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1. The Great Pyramid of Giza
2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
4. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
5. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
6. The Colossus of Rhodes
7. The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The list was compiled around second century BC. It is a list of some of the most amazing and momumental structures of the ancient world.
For more information, visit this website: http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/
There are several "Seven Wonders Lists" the one already mentioned is the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World".
There is a list of the Seven Wonders of the Medievel World, which are:
Stonehenge in England
The Roman Colosseum
The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa in Egypt
The Great Wall of China
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing in China
The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey
The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy
There is also a list of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.:
The Channel Tunnel from England to France
The CN Tower in Toronto Canada
The Empire State Building in New York City
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
Itaipu Dam in South America
Delta Works in the Netherlands
Panama Canal Panama
I've seen lists for the Seven Natural Wonders, Underwater Wonders, Forgotten Natural Wonders, Forgotten Wonders, Forgotten Wonders of the Medieval World, etc. There's a pretty cool website that has all of these lists: http://wonderclub.com/AllWorldWonders.html
There is also a proposal to name a new "Seven Wonders" list for the Modern World. You can go to http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php to add your vote for the new list, but you have to vote before July 1, 2007


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