Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Cultural  

1. Seven famous structures of ancient times: the Colossus of Rhodes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (see also Babylon), the Pharos of Alexandria, the pyramids of Egypt (see also Egypt), the statue of Jupiter by Phidias, the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, and the Tomb of Mausolus (Mausoleum). All have disappeared except the pyramids.

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Example Sentences

Near one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza - Egypt is officially opening what it intends as a cultural highlight of the modern age.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Not much mention is made of Alexandria’s library—first set on fire accidentally by Julius Caesar and damaged fatally over the ensuing years—or its epic lighthouse, one of the fabled Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

In a past column, I wrote of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World — the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2017

To the south, near Izmir, tour guides jockey for position at the ruins of Ephesus, where the main attraction is the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

From Time Magazine Archive

“It’s a perfectly proportioned replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence.”

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau