Biographical Sketch of Millie Christine
EIGHT WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
THE LIGHTHOUSE OF PHAROS.
Pharos was an island off the coast of Egypt, near Alexandria. It was famous for its lighthouse, completed 280 B. C., built of fine white marble. Its light was visible more than 40 miles. It existed 1600 years. Destroyed by earthquake.
THE TEMPLE OF DIANA.
The Temple of Diana at Ephesus was 220 years in being built, was of imposing richness, was 425 feet long, 225 feet broad, and supported by 127 columns of the finest Parian marble, each column 60 feet high and weighing 150 tons—these columns furnished by 127 Kings.
STATUE OF JUPITER.
The Colossal Statue of Jupiter in the Temple of Olympia at Elis was of gold and ivory and sat enthroned 800 years, and was destroyed by fire about A. D. 475. An imitation of the head is preserved in the British Museum.