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The classic list of the Seven Wonders was compiled by Hellenistic travelers and writers, acting as an ancient travel guide to the most magnificent structures within their known world. This is why the locations are all concentrated around the Eastern Mediterranean. With the exception of the gardens in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), the remaining six marvels were evenly distributed, with two wonders found in each of the three major centers of the Hellenistic world.
Greece was home to the massive, bronze Colossus of Rhodes and the intricate, 40-foot-tall Statue of Zeus at Olympia. Egypt boasted two legendary constructions in the Ptolemaic era: the towering Lighthouse of Alexandria, which safely guided ships for centuries, and the Great (Review) Pyramid of Giza, the oldest on the list and the only wonder that still stands today. The final pair were located in Anatolia, or modern-day Turkey: the grand Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, a tomb so elaborate that its name gave us the modern word "mausoleum."
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