Seven Wonders of the World (Ancient World)

The first known list of the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity was the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which was popular based on guide-books of Hellenic sight-seers that includes the works located around Mediterranean rim. Greeks believed that number seven (7) is the representation of perfection and plenty. The list has more similarities which included the list of the Medieval World and the Modern World.

The historian Herodotus (484 – ca. 425 BCE), and the scholar Callimachus of Cyrene (ca. 305 – 240 BCE) at the Museum of Alexandria, had made early lists of Seven wonders but their writings have not survived except as references.


The seven wonders of the ancient world are:

   1. Great Pyramid of Giza
   2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
   3. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
   4. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
   5. Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
   6. Colossus of Rhodes
   7. Lighthouse of Alexandria