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Seven Wonders of the World

Seven Wonders of the World Seven Wonders of the World

Voted on 07.07.07-  http://www.new7wonders.com/

CHICHEN_ITZAChrist the RedeemerGreat Wall of China

Machu PichuColosseum RomePetra Jordantaj mahal       

 


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Game to play:

Use the science, history and geography clues

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sunken/wonders/

A virtual tour of the
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Click on the link to map below

Geographic Map 

(CNN) -- Can you name the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

click on any of the links below

Pyramids of Egypt | Pharos of Alexandria | Hanging Gardens of Babylon| The Temple of Artemis | Statue of Zeus | Mausoleum at Halicarnassus | The Colossus of Rhodes

As a bonus, try visiting some marvels that might have made the list a top ten, but didn't:

The Tower of Babel

Stonehenge

Sphinx


Seven Wonders of the World

The Seven Wonders

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

Wonder Date Builder Destroyed Cause
Great Pyramid of Giza 2550 BC Egyptians n/a n/a
Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC Babylonians after 1st century BC earthquake
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BC Lydians, Greeks 356 BC fire
Statue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BC Greeks 5th-6th centuries AD fire
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 351 BC Carians, Greeks by 1494 AD earthquake
Colossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC Hellenistic Greece 224 BC earthquake
Lighthouse of Alexandria 3rd century BC Hellenistic Egypt 1303-1480 AD earthquake

 
 



Although most people know that a list exists of the Seven World Wonders, only few can name them. The list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was originally compiled around the second century BC by Alexander the Great.



The Canonical List


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