Do you know the ancient seven wonders of the world? Here's also the new Seven Wonders of the World and the Seven Wonders of Nature

People remained loyal to the Seven Wonders of the World for a long and perhaps exaggerated period of time, and it was miraculously devoted by Greek travelers who toured the neighboring regions, so the list was not universal.

The ancient wonders of the world do not really include the largest or most important thing that was in the era of these travelers, after they moved between Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Turkey and Greece.

How was the idea of ​​the Seven Wonders of the World born?

The Seven Wonders of the World are examples of the contributions of the civilizations of the Mediterranean and the ancient Middle East, where there is a past rich in historical constructions that tell stories of human achievements.

Hellenistic travelers carefully wrote down these structures in travel guides, artworks, and poems, as National Geographic reports, noting that although lists of wonders were established as early as the fifth century BC, the Greek writer Antipater Al-Sidawi (relative to Sidon or Sidon on The southern Lebanese coast) in the second century, poetry celebrated these heroic acts of human ability in the second century, and devoted them more.

The three pyramids - including the Great Pyramid of Khufu - are among the ancient wonders, and it is the only one that stands firm from them until this era (pixel)

What are the seven ancient wonders of the world?

It includes the seven ancient wonders of the world:

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Encyclopedia of the Story of Civilization by writer Will Durant - which was completed by his wife, Ariel after his death - (in the second part, p. 199) mentions one of the Seven Wonders of the World, namely: the Hanging Gardens in Babylon that Nebuchadnezzar built after his marriage to the daughter of Syxares, king of the Medes, and the princess was yearning for The greenery of her country, and that is why he built wonderful gardens for her with fragrant and diverse trees and flowers, and he made canals from the Euphrates River to pass through and reach the highest layer of it with water machines.

It is believed that the Hanging Gardens were built about 600 years before Christ, as there is no actual evidence of their existence.

Temple of Artemis in Ephesus

Durant mentions in Part VI, p. 261, the Greek Temple of Artemis, where eastern deities worshiped motherhood and fertility. The structure was destroyed and rebuilt twice and was the largest Greek structure at the time.

It was 115 meters high by 55 meters wide, and only a few of its ruins remain today.

And this temple, which was located in Ephesus, western Turkey today, said Philo Byzantine: "I have seen the ancient walls of Babylon, its hanging gardens, the Olympic statue of Zeus, the colossal statue of Rhodes, the mighty works of the high pyramids, and the tomb of Mausolus. But when I saw the temple in Ephesus rising to Clouds, put all these other wonders in shadow," according to National Geographic.

Statue of Zeus in Greece

In western Greece, in Olympia, there is a statue of Zeus, which is one of the wonders, and it was one of the most famous statues in ancient times. It was 12 meters high, but it was destroyed in an earthquake in the fifth century BC.

Mausoleum of Mausoleum in Helicarnassus

The Mausoleum of Mausolus, built between 353 and 350 BC, by Greek architects.

Created for the Persian emperor, his wife and sister, it is about 41 meters high, and a series of earthquakes left only a few scattered pieces of its foundation.

Rhodes statue

The statue of the Greek god Apollo has always welcomed visitors to the ancient island of Rhodes, east of the Aegean Sea. It was carved between 292 and 280 BC, with a height of 33 meters, and was called the Colossus of Rhodes.

The statue was a victory monument marking the defeat of the invading army of Demetrius in 304 BC.

It lasted only 56 years, when it was destroyed by an earthquake in 224 BC.

One of the beaches of Alexandria now, in which the "Lighthouse of Alexandria" was one of the ancient wonders of the world (Al-Jazeera)

Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, which was built on the island of Pharos on the port of Alexandria, withstood until the year 965 AD, when it was severely affected by an earthquake, followed by several earthquakes, and completely disappeared by the year 1480. Its construction was completed between 285 and 247 BC.

This ancient lighthouse is considered a masterpiece, and it served as a model for all the lighthouses that came after it, and it reached a length of 107 meters.

Pyramid of Giza Khufu

All the ancient Seven Wonders of the World were destroyed, except for the Pyramid of Giza, Khufu, which is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built more than two thousand years BC and is about 150 meters high.

How was the idea of ​​the new Seven Wonders of the World born?

And because the Seven Wonders of the World are so old that most of them have vanished, an update had to be made.

Therefore, the Swiss New7wonders Foundation launched in 2000 a campaign to identify the new Seven Wonders of the World, and the Pyramid of Giza remained the only participant in it still standing.

More than 100 million voted online or by text message for the new wonder, and the final results announced were met with cheers as well as some derision, according to Britannica.com.

What are the new seven wonders of the world?

The new Seven Wonders of the World were announced on July 7, 2007 (7/7/2007), and this is the largest vote in the world, as 7 new wonders were chosen, namely:

Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is the largest building in the world, and work began in the 7th century BC and continued to be built for two thousand years.

The Great Wall of China began to be built before Christ and continued after it (pixel)

Chichen Itza pyramid

There is a pyramid of Chichen Itza in Yucatan in Mexico for the Mayan tribe, and it rises 24 meters.

Chichen Itza pyramid of the ancient Mayan tribe in Mexico (pixel)

Petra city

Petra, the ancient Jordanian city, which the Nabataeans took as their capital, and dug into its pink rock their dwellings, temples and tombs.

The ancient city of Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu in Cuzco, Peru, is a secret Inca stronghold. Getting to the top of this mountain requires climbing the "Stairs of Death," stone steps built by the Incas that lead to the summit of Huayna Picchu in the 15th century.

Machu Picchu was built in Peru at the foot of the Andes in the middle of the 15th century (pixel)

Statue of Christ the Redeemer

Statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on top of Mount Corcovado, 30 meters tall and built in 1926.

Statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, one of the new Seven Wonders of the World (pixel)

Colosseum

The Colosseum in Rome, a remarkable engineering feat, accommodates 50,000 spectators, who watched different types of wrestling.

Built in the first century.

Rome's famous Colosseum was the largest theater for wrestling (pixel)

Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal in Agra, the most famous mausoleum in India, was built in the seventeenth century by Emperor Shah Jahan in honor of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to her fourteenth child.

The Taj Mahal in India is a mausoleum for the emperor's wife (pixel)

What are the seven natural wonders of the world?

As for the seven wonders of nature, according to the (New 7 wonders) website, they are:

Jeju Island is one of the Seven Wonders of Nature (Shutterstock)

Why was the number 7 adopted in choosing the wonders of the world?

It seems that the number 7 has great importance, as it was prominent before the existence of monotheistic religions and other religions in ancient civilizations, so the seven days were named after the seven planets that were previously known in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, so that the colors of the rainbow are 7.

Pythagoras gives special attention to the number 7, as it is the sum of 3 spiritual and 4 material, as well as the presence of 7 notes in the musical scale, and the date 7/7/2007 was chosen to announce the new Seven Wonders of the World.

The number 7 is of great importance, as it was prominent before the existence of monotheistic religions and other religions in ancient civilizations, and for this reason 7 wonders were chosen (Shutterstock)

Have you visited one of the seven wonders of the world?

The New Seven Wonders website presents a video for selecting the new seven man-made wonders of the world, the new seven natural wonders, and the new seven wonders of cities, through the world's largest vote, indicating the economic importance of this movement worldwide.

Have you visited one of the Seven Wonders of the World, old, new or natural?