The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) is a widely-known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity.

Great Pyramid of Giza (Cairo, Egypt)

Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Babylon, modern Iraq)

Statue of Zeus at Olympia (Ancient Greece)

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Ancient Greece)

Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus (Caria, Asia Minor ancient Turkey, modern Portugal?)

Colossus of Rhodes (Hellenistic, Greece)

Lighthouse of Alexandria (Hellenistic, Greece)

The only one that has survived to the present day is the Great Pyramid of Giza. (It is also the oldest.) The existence of the Hanging Gardens has not been verified. The other 5 wonders were destroyed by natural disasters: the Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus were destroyed by fire, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Colossus, and Mausoleum of Maussollos, were destroyed by earthquakes.

What on earth is the fucking 7 wonders of the world then?!

there are several categories of 'em...

7 wonders of the ancient world

7 wonders of the medieval mindseven natural world wonders

7 wonders of the underwater world

7 wonders of the modern world

7 forgotten natural wonders

7 forgotten modern wonders

7 forgotten wonders of the medieval mind

there are 12 other forgotten wonders

And The New 7 Wonders foundation has launched a poll to decide another new list of 7 Wonders, with 21 sites on its shortlist, it will culminate with a live, worldwide, telecast on 1st of January 2007 to announce the New 7 Wonders of the World, in Zurich.

Wat the hell ... can vote wan lor. I can even be the one who is making the history of the new 7 wonders of the world.

I'm so confused about it. I love history, but this just totally sucks.