Ancient Wonder Rankings
Fifty of the most celebrated ancient wonders, monuments, and marvels of the ancient world.
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Great Pyramid of Giza (c. 2560 BC)—
Hanging Gardens of Babylon (c. 600 BC)—
Statue of Zeus at Olympia (c. 435 BC)—
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (c. 550 BC)—
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (c. 350 BC)—
Colossus of Rhodes (c. 280 BC)—
Lighthouse of Alexandria (c. 280 BC)—
The Parthenon (447–432 BC)—
The Pantheon, Rome (125 AD)—
The Colosseum, Rome (80 AD)—
Stonehenge (c. 3000–1500 BC)—
Machu Picchu (c. 1450 AD)—
Angkor Wat (c. 1150 AD)—
The Great Wall of China (c. 221 BC–1644 AD)—
The Taj Mahal (1653 AD)—
Petra, Jordan (c. 312 BC)—
Chichen Itza (c. 600 AD)—
Easter Island Moai (c. 1250–1500 AD)—
Teotihuacan (c. 100 BC–550 AD)—
Newgrange (c. 3200 BC)—
Avebury (c. 2600 BC)—
Carnac Stones (c. 4500 BC)—
Gobekli Tepe (c. 9600 BC)—
The Treasury at Petra (c. 312 BC)—
Abu Simbel temples (c. 1264 BC)—
The Sphinx of Giza (c. 2500 BC)—
Valley of the Kings (c. 1539–1075 BC)—
Temple of Karnak (c. 2055 BC)—
Temple of Luxor (c. 1400 BC)—
The Acropolis of Athens (5th century BC)—
Delphi and the Oracle (8th century BC)—
Olympia and the sanctuary of Zeus—
The Forum Romanum (7th century BC–)—
Pompeii (c. 7th century BC–79 AD)—
Herculaneum (c. 7th century BC–79 AD)—
The Circus Maximus (c. 6th century BC)—
Hadrian's Wall (122 AD)—
The Antonine Wall (142 AD)—
Tikal (c. 200–900 AD)—
Palenque (c. 226–799 AD)—
Monte Albán (c. 500 BC–700 AD)—
Tiwanaku (c. 300–1000 AD)—
Nazca Lines (c. 500 BC–500 AD)—
The Roman Baths at Bath (c. 70 AD)—
The Library of Celsus at Ephesus (c. 117 AD)—
The Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek (c. 150 AD)—
Sabratha Theatre, Libya (c. 2nd century AD)—
Leptis Magna, Libya (c. 1st century AD)—
The Nile Kilometre at Elephantine—
The Ishtar Gate of Babylon (c. 575 BC)—