Question:
I would like for someone to list the seven wonders of the world, such as the grand canyon, niagra falls,etc.?
G.D.Bradberry
2006-07-25 10:43:53 UTC
I would like for someone to list the seven wonders of the world, such as the grand canyon, niagra falls,etc.?
Twenty answers:
2006-07-25 10:54:45 UTC
The seven wonders of the ancient world were/are:

1. Pyramids of Giza

2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon

3. Temple of Artemis

4. Statue of Zeus

5. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

6. Colossus of Rhodes

7. Lighthouse of Alexandria



There are several modern lists, and they are no "official", but here they are



Modern Wonders as compiled by the American Society of Civil Engineers



1. Channel Tunnel

2. CN Tower

3. Empire State Building

4. Golden Gate Bridge

5. Itaipu Dam

6. Delta Works

7. Panama Canal



There is a list of tourist travel wonders



1. Pyramid of Giza

2. Great Wall of China

3. Taj Mahal

4. Serengeti Migration

5. Galapagos

6. Grand Canyon

7. Machu Picchu



A list of Natural Wonders



1. Grand Canyon

2. Great Barrier Reef

3. Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

4. Mount Everest

5. Northern Lights

6. Paricutin Volcano

7. Victoria Falls
Unique
2006-07-25 17:46:20 UTC
Complete Listing of World Wonders



The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

The Colossus of Rhodes

The Pharos of Alexandria



The Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind

Stonehenge

The Colosseum

The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

The Great Wall of China

The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing

The Hagia Sophia

The Leaning Tower of Pisa



The Seven Natural Wonders of the World

Mount Everest

The Great Barrier Reef

The Grand Canyon

Victoria Falls

The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

Paricutin Volcano

The Northern Lights



The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World

Palau

The Belize Barrier Reef

The Galapagos Islands

The Northern Red Sea

Lake Baikal

The Great Barrier Reef

The Deep Sea Vents



The Seven Wonders of the Modern World

The Empire State Building

The Itaipú Dam

The CN Tower

The Panama Canal

The Channel Tunnel

The North Sea Protection Works

The Golden Gate Bridge



The Seven Forgotten Natural Wonders of the World

Angel Falls

The Bay of Fundy

Iguaçú Falls

Krakatoa Island

Mount Fuji

Mount Kilimanjaro

Niagara Falls



The Seven Forgotten Modern Wonders of the World

The Clock Tower (Big Ben)

Eiffel Tower

The Gateway Arch

The Aswan High Dam

Hoover Dam

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

The Petronas Towers
killamjc
2006-07-25 17:48:36 UTC
Mount Everest

The Great Barrier Reef

The Grand Canyon

Victoria Falls

The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

Paricutin Volcano

The Northern Lights
pickels
2006-07-25 17:47:34 UTC
Mount Everest

The Great Barrier Reef

The Grand Canyon

Victoria Falls

The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

Paricutin Volcano

The Northern Lights
Worst Answer Ever
2006-07-25 17:54:43 UTC
The Seven Natural Wonders of the World are majestic natural formations (or events) with an effort to place one on each continent, although they were apparently unable to find any in Europe.



Grand Canyon, USA, North America

Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Mount Everest, Nepal, Asia

Northern Lights, Antartica

Paricutín volcano, Mexico, Central America

Victoria Falls, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa



If you were looking for a likely candidate in Europe, then two might be the White Cliffs of Dover, England, or Bosphoros, Turkey.
Sappho
2006-07-25 17:46:58 UTC
Niagra falls is not one of them. If you are referring to the Seven Wonders of the Natural World (not the ancient or modern world) then they are:



The Grand Canyon

Paricutin

The Harbor at Rio de Janiero

The Northern Lights

Victoria Falls

Mt. Everest

The Great Barrier Reef
Mr. Know-it-all
2006-07-25 17:57:44 UTC
The original seven wonders of the world were all artificial structures. From that angle, the seven wonders of the modern day are - Pyramids of Egypt, Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal, Leaning Tower of Pisa (these four were there in the earlier list as well), Suez Canal, 'Chunnel' train beneath the English Channel and the Great Barrier Reef (not manmade though)
hanntastic
2006-07-25 17:45:13 UTC
the seven wonders of the ancient world are :

the great pyramid of Giza

the hanging gardens of babylon

The temple of artemis at ephysus

the statue of zeus at olympia

the mauseleum at Halicarnussus

the collussus of rhodes

the pharos of alexandria



the seven natural wonders of the world

* Mount Everest

* The Great Barrier Reef

* The Grand Canyon

* Victoria Falls

* The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

* Paricutin Volcano

* The Northern Lights



seven wonders ofmodern world

Channel Tunnel (England & France)

CN Tower (Toronto)

Empire State Building (New York)

Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)

Itaipu Dam (Brazil/Paraguay)

Netherlands North Sea Protection Works (Netherlands)

Panama Canal (Panama)
gohotwire
2006-07-25 17:50:16 UTC
If you are referring to the seven NATURAL wonders, they are...



* Grand Canyon

* Great Barrier Reef

* Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

* Mount Everest

* Northern Lights

* Paricutín volcano

* Victoria Falls



The original seven wonders were...



Great Pyramid of Giza

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus

Colossus of Rhodes

Lighthouse of Alexandria



Of them only the great pyramid remains mostly in tact.
ndtaya
2006-07-25 17:45:16 UTC
Great Pyramid of Giza 2550 BC

Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BC

Statue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BC

Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 351 BC

Colossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC

Lighthouse of Alexandria 3rd century BC
Meg...Out of Hybernation
2006-07-25 17:47:05 UTC
The Pyramids

Taj Mahal

Grand Canyon

Panama Canal

Empire State Building

St. Peter's Basilica

China's Great Wall



or the other seven wonders are:



To see

To hear

To touch

To taste

To feel

To laugh

To love
mackay_18_stacey
2006-07-25 17:46:52 UTC
Grand Canyon, Niagra falls, Great Wall of china, ummmmm.......
littleredms
2006-07-25 17:54:37 UTC
7 most commonly listed

Wonders of the ancient World:



Pyramids of Egypt at Giza

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (in what is now southwestern Turkey)

The Colossus of Rhodes (island in the Aegean Sea)

Lighthouse of Alexandria (island Pharos in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt)
thale138
2006-07-25 17:47:44 UTC
you mean natural wonders obvioulsy, do you mean in the united states? I saw niagara recently, i thought it would be bigger, haha. I think probably the redwood forests are or should be one of them, i like caves and there are some huge and beautiful ones, a live volcano is always neat we went up and looked at mt st helens, I dont know what is considered or how they list in the top seven.
mamapodi
2006-07-25 17:59:06 UTC
1- the great pyramid @ giza

2- the great wall of china

3- the Taj Mahal

4- the serengheti migration

5- the galapaogos islands

6- the grand canyon

7- machu pichu
JTz
2006-07-25 17:47:25 UTC
Depends if you're talking about the World (Ancient), Natural or Modern World.
Jenny A
2006-07-25 21:57:43 UTC
Edna is one of the 7 wonders
dolphin2253
2006-07-25 17:45:26 UTC
You're doing good. Keep going. You've already listed two.
crazyotto65
2006-07-25 17:46:26 UTC
Seven Wonders of the World

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This article is about the lists of world wonders. For other uses of the term Wonders of the World, see Wonders of the World (disambiguation).

The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) is a widely-known list of seven popular sites of classical antiquity. The list was largely a tourist guide for travelers of the ancient world who wanted to see the most famous and well known sight-seeing destinations.



