Seven Wonders of the World

Seven Wonders of the World were in ancient times reckoned to be the Pyramids of Egypt, the Hanging (i.e. terraced) Gardens of Semiramis at Babylon, the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, the Statue of Jupiter at Athens by Phidias, the Mausoleum, the Colossus at Rhodes, and the Pharos of Alexandria. This cycle of seven wonders originated among the Greeks after the time of Alexander the Great, and they were described in a special work by Philo of Byzantium, which has been edited by Orelli (1816).