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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, also known as the Seven Wonders of the World or simply the Seven Wonders, is a list of seven notable structures present during classical antiquity. The first known list of seven wonders dates back to the 2nd–1st century BC.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the oldest known list of this type, documenting the most iconic and remarkable human-made creations of classical antiquity; it was based on guidebooks popular among Hellenic sightseers and as such only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim and in the ancient Near East. The number seven was ...
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.
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Destroyed by earthquakes in 1303 and 1323. Sint-Walburgiskerk: Zutphen: Netherlands: 384: 117: 16th century: Current height: 76 m. Until 1600, the church was 117 m tall and the highest structure in the Netherlands before the 20th century. Potala Palace: Lhasa: China: 384: 117: 1694: Freiburg ...
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.
The New 7 Wonders of the World was a campaign started in 2001 to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. [1] The popularity poll via free web-based voting and telephone voting was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New 7 Wonders Foundation (N7W) based in Zurich, Switzerland, with winners ...
Seven Ancient Wonders, a thriller novel by Matthew Reilly; Seven Wonders, a series of books from Peter Lerangis; Wonder of the World, a play by David Lindsay-Abaire; Wonders of the Invisible World, a book by Cotton Mather; Wonders of the Invisible World (McKillip collection), a collection of fantasy stories by Patricia A. McKillip
Timeline and map of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, compared with the approximate lifespan of Philo of Byzantium who described them. Dates in bold green and dark red are those of their construction and destruction, respectively.