Contents [hide]

1 History

2 The Seven Wonders

3 More recent lists

3.1 Modern wonders

3.2 Tourist travel wonders

3.3 Natural wonders

3.4 Underwater wonders

4 Alternative list

5 Notes

6 See also

7 External links and references

8 Further reading







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History

The earliest known version of the list was compiled in the 2nd century BC by Antipater of Sidon; it appears to be based on the guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim where sight-seers could typically travel safely. The Seven Wonders were wonders because they were among the most popular destinations, even as early as 1600 BC tourist graffiti was scawled on monuments in the Egyptian Valley of the Kings (by which time the Great Sphinx of Giza was already a thousand years old). It is notable that the Seven Wonders sites were all man-made, no natural features were included, they were not popular destinations. With the industrial revolution's impact on the environment and the resulting naturalism of the Romanticism movement, natural features have become tourist destinations in and of themselves and as such new "Seven Wonders" lists have been created that incorporate natural features.



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The Seven Wonders

Listed in order of their construction, the seven wonders are:



Wonder Date Builder Destroyed Cause

Great Pyramid of Giza 2550 BC Egyptians n/a n/a

Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC Babylonians ? earthquake

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BC Anatolians 356 BC fire

Statue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BC Greeks ? fire

Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 351 BC Hellenized Carians ? earthquake

Colossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC Hellenistic civilization 224 BC earthquake

Lighthouse of Alexandria 3rd century BC Hellenistic civilization ? earthquake



Antipater's original list replaced the Lighthouse of Alexandria with the Walls of Babylon. It wasn't until the 6th century AD that the list above was used. Of these wonders, the only one that has survived to the present day is the Great Pyramid of Giza. The existence of the Hanging Gardens has not been definitively proven. Records show that the other five wonders were destroyed by natural disasters. The Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus were destroyed by fire, while the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Colossus, and Mausoleum of Maussollos, were destroyed by earthquakes.



A curious piece of trivia about the Seven Wonders is that all the sites of the seven wonders were located in the Ottoman Empire at one time or another.



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More recent lists

In the tradition of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, many other lists of wonders have been proposed, including both human feats of engineering and wonders of nature. However, these lists are rather informal, and there is no consensus on any particular list.



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Modern wonders

The American Society of Civil Engineers compiled another list of wonders of the modern world:



Channel Tunnel

CN Tower

Empire State Building

Golden Gate Bridge

Itaipu Dam

Delta Works

Panama Canal

[edit]

Tourist travel wonders

The following list of the top seven tourist travel wonders was compiled by Hillman Wonders:[1]



Great Pyramid of Giza

Great Wall of China

Taj Mahal

Serengeti Migration

Galapagos

Grand Canyon

Machu Picchu

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Natural wonders

Similar to the other lists of wonders, there is no consensus on a list of seven natural wonders of the world, as there has been debate over how large the list should be. One of the many lists was compiled by CNN [2]:



Grand Canyon

Great Barrier Reef

Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

Mount Everest

Northern Lights

Paricutín volcano

Victoria Falls

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Underwater wonders

This list of underwater wonders is of unknown origin but has been repeated sufficiently often to acquire a degree of notability:[3] [4]



Palau

Belize Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef

Deep-Sea Vents

Galapagos Islands

Lake Baikal

Northern Red Sea

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Alternative list

The New 7 Wonders foundation has launched a poll to decide another new list of 7 Wonders, with 21 sites on its shortlist, as follows[5]:



Acropolis (Athens, Greece)

Alhambra (Granada, Spain)

Angkor (Cambodia)

Chichen Itza (Yucatán, Mexico)

Christ Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Colosseum (Rome, Italy)

Moai (Easter Island)

Eiffel Tower (Paris, France)

Great Wall (China)

Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey)

Kremlin (Moscow, Russia)

Kiyomizu Temple (Kyoto, Japan)

Machu Picchu (Peru)

Neuschwanstein Castle (Füssen, Germany)

Petra (Jordan)

Pyramids of Giza (Egypt)

Statue of Liberty (New York, United States)

Stonehenge (Amesbury, United Kingdom)

Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia)

Taj Mahal (Agra, India)

Timbuktu (Mali)
madison018
2006-07-25 17:46:38 UTC
the pyramids


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