Amazing and unusual creations exist in our world!
This quest will explore some of them as we look at
The Wonderful World of Wonders.
In the ancient world people chose the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, which are:
The Great Pyramid at Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus at Rhodes
The Pharos at Alexandria
These great structures all had some common characteristics that made them wonders of the world.
Imagine yourself as a famous historian who has been asked to research these wonders, and you are to report why they were chosen to be "wonders" of the ancient world.
You must
Learn all that you can about these great structures;
Determine the criteria that was used to claim them as wonders;
Decide why they have held such fascination in history over the centuries.
Then use your chosen criteria to decide "new wonders" for our modern world today.
Your historical research will lead to the determination of "new wonders" and help the world to develop fantastic new creations to be the wonders of the future.
GO to TASK to begin your exploration.
