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Over the years, the list of the Seven Wonders of the World has changed. The original list of the Seven Wonders of the World was compiled by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BC. Among those listed by Herodotus were the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.

In medieval times, the Seven Wonders of the World included Stonehenge, the Colosseum, the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, the Great Wall of China, the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, the Hagia Sophia, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The Taj Mahal has often been included as well in the Seven Wonders of the World. Surprisingly, the Great Pyramid at Giza has fallen off the list. Most of those that fell off the original list for the Seven Wonders of the World are monuments which simply no longer exist or lie in ruins, like the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.

Brenda Harness, Art Historian

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