Seven monuments of the classical canon — one per row of a seven-row synthesis drawn from 184 labeled source rows — spanning roughly the 25th century BCE to 270 BCE, from Egypt to Iraq, Greece, and Turkey. Six are known only from ancient accounts; every lost monument below is an evidence-informed artistic reconstruction, not an exact rendering.
Scope: the canonical Seven Wonders of the Ancient World — not the modern New7Wonders listThe survivor is diminished: erosion and the stripping of the polished limestone casing that once made it gleam have lowered the Great Pyramid from about 147 m to 137 m — britannica.com
One wonder may never have been found at all: the Hanging Gardens' site has not been conclusively established and no certain traces have been discovered — britannica.com
The Temple of Artemis, at 129.5 × 68.6 m with 127 columns 18.3 m high in double rows, was almost double the size of the Parthenon — today only foundations and one composite column remain — kids.britannica.com
Earthquakes claimed four of the six lost wonders — the Colossus toppled in a quake that devastated Rhodes, and the Mausoleum, the Lighthouse, and (after removal to Constantinople) the Statue of Zeus followed — britannica.com
| # | Wonder | Date | Present-day location | Credited to | Fate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Pyramid of Giza | early 25th century BCE | Egypt | Khufