八大奇迹教学讲义.pptx

The eight wonders of the world;;FIRST :;The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, perhaps built by King Nebuchadnezzar II about 600 bc, were a mountainlike series of planted terraces. Ancient historians report that Babylon at that time was dazzling in the splendor of its palace and temple buildings, fortification walls, and paved processional ways. The Hanging Gardens consisted of several tiers of platform terraces built upon arches and extending to a great height. Accounts of their height range from about 24 m (80 ft) to a less reliable estimate of more than 90 m (300 ft). Trees and colorful plants and flowers grew on the terraces, irrigated with water brought up from the Euphrates River. Archaeologists have discovered remains of walls along the Euphrates that may have belonged to the Hanging Gardens. ;SECOND :;The Pharos of Alexandria 亚历山大灯塔;THIRED:;The Colossus of Rhodes 罗德港巨人雕像;The Temple of Zeus at Olympia 　奥林匹亚宙斯神像;FIFTH:;The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 　　阿尔忒弥斯神庙;SIXTH:;;SEVENTH:;The Pyramids of Egypt were built on the west bank of the Nile River at Giza during the 4th Dynasty (about 2575 to about 2467 bc). The oldest of the seven wonders, the pyramids are the only one remaining nearly intact today. Their white stone facing was later removed for use as building material in Cairo. The largest of the pyramids is that of King Khufu, which is sometimes known as the Great Pyramid. It covers an area of over 4.8 hectares (12 acres). According to the Greek historian Herodotus, ten years were required to prepare the site and 100,000 laborers worked thereafter for 20 years to complete the pyramid, which contains the king’s tomb. Some lists include only the Great Pyramid, rather than all the pyramids (see Pyramids). ;EIGHTH:;1961年，中华人民共和国国务院将秦始皇陵定为全国文物重点保护单位。对秦始皇陵园第一次全面的考古勘察始于1962年，考古人员绘制出了陵园第一张平面布局图，经探测，陵园范围有56.25平方公里，相当于近78个故宫，引起考古界轰动。1987年，秦始皇陵及兵马俑坑被联合国教科文组织批准列入《世界遗产名录》。1978年9月，法国前总理希拉克参观后感慨地说：“世界上有七大奇迹，秦兵马俑的发现可以说是八大奇迹了。不看金字塔，不算真正到过埃及;不看秦俑，不算真正到过中国。”于是，“世界第八大奇迹”的说法不胫而走，但是需要???