Great Pyramid of Giza: The only ancient wonder still standing; built about 4,500 years ago
Hanging Gardens of Babylon: Terraced gardens said to be in ancient Babylon; no one is sure they existed
Statue of Zeus at Olympia: A huge statue of the king of the Greek gods
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: A grand temple to the Greek goddess of the hunt, in what is now Turkey
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus: A large tomb built for a king named Mausolus; gave us the word mausoleum
Colossus of Rhodes: A giant bronze statue of the sun god Helios on a Greek island
Lighthouse of Alexandria: A very tall lighthouse in Egypt
How many ancient wonders are there?: Seven
Great Wall of China: A defensive wall stretching thousands of miles
Petra: A city carved into rose-colored rock in Jordan
Christ the Redeemer: A giant statue above Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Machu Picchu: An Inca city high in the Andes of Peru
Chichen Itza: A Maya city with a great step pyramid in Mexico
Colosseum: A huge Roman arena in Rome
Taj Mahal: A white marble tomb in Agra, India, built in the 1600s
How many new wonders were chosen in 2007?: Seven
Grand Canyon: A natural wonder carved by the Colorado River
Great Barrier Reef: The largest living reef system, off Australia
Victoria Falls: A mile-wide waterfall on the Zambezi River
Mount Everest: The highest mountain above sea level
Northern Lights: Glowing colored lights in the sky near the poles
Amazon Rainforest: The world's largest tropical forest
Paricutin volcano: A volcano that rose from a Mexican cornfield in 1943
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro: A scenic bay in Brazil
Angel Falls: The world's tallest waterfall, in Venezuela
Niagara Falls: Huge waterfalls between Canada and the USA
Uluru: A giant red sandstone rock in Australia, sacred to the Anangu
Stonehenge: A ring of huge standing stones in England
Easter Island moai: Giant stone heads on Rapa Nui
Angkor Wat: The largest religious building in the world, in Cambodia
Hagia Sophia: A famous building in Istanbul, once a church, then a mosque
Eiffel Tower: An iron tower in Paris built for the 1889 World's Fair
Pyramids of Teotihuacan: Giant pyramids near Mexico City
Alhambra: A palace and fortress in Granada, Spain
Forbidden City: The palace city of Chinese emperors in Beijing
Acropolis: A hilltop with the Parthenon in Athens
Great Zimbabwe: Ruins of a stone city in Africa
Borobudur: A huge Buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia
Pompeii: A Roman town preserved by volcanic ash from Vesuvius in 79 CE
Terracotta Army: Thousands of clay soldiers buried with China's first emperor
Lascaux caves: Famous cave paintings in France
Cappadocia: Fairy chimney rock formations in Turkey
Cliffs of Moher: High sea cliffs in Ireland
Giant's Causeway: Thousands of basalt columns on the coast of Northern Ireland
Halong Bay: Limestone islands rising from the sea in Vietnam
Mount Fuji: Japan's tallest mountain, a snowcapped volcano
Lake Baikal: The deepest lake in the world
Dead Sea: A salty lake where people float easily
Serengeti: Plains in Tanzania with huge animal migrations
Great Rift Valley: A long crack in the Earth's surface in Africa
Galapagos Islands: Home of unique wildlife that inspired Darwin
Sahara Desert: The largest hot desert
Antarctica: The southernmost continent
Yellowstone: First national park, with geysers

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