"I have gazed on the walls of impregnable Babylon along which chariots may race, and on the Zeus by the banks of the Alpheus, I have seen the hanging gardens, and the Colossus of the Helios, the great man made mountains of the lofty pyramids, and the gigantic tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the sacred house of Artemis, that towers to the clouds, the others were placed in the shade, for the sun himself, has never looked upon its equal, outside Olympus." 

Colossus of Rhodes:  An enormous statue of Helios, the Sun God, in the harbor of Rhodes

Great Pyramid of Giza: The last of the Wonders

Hanging Gardens of Babylon: The most natural Wonder

Lighthouse of Alexandria: The greatest lighthouse in history

Mausoleum of Maussollos: The first Mausoleum

Statue of Zeus at Olympia: The biggest statue of Zeus ever to exist

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: The thrice-burned temple to the Goddess of the Hunt

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