Dr. James D. Rietveld: The Seven Wonders of The Ancient World #TheExplorersClub #IpsoFacto

I would like to thank James and Marggi Markowitz of Ipso Facto, Fullerton, California for their kind permission to share this recording.

In this instalment of Dr. Rietveld's excellent ancient history lecture series at Ipso Facto - we learn about the so-called 'Seven Wonders of the World' and James continues to reveal more evidence and information about these phenomenal and monumental man-made marvels than is commonly spoken of or written about. Get ready for a thorough and illuminating history lesson!

Dr. James Rietveld will guide us on a tour of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis and more ancient sites!
This is an almost proverbial list, often memorized by schoolchildren to represent the most amazing and important sites of the ancient classic Mediterranean region according to ancient perspectives.
Five ancient writers mention this list, Antipater of Sidon and Philo of Byzantium among them.

For the most part they agree that the Seven Ancient Wonders were the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

For this lecture we will not only discuss who chose these Seven Wonders and why, but we will investigate their overall importance, especially focusing upon the archeological evidence that remains of these sites today.
How can archaeology unlock the secrets of these lost treasures?

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