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What are the SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD?

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What are the SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD?
posted Dec 29, 2014 by Shivaranjini

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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World refers to remarkable constructions of classical antiquity listed by various authors in guidebooks popular among the ancient Hellenic tourists, particularly in the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. Out of these wonders only Great Pyramid of Giza is alive and rest are destructed by the force of nature or force of men.

Great Pyramid of Giza
Timing: 2584–2561 BC
Location: Egypt
Still in existence

Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Timing: about 600 BC
Location: Iraq

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Timing: 550 BC
Location: Turkey

Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Timing: about 450 BC
Location: Greece

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Timing: about 350 BC
Location: Turkey

Colossus of Rhodes
Timing: 292–280 BC
Location: Greece

Lighthouse of Alexandria
Timing: about 280 BC
Location: Egypt

answer Dec 29, 2014 by Salil Agrawal
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