WonderDate of construction

Builder Notable featureDate of destruction

Cause of destruction

Great Pyramid of Giza

2584-2561 BC Egyptians

Believed to be built as the tomb of fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu.

Still Existent Still Existent

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

605-562 BC Babylonians

Diodorus Siculus described multi-levelled gardens reaching 22 meters (75 feet) high, complete with machinery for circulating water. Large trees grew on the roof. Built by Nebuchadnezzar II for his wife Amytis of Media.

After 1st century BC

Earthquake

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

466-456 BC (Temple) 435 BC (Statue)

Greeks

Occupied the whole width of the aisle of the temple that was built to house it, and was 12 meters (40 feet) tall.

5th-6th centuries AD

Fire

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

c. 550 BCLydians,Persians,Greeks

Dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis, it took 120 years to build.Herostratus burned it down to achieve lasting fame. Rebuilt by Alexander the Great only to be destroyed again by the Goths. It was rebuilt once again after, only to be closed in 391 and destroyed by a mob led by StJohn Chrysostom in 401.

356 BC (by Herostratus)AD 262 (by the Goths)AD 391 (by mob led by St John Chrysostom)

Arson by Herostratus, Plundering

Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

351 BCCarians,Persians,Greeks

Stood approximately 45 meters (135 feet) tall with each of the four sides adorned with sculptural reliefs. Origin of the word mausoleum, a tomb built for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire

by AD 1494

The original structure was destroyed by flood. Then a new structure was built and was damaged by an earthquake and eventually disassembled by European Crusaders.

Colossus of Rhodes

292-280 BC GreeksA giant statue of the Greek god Helios, god of the sun, c. 35 m (110 ft) tall.

226 BC Earthquake

Lighthouse of Alexandria

c. 280 BCHellenistic Egypt, (Greeks)

Between 115 and 135 meters (383 – 440 ft) it was among the tallest structures on Earth for many centuries. The island that it was built on, Pharos, eventually spawned the Latin word for lighthouse, again Pharos.

AD 1303-1480 Earthquake

Wonder Location Image

Taj Mahalمحل تاج ता�ज महल  Agra, India

Chichen ItzaChi'ch'èen Ìitsha'

 Yucatán, Mexico

Christ the RedeemerO Cristo Redentor

 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ColosseumColosseo

 Rome, Italy

Great Wall of China萬里長城 Wànlǐ Chángchéng

 China

Machu PicchuMachu Pikchu

 Cuzco, Perú

Petraal-Batrāʾ البتراء

 Jordan