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Most Beautiful – Ancient

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: A web site dedicated to the Seven Ancient Wonders says, “It was not just a temple... It was the most beautiful structure on earth... built in honor of the Greek goddess of hunting, wild nature, and fertility.” Indeed, 15 centuries earlier, Seven-Wonder-list-maker Antipater of Sidon had written, “When I saw the sacred house of Artemis that towers to the clouds, the [other Wonders] were placed in the shade, for the Sun himself has never looked upon its equal outside Olympus.”

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