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Colossus of Rhodes Greece This ill-fated bronze statue - perhaps as high as a modern 10-story building - was erected in Rhodes about 280 B.C. to honor the sun god Helios. An upward sweeping arm supposedly bore a torch, glorifying the city and aiding mariners. Within 60 short years, a devastating earthquake toppled the Colossus of Rhodes. The metal of this Seven Wonders of the Ancient World edifice was eventually sold as scrap and nothing remains today. Hanging Gardens of Babylon Iraq No one knows for sure who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The most popular account is that King Nebuchadnezzar constructed this ancient seven wonder in the 6th century B.C. for his homesick wife who missed the verdant mountain greenery and gardens of her birth place, Media. Others say that a powerful woman named Semiramis built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for her own pleasure. Yet others believe that the Hanging Gardens are...

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