Best ancient wonder
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, plus the Walls of Babylon from the earliest surviving list. Which was the most wondrous?
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- Great Pyramid of Giza — Tomb built for the pharaoh Khufu around 2560 BC; the only ancient wonder still standing.
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon — Legendary terraced gardens in Babylon; historians still debate whether they existed.
- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus — Vast Greek temple in Ephesus, burned by Herostratus in 356 BC and later rebuilt.
- Statue of Zeus at Olympia — Giant gold-and-ivory seated statue of Zeus made by the sculptor Phidias around 435 BC.
- Mausoleum at Halicarnassus — Monumental tomb of the Carian ruler Mausolus, which gave us the word 'mausoleum'.
- Colossus of Rhodes — Huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios, toppled by an earthquake around 226 BC.
- Lighthouse of Alexandria — The Pharos of Alexandria, one of the tallest structures of the ancient world.
- Walls of Babylon — Massive city walls listed as a wonder by Antipater of Sidon; later lists replaced them with the Lighthouse.