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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the first known list of the most remarkable creations ofclassical antiquity; it was based on guidebooks popular among Hellenicsightseers and only includes works located around the Mediterraneanrim 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.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Main article: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World



The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only wonder of the ancient world still in existence



The Colosseum in Rome



The Great Wall of China



Hagia Sophia



Stonehenge



Machu Picchu



Taj Mahal



Empire State Building



Golden Gate Bridge



The Victoria Falls contain the largest sheet of falling water in the world in terms of area



The Great Barrier Reef



CN Tower



Chichen Itza



Old City of Jerusalem



The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights



Grand Canyon



The London sewerage system's original Abbey Mills pumping station



The Sydney Opera House

The historian Herodotus (484 – ca. 425 BC) and the scholarCallimachus of Cyrene (ca. 305–240 BC), at the Museum of Alexandria, made early lists of seven wonders. Their writings have not survived, except as references.

The classic seven wonders were:

Colossus of Rhodes

Great Pyramid of Giza

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Lighthouse of Alexandria

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

The only ancient world wonder that still exists is the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Lists from other eras

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, some writers wrote their own lists with names such as Wonders of the Middle Ages, Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages, Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind, and Architectural Wonders of the Middle Ages. However, it is unlikely that these lists originated in the Middle Ages, because the word "medieval" was not invented until theEnlightenment-era, and the concept of a Middle Age did not become popular until the 16th century.Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable refers to them as "later list[s]",[2] suggesting the lists were created after the Middle Ages.

Many of the structures on these lists were built much earlier than the Medieval Ages but were well known.[3][4]

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