Ephesus

Ephesus (Ἔφεσος) Ancient City of Anatolia (Efes)
Library of Celsus Ephesus Ephesus (Efes)

Ephesus (Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος, Turkish Efes) was an ancient Greek city on the west coast of Anatolia, near present-day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League during the Classical Greek era. In the Roman period, it was for many years the second largest city of the Roman Empire; ranking behind Rome, the empire's capital.^[1]...

Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

Fanciful interpretation of the Mausoleum, from a 1572 engraving by Marten Heemskerk

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus^[1] (in Greek, Μαυσωλεῖον τῆς Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ) was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, his wife and sister. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythis.^[2][3] I...

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Coordinates: 37°38′16.3″N 21°37′48″E / 37.637861°N 21.63°E / 37.637861; 21.63

A fanciful reconstruction of Phidias' statue of Zeus, in an engraving made by Philippe Galle in 1572, from a drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was made by the Greek sculptor Phidias, circa 432 BC on the site where it was erected in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece. It was considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient...

Colossus of Rhodes

This drawing of Colossus of Rhodes, which illustrated The Grolier Society's 1911 Book of Knowledge, is probably fanciful, as the statue likely did not stand astride the harbour mouth.

Colossus of Rhodes, imagined in a 16th-century engraving by Martin Heemskerck, part of his series of the Seven Wonders of the World.

The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos be...

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

An ancient depiction of the Hanging Gardens. Irrigation on an artificial slope.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, also known as the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis, near present-day Al Hillah, Babil in Iraq, are considered to be one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. They were built by the Chaldean king Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC. He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his homesick wife, Amytis of Media, who longed for t...

Great Pyramid of Giza

Coordinates: 29°58′45.03″N 31°08′03.69″E / 29.979175°N 31.1343583°E / 29.979175; 31.1343583

The Great Pyramid of Giza, in 2005. Built c. 2560 BC, it is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis.

The Great Pyramid of Giza (also called the Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt, and in a historical irony is...

Lighthouse of Alexandria

Lighthouse of Alexandria
Drawing by archaeologist Hermann Thiersch (1909).
Location:	Pharos, Alexandria, Egypt
Coordinates	31°12′51″N 29°53′06″E / 31.21417°N 29.885°E / 31.21417; 29.885Coordinates: 31°12′51″N 29°53′06″E / 31.21417°N 29.885°E / 31.21417; 29.885
Year first constructed:	279 BC
Deactivated:	1303/1323
Foundation:	Stone
Construction:	Masonry
Height:	115–135 m (380–440 ft)
Range:	56 km (35 ...

Temple of Artemis

Coordinates: 37°56′59″N 27°21′50″E / 37.94972°N 27.36389°E / 37.94972; 27.36389

Model of Temple of Artemis, Miniaturk Park, Istanbul, Turkey

The Temple of Artemis (Greek: Ἀρτεμίσιον Artemision), also known less precisely as Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to Artemis completed— in its most famous phase— around 550 BC at Ephesus (in present-day Turkey). Though the monument was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Wo...

Wonders of the World

New Seven Wonders of the World

Official advertisement poster of the Jordan Tourism Board calling to cast a vote for Petra in the poll for the "New 7 Wonders of the World".

New Seven Wonders of the World was a project that attempted to update the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World concept with a modern list of wonders. A popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber^[1] and organized by the Swiss-based, government-controlled New7Wonders Foundation,^[2] with winners announced on...