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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, also known as the old 7 Wonders of the World. The seven wonders included: The Great Pyramid of Giza,,The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Lighthouse of Alexandria, The Colossus of Rhodes, The Statue of Zeus in Olympia, The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (also known as the Mausoleum of Mausolus), The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus. This list was compiled by Ancient Greeks, and contains only ‘wonders’ that were situated in the  their known world. The only ‘wonder’ still standing is the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The other wonders have archaeological proof apart from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

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