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  2. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Wikipedia

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. Another ancient writer, who, perhaps dubiously, identified himself as Philo of Byzantium, wrote a short account entitled The Seven Sights of the World. [3] The surviving manuscript is incomplete, missing its last pages.

  3. Wonders of the World - Wikipedia

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only wonder of the ancient world still in existence. The Greek historian Herodotus (484 – c. 425 BC) and the scholar Callimachus of Cyrene (c. 305–240 BC), at the Museum of Alexandria, made early lists of seven wonders. These lists have not survived, however, except as references in other writings.

  4. Great Pyramid of Giza - Wikipedia

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza [a] is the largest Egyptian pyramid.It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.Built c. 2600 BC, [3] over a period of about 26 years, [4] the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact.

  5. Category:Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, a list of remarkable constructions of classical antiquity given by various authors in guidebooks or poems popular among ancient Hellenic tourists.

  6. The extraordinary and ancient secret places hidden under Turkey

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    Turkey is rich with ancient wonders. Straddling Europe and Asia, the country has been at the heart of numerous empires, which have left behind archaeological attractions to rival its many natural ...

  7. Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Wikipedia

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    The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World listed by Hellenic culture. They were described as a remarkable feat of engineering with an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and vines, resembling a large green mountain constructed of mud bricks.

  8. List of tallest structures built before the 20th century

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    One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It fell after standing for 56 years and then collapsed in an earthquake. Church of St Anne: Goa India 110 33.5 1695 High Temple: Lamanai: Belize: 108: 33: 400–100 BC: Red Fort: Delhi India 108 33 1648 Kailash Temple: Ellora India 107 32.6 756–773 World's largest sculpted monolithic building

  9. Dahshur - Wikipedia

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    Ultimately their breadth of experience would allow them to build the Great Pyramid of Giza; the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing to this date. The first of the Dahshur pyramids was the Bent Pyramid (2613–2589 BC), built under the rule of King Sneferu .