Seven Wonders Of The World, What Are They ?

The Seven Wonders of the World are a compilation based on several yardsticks like man made monuments, the period in which they have been built and the cultures and civilizations that they represent. A list of formations created by nature has also been compiled comprising of geographical features like waterfalls and mountains.

However the most commonly accepted compilation is of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that were in existence during the times of the Greek civilization; the wonders were first mentioned in the Greek historian Herodotus' work though it is believed that the actual list of the wonders was drawn in the Medieval ages.

The Seven Wonders of the ancient world are the Great Pyramid of Giza, built in about 2500 BC in Egypt and the only monument in the list which is still in existence, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon built in about 600 BC, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, built in about 550 BC with the site of the temple occurring in modern day Turkey, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia built in 450 BC, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus constructed in 350 BC the site being in present day Turkey, the Colossus of Rhodes constructed in 280 BC, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria built around 300 BC.

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