<P> The Seven Wonders of the World or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is a list of remarkable constructions of classical antiquity given by various authors in guidebooks or poems popular among ancient Hellenic tourists . Although the list , in its current form , did not stabilise until the Renaissance , the first such lists of seven wonders date from the 1st - 2nd century BC . The original list inspired innumerable versions through the ages , often listing seven entries . Of the original Seven Wonders , only one -- the Great Pyramid of Giza ( also called the Pyramid of Khufu , after the pharaoh who built it ) , the oldest of the ancient wonders -- remains relatively intact . The Colossus of Rhodes , the Lighthouse of Alexandria , the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus , the Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus were all destroyed . The location and ultimate fate of the Hanging Gardens are unknown , and there is speculation that they may not have existed at all . </P>
<P> The Seven Wonders of the World or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is a list of remarkable constructions of classical antiquity given by various authors in guidebooks or poems popular among ancient Hellenic tourists . Although the list , in its current form , did not stabilise until the Renaissance , the first such lists of seven wonders date from the 1st - 2nd century BC . The original list inspired innumerable versions through the ages , often listing seven entries . Of the original Seven Wonders , only one -- the Great Pyramid of Giza ( also called the Pyramid of Khufu , after the pharaoh who built it ) , the oldest of the ancient wonders -- remains relatively intact . The Colossus of Rhodes , the Lighthouse of Alexandria , the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus , the Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus were all destroyed . The location and ultimate fate of the Hanging Gardens are unknown , and there is speculation that they may not have existed at all . </P>
who made the list of the seven wonders
who made the list of the seven wonders
various authors in guidebooks or poems
various authors in guidebooks or poems