The Seven Wonders of the World Since the dawn of recorded history, humankind has had an inexplicable fascination with making lists. The first widely circulated list was probably the one created by Alexander of Ancient Greece, who selected a list of seven sites referred to as "The Seven Wonders of the World. Unfortunately for modern travelers, of the original Seven Wonders, only the Pyramids of Giza still stand; the others- the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of King Mausolus at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, and the statue of Zeus at Olympia- have all been destroyed by man or nature 百百国D目百百目百百百日日日百百百百百D百百百百百百百日日D百百百百百百百百日百百百国D目喜百目百百百百百日日百Since the dawn of recorded history, humankind has had an inexplicable fascination with making lists. The first widely circulated list was probably the one created by Alexander of Ancient Greece, who selected a list of seven sites referred to as “The Seven Wonders of the World.” Unfortunately for modern travelers, of the original Seven Wonders, only the Pyramids of Giza still stand; the others — the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of King Mausolus at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, and the statue of Zeus at Olympia — have all been destroyed by man or nature. The Seven Wonders of the World