It is from their writings, that a list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was complied. They are the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia ...

In 2007, after much debate and discussion, Bernard Weber officially declared the Seven Wonders of the World. Each wonder tells a remarkable story and serves as a symbol for the world to admire.

In her learned and insightful survey, “The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,” the classicist Bettany Hughes traces the time-honored enumeration of man-made wonders to the period following ...