Seven Wonders of The World by Time and Categories
Seven monuments of the ancient world that appeared on various lists of late antiquity (in no particular order) -
- The Colossus of Rhodes
- The Pharos (lighthouse) of Alexandria
- The Hanging Gardens (and walls) of Babylon
- The Temple of Artemis (or Diana) at Ephesus
- The Pyramids of Khufu
- Te Tomb of Mausolus at Hali Carnassus
- The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The tradition of “Seven Wonders” has inspired succeeding generations to compile countless list since the Alexandrian era -
Seven Wonders of the Middle Age
- The Colosseum of Rome
- The Catacombs of Alexandria
- The Great Wall of China
- Stonehenge
- The Porcelain Tower (or Pagoda) of Nanking, China
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
- Hagia Sophia (or Sancta Sophia) of Constantinople
Seven Natural Wonders of the World
- The Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona
- Rio de Janeiro Harbor
- Iguassu Falls, Argentina
- Yosemite Valley and the Giant Sequioas of California
- Mount Everest, on the border of Tibet and Nepal
- The Nile River, Egypt
- The Northern Lights, especially from northern Canada and Alaska
Seven Wonders of Today
- The Great Pyramid of Egypt and the adjacent Great Sphinx of Gizeh
- Hagia Sophia, 6th Century, in present-day Istanbul
- Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
- The Taj Mahal of Agra, India
- The Washington Monument, Washington
- The Eiffel Tower, Paris
- The Empire State Building, New York city.
Seven New Wonders of the World
(as per list prepared by New Open World Corporation -2007 on the basis of voting) -
- The Taj Mahal, India
- The Great Wall of China
- The Colosseum, Rome
- Pink ruins of Peta, Jordan
- Statue of Christ the Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro)
- Incan ruins of Machu Picchu (Peru)
- The Mayan city of Chichen Itza, Mexico
Other compilers of “wonder” list include the Panama Canal, the Greek Parthenon on the Acropolis at Athens, the medieval Mont-Saint Michel off the coast of France, St. Peter’s Church in Rome, the Temples of Nikko National Park in Honshu, Japan. Famous places and ruins include the Moorish Alhambra of Granada, Angkor in Combodia, Mayan ruins like Chichen Itza in Mexican Yacatan, and Egypt’s Great Temple of Amon in Karnak.