Ep. 5: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Intro
Hello and Welcome to this episode of the podcast, "The Mnemonic Tree", where we add a single mnemonic leaf to our Tree of Knowledge.
Today's episode will be on The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Considered to be engineering, architecture, and artistic marvels the seven wonders of the ancient world were compiled by various ancient writers. While this list seems conclusive, there were variations to this list that included other wonders. Of the current list of wonders, the only one to still exist is the Great Pyramid of Giza.
So, with no further ado, we will begin with a summary from Wikipedia.
Wikipedia Summary
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, also known as the Seven Wonders of the World or simply the Seven Wonders, is a list of seven notable structures present during classical antiquity. The first known list of seven wonders dates back to the 2nd–1st century BC.
While the entries have varied over the centuries, the seven traditional wonders are the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Using modern-day countries, two of the wonders were located in Greece, two in Turkey, two in Egypt, and one in Iraq. Of the seven wonders, only the Pyramid of Giza, which is also by far the oldest of the wonders, still remains standing, with the others being destroyed over the centuries. There is scholarly debate over the exact nature of the Hanging Gardens, and there is doubt as to whether they existed at all.
Extracted from: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World.]
Mnemonic
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Mnemonic - your PC has a Zeal to use HTML language
(Picture the Pyramid of Giza full of thousands of advanced computers that already use the HTML language)
1. Pyramid of Giza – Egypt
2. Colossus of Rhodes – Greece
3. Statue of Zeus - Greece
4. Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Iraq
5. Temple of Artemis – Turkey
6. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus – Turkey
7. Lighthouse of Alexandria – Egypt
Five Fun Facts
1. The first question asks the question of why the Seven Wonders? Well, apparently, the creators considered it a number of cosmic significances.
2. The Seven Wonders were originally referred to as “Theamata” – which in Greek means “Special Sights to See.”
3. The statue of Zeus was built out of wood, ivory, gold, ebony, and precious gemstones.
4. The Great Pyramid of Giza consists of over two million blocks of limestone.
5. It took 20 years to build the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Three Question Quiz
Q.1. How many times was the Temple of Artemis built/rebuilt?
Q.2. Colossus of Rhodes was a giant 107-foot (about 32 metres) statue of which Greek Sun God?
Q.3. Which country did each of the Seven Ancient Wonders come from?
Bonus Q. How many Egyptians can you fit in a pyramid?
Mnemonic Recap
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Mnemonic - your PC has a Zeal to use HTML language
(Picture the Pyramid of Giza full of thousands of advanced computers that already use the HTML language)
1. Pyramid of Giza – Egypt
2. Colossus of Rhodes – Greece
3. Statue of Zeus - Greece
4. Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Iraq
5. Temple of Artemis – Turkey
6. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus – Turkey
7. Lighthouse of Alexandria – Egypt
Three Question Quiz Answers
Q.1. How many times was the Temple of Artemis built/rebuilt?
A. Three times
Q.2. Colossus of Rhodes was a giant 107-foot (about 32 metres) statue of which Greek Sun God?
A. Helios
Q.3. Which country did each of the Seven Ancient Wonders come from?
A.
· Pyramid of Giza - Egypt
· Colossus of Rhodes – Greece
· Statue of Zeus - Greece
· Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Iraq
· Temple of Artemis – Turkey
· Mausoleum at Halicarnassus – Turkey
· Lighthouse of Alexandria – Egypt
Bonus Q. How many Egyptians can you fit in a pyramid?
A. A pharaoh … mount!
Word of the Week
byzantine
[ biz-uh n-teen ]
adjective
complex or intricate: a deal requiring Byzantine financing.
Example
The building of the seven ancient wonders required byzantine building skills.
Extracted from: [https://www.dictionary.com/]
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References
https://www.world-archaeology.com/seven-wonders/7-facts-about-the-7-wonders-of-the-world/
https://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world/
https://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world/
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/seven-wonders-ancient-world/
https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=7-wonders--ancient-world_1
https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/Seven-Wonders-of-the-Ancient-World-299597.html