Galary of the Seven wonders of the Earth

My ambitious endeavor, to reconstruct images of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, began as a marketing promotion for Bryce (a 3D modeling software, if by chance you don't know). I wanted to help promote the product, which I passionately love, and the owners at the time, MetaCreations, agreed to sponsor the endeavor. But in creating this imagery, I specifically restricted myself to using Bryce alone, and the imagery you see is essentially the most Bryce alone can do. It isn't good for human statuary, and so I had to scale back my designs, particularly in the Mausoleum, to reduce the statuary to a minimum.

So if you are looking in on this purely from the interest of the Wonders themselves, I just wanted to say that the images do disagree with some of the historical facts of these wonders because of the limitations of the software I was using. The Mausoleum, in particular, had statuary surrounding all three tiers of its base.
And I've mellowed out in my perception of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, going so far as to include two images of the traditional version I still have profound doubts about, along with my admittedly very speculative version, which is more practical from an engineering standpoint, but not historically documented.
And I have continued to experiment with the mysterious Hanging Gardens, doing a drastically revised "Version 2" which is in my Recent Works Gallery.
So as you look at these images of the Wonders, be reminded that indeed there is much we don't know about them, and visualizations like mine are based on considerable speculation.
For those of you who use Bryce, you will be pleased to know this gallery of images is truly 100% Bryce (no imported objects, figures, textures, pictures, or anything else that didn't come with Bryce). So, theoretically, if you have nothing in your computer other than your core operating system and Bryce, you could duplicate everything I did here.
While I did create some human figure statuary here entirely in Bryce, I would not hesitate recommending you use Poser instead for any human figures you want in Bryce scenes (life is too short, and Poser does them better).
Finally, there is one really humongous text file in this gallery, but the various history/construction note buttons below will take you to exact topics within the text file (or you can scroll through it till your mouse button dies).
Most of the imagery is 1024 wide, so you can see details better. For all the night scenes, you really must darken the room you're in to see the detail in the shadows.
That said, enjoy!
Bill Munns December 2000

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Temple of Artemis

The Great Pyramids

The Colossus of Rhodes

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Bryce Tower

• Pictures of New Seven Wonders of The World

1- Petra (Jordan)

Petra is an archaeological site in Jordan, lying in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is famous for having many stone structures carved into the rock.

2- Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu sometimes called the “Lost City”, is a pre-Columbian city created by the Inca Empire. It is located at 2,430 m (7,970 ft) on a mountain ridge. Machu Picchu is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco.

3- Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza or “At the mouth of the well of the Itza”, is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, present-day Mexico.

4- Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned it as a mausoleum for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

5- Colosseum

The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, is a giant amphitheater in the center of the city of Rome, Italy. Originally capable of seating around 50,000 spectators, it was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles.

6- Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties.

7- Statue of Christ the Redeemer

Statue of Christ the Redeemer, is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The statue stands 38 m (105 feet) tall, weighs 700 tons and is located at the peak of the 700-m (2296-foot) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park, overlooking the city.

And if you are wondering why there are no pyramids in this list, the answer is very easy. The Giza pyramids are incomparable and it does not have to compete. It were assured of retaining its status in addition to the new seven wonders. After all, it is the only surviving structures of the ancient seven wonders of the world.

And here it is, the Giza Pyramids picture: