The classic seven wonders were:

  • Great Pyramid of Giza
  • Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  • Statue of Zeus at Olympia 
  • Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 
  • Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
  • Colossus of Rhodes
  • Lighthouse of Alexandria


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Great Pyramid of Giza 


 
Hanging Gardens of Babylon 


 
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 


Statue of Zeus at Olympia 


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The site of the Mausoleum lies in ruins today


 
Colossus of Rhodes 


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Lighthouse of Alexandria 

NameDate of constructionBuilderDate of destructionCause of destructionModern location
Great Pyramid of Giza2584–2561 BCEgyptiansStill in existenceGiza Necropolis, Egypt
Hanging Gardens of Babylon c. 600 BC (evident)BabyloniansAfter 1st century BCEarthquakesHillah, Babylon Province, Iraq 
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus c. 550 BC; and again at 323 BCLydians, Greeks356 BC (by Herostratus)
AD 262 (by the Goths)		Arson by Herostratus, plunderingIzmir Province, Turkey
Statue of Zeus at Olympia 466–456 BC (Temple)
435 BC (Statue)		Greeks5th–6th centuries ADDisassembled; later destroyed by fireOlympia, Greece
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus351 BCCarians, Greeksby AD 1494EarthquakesBodrum, Turkey
Colossus of Rhodes 292–280 BCGreeks226 BC226 BC Rhodes earthquakeRhodes, Greece
Lighthouse of Alexandria c. 280 BCPtolemaic Egypt, GreeksAD 1303–14801303 Crete earthquakeAlexandria, Egypt

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