The Seven Wonders Timeline

The Great Pyramid of Giza is constructed by Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops).

Pyramid of Menkaure is built at Giza.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, according to tradition, are built by Nebuchadnezzar II.

Construction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The 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.

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus is built, tomb of Mausolus, ruler of Caria.

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is destroyed by a deliberate fire.

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is rebuilt/restored.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria is built, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Colossus of Rhodes, a representation of Helios, is built in Rhodes town harbour, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Colossus of Rhodes is toppled by an earthquake.

Philo of Byzantium records The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Goths plunder and destroy the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.

The statue of Zeus at Olympia is removed to Constantinople.

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is destroyed by a Christian mob.

According to the Byzantine historian Zonaras, the statue of Zeus from Olympia is destroyed by a fire in Constantinople.

According to Theophanes, a Jewish merchant transports the pieces of the fallen Colossus of Rhodes to Edessa for melting down.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria partially collapses following earthquake damage sustained in 950 CE.

A domed mosque is added to the repaired Lighthouse of Alexandria.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria definitively collapses, probably due to an earthquake.

The Knights of Saint John of Malta use parts of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in the walls of the castle of Saint Peter at Bodrum.