Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

World History Encyclopedia

English - June 04, 2020 23:48 - 8 minutes - 11.5 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratings
Education History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: The Egyptian Cinderella Story Debunked

Next Episode: Roman Expeditions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Find this audio article on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YWPMZ6pHm8&t=15s

Learn more: https://www.worldhistory.org/The_Seven_Wonders/

If you like our audio articles, please support us by becoming a member or donating to our non-profit company:

- www.ancient.eu/membership/

- www.ancient.eu/donate/

- www.patreon.com/ahe

The seven ancient wonders of the world were;

- The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt

- The Hanging gardens of Babylon

- The Statue of Zeus at Olympia in Greece

- The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

- The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

- The Colossus of Rhodes

And finally

- The Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt.

These seven sites were known in Greek as Themata or ‘things to be seen’ which is now referred to as ‘must see’ sites. It was in 225 BCE when Philo of Byzantium listed these seven wonders, and they were further written about by Herodotus, Callimachus of Cyrene, and Antipater of Sidon. Of these great seven wonders, only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains.