Wonders of the World

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled from antiquity to the present day, to catalogue the world's most spectacular natural wonders and manmade structures.

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the first known list of the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity; it was based on guidebooks popular among Hellenic sightseers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim. The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it represented perfection and plenty, and because it was the number of the five planets known anciently, plus the sun and moon. Many similar lists have been made

The classic seven wonders were:

1.    Great Pyramid of Giza

2.    Hanging Gardens of Babylon

3.    Statue of Zeus at Olympia

4.    Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

5.    Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

6.    Colossus of Rhodes

7.    Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only wonder of the ancient world still in existence

The Colosseum in Rome


The Great Wall of China


Hagia Sophia


Stonehenge

American Society of Civil Engineers

In 1994, the American Society of Civil Engineerscompiled a list of Seven Wonders of the Modern World, paying tribute to the "greatest civil engineering achievements of the 20th century"

Wonder	Date started	Date finished	Location
Channel Tunnel	December 1, 1987	May 6, 1994	Strait of Dover, between the United Kingdom and France
CN Tower	February 6, 1973	June 26, 1976, tallest freestanding structure in the world 1976–2007.	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Empire State Building	January 22, 1930	May 1, 1931, Tallest structure in the world 1931–1967. First building with 100+ stories.	New York,NY, U.S.
Golden Gate Bridge	January 5, 1933	May 27, 1937	Golden Gate Strait, north of San Francisco, California, U.S.
Itaipu Dam	January 1970	May 5, 1984	Paraná River, betweenBrazil andParaguay
Delta Works/Zuiderzee Works	1920	May 10, 1997	Netherlands
Panama Canal	January 1, 1880	January 7, 1914	Isthmus of Panama