What are the 7 wonders of the world?

Answer 1

The Seven Wonders of the World

The Pyramids of Egypt are three pyramids at Giza, outside modern Cairo. The largest pyramid, built by Khufu (Cheops), a king of the fourth dynasty, had an original estimated height of 482 ft (now approximately 450 ft). The base has sides 755 ft long. It contains 2,300,000 blocks; the average weight of each is 2.5 tons. Estimated date of completion is 2680 B.C. Of all the Ancient Wonders, the pyramids alone survive.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were supposedly built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 B.C. to please his queen, Amuhia. They are also associated with the mythical Assyrian queen, Semiramis. Archeologists surmise that the gardens were laid out atop a vaulted building, with provisions for raising water. The terraces were said to rise from 75 to 300 ft.

The Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia was made of gold and ivory by the Greek sculptor Phidias (5th century B.C.). Reputed to be 40 ft high, the statue has been lost without a trace, except for reproductions on coins.

The Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus was begun about 350 B.C., in honor of a non-Hellenic goddess who later became identified with the Greek goddess of the same name. The temple, with Ionic columns 60 ft high, was destroyed by invading Goths in A.D. 262.

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was erected by Queen Artemisia in memory of her husband, King Mausolus of Caria in Asia Minor, who died in 353 B.C. Some remains of the structure are in the British Museum. This shrine is the source of the modern word mausoleum.

The Colossus at Rhodes was a bronze statue of Helios (Apollo), about 105 ft high. The work of the sculptor Chares, who reputedly labored for 12 years before completing it in 280 B.C., it was destroyed during an earthquake in 224 B.C.

The Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria was built by Sostratus of Cnidus during the 3rd century B.C. on the island of Pharos off the coast of Egypt. It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 13th century.

(Some lists include the Walls of Babylon in place of the second or seventh wonder.)
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The Seven Wonders of the Modern World

People have put together many lists of the seven ancient wonders of the world. But this "seven wonders" list celebrates monumental engineering and construction feats of the 20th century. It was chosen by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

*1. Empire State Building—Finished in 1931, it towers 1,250 feet over New York City. Until the first tower of the World Trade Center was finished in 1972, it was the world's tallest building.
* 2. Itaipu Dam—Built by Brazil and Paraguay on the Parana River, it is the world's largest hydroelectric power plant. Completed in 1991, it took 16 years to build this series of dams whose length totals 7,744 meters. It used 15 times more concrete than the Channel Tunnel.
* 3. CN Tower—In 1976, it became the world's tallest freestanding structure. It looms about one-third of a mile high (1,815 feet) above Toronto, Canada. A glass floor on the observation deck lets you look 342m down to the ground. Don't worry: the glass is strong enough to hold 14 hippos!
* 4. Panama Canal—It took 34 years to create this 50-mile-long canal across the Isthmus of Panama. The amount of digging required and the size of its locks helped make it the most expensive project in American history at that time-and the most deadly: About 80,000 people died during construction (most from disease).
* 5. Channel Tunnel—Known as the Chunnel, it links France and England. It is 31 miles long, and 23 of those miles are 150 feet beneath the seabed of the English Channel. High-speed trains whiz through its side-by-side tubes.
* 6. North Sea Protection Works—Because the Netherlands is below sea level, a series of dams, floodgates and surge barriers have been built to keep the sea from flooding the country during storms. The biggest part of the project was a two-mile long moveable surge barrier across an estuary finished in 1986. It is made of 65 concrete piers each weighing 18,000 tons. It has been said that the project is nearly equal in scale to the Great Wall of China.
*7. Golden Gate Bridge—Connecting San Francisco and Marin County in 1937, for many years this was the longest suspension bridge in world. Experts thought that winds, ocean currents and fog would make it impossible to build. It took about four years to complete the beautiful 1.2 mile-long bridge. It is held by 80,000 miles worth of steel wire, and the cables that link the two towers are 36.5 inches in diameter—the biggest ever made.

Answer 2

Wonder Date Builder
Great Pyramid of Giza 2550 BC Egyptians
Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC Babylonians
Statue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BC Greeks
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BC Ancient Greeks
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 351 BC Hellenized Carians
Colossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC Hellenistic civilization
Lighthouse of Alexandria 3rd century BC Hellenistic civilization

Answer 3

The Pyramids of Egypt
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Colossus of Rhodes
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Mausoleum of Helicarnassus
Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria

Answer 4

Pyramid of Giza
Temple of Artemis
Colossus of Rhodes
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Statue of Zeus
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Light House of Alexandria

Answer 5

The Seven Wonders. This is to broad of a question. There are many different wonders of the world.

Answer 6

Niagra Falls
Grand Canyon
The Pyramids (egypt)...
Stone Hendge...

that's four.....

Answer 7

modern or ancient??

ancient are
The Hanging Gardens of babylon
The Pyramids
some throne in greece (i think) which i can't remember the name of
some old dudes temple in greece

sorry i can;t remember the rest...
you can google them... thats how i found out
the only one still left is the pyramids

Answer 8

Me and my 6 girlfriends.

Answer 9

here they are all seven of them : http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/list.html

the 8th wonder is the man made palm island in Dubai:
http://www.thepalm.co.ae/

I hope this answers your question?

Answer 10

http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php

or

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002388/