Model of that renowned Labyrinth which he built in Crete, and which has eternized his Name, for one of the finest Artists in the World.

Of the Pyramids of EGYPT.

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F the amazing Bulk, the regular Form, and the almost inconceivable Duration of Public or Monumental Buildings call for Surprize and Aftonishment, we have certainly just Reason to give the Pyramids of Egypt a Place among the

Seven Wonders. Thefe Buildings remain almost as ftrong and beautiful as ever, 'till this very Time. There are three of them; the largest of which was erected by Chemnis, one of the Kings of Egypt, as a Monument of his Power while alive, and a Receptacle of his Body when dead. It was fituated about 16 English Miles from Memphis, now known by the Name of Grand Cairo, and was about 1440 Feet in Height, and about 143 Feet long, on each Side of the Square Bafis. It was built of hard Arabian Stones, each of which is about 30 Feet long. The Building of it is faid to have employed 600,000 Men for twenty Years. Chemnis however was not interred in this lofty Monument, but was barbaroufly torn to Pieces in a Mutiny of his People. Cephus, his Brother, fucceeding him, difcovered an equal culpable Vanity, and erected another, though a lefs magnificent Pyramid. The third was built by King Mycernius according to fome, but according to others by the celebrated Courtefan Rhodope. This Structure is rendered still more furprifing, by having placed upon its Top a Head of black Marble, 102 Feet round the Temples, and about 60 Feet from the Chin to the Crown of the Head.

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The Tomb of MAUSOLUS.

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HE next is that celebrated Monument of conjugal Love, known by the Name of Mausoleum, and erected by Artemefia, Queen of Caria, in Honour of her Husband Maufolus, whom fhe loved fo tenderly, that, after his Death, The ordered his Body to be burnt, and put its Afhes in a Cup of Wine, and drank it, that fhe might lodge the Remains of her Husband as near to her Heart as fhe poffibly could." This Structure fhe enriched with fuch a Profufion of Art

and Expence, that it was juftly looked upon as one of the greatest Wonders of the World, and ever fince magnificent Funeral Monuments are called Maufoleums.

It ftood in Halicarnaffus, Capital of the Kingdom of Caria, between the King's Palace and the Temple of Venus. Its Breadth from N. to S. was 63 Feet, and in Circumference 411, and about 100 Feet high. Pyrrhus raised a Pyramid on the Top of it, and placed thereon a Marble Chariot drawn by four Horfes. The Whole was admired by all that faw it, except the Philofopher Anaxagoras, who, at the Sight of it, cried, "There is a great deal of Money changed into "Stone."

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The Coloffus of the Sun.

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HE fixth of thefe is juftly accounted the Coluffus of Rhodes, a Statue of fo prodigious a Bulk, that it could not have been believed, had it not been recorded by the best Hiftorians. It was made of Brafs by one Chares of Afia Minor, who confumed 12 Years in finishing it. It was erected over the Entry of the Harbour of the City, with the Right-Foot on one Side, and the Left on the other. The largest Ships could pass between the Legs without lowering their Mafts. It is faid to have coft 44,000l. English

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