Seven Wonders of the World, in ancient classifications, were the Great Pyramid of Khufu (see
pyramid) or all the pyramids with or without the
sphinx; the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, with or without the walls; the
mausoleum at Halicarnassus; the Artemision at
Ephesus; the
Colossus of Rhodes; the Olympian
Zeus, statue by
Phidias; and the lighthouse at
Pharos, Alexandria, or, instead, the walls of Babylon.
See L. Cottrell, Wonders of the World (1959).
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