The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were seven impressive structures famously listed by ancient writers including Philo of Byzantium, Antipater of Sidon, Diodorus Siculus, Herodotus, Strabo, and Callimachus of Cyrene, among others. The medieval historian Bede, and other medieval writers, also compiled their own lists. The standard list of the seven ancient wonders includes:
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c. 2560 BCEThe Great Pyramid of Giza is constructed by Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops).
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c. 2510 BCEPyramid of Menkaure is built at Giza.
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605 BCE - 562 BCEThe Hanging Gardens of Babylon, according to tradition, are built by Nebuchadnezzar II.
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c. 550 BCE - c. 430 BCEConstruction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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c. 430 BCEThe cult statue of Zeus by Phidias is dedicated in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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c. 367 BCE - 350 BCEThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus is built, tomb of Mausolus, ruler of Caria.
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21 Jul 356 BCEThe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is destroyed by a deliberate fire.
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c. 355 BCE - c. 330 BCEThe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is rebuilt/restored.
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c. 300 BCE - c. 280 BCEThe Lighthouse of Alexandria is built, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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c. 292 BCE - c. 280 BCEThe Colossus of Rhodes, a representation of Helios, is built in Rhodes town harbour, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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228 BCE - 226 BCEThe Colossus of Rhodes is toppled by an earthquake.
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225 BCEPhilo of Byzantium records The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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c. 267 CEThe Goths plunder and destroy the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
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395 CEThe statue of Zeus at Olympia is removed to Constantinople.
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401 CEThe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is destroyed by a Christian mob.
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475 CEAccording to the Byzantine historian Zonaras, the statue of Zeus from Olympia is destroyed by a fire in Constantinople.
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c. 654 CEAccording to Theophanes, a Jewish merchant transports the pieces of the fallen Colossus of Rhodes to Edessa for melting down.
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956 CEThe Lighthouse of Alexandria partially collapses following earthquake damage sustained in 950 CE.
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c. 1100 CEA domed mosque is added to the repaired Lighthouse of Alexandria.
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c. 1330 CEThe Lighthouse of Alexandria definitively collapses, probably due to an earthquake.
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c. 1494 CEThe Knights of Saint John of Malta use parts of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in the walls of the castle of Saint Peter at Bodrum.