What happened to the old ancient wonders of the world.?

Answer 1

I don't think any of the answers have actually told you what has happened to the seven ancient wonders of the world. So here, in no particular order is what happened to each of them. The links below will give you more information as well.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - disappeared and have not been discovered. It wasn't until the twentieth century that some of the mysteries surrounding the Hanging Gardens were revealed. Archaeologists are still struggling to gather enough evidence before reaching the final conclusions about the location of the Gardens, their irrigation system, and their true appearance.

The Temple of Zeus, Olympia - After the Olympic games were banned in AD 391 by the emperor Theodosius I as Pagan practices, the temple of Zeus was ordered closed. Olympia was further struck by earthquakes, landslides and floods, and the temple was damaged by fire in the fifth century AD. Earlier, the statue had been transported by wealthy Greeks to a palace in Constantinople. There, it survived until it was destroyed by a severe fire in AD 462. Today nothing remains at the site of the old temple except rocks and debris, the foundation of the buildings, and fallen columns.

The Colossus of Rhodes - For years, the statue stood at the harbor entrance, until a strong earthquake hit Rhodes about 226 BC. The city was badly damaged, and the Colossus was broken at its weakest point -- the knee. The Rhodians received an immediate offer from Ptolemy III Eurgetes of Egypt to cover all restoration costs for the toppled monument. However, an oracle was consulted and forbade the re-erection. Ptolemy's offer was declined. For almost a millennium, the statue lay broken in ruins. In AD 654, the Arabs invaded Rhodes. They disassembled the remains of the broken Colossus and sold them to a Jew from Syria. It is said that the fragments had to be transported to Syria on the backs of 900 camels.

The Lighthouse (Pharos) of Alexandria - In AD 956, an earthquake shook Alexandria, and caused little damage to the Lighthouse. It was later in 1303 and in 1323 that two stronger earthquakes left a significant impression on the structure. When the famous Arab traveler Ibn Battuta visited Alexandria in 1349, he could not enter the ruinous monument or even climb to its doorway. The final chapter in the history of the Lighthouse came in AD 1480 when the Egyptian Mamelouk Sultan, Qaitbay, decided to fortify Alexandria's defense. He built a medieval fort on the same spot where the Lighthouse once stood, using the fallen stone and marble.


The Temple of Artemis - On the night of 21 July 356 BC, a man named Herostratus burned the temple to ground in an attempt to immortalize his name, which he did indeed. Oddly enough, Alexander the Great was born the same night. The historian Plutarch later wrote that the goddess was "too busy taking care of the birth of Alexander to send help to her threatened temple". And when Alexander the Great conquered Asia Minor, he offered to rebuild the destroyed temple, but the Temple was not restored until after his death in 323 BC. The temple was eventually restored and is labeled "Temple E" by archeologists. When St Paul visited Ephesus to preach Christianity in the first century AD, he was confronted by the Artemis' cult who had no plans to abandon their goddess. And when the temple was again destroyed by the Goths in AD 262, the Ephesians vowed to rebuild. By the fourth century AD, most Ephesians had converted to Christianity and the temple lost its religious glamor. The final chapter came when in AD 401 the Temple of Artemis was torn down by St John Chrysostom. Ephesus was later deserted, and only in the late nineteenth century has the site been excavated. The digging revealed the temple's foundation and the road to the now swampy site. Attempts were recently made to rebuilt the temple, but only a few columns have been re-erected.

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus - For 16 centuries, the Mausoleum remained in good condition until an earthquake caused some damage to the roof and colonnade. In the early fifteenth century, the Knights of St John of Malta invaded the region and built a massive crusader castle. When they decided to fortify it in 1494, they used the stones of the Mausoleum. By 1522, almost every block of the Mausoleum had been disassembled and used for construction. Today, the massive castle still stands in Bodrum, and the polished stone and marble blocks of the Mausoleum can be spotted within the walls of the structure. Some of the sculptures survived and are today on display at the British Museum in London. These include fragment of statues and many slabs of the frieze showing the battle between the Greeks and the Amazons. At the site of the Mausoleum itself, only the foundation remains of the once magnificent Wonder.

The Great Pyramid at Giza - Contrary to the common belief, only the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), not all three Great Pyramids, is on top of the list of Wonders. The only one of the ancient wonders to be still standing, today, the Great Pyramid is enclosed, together with the other pyramids and the Sphinx, in the touristic region of the Giza Plateau.

Answer 2

The way I understand your question I take it that since there has been so much press about a new worldwide contest to decide on a NEW list of the seven wonders of the world and you want to know what happened to the OLD list. It's still around, has been for about 2000 years and isn't going to replaced. Someone had the idea for a sort of contest to pick a modern list.
Choosing a new list can be dificult because you have to wonder if the Taj Mahal belongs on the same list with say the Sydney Opera House. I for one would only nominate wonders that I can't imagine the world being without, like The Eiffel Tower or the Great Wall of China and other wonders that along with their beauty or size have stood the test of time. The truly ancient pyramids of Egypt were all robbed of their outer casing stones by moslems during the middle ages because their society viewed these wonders as nothing of value. To be fair this robbery actually began in some cases in ancient times. It was not unusual for one king to usurp parts of an already built funerary complex for their own use. The very idea is so repugnant to modern thinking that I suppose it would be like scrapping the Eiffel Tower or the Golden gate bridge for the scrap metal.

Answer 3

If you're asking about the seven wonders of the ancient world, all but the Pyramids have been destroyed. Follow the link below for some interesting details.

Answer 4

All but one, The Great Pyramid, have been destroyed. The others are:

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Temple of Zeus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Lighthouse (Pharos) of Alexandria
The Temple of Artemis
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

Answer 5

They were destroyed at various times, mainly as the result of war. The Pyrmaids, of course, are still very much with us.

Answer 6

Most items were destroyed, or in some cases have been determined to be fictional at best. Certainly exagerations.

Answer 7

all but the pyramids were destroyed in some way or another

Answer 8

they're still around, i saw them on myspace this weekend but i couldn't friend request them because myspaces servers were down, again.