Seven Wonders

The Seven Wonders of the World is a widely known list of magnificent constructions in the ancient world. The first list is to said to have come from as back as the second century by Antipater of Sidon.
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1. Great Pyramid of Giza: 2500 BC - Egyptians


2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon: 600 BC - Babylonians (Destroyed by earthquake)


3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: 550 BC Anatolians (Destroyed by fire 356 BC)




4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia: 435 BC - Greeks (Destroyed by fire)


5. Mausoleum of Halicarnassus: 315 BC - Hellenized Carians (Destroyed by earthquake)


6. Colossus of Rhodes: 292-280 BC - Hellenistic Carians (Destroyed by earthequake 224 BC)


7. Lighthouse of Alexandria: 3rd Century BC - Hellenistic Carians (Destroyed by earthquake)