Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The seven wonders of the world (by the classification of Antipater of Sidon and others) are, in chronological order:

• The Great Pyramid of Giza, serving as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (present Egypt; estimated date of completion is 2680 BC)
• The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (and/or the walls of Babylon) both built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC (present Iraq)
• The Statue of Zeus at Olympia carved by the Greek sculptor Pheidias (5th century BC, present Greece)
• The Temple of Artemis (350 BC, at Ephesus (present Turkey)
• The Mausoleum of Maussollos, the Persian satrap of Caria (350 BC, at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum), Turkey)
• The Colossus of Rhodes, a huge statue of Zeus (280 BC, present Greece)
• The Lighthouse of Alexandria built by Sostratus of Cnidus (3rd century BC, present Egypt)

Two each of the wonders were within the territories of today's Egypt, Greece, and Turkey, and one in Iraq. The only surviving wonder is the first built, the pyramid. The wonder with the shortest life span was the Colossus of Rhodes, which kept its erect posture for only 56 years before being brought down by an earthquake.