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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 were first defined as themata greek for things to be seen which in todays common english we would phrase as must sees by philo of byzantium in 225 bce in his work on the seven wonders other writers on the seven wonders include herodotus callimachus of cyrene and antipater of sidon. The seven wonders of the ancient world the great pyramid at giza by the sheer number of lists found online we know that people love to rank items we have proof that this is an ancient tradition as there are numerous references in ancient texts to greek poet antipater of sidons seven wonders of the world. Seven wonders of the ancient world from pyramids to temples our ancestors knew how to get things done by elisabeth deffner more than 2000 years ago travelers would write about incredible sights they had seen on their journeys over time seven of those places made history as the wonders of the ancient world check them out here