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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Seven Wonders of the Worldnoun

    impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe

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  1. Seven Wonders of the Ancient Worldnoun

    Seven man-made structures that were listed by and accepted as the greatest such in the vicinity of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East.

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  1. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

    The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, also known as the Seven Wonders of the World or simply the Seven Wonders, is a list of seven notable structures present during classical antiquity. The first known list of seven wonders dates back to the 2nd–1st century BC. While the entries have varied over the centuries, the seven traditional wonders are the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Using modern-day countries, two of the wonders were located in Greece, two in Turkey, two in Egypt, and one in Iraq. Of the seven wonders, only the Pyramid of Giza, which is also by far the oldest of the wonders, still remains standing, with the others being destroyed over the centuries. There is scholarly debate over the exact nature of the Hanging Gardens, and there is doubt as to whether they existed at all.

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  1. seven wonders of the ancient world

    The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World refers to a list of remarkable creations 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 stabilize until the Renaissance, the first such lists of seven wonders date from the 2nd-1st 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—still exists. The remaining six are known as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

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  1. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

    The Seven Wonders of the World refers to remarkable constructions of classical antiquity listed by various authors in guidebooks popular among the ancient Hellenic tourists, particularly in the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. The most prominent of these, the versions by Antipater of Sidon and an observer identified as Philo of Byzantium, comprise seven works located around the eastern Mediterranean rim. 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, the oldest of the ancient wonders—remains relatively intact.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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