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7 WONDERS7 WONDERSRELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

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What's Inside:
  • About the Seven Wonders
  • Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  • Statue of Zeus at Olympia
  • Temple of Artemis
  • The Great Pyramid at Giza
  • Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
  • The Colossus of Rhodes
  • The Pharos of Alexandria
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  • LEXILE® READING LEVEL: 880L
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"Turn the pages of almost any magazine and you'll come across a top-ten list. It might be the year's best songs or movies or places to visit. But one of the oldest top-ten lists is actually a top-seven list! More than 2,100 years ago, a Greek poet, Antipater of Sidon, made a list of what he thought were the most spectacular creations of his day. Most of them he had not even seen! Nobody knows exactly. . . "
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ANCIENT GREECEANCIENT GREECE
"When the Olympics are on TV, do you sit spellbound, awed by the skill of the athletes? Do you enjoy going to plays? Do you feel lucky to live in a country where you can say what you please about any subject at all? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might want to say a silent thank you to the ancient Greeks. Many aspects of our life, such as the Olympics, the theater, and democracy. . . "
ANCIENT EGYPTANCIENT EGYPT
"What's the first word that comes to mind when you hear "ancient Egypt"? Mummies? Pyramids? Pharaohs? Mummies, pyramids, and pharaohs were all important parts of life in ancient Egypt. But there is much more to know about this long-lasting civilization. Come visit the ancient Egyptians where their civilization began-on the banks of the Nile River. The earliest known settlements in Egypt were farming. . . "
MESOPOTAMIAMESOPOTAMIA
"In the heart of modern-day Iraq, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, lies a dry, flat, hot plain with little to attract a casual tourist. But buried under sandy mounds on this vast plain are the remains of Mesopotamia, "the land between two rivers." Scholars call Mesopotamia "the cradle of civilization" because it was there that the first cities grew from infancy to magnificent maturity. Before. . . "
PYRAMIDSPYRAMIDS
"Egypt's pyramids are the oldest stone buildings in the world. They were built nearly five thousand years ago. These ancient tombs are also among the world's largest structures. The biggest is taller than a 40-story building and covers an area greater than that of ten football fields. Men built these huge structures without the help of equipment that we have today, such as cranes and bulldozers.. . . "
MUMMIESMUMMIES
“Hollywood horror films have helped make mummies famous-and feared. “Fear Will Freeze You When You Face… The Mummy!” announced a poster for the 1959 movie The Mummy. “The Mummy… It Comes to Life!” declared another. Viewers of mummy movies quiver on the edge of their seats as wrapped-up monsters, angry from having their sleep disturbed, spring to life. But mummies shouldn't be feared-really. A mummy…”
GREAT WALL OF CHINAGREAT WALL OF CHINA
"One of the most magnificent structures on Earth arose in the East Asian nation of China many centuries ago. Called the Great Wall, it dates back to the Ming Dynasty, which lasted from 1368 to 1644. (Dynasties were ruling families that passed power from one generation to the next)."
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. By Lynn Curlee, Atheneum, 2002.
  • The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. By Diana Bentley, Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Moments in History (Cover-to-Cover Informational Books). By Shirley Jordan, Perfection Learning, 2004.
  • Great Wonders of the World. By Russell Ash, DK Publishing Inc, 2000.
  • The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. By Paul Jordan, Longman, 2002.
ADULT BOOKS
  • The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. By Diana Bentley, Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • The Wonders of the World. By National Geographic Society, National Geographic Society, 1998.
  • The Seven Wonders of the World: A History of the Modern Imagination. By John Romer and Elizabeth Romer, Seven Dials, 2001.
WEBSITES
  • PBS - Site of the 7 wonders: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sunken/wonders/