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    Six of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have been destroyed, with only the Great Pyramid of Giza remaining. The list was originally compiled around the 2nd century BC. While the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were included on the list, there is no evidence they were ever actually built.

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    Six of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have been destroyed, with only the Great Pyramid of Giza remaining. The list was originally compiled around the 2nd century BC. While the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were included on the list, there is no evidence they were ever actually built.

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    Six of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have been destroyed, with only the Great Pyramid of Giza remaining. The list was originally compiled around the 2nd century BC. While the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were included on the list, there is no evidence they were ever actually built.

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    Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

    •Most people know that a list exists of the Seven Wonders but few can name
    them.

    •Six of seven Ancient Wonders have not survived. Just one still exists.

    •The list was originally compiled around the second century BC.
    The Great Pyramid of Giza

    A gigantic stone structure near the ancient city of Memphis,


    serving as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu
    1. How many of the ancient Seven Wonders still
    exist?

    a. 6
    b. 2
    c. 1
    1. Approximately when Was The List Of Seven
    Wonders First Compiled?

    a. 2nd BC
    b. 1957
    c. Middle Ages
    The Great Hanging Gardens of Babylon

    A palace with legendary gardens built on the banks of the Euphrates river by
    King Nebuchadnezzar II

    Fruits and flowers... Waterfalls... Gardens hanging from the palace terraces...
    Exotic animals... This is the picture in most people's minds.

    It may be surprising to know that they might have never existed except in the
    minds of Greek poets and historians!
    The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

    An enormous statue of the Greek father of gods, carved by the great sculptor
    Phidias.

    It was created for the Olympics and it survived until it was destroyed by a
    severe fire in AD 462.
    The Temple of Artemis At Epheses

    Considered the most beautiful structure on earth, it was built in honor of the Greek
    goddess of hunting, wild nature and fertility.

    On the night of 21 July 356 BC, a man named Herostratus burned the temple to
    ground in an attempt to immortalize his name. Oddly enough, Alexander the Great
    was born the same night.
    The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

    Built in 350 BC, this was a fascinating tomb constructed for King Maussollos, Persian
    satrap of Caria. It was named as one of the Seven Wonders because of it’s beauty and
    wealth of statues and artifacts.

    It was disassembled by the Knights of St. John in the 15th century to build another
    massive castle that stands today.
    The Colossus of Rhodes

    A colossus of Helios the sun-god, erected by the Greeks near the


    harbor of a Mediterranean Island.

    It was a symbol of unity of the people.

    From its building to its destruction lies a time span of merely 56 years.

    Yet the colossus earned a place in the famous list of Wonders. "But even lying on
    the ground, it is a marvel", said Pliny the Elder
    The Lighthouse of Alexandria

    A lighthouse built by the Ptolemes on the island of Pharos off the coast of their
    capital city

    Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only one had a practical use in
    addition to its architectural elegance

    For sailors it insured safe entry into the harbor at night and was the tallest
    building on earth at the time.

    It had a mysterious mirror that reflected 50 miles out from shore.


    3. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were listed as one of the
    Seven Wonders but they never actually existed
    a. True
    b. False

    4. The list of Seven Wonders was compiled during


    a. the 2nd BC
    b. the 5th BC
    c. the middle ages

    5. The Lighthouse of Alexandria was


    a. Built to honor Zeus
    b. The tallest building in the world at the time
    c. None of the above
    New Wonders

    Human imagination urged poets, writers, and historians to seek


    "replacements" for the fallen monuments, a list of “Modern Wonders”.

    Others argued that Ancient civilizations which the Greeks did not know of,
    erected monuments that should have been included in the original list, such as
    the Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal in Agra, and the Temple of Angkor in
    Cambodia are a few examples.

    Like the ancient list, the new ones include fascinating monuments and
    structures that changed the existing landscape. However, no single list won
    unanimous approval among historians, artists, and architects.

    Next is an alphabetical listing of some Forgotten, Modern, and Natural


    Wonders.
    Forgotten Wonders
    •Abu Simbel Temple in Egypt
    •Angkor Wat in Cambodia
    •The Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan (Mexico City), Mexico
    •The Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines
    •Borobudur Temple in Indonesia
    •The Colosseum in Rome, Italy
    •The Great Wall of China
    •The Inca city of Machu Picchu, Peru
    •The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
    •The Mayan Temples of Tikal in Northern Guatemala
    •The Moai Statues in Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile
    •Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France
    •The Throne Hall of Persepolis in Iran
    •The Parthenon in Athens, Greece
    •Petra, the rock-carved city in Jordan
    •The Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar
    •Stonehenge in England
    •Taj Mahal in Agra, India
    •The Temple of the Inscriptions in Palenque, Mexico
    Modern Wonders
    •The Channel Tunnel
    •The Clock Tower (Big Ben) in London, England
    •The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada
    •Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
    •The Empire State Building in New York City, USA
    •The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, USA
    •The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA
    •The High Dam in Aswan, Egypt
    •Hoover Dam in Arizona/Nevada, USA
    •Itaipú Dam in Brazil/Paraguay
    •Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, USA
    •The Panama Canal
    •The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    •The Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    •The Statue of Liberty in New York City, USA
    •The Suez Canal in Egypt
    •The Sydney Opera House in Australia
    Natural Wonders

    •Angel Falls in Venezuela


    •The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada
    •The Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA
    •The Great Barrier Reef in Australia
    •Iguaçú Falls in Brazil/Argentina
    •Krakatoa Island in Indonesia
    •Mount Everest in Nepal
    •Mount Fuji in Japan
    •Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
    •Niagara Falls in Ontario (Canada) and New York State (USA)
    •Paricutin Volcano in Mexico
    •Victoria Falls in Zambia/Zimbabwe

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