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The '''Seven Wonders of the Ancient World''' were a listing of the most impressive [[public works]] in the world, compiled by the [[Greece|Greek]] writer [[Antipater]] in the second century BC.  All of these have been severely damaged or destroyed, except for the Great Pyramid.

The '''Seven Wonders of the Ancient World''' were a listing of the most impressive [[public works]] in the world, compiled by the [[Greece|Greek]] writer [[Antipater]] in the second century BC.  All of these have been severely damaged or destroyed, except for the Great Pyramid.

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were:

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were:

*[[The Great Pyramid of Giza]]

*[[The Great Pyramid of Giza]] - 2650 BC, tomb of [[Egypt|Egyptian]] [[pharoah]] [[Khufu]].

*[[The Hanging Gardens of Babylon]]

*[[The Hanging Gardens of Babylon]] - 6th century BC

*[[The Statue of Zeus at Olympia]]

*[[The Statue of Zeus at Olympia]] - 450 BC, created by the [[Greece|Greek]] sculptor [[Pheidias]]

*[[The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus]]  

*[[The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus]] - 550 BC

*[[The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]]  

*[[The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]] - 350 BC, tomb of King Mausollos of Caria

*[[The Colossus of Rhodes]]  

*[[The Colossus of Rhodes]] - 282 BC

*[[The Lighthouse of Alexandria]]

*[[The Lighthouse of Alexandria]] - 3rd century BC

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