<Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Date of construction </Th> <Th> Builders </Th> <Th> Date of destruction </Th> <Th> Cause of destruction </Th> <Th> Modern location </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Pyramid of Giza </Td> <Td> 2584 -- 2561 BC </Td> <Td> Egyptians </Td> <Td colspan="2;"> Still in existence , majority of façade gone </Td> <Td> Giza Necropolis , Egypt 29 ° 58 ′ 45.03 '' N 31 ° 08 ′ 03.69 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 29.9791750 ° N 31.1343583 ° E ﻿ / 29.9791750 ; 31.1343583 ﻿ ( Great Pyramid of Giza ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hanging Gardens of Babylon ( existence unresolved ) </Td> <Td> c. 600 BC ( evident ) </Td> <Td> Babylonians or Assyrians </Td> <Td> After 1st century AD </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Hillah or Nineveh , Iraq 32 ° 32 ′ 08 '' N 44 ° 25 ′ 39 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 32.5355 ° N 44.4275 ° E ﻿ / 32.5355 ; 44.4275 ﻿ ( Hanging Gardens of Babylon ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Temple of Artemis at Ephesus </Td> <Td> c. 550 BC ; and again at 323 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks , Lydians </Td> <Td> 356 BC ( by Herostratus ) AD 262 ( by the Goths ) </Td> <Td> Arson by Herostratus , plundering </Td> <Td> Near Selçuk , Turkey 37 ° 56 ′ 59 '' N 27 ° 21 ′ 50 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.94972 ° N 27.36389 ° E ﻿ / 37.94972 ; 27.36389 ﻿ ( Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Statue of Zeus at Olympia </Td> <Td> 466 -- 456 BC ( temple ) 435 BC ( statue ) </Td> <Td> Greeks </Td> <Td> 5th -- 6th centuries AD </Td> <Td> Disassembled and reassembled at Constantinople ; later destroyed by fire </Td> <Td> Olympia , Greece 37 ° 38 ′ 16.3 '' N 21 ° 37 ′ 48 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.637861 ° N 21.63000 ° E ﻿ / 37.637861 ; 21.63000 ﻿ ( Statue of Zeus at Olympia ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mausoleum at Halicarnassus </Td> <Td> 351 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks , Persians , Carians </Td> <Td> 12th -- 15th century AD </Td> <Td> Earthquakes </Td> <Td> Bodrum , Turkey 37 ° 02 ′ 16 '' N 27 ° 25 ′ 27 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.0379 ° N 27.4241 ° E ﻿ / 37.0379 ; 27.4241 ﻿ ( Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colossus of Rhodes </Td> <Td> 292 -- 280 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks </Td> <Td> 226 BC </Td> <Td> 226 BC Rhodes earthquake </Td> <Td> Rhodes , Greece 36 ° 27 ′ 04 '' N 28 ° 13 ′ 40 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 36.45111 ° N 28.22778 ° E ﻿ / 36.45111 ; 28.22778 ﻿ ( Colossus of Rhodes ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lighthouse of Alexandria </Td> <Td> c. 280 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks , Ptolemaic Egyptians </Td> <Td> AD 1303 -- 1480 </Td> <Td> 1303 Crete earthquake </Td> <Td> Alexandria , Egypt 31 ° 12 ′ 50 '' N 29 ° 53 ′ 08 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.21389 ° N 29.88556 ° E ﻿ / 31.21389 ; 29.88556 ﻿ ( Lighthouse of Alexandria ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Date of construction </Th> <Th> Builders </Th> <Th> Date of destruction </Th> <Th> Cause of destruction </Th> <Th> Modern location </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Pyramid of Giza </Td> <Td> 2584 -- 2561 BC </Td> <Td> Egyptians </Td> <Td colspan="2;"> Still in existence , majority of façade gone </Td> <Td> Giza Necropolis , Egypt 29 ° 58 ′ 45.03 '' N 31 ° 08 ′ 03.69 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 29.9791750 ° N 31.1343583 ° E ﻿ / 29.9791750 ; 31.1343583 ﻿ ( Great Pyramid of Giza ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hanging Gardens of Babylon ( existence unresolved ) </Td> <Td> c. 600 BC ( evident ) </Td> <Td> Babylonians or Assyrians </Td> <Td> After 1st century AD </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Hillah or Nineveh , Iraq 32 ° 32 ′ 08 '' N 44 ° 25 ′ 39 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 32.5355 ° N 44.4275 ° E ﻿ / 32.5355 ; 44.4275 ﻿ ( Hanging Gardens of Babylon ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Temple of Artemis at Ephesus </Td> <Td> c. 550 BC ; and again at 323 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks , Lydians </Td> <Td> 356 BC ( by Herostratus ) AD 262 ( by the Goths ) </Td> <Td> Arson by Herostratus , plundering </Td> <Td> Near Selçuk , Turkey 37 ° 56 ′ 59 '' N 27 ° 21 ′ 50 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.94972 ° N 27.36389 ° E ﻿ / 37.94972 ; 27.36389 ﻿ ( Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Statue of Zeus at Olympia </Td> <Td> 466 -- 456 BC ( temple ) 435 BC ( statue ) </Td> <Td> Greeks </Td> <Td> 5th -- 6th centuries AD </Td> <Td> Disassembled and reassembled at Constantinople ; later destroyed by fire </Td> <Td> Olympia , Greece 37 ° 38 ′ 16.3 '' N 21 ° 37 ′ 48 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.637861 ° N 21.63000 ° E ﻿ / 37.637861 ; 21.63000 ﻿ ( Statue of Zeus at Olympia ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mausoleum at Halicarnassus </Td> <Td> 351 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks , Persians , Carians </Td> <Td> 12th -- 15th century AD </Td> <Td> Earthquakes </Td> <Td> Bodrum , Turkey 37 ° 02 ′ 16 '' N 27 ° 25 ′ 27 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.0379 ° N 27.4241 ° E ﻿ / 37.0379 ; 27.4241 ﻿ ( Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colossus of Rhodes </Td> <Td> 292 -- 280 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks </Td> <Td> 226 BC </Td> <Td> 226 BC Rhodes earthquake </Td> <Td> Rhodes , Greece 36 ° 27 ′ 04 '' N 28 ° 13 ′ 40 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 36.45111 ° N 28.22778 ° E ﻿ / 36.45111 ; 28.22778 ﻿ ( Colossus of Rhodes ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lighthouse of Alexandria </Td> <Td> c. 280 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks , Ptolemaic Egyptians </Td> <Td> AD 1303 -- 1480 </Td> <Td> 1303 Crete earthquake </Td> <Td> Alexandria , Egypt 31 ° 12 ′ 50 '' N 29 ° 53 ′ 08 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.21389 ° N 29.88556 ° E ﻿ / 31.21389 ; 29.88556 ﻿ ( Lighthouse of Alexandria ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
which of the seven wonders of the ancient world was destroyed in an earthquake
which of the seven wonders of the ancient world was destroyed in an earthquake
Lighthouse of Alexandria Colossus of Rhodes Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Lighthouse of Alexandria Colossus of Rhodes Mausoleum at Halicarnassus