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Here are 7 unbelievable destinations, the true 7 wonders of the world. Subscribe to Hectic Express http://goo.gl/PTUyyV 4. Tomb of Maussollos at Halicarnassus - Southwestern Turkey The Tomb of Maussollos at Halicarnassus was built in Turkey around 353. B.C. It was built to house the remains of a Persian king and queen. King Mausollos and Queen Artemisia were interned in the tomb. Pythius and Satyrus (two Green architects) designed the tomb. It overlooked the city of Halicarnassus. The height of the tomb reached 135 feet. It was decorated with statues, bas-reliefs (sort of three-dimensional carvings), and ornate columns. This is where the modern term for a place to intern a body comes from- mausoleum. The word now means any large tomb. The Tomb of Maussollos was destroyed in the 14th century by an earthquake. 3. The Great Pyramid of Giza – Cairo, Egypt One of the best-known wonders of the world is the pyramid. The Great Pyramid is the only standing “Wonder” of all seven wonders. The town of Giza had three pyramids built. The Great Pyramid was the largest one built. Giza is now modern-day Cairo. It was constructed around 2560 B.C. to intern the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu. It is believed that the pyramid took 20 years to complete building. The size of the pyramid would have demanded anywhere from 14,000 men to 360,000 men to construct the tomb. Standing at over 480 feet tall, and 755 feet long, the Great Pyramid also had each corner oriented with the cardinal directions. It is made up of 2.3 million blocks of stone. Each stone used to build the Great Pyramid is estimated to weigh over two tons each. 2. Colossus at Rhodes - Rhodes, Greece The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of a male figure. It was built on the Greek island of Rhodes in 280 B.C. It was destroyed quite soon after in 226 B.C. by an earthquake though. Historians believe that the statue was erected to honor Helios (the sun god). Additionally, the people of Rhodes magnificently defended their homeland against a siege (in 305 B.C.) by the Macedonian leader, Demetrius Poliocetes. The statue was designed by the sculptor Chares of Lindos. It stood 110 feet tall and stood on a 50-foot tall platform as well. In 2008, the government of Rhodes began planning to construct another Collossus. It was not intended to be a replacement of a mere mimicking of the original. Instead, it was going to be a completely new and different light sculpture- possibly the earth’s largest light sculpture. 1. Lighthouse of Alexandria - Pharos Island, Alexandria, Egypt The Lighthouse of Alexandria, the last of the Seven Wonders of the World, was also destroyed. It was between the 3rd and 12th centuries that the lighthouse finally fell. Leaders in Egypt though, actually want to rebuild it in exactly its original location. The lighthouse was also called the Pharos Lighthouse. It had been built on the island of Pharos. It was 450 feet tall. The Ptolemaic Kingdom constru