THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD The Pyramids of Egypt and the Sphinx—are situated close to the west bank of the Nile River nearly opposite Cairo, and were built between 4731 B.C. and 4454 B.C. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon—were near the Euphrates River in the palace of King Nebuchadnezzar, 60 miles south of the present city of Bagdad. They date from about 600 B.C. The Temple of Diana—at Ephesus in Asia Minor, an ancient but now vanished city, was built in the Fifth Century, B.C., by the lonian cities as a joint monument. In 356 B.C., the temple was destroyed. The Statue of Jupiter Olympus—in the valley of Olympia, a 12 miles inland from the west coast of the southern peninsul of Greece, was begun in 432 B.C. The Tomb of Mausolus—was in Asia Minor on the Eastern side of the Aegean Sea opposite Greece. It was built of marble about 352 B.C. by Queen Artemisia. The Pharos of Alexandria—a white marble lighthouse or watch tower on the island of Pharos, in the port of Alexandria, Egypt, was completed in 283 B.C. Fires were used as a beacon by night and were kindled in the upper part of the tower. The Colossus of Rhodes—was a brass statue of the Greek sun-god Apollo, about 109 feet high and was port of the City of Rhodes on the Island of eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea north of took 12 years to build, was completed about was thrown down 224 B.C. by an earthquake. erected at the Rhodes in the Alexandria. It 280 B.C. and RULES FOR SPELLING “Words ending in e drop that letter before the termination able, as in move, movable, unless ending in ce or ge, when it is retained, as in change, changeable, etc. Words of one syllable ending in a consonant, with a single vowel before it double that consonant in derivatives, as ship, shipping, etc. But if ending in a consonant vowel before it, they do not double tives; as troop, trooper, with the consonant a double in deriva- etc. Words of more than one syllable ending in a consonant preceded by a single vowel, and accented on the last syllable, double that consonant in derivatives; as commit, committed; but except chagrin, chagrined. Words of more than one syllable ending in | have only one | at close; as delightful, faithful; unless the accent falls on the last syllable; as in befall, etc. Words ending in |, double that letter in the termination ly. Participles ending in ing, from verbs ending in e, lose the final e; as have, having, make, making, etc.; but verbs ending in ee retain both; see, seeing. Dye, to color, and singe, to scorch, however, must retain the e before ing. All verbs ending in ly and nouns ending in ment retain the e final of the primitives; as brave, bravely; refine, refinement; except words ending in ge; as judge, judgment. Nouns. ending in y, preceded by a vowel, form their plural by adding s; as money, moneys; but if y is preceded by a consonant it is changed fo ies in the plural; as bounty, bounties.