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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (from left to right, top to bottom): Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (also known as the Mausoleum of Mausolus), Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria as depicted by 16th-century Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck.

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were remarkable constructions of the ancient world. These structures were determined to be "wonders" by tourists and travel guides published during the Hellenistic Age. Of the original wonders, only the Great Pyramid of Giza survives.

The Seven Wonders by age are:

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