7 WONDERS

Everything you should know about the 7 wonders of the world

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The Empire State Building

The Itaipu Dam

The CN Tower

The Panama Canal

The Channel Tunnel

The North Sea Protection

The Golden Gate Bridge

The Stonehenge

The Colosseum

The Catacombs

The Great Wall of China

The Porcelain Tower

The Hagia Sophia

The Leaning Tower Of Pisa

The Great Pyramid of Gizza

The Hanging Gardens

The Temple of Artemis

The Statue of Zeus

The Mausoleum

The Colossus of Rhodes

The Pharos of Alexandria

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Forgotten Modern Wonders

The Big Ben

The Eiffel Tower

The Gateway Arch

The Aswan High Dam

Hoover Dam

Mount Rushmore

The Petronas Towers

Forgotten Medeival Wonders

Abu Simbel Temple

Angkor Wat

Taj Mahal

Mont Saint-Michel

The Parthenon

The Shwedagon Pagoda

The Moai Statues

7 Natural Wonders

Mount Everest

The Great Barrier Reef

The Grand Canyon

Victoria Falls

The Rio de Janeiro Harbor

Paricutin Volcano

The Northern Lights

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Q: What is the difference between the Seven Wonders and the Seven Ancient Wonders?

A: No difference.


Q: Who compiled the list of the Seven Ancient Wonders?

A: The first reference to the idea is found in History of Herodotus as long ago as the 5th century BC. His list comprised the Pyramids, the Hanging Gardens, and the Walls of Babylon among others. Callimachus of Cyrene (305BC-240BC), Chief Librarian of the Alexandria Mouseion, wrote "A Collection of Wonders around the World". All we know about the collection is its title, for it was destroyed with the Alexandria Library. The current list is sometimes attributed to the ancient poet and historian, Antipater of Sidon, although his list contained the Walls of Babylon in place of the Lighthouse of Alexandria. The final list of the Seven Wonders was compiled during the Middle Ages when they were first depicted by the great Dutch architect Maerten van Heemskerck.

 

Q: Why is the Taj Mahal/Great Wall/Pisa Tower not on the list?

A: The original list was compiled by ancient Greek historians before the Taj Mahal or the Pisa Tower were built. These historians did not know of the existence of the Great Wall (which did not take its present shape until the Middle Ages anyway). When the Dutch architect Maerten van Heemskerck compiled the final list in the Middle Ages, he relied mostly on the ancient Greek sources. In this WWW site, we have devoted a complete section to some of the greatest Forgotten Wonders.


 

Q: Why is the Eiffel Tower/Statue of Liberty/Big Ben not on the list?

A: The original list was compiled by ancient Greek historians long before the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, and Big Ben were built. In this WWW site, we have devoted a complete section to some of the greatest Modern Wonders.

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