZA

• Oldest of the 7 Wonders

• (c. 2560 BCE)

• Only Wonder left standing today!

• Was the tallest man-made structure until 19th century!

• Pharaoh Khufu

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Function:Commemorate the dead• TOMB OF MAUSOLUS

• Persian King of Caria

• Constructed 353-350 BCE.

• Cultural Collage• Egyptian Style

• Greek Style

• Persian Style

• Destroyed 1494 (stones used to construct a castle).

• “Mausoleum”

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Function:Place of Worship

• TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS

• Constructed c. 550 BCE

• Greek Goddess of Fertility

• Destroyed by Herostratus July 20, 356 BCE

• Alexander the Great?

• Reconstructed 323 BCE

• Destroyed c. 262 (by Goths)

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Function:Place of Worship

• STATUE OF ZEUS

• In his honor (at Olympia)

• Constructed c. 430-422 BCE by Phidias

• Ivory! 13 meters tall

• Emperor Caligula

• Later destroyed or plundered (uncertain).

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What Religious function?

• If you were to create a monument of some sort, what would it’s religious function be?

• Work together as a team to design an epic monument that should be listed as one of the Wonders of the World!

• Will yours be destroyed? How it be protected?