Step 1 : Introduction to the question " Which one of the seven ancient wonders of the world is still standing today? "
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The Great Pyramid at Giza was constructed between 2584 and 2561 BC for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu and was the tallest man-made structure in the world for almost 4,000 years. Excavations of the interior of the pyramid were only initiated in earnest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Of the original Seven Wonders only the Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest of the ancient wonders, remains relatively intact. The Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus were all destroyed. Mystery surrounds Hanging Gardens of Babylon. No one knows the who built it, where it was located, and what happened to it, are all relatively unknown. There is actually speculation it may not have existed at all.
The Pyramid took fourteen to twenty years to complete using slaves to do most of the work. The Pyramid consists of an estimated 2.3 million blocks, each weighing 2 tons. Early estimates of the size of the workforce necessary to construct such a massive structure were in the neighborhood of 100,000 men. Today, while the question of exactly how many men it would have taken to build the Great Pyramid at Giza remains unanswered, current estimates are as low as 2,000 men. This estimate is based on research which led modern scientists to believe that the ancient Egyptians may have been more astute builders than previously thought.
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Step 2 : Answer to the question " Which one of the seven ancient wonders of the world is still standing today? "
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus:
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