Wonders of the Ancient World – Temple of Artemis

the Temple of Artemis was built in 550
BC in what is present-day Turkey it was
built as a Greek temple dedicated to
Artemis the Greek goddess of the
wilderness hunting and childbirth it
took 120 years to create and it was
built on a marshland to protect it from
future earthquakes filled with many fine
art works from Greek sculptors the
marshland could not protect the temple
from hero stratos hero stratos wanted to
be famous even if it was for burning
down one of the wonders of the world the
same night that the temple was destroyed
Alexander the Great was born prompting
some to believe that the goddess Artemis
was too busy with his delivery to save
her own temple in 323 BC after Alexander
the Great’s death the temple wasn’t fat
rebuilt however in 262 ad it was
destroyed once again this time by the
doss in 1869 the site of the temple was
discovered however all that remained was
a sindelle column