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The Temple of Artemis and The Great Pyramid of Giza ________ my attention.
captured/ got
One special feature in the _____________ of Great Pyramid is that the bottom is a perfect square and the sides are equilateral triangles.
structure/ architectire
The temple of Artemis was _______ by King Nebuchadnezzar II.
built/ constructed
The Temple of Artemis was set _______ by a man who hoped to become famous by _______ a beautiful creation.
ablaze/ destroying
There were only seven wonders in the list because ancient Greek people believed that number seven represented ________.
perfection
The Statue of Zeus was created around 435 BC by the Greek _________Phidias to honour the chief of the Greek gods.
sculptor
The Colossus of Rhodes was built to _______ Helios, the Greek sun god.
honor
The Colossus of Rhodes was approximately the same height compared to _________.
The statue of Liberty
Legend says that the people of Rhodes melted down abandoned bronze and iron _______ to help with the creation of The Colossus.
weapons
The Great pyramid of Giza has perfect _________ and unparalleled height.
symmetry
King Nebuchadnezzar II built the hanging gardens of Babylon as a gift for his wife, who missed the mountains and flowers of her ______________..
homeland
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were destroyed by _________ in the first century AD.
an earthquake
After the rise of __________, the statue of Zeus was removed.
Christianity
The mausoleum at Halicarnassus was filled with beautiful _______ statues, temples, sculptures and friezes.
marble
The light from the Lighthouse at Alexandria was reportedly visible over _______ miles away.
thirty
The lighthouse at Alexandria was damaged and eventually abandoned after several major __________.
earthquakes
