The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-10-25

The Worlds Seven Wonders.

The Worlds Seven Wonders.
Those famous wonders are " wsl
known, yet, for the benefit Of our rea.
ders, who have not yet studied an.
oiont history, we will briefly describ,
them.
The first wonder is the Pyramids
the most gigantic monuments to hui
man lsborand skill ever found upon
earth. They are found only in f.
gypt, and stand on rocks near the
base o tho river Milo. The lsrges:
Que 10 Cheops. It's height is 4s0
feet, and is 3S feet square to the top.
1t occupies thirteen acres Of ground.
100, 900 mon were constantly engag-
cd 10 building this pyramid for twou-
ty years, changing them for fresh
hands every three mouths. The first
pyramid was begun 1900 years B. @
The Mausoleum, the second won
der, was stately tomb erected by
the young queen Artemissia, to the
memory of her husband. Mausolus
king Of Cara. He died 1853 B. G.
and Artemisic caused this tomb OF
monument to be erected at Halicar-
nassus, a city of Asia Minor. It wa:
rectangular, with thirty'six Ionic COL
umns, surmounted by q pyramid with
twonty-four steps on the summit OF
this pyramid was Q marble 'quadri-
ga "a car drawn by four horses a.
breast) containing an immense stat
ue Of the king. II was destroyed
by an earthquake in tho twelfth GEN.
tury but TO the labors of Mr.. New.
ton, of the British Museum, the world
is indebted for the discovery Of its
ruins, in 1856.
The third wonder was tho temple
of Diauna, built iu honor Of tho hea
then goddess. at Ephesus, one of the
Ionian cities Of Asia. 1t was 425
feet long and 90 feet wide. The
roof wss supported by 1928 columns
sixty feet high, the gift Of . king
The statute OF the goddess was com'
posed of ivory, richly decked witt
golden ornaments. Oa the night o.
tho birth Of Alexander, 356 b. @.
Erostratus burned the temple, with
20 other object than to immortaliz'
his namc-The royal incendiary
Not q ves,igs of the tomple now re-
mains.
The Colossus at Rhodes,'t the fourtl
wonder, was an immense brass stat
ue erected to Apollo, their guardian
deity. 1t stood at tho entrance o
the harbor. Twelve years were con
sumed 10 its building. Tho STATUE
was cast 10 pieces, aud soldered to
gcth or. It vas seventy cubits high
and was hollow. The winding stair
case in tho interior led to the head
from which . good view Of Asia Mi
nor could be had. Alter withstand
ing the storms Of fifty-six years, a
eart thquake laid il low 22i b. q.
Tho hanging Gardens of B,bylon
tho fifth wonder, were laid out by ,h
king, to cure tie homesickness Of hi
belov cd queen, Amytes. She longo'
with o sick heart for tho mountain
scenery Of her native Ecbatana an
with generous sympathy ho strove t
allay her unhappiness. He had al
artl fetal mountain constructed, fou
b uudred iect 10 height, aud ,erraced
II was supported by piers aud wall
twenty-two feet thick. Water wa
drawn up from the river Euphrates
for the purpose Of irrigatins the soil
Hero tallest trees aud dense foliag'
grew, easily causing the delusion thu
a lofty forest crowned the preoipic
Of y mounts In.
The sixth wonder was the Light
house at Pharos, a superb structur
begun BY the frst Ptolemy, and fin
Iished 800 b. G. II was Of whit
stone, and its height Was 500 fee
Tho light on tho top was alwaas keI
burning, aud could be discerued forty
one miles. Au earthquake (that ter
, ror Of volcanic couutries) destroye
this beautiful piece Of masonry afte
it stood 1900 years.
Tho statue Of Jubiter, dedicated t
this divinity, the seventh wonder
; was sixty feet high and was elabo
rately ornsmentei with gold, ivory
ebony aud gems /; also with chase
work, paintings, precious metals. an
groups aud bas relisfs commemora
ting legends. 1t took Phidias an
his assistants, among whom wer
sculptors. aud painters, FROM 437
70 433 Is, O., to complete its coz
struetiou.