When people say the seven wonders of the world, which are they referring to?
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More in-depth:\n\n1) Great Pyramid of Khufu (Egypt) \nthe largest of the three at 450 feet high (originally 482 when built); contains 2.3 million blocks each weighing 2.5 tons; completed 2680BC; was the highest building in the world until the 19th century; \n\n2) Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Iraq) \nbuilt around 600BC by Nebuchadnezzar to appease Queen Amuhia; Amuhia was married to Neb to form an alliance between the Babylonians and the Medians; she was homesick because Babylon was flat and dry and she was from a green mountainous region, had dimensions of 100 by 150 feet and were terraces that rose from 75 to 300 feet; had a mechanism to raise water to each of the terraces \n\n3) Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia (Greece) \nbuilt by Phidias in 5th century BC; was placed in a temple built to honor Zeus who was the reason for the ancient olympic games (Zeus was the king of the Gods); statue was 22-feet wide and 40-feet high statue and made of ivory and gold; moved to Olympia until the olympic games were abolished by Emperor Theodosius I of Rome since he was Christian and did not believe in pagan games (since the olympics honored Zeus, a pagan God); moved to Constantinople (Turkey) after 255AD and was destroyed by fire in 462AD \n\n4) Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus (Turkey) \nbegun in 350BC and took about 60 to 120 years to complete; the temple had 36 60-foot high Ionic columns and was completely made of marble; destroyed during a raid by the Goths in 262 A.D; was not rebuilt afterwards since Christianity took hold and pagan temples were not in favor \n\n5) Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (Turkey) \nbegun in 353BC; built by Queen Artemisia over grief of the death of her husband who was also her brother (common practice for royalty to wed within the family at the time)Mausolus; his name led to modern day term mausoleum for all stately tombs throughout the world; destroyed by series of earthquakes and only the foundation was left by 1404AD \n\n6) Colossus at Rhodes (Greece) \nbegun in 304BC and took 12 years to complete; bronze statue of the God Helios, who was patron God of Rhodes; built to celebrate their victory and freedom against an invasion force larger than the population of Rhodes itself; was 110 feet tall (as tall as the Statue of Liberty without the pedestal) on a 50 foot pedestal; destroyed by earthquake just 57 years after completion; peices of fallen statue laid there until 7th century AD when Arab conquerers took it apart for scrap metal; it is said it took 900 camels to take away the statue \n\n7) Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt) \nbuilt in 290BC since the city needed a signal for its busy port; completed 20 years later; 2nd tallest building in the world at 450 feet (see wonder 1); was built on the island of Pharos; Pharos is the root word for "lighthouse" in Spanish, French, Italian, and Romanian; it was three stages with the first stage being 200 feet high, and it was possibly a tourist destination since it was one of the highest views possible on a man-made building in the ancient world and food was served at this observation level, possibly for tourists; stood for over 1,500 years, but was damaged by earthquakes in 365 and 1303AD and finally fell in 1326AD \n\nAll of these were built by 270BC and where in the Mediterranean Sea... The reason was that this list was compiled by ancient Greek historians so they all included objects/structures around the Mediterrean Sea since that was the "known" world at the time... That is why Stonehenge, Great Wall of China, and other ancient objects/structures were left off the list...
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There are seven continents in the world.\nAsia\nAfrica\nEurope\nAntarctica\nSouth America\nNorth America\nAustralasia/Oceana
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Yes they are. Staggering isn't it?\nHas to be the eighth wonder of the world.\nAdd Miley Cyrus and Ashley Tisdale to the list for the slightly younger set.
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Did you know that there are multiple "Seven Wonders" lists?\n\nThe Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are (1) Great Pyramid of Giza; (2) Hanging Gardens of Babylon; (3) Temple of Artemis at Ephesus; (4) Statue of Zeus at Olympia; (5) Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus; (6) Colossus of Rhodes; and (7) Lighthouse of Alexandria. The only one of these you can see is the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt; the rest have been destroyed.\n\nThe Seven Wonders of the Medieval World are (1) Stonehedge in England; (2) Colosseum in Rome; (3) Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa in Alexandria, Egypt; (4) Great Wall of China; (5) Porcelain Tower of Nanjing in China; (6) Hagia Sophia in Istanbul; and (7) Leaning Tower of Piza in Italy. The Taj Mahal isn't actually on this list, though many people think it is. You can see all of these.\n\nThe Seven Wonders of the Modern World are (1) Channel Tunnel at the Strait of Dover in Europe; (2) CN Tower in Canada; (3) Empire State Building in New York; (4) Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco; (5) Itaipu Dam in South America; (6) Delta Works in Netherlands; and (7) Panama Canal in Panama. You can see all these too.\n\nThe Seven Wonders of the Natural World are (1) Grand Canyon in Arizona; (2) Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia; (3) Harbor of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil; (4) Mount Everest at the border of Nepal and China; (5) Polar Aurora, which you can see from Alaska; (6) Parícutin volcano in Mexico; and (7) Victoria Falls in Zambia. You can see all these too.\n\nIn 2006, a new list of wonders was created. This one is just called the Eight Wonders of the World. They are (1) Potala Palace in Tibet; (2) Old City of Jerusalem; (3) Polar Ice Caps in Iceland; (4) Hawaiian National Marine Monument in Honolulu; (5) the Internet; (6) Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza in Mexico; (7) The Serengeti and Masai Mara Plains (Site of the Great Migration) in Kenya; and (8) Grand Canyon in Arizona. You can see all these too.\n\nNow, there is also the list of what most people THINK are the Seven Wonders. This is really a list of the top seven tourist destinations. They are (1) Great Pyramids of Giza; (2) Great Wall of China; (3) Taj Mahal; (4) Serengeti; (5) Galapagos Islands; (6) Grand Canyon; and (7) Macchu Piccu in Peru.\n\nBest of luck in your travels!
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7 is actually a lucky number in the US. I can;t find any definitive answers as to why 7 is a LUCKY number, but here is what I did find.\n\nWhy is seven lucky? We are not entirely certain - but we did find many special sevens : from the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ... to seven days of the week. \n\nSeven more sevens: \n• Pythagoreans called it the perfect number, 3 and 4, the triangle and the square, the perfect figures.\n\n• Seven ancient planets - the sun was the greatest planet of the ancient seven and next to the sun, the moon, changing in all its splendour every seventh day. Seven visible planets and luminaries (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn).\n\n• Books ...The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T E Lawrence, Enid Blyton's Secret Seven series ... Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People ... Reiki and the Seven Chakras ...\n\n• Seven Deadly Sins.\n\n• The Trumpton fire brigade. (Pugh, Pugh, Barney, Magrew, Cuthburt, Dibble and Grub)\n\n• Seven Seas
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Listed in order of their construction, the seven wonders are—\n\n    * the Great Pyramid of Giza\n    * the Hanging Gardens of Babylon\n    * the Statue of Zeus at Olympia\n    * the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus\n    * the Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus\n    * the Colossus of Rhodes\n    * the Lighthouse of Alexandria
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the pyramids.\nit shows that slaves can create wonders. we shouldnt look down on anyone
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Usually the ancienct world but I have heard people refer to others without denoting their intended world.  The context of the conversation or lecture will usually explain which world as well.
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The ancient Greeks loved to compile lists of the marvelous structures in their world. Though we think of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as a single list today, there were actually a number of lists compiled by different Greek writers. Antipater of Sidon, and Philon of Byzantium, drew up two of the most well-known lists. \n\nMany of the lists agreed on six of the seven items. The final place on some lists was awarded to the Walls of the City of Babylon. On others, the Palace of Cyrus, king of Persia took the seventh position. Finally, toward the 6th century A.D., the final item became the Lighthouse at Alexandria. \n\nSince the it was Greeks who made the lists it is not unusal that many of the items on them were examples of Greek culture. The writers might have listed the Great Wall of China if then had known about it, or Stonehenge if they'd seen it, but these places were beyond the limits of their world. \n\nIt is a surprise to most people to learn that not all the Seven Wonders existed at the same time. Even if you lived in ancient times you would have still needed a time machine to see all seven. While the Great Pyramid of Egypt was built centuries before the rest and is still around today (it is the only "wonder" still intact) most of the others only survived a few hundred years or less. The Colossus of Rhodes stood only a little more than half a century before an earthquake toppled it. \n\nSo pack your bags and start this impossible tour through time and space. Some of the pages have 3D images, so if you're not familiar with how to view them, click here to visit our 3D page before you start. As you work your way down the list, each item you visit will turn purple to remind you that you've already been there
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_World#More_recent_lists >This  list  is  pretty  good!
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These are the seven wonders of the ancient world:\nGreat Pyramid of Giza \nHanging Gardens of Babylon \nStatue of Zeus at Olympia \nTemple of Artemis at Ephesus \nMausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus \nColossus of Rhodes \nLighthouse of Alexandria \n\nThis is the list of seven existing wonders of the world\nGreat Pyramid of Giza \nGreat Wall of China \nTaj Mahal \nSerengeti Migration \nGalapagos \nGrand Canyon \nMachu Picchu \n\ni hope this is what you meant by wonderful thing of the world.\nbut if not then  for me  the most wonderful thing of the world are\nLove\nFriendship\nHonour .............
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The seven wonders of the ancient world are:\nthe Great Pyramid of Giza \nthe Hanging Gardens of Babylon \nthe Statue of Zeus at Olympia \nthe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus \nthe Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus \nthe Colossus of Rhodes \nthe Lighthouse of Alexandria\n\nThese were finally decided upon in the middle ages, there were other candidates at that time:\nAbu Simbel Temple in Egypt \nAngkor Wat in Cambodia \nThe Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan (Mexico City), Mexico \nThe Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines \nBorobudur Temple in Indonesia \nThe Colosseum in Rome, Italy \nThe Great Wall of China \nThe Inca city of Machu Picchu, Peru \nThe Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy \nThe Mayan Temples of Tikal in Northern Guatemala \nThe Moai Statues in Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile \nMont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France \nThe Throne Hall of Persepolis in Iran \nThe Parthenon in Athens, Greece \nPetra, the rock-carved city in Jordan \nThe Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar \nStonehenge in England \nTaj Mahal in Agra, India \nThe Temple of the Inscriptions in Palenque, Mexico \n\n\nIn modern times there are several creations that are being touted as the new "Wonders".  The current candidates are:\nThe Channel Tunnel \nThe Clock Tower (Big Ben) in London, England \nThe CN Tower in Toronto, Canada \nEiffel Tower in Paris, France \nThe Empire State Building in New York City, USA \nThe Gateway Arch in St. Louis, USA \nThe Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA \nThe High Dam in Aswan, Egypt \nHoover Dam in Arizona/Nevada, USA \nItaipú Dam in Brazil/Paraguay \nMount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, USA \nThe Panama Canal \nThe Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \nThe Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \nThe Statue of Liberty in New York City, USA \nThe Suez Canal in Egypt \nThe Sydney Opera House in Australia \n\nAnd then you also have the natural wonders (which were excluded from the initial list):\nAngel Falls in Venezuela \nThe Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada \nThe Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA \nThe Great Barrier Reef in Australia \nIguaçú Falls in Brazil/Argentina \nKrakatoa Island in Indonesia \nMount Everest in Nepal \nMount Fuji in Japan \nMount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania \nNiagara Falls in Ontario (Canada) and New York State (USA) \nParicutin Volcano in Mexico \nVictoria Falls in Zambia/Zimbabwe
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7 Wonders of the Ancient World:\nThe Great Pyramid of Giza\nThe Hanging Gardens of Babylon\nThe Statue of Zeus at Olympia \nThe Colossus of Rhodes \nThe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus\nThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus\nThe Pharos of Alexandria (The Lighthouse of Alexandria)\n\n\n7 Wonders of the Modern World\nChannel Tunnel (England & France)\nCN Tower (Toronto)\nEmpire State Building (New York)\nGolden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)\nItaipu Dam (Brazil/Paraguay)\nNetherlands North Sea Protection Works (Netherlands)\nPanama Canal (Panama)
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Here's the Wikpedia link that lists both the modern & ancient wonders of the world......\n\n http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Modern_World
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That is a tricky question--as there is not one specific list actually.  Here's a bit of info I found:\n\nModern wonders\nThe following list of the top seven existing wonders was compiled by Hillman Wonders:[1]\n\nGreat Pyramid of Giza \nGreat Wall of China \nTaj Mahal \nSerengeti Migration \nGalapagos \nGrand Canyon \nMachu Picchu \n\nThe American Society of Civil Engineers compiled another list of wonders of the modern world:\n\nChannel Tunnel \nCN Tower \nEmpire State Building \nGolden Gate Bridge \nItaipu Dam \nNetherlands' Tidal Defences \nPanama Canal \n\nAlternative list\nThe New 7 Wonders foundation has launched a poll to decide another new list of 7 Wonders, with 21 sites on its shortlist, as follows[5]:\n\nAcropolis (Athens, Greece) \nAlhambra (Granada, Spain) \nAngkor (Cambodia) \nChichen Itza (Yucatán, Mexico) \nChrist Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) \nColosseum (Rome, Italy) \nEaster Island Statues (Chile) \nEiffel Tower (Paris, France) \nGreat Wall (China) \nHagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey) \nKremlin (Moscow, Russia) \nKiyomizu Temple (Kyoto, Japan) \nMachu Picchu (Peru) \nNeuschwanstein Castle (Füssen, Germany) \nPetra (Jordan) \nPyramids of Giza (Egypt) \nStatue of Liberty (New York, United States) \nStonehenge (Amesbury, United Kingdom) \nSydney Opera House (Australia) \nTaj Mahal (Agra, India) \nTimbuktu (Mali) \n\n***Guess times really do change, wow!
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pyramids of egypt\nhanging gardens of babylon\nstatue of zeus\nTemple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus \nMausoleum at Halicarnassus \nColossus at Rhodes \nPharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria \n\nmore explanations:\n\nSince ancient times, numerous “seven wonders” lists have been created. The content of these lists tends to vary, and none is definitive. The seven wonders that are most widely agreed upon as being in the original list are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which was compiled by ancient Greek historians and is thus confined to the most magnificent structures known to the ancient Greek world. Of all the Ancient Wonders, the pyramids alone survive. \n\nThe Pyramids of Egypt are three pyramids at Giza, outside modern Cairo. The largest pyramid, built by Khufu (Cheops), a king of the fourth dynasty, had an original estimated height of 482 ft (now approximately 450 ft). The base has sides 755 ft long. It contains 2,300,000 blocks; the average weight of each is 2.5 tons. Estimated date of completion is 2680 B.C. \n\nThe Hanging Gardens of Babylon were supposedly built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 B.C. to please his queen, Amuhia. They are also associated with the mythical Assyrian queen Semiramis. Archeologists surmise that the gardens were laid out atop a vaulted building, with provisions for raising water. The terraces were said to rise from 75 to 300 ft.\n\nThe Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia was made of gold and ivory by the Greek sculptor Phidias (5th century B.C.). Reputed to be 40 ft high, the statue has been lost without a trace, except for reproductions on coins.\n\nThe Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus was begun about 350 B.C., in honor of a non-Hellenic goddess who later became identified with the Greek goddess of the same name. The temple, with Ionic columns 60 ft high, was destroyed by invading Goths in A.D. 262.\n\nThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was erected by Queen Artemisia in memory of her husband, King Mausolus of Caria in Asia Minor, who died in 353 B.C. Some remains of the structure are in the British Museum. This shrine is the source of the modern word mausoleum.\n\nThe Colossus at Rhodes was a bronze statue of Helios (Apollo), about 105 ft high. The work of the sculptor Chares, who reputedly labored for 12 years before completing it in 280 B.C., it was destroyed during an earthquake in 224 B.C.\n\nThe Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria was built by Sostratus of Cnidus during the 3rd century B.C. on the island of Pharos off the coast of Egypt. It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 13th century.
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Yes! Most definetly! I think that there are hidden treasures within all of the world wonders. It's cool that you asked that question!