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WONDERS OF THE WORLD IMAGES ON THESE PAGES CAN BE REPRODUCED AND ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN The ‘traditional’ wonders of the world were: Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes Lighthouse of Alexandria. Only the Great Pyramid is still standing today.

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WONDERS OF THE WORLD IMAGES ON THESE PAGES CAN BE REPRODUCED AND ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN 

The ‘traditional’ wonders of the world were: 

Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes Lighthouse of Alexandria. 

Only the Great Pyramid is still standing today.

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There are other lists of ‘wonders’. One such list includes other extraordinary monuments built by human hands: 

Stonehenge Colosseum Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa Great Wall of China Taj Mahal Hagia Sophia Leaning Tower of Pisa 

Stonehenge

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Hagia Sophia, the Church of Holy Wisdom, Istanbul

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Great Wall of China

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Colosseum in Rome

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Taj Mahal 

Wonders of engineering 

Channel Tunnel CN Tower Empire State Building Golden Gate Bridge Itaipu Dam Delta Works Panama Canal

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Empire State Building

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Golden Gate Bridge 

Natural Wonders of the World 

Serengeti Migration Galápagos Islands Grand Canyon Iguazu Falls Amazon Rainforest Ngorongoro Crater Great Barrier Reef Victoria Falls Bora Bora Cappadocia Mount Everest Polar Aurora

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Great Barrier Reef

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Victoria Falls

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Mount Everest 

Polar Aurora

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Grand Canyon