The Seven Ancient Wonders

The Seven Ancient Wonders

The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) refers to remarkable constructions of classical antiquity  listed by various authors in guidebooks popular among the ancient Hellenic tourists.




 Particularly in the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. The most prominent of these, the versions by Antipater of Sidon and an observer identified as Philon of Byzantium, comprise seven works located around the eastern Mediterranean rim. The original list inspired innumerable versions through the ages, often listing seven entries. Of the original Seven Wonders, only one-the Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest of the ancient wonders-remains relatively intact.

The Seven Ancient Wonders

Wonder	Date of construction	Builder	Date of destruction	Cause of destruction	Modern location
Great Pyramid of Giza	2584–2561 BC	Egyptians	Still in existence	Still in existence	Giza Necropolis, Egypt
Hanging Gardens of Babylon	Around 600 BC (evident)	Chaldeans	After 1st century BC	Earthquakes	Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, or Kouyunjik, Nineveh Province
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus	c. 550 BC	Lydians, Greeks	356 BC (by Herostratus) AD 262 (by the Goths)	Arson by Herostratus, Plundering	near Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey
Statue of Zeus at Olympia	466–456 BC (Temple) 435 BC (Statue)	Greeks	5th–6th centuries AD	Disassembled; later destroyed by fire	Olympia, Greece
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus	351 BC	Carians, Greeks	by AD 1494	Flooding	Bodrum, Turkey
Colossus of Rhodes	292–280 BC	Greeks	226 BC	Earthquake	Rhodes, Greece
Lighthouse of Alexandria	c. 280 BC	Ptolemaic Egypt, Greeks	AD 1303–1480	Earthquake	Alexandria, Egypt

We Will Show Every Wonders in separate article with images and videos 

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