The seven wonders of the ancient world have been listed as:

THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA
Location: city of Giza, now part of Cairo, Egypt

• 145.75 m high

• 229 m length

• 2,300,000 blocks of stone

• served as a King's burial chamber

THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
Location: on the bank of the River Euphrates, 50 km south of present day Baghdad

• built by Nebuchadnezzar II sometime between 604-562 BC

• consisted of terraced gardens

THE STATUE OF ZEUS
Location: Olympia, on the west coast of Greece, approx 150 km west of Athens

• designed by Libon

• built around 450 BC

THE TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS
Location: Ephesus near the town of Selcuk, Turkey

• designed by the Greek architect Chersiphron

• size 80 m  by 130 m

• columns were 20 m  high

• there were 127 columns

• it was built around 550 BC for the Goddess Artemis

• it was destroyed and rebuilt at least three times

THE MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS
Location: it was built in the city of Bodrum, Turkey

• Built by the queen of king Mausollos of Caria, queen Artemisia

• it was about 40 m  by 30 m and 45 m high

• it had a statue of a chariot at the top

• completed around 350 BC

• Some art work from the building is in the Mausoleum Room at the British Museum

THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES
Location: it was built at the entrance to Rhodes harbour, Greece

• designed by Chares of Lindos

• it was built to honor the god Helios

• finished in 282 BC

• it was about 33 m  tall

THE LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA
Location: the city of Alexandria on the Egyptian coast

• it was built approx 270BC

• the designer was Sostrates of Knidos

• a statue of Poseidon was on the top of the building

• it was built in three stages

• the lowest stage was 55.9m high

• the next stage was 27.45m high

• the top stage was 7.3m high
   

Locations of the seven wonders