A list was made in the Hellenistic period of what were then considered to be the seven greatest wonders of the world. These were normally: (1) the Great Pyramids of Egypt; (2) the Gardens of Babylon (New Babylonian period, 626-539 bc); (3) the Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus (4th century bc); (4) the great gold and ivory statue of Zeus by the sculptor, Pheidias, at Olympia (<450-430 bc); (5) the Colossus of Rhodes, a colossal statue to Helios that tradition said straddled the entrance to the harbour; (6) the Pharos (lighthouse) of Alexandria, built by Sostratus of Cnidus in the early 3rd century bc; and (/) the mausoleum of Mausolus at Halicarnassus (c353 bc).
The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied