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16th-century imagined depictions of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. From left to right, top to bottom: Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria Timeline, and map of the Seven Wonders.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the oldest known list of this type, documenting the most iconic and remarkable human-made creations of classical antiquity; it was based on guidebooks popular among Hellenic sightseers and as such only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim and in the ancient Near East. The number seven was ...
The nation streams are interspersed with numerous tables containing, for example: A list of Assyrian kings, a list of kings of Babylon, cuneiform inscriptions, tables comparing the development of the alphabet from Hebrew, Phoenician, Persian, and Greek, and a list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Timeline and map of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, including the Ancient seven wonders timeline.svg
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World listed by Hellenic culture. They were described as a remarkable feat of engineering with an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and vines, resembling a large green mountain constructed of mud bricks.
Articles relating to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, a list of remarkable constructions of classical antiquity given by various authors in guidebooks or poems popular among ancient Hellenic tourists.
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Timeline and map of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, compared with the approximate lifespan of Philo of Byzantium who described them. Dates in bold green and dark red are those of their construction and destruction, respectively.