King Nebuchadnezzar is said to have built the "Hanging Gardens," and apparently he built them for his wife, Amyitis. She did not originally come from Babylon, but instead was married to Nebuchadnezzar by her parents to form an alliance between the Medes and Babylon; hence she was homesick and these gardens were built in an attempt to cheer her up. They do not hang, as from the connotation of hanging by ropes or chains, but rather are named in this way to describe the way they overhang over the shore of Babylon, a nice site indeed. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World because of the builder's savvy, creating it with every detail necessary to keep the plants from dying. For example, the German explorer Robert Koldewey found three large holes each connecting to the sea it overhangs, in order to provide the gardens with water; but this is just one of multiple features that make this structure known today as ahead of its time, which is 600 B.C. approximately. This ingenious construction is not only very well built, but the measurements are quite impressive. It measures about one hundred fifty by one hundred fifty feet, and a height of three hundred twenty feet. This is not as big as the Great Pyramid, but still nonetheless impressive. The gardens do not stand today but their existence in time continue to dazzle historians.
The third, chronologically, of the Seven Wonders of the World is the Statue of Zeus, built in Olympia, Greece. The Greek sculptor Phidias created the Statue of Zeus. He is credited with building other sculptures, such as the sculpture which depicts the Goddess Athena, in the Parthanon. In Zeus' right hand was a small statue of Nike, the goddess of victory, and in his left hand a shining sceptre on which an eagle perched. It should also be noted that on the platform the statue was raised on, the twelve labors of Hercules, or Heracles, were depicted.