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The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) is a widely-known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity. The earliest known version of the list was compiled in the 2nd century BC by Antipater of Sidon; it appears to be based on the guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim.

 
Listed in order of their construction, the seven wonders are:

 

Great Pyramid of Giza 2550 BC Egyptians
Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC Babylonians earthquake
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BC Anatolians 356 BC fire
Statue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BC Greeks fire
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 351 BC Hellenized Carians earthquake
Colossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC Hellenistic civilization 224 BC earthquake
Lighthouse of Alexandria 3rd century BC Hellenistic civilization earthquake

 

Antipater’s original list replaced the Lighthouse of Alexandria with the Walls of Babylon. It wasn’t until the 6th century AD that the list above was used. Of these wonders, the only one that has survived to the present day is the Great Pyramid of Giza. The existence of the Hanging Gardens has not been definitively proven. Records show that the other five wonders were destroyed by natural disasters. The Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus were destroyed by fire, while the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Colossus, and Mausoleum of Maussollos, were destroyed by earthquakes.

A curious piece of trivia about the Seven Wonders is that all the sites of the seven wonders were located in the Ottoman Empire at one time or another.

In the tradition of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, many other lists of wonders have been proposed, including both human feats of engineering and wonders of nature. However, these lists are rather informal, and there is no consensus on any particular list.

Modern wonders
 
* Channel Tunnel
* CN Tower
* Empire State Building
* Golden Gate Bridge
* Itaipu Dam
* Delta Works
* Panama Canal

 
 

Tourist travel wonders
 
* Great Pyramid of Giza
* Great Wall of China
* Taj Mahal
* Serengeti Migration
* Galapagos
* Grand Canyon
* Machu Picchu

 
 

Natural wonders
 
Similar to the other lists of wonders, there is no consensus on a list of seven natural wonders of the world, as there has been debate over how large the list should be.

 
* Grand Canyon
* Great Barrier Reef
* Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
* Mount Everest
* Northern Lights
* Paricutín volcano
* Victoria Falls

 
Have you seen any of these ? When ???