The anicent wonders of the world included The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, which is no longer standing. It was built around 433 BC by the Greek sculptor, Phidias, he created an ivory Zeus seated on a throne, draped in a gold robe. Zeus had a wreath around his head and held a figure of his messenger Nike in his right hand, and a scepter in his left. The statue was part of a great temple that was designed specifically for the statue. It was a place of pilgrimage for Greeks.
The Temple of Artemis was built by King Croesus after conquering the Greek city of Ephesus around 550 BC. It contained a beautiful statue of the goddess, Artemis. The temple burned in 356 BC but was later rebuilt by Alexander the Great after he conquered Ephesus. Over time, the temple deteriorated and disappeared. The ruins of the temple were not discovered until 1869 by an English engineer named J.T. Wood. The British Museum in London counts some of the second temple's sculptures among its treasures.......

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