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Do all 7 wonders of the world exist?

Of the original Seven Wonders of the World, only one—the Great Pyramids of Giza—still exists. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Temple of Artemis, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus have all faded to dust and memory.



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Only the Pyramids at Giza (built in the mid-third millennium B.C.) remains intact today. Although five of the others have disappeared, or are in ruins, enough documentary and archaeological evidence is available to confirm that they once stood proud, and are not the product of hearsay or legend.

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon The only one among the wonders on the list, that might not have actually existed (would Antipater lie to you?), are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

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Of the original Seven Wonders of the World, only one—the Great Pyramids of Giza—still exists. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Temple of Artemis, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus have all faded to dust and memory.

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These are just a few of the many structures and natural attractions that some have termed the eighth wonder of the world. There is no officially designated eighth wonder, nor could there ever be. The original list was only for Hellenistic (Greek) travelers in their ancient world.

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The Eiffel Tower is not considered one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. It was a finalist in the contest held by the New 7 Wonders Foundation, however, it was not selected.

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While the entries have varied over the centuries, the seven traditional wonders are the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

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The list that we acknowledge today was compiled in the Middle Ages and comprised the seven most impressive man-made monuments from the ancient world. Since the list came mostly from ancient Greek writings, though, only sites that would have been known to the ancient Greeks were included.

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Of these wonders, 4 were destroyed by earthquake, 2 were destroyed by fire, and 1 is still standing.

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Now, let's get back to our main question, and explore whether Niagara Falls is a wonder of the world. The answer, again, is a No! Niagara Falls doesn't even find a mention in the unofficial list of seven wonders of the world, let alone the official one [if there would be any].

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The other six ancient wonders, including the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, have all been destroyed or lost over time. What are the 7 new wonders for the world?

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In 2001, an initiative was started by the Swiss corporation New7Wonders Foundation to choose the New 7 Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments through online votes.

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Pyramids of Giza, the oldest of the wonders and the only one of the seven substantially in existence today.

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The Statue of Liberty is not considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. However, it is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a World Heritage Site.

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While Stonehenge did not appear on the original list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it does appear on other lists as one of the notable man-made wonders of the world. In 1986, Stonehenge became a World Heritage Site.

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One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Grand Canyon is an unbelievable spectacle of nature. It is a great, huge slash in the surface of the earth - 217 miles long, 4 to 18 miles wide and a mile deep, with the Colorado River flowing at the bottom.

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The Amber Room, often referred to as the “Eighth Wonder of the World”, was one of Russia's most priceless works of art until it was looted by Nazi Germany and lost after the conclusion of WW II.

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The greatest tourism and geoscience attraction in the southern hemisphere, in the nineteenth century were the siliceous Pink and White Terraces, the lost Eighth Wonder of the World in New Zealand. In 1886, the Mount Tarawera eruption buried the terraces.

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The Eiffel Tower (Paris) The Eiffel Tower is the most emblematic monument in France. It is a metallic construction of more than 300m high made in 1889 for the Universal Exhibition of Paris. Nicknamed 'La dame de fer', it gives the capital of France an undeniable advantage.

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The Eiffel Tower (/'a?f?l 'ta??r/ EYE-f?l TOWR; French: Tour Eiffel, pronounced: [tu???f?l] listen) is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.

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But, what if we tell you that there are not one but two Eiffel Towers in Paris currently? Yes, you read that right! A 104-foot replica of the original Eiffel Tower, which looks as real as the original, has been erected near the original tower on the Champ de Mars.

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