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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are a list of remarkable monuments drawn up by Greek writers of the Hellenistic period: the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Only the Great Pyramid survives.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world
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