7 wonders of the world

7 wonders of the world

This article is about natural and constructed phenomena and structures of the world. For other uses of "Wonders of the World", see Wonders of the World (disambiguation).

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (from left to right, top to bottom): Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (also known as the Mausoleum of Mausolus), Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria as depicted by 16th-century Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck.

Map of places listed in various Wonders of the World list (interactive map)

Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled from antiquity to the present day, to catalogue the world's most spectacular natural wonders and manmade structures.

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the first known list of the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity; it was based on guidebooks popular among Hellenic sightseers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim and in Mesopotamia. The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it represented perfection and plenty, and because it was the number of the five planets known anciently, plus the sun and moon.^[1] Many similar lists have been made.

Contents

• 1Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
• 2Lists from other eras
• 3Recent lists
  • 3.1American Society of Civil Engineers
  • 3.2USA Today's New Seven Wonders
  • 3.3Seven Natural Wonders of the World
  • 3.4New7Wonders of the World
  • 3.5New7Wonders of Nature
  • 3.6New7Wonders Cities
  • 3.7Seven Wonders of the Underwater World
  • 3.8Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
  • 3.9Seven Wonders of the Solar System
  • 3.10Other lists of wonders of the world
• 4See also
• 5Notes
• 6References
• 7Further reading
• 8External links