Man-made travel wonders of the world
Great Pyramids of Giza
Great Wall of China
Taj Mahal 泰姬陵
Machu Picchu
Bali
Angkor Wat 吴哥窟
Forbidden City 故宫
Bagan Temples & Pagodas
Karnak Temple
Teotihuacán
[edit] Natural travel wonders of the world
Serengeti Migration
Galápagos Islands
Grand Canyon
Iguazu Falls
Amazon Rainforest
Ngorongoro Crater
Great Barrier Reef
Victoria Falls
Bora Bora
Cappadocia
[edit] 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:[12]
Grand Canyon
Great Barrier Reef
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Mount Everest
Polar Aurora
Parícutin volcano
Victoria Falls
[edit] Underwater wonders
This list of underwater wonders is of unknown origin but has been repeated sufficiently often to acquire a degree of notability:[13] [14]
Palau
Belize Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef
Deep-Sea Vents
Galapagos Islands
Lake Baikal
Northern Red Sea
The 'Seven Wonders of the World' (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) is a widely-known list of seven remarkable manmade constructions of classical antiquity.It was based on guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim.Later lists include those for the Medieval World and the Modern World.
Wonder Date of construction Builder Notable features Date of destruction Cause of destruction
Great Pyramid of Giza 2650-2500 BC Egyptians Built as the tomb of Fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu.Still standing N/A
Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC Babylonians Diodorus described multi-levelled gardens reaching 22 metres (75 feet) high,complete with machinery for circulating water.Large trees grew on the roof.After 1st century BC Earthquake
Statue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BC Greeks Occupied the whole width of the aisle of the temple that was built to house it,and was 40 feet (12 meters) tall.5th-6th centuries AD Unknown,presumed destroyed by fire or earthquake.
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BC Lydians,Persians,Greeks Dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis,it took 120 years to build.Herostratus burned it down in an attempt to achieve lasting fame.356 BC Arson
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 351 BC Persians,Greeks Stood approximately 45 meters (135 feet) tall with each of the four sides adorned with sculptural reliefs.Origin of the word mausoleum.by AD 1494 Damaged by an earthquake and eventually disassembled by European Crusaders
Colossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC Greeks A giant statue of the Greek god Helios roughly 3/4ths as large as today's Statue of Liberty in New York.224 BC Earthquake
Lighthouse of Alexandria 3rd century BC Hellenistic Egypt Between 115 and 135 meters (383 - 440 ft) tall it was among the tallest man-made structures on Earth for many centuries.AD 1303-1480 Earthquake
The Greek category was not "Wonders" but "theamata",which translates closer to "must-sees".The list that we know today was compiled in the Middle Ages—by which time many of the sites were no longer in existence.Since the list came mostly from ancient Greek writings,only sites that would have been known and visited by the ancient Greeks were included.Even as early as 1600 BC,tourist graffiti was scrawled on monuments in the Egyptian Valley of the Kings.
Antipater's original list replaced the Lighthouse of Alexandria with the Ishtar Gate.It was not 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.There are sculptures from the Mausoleum of Maussollos and the Temple of Artemis in the British Museum in London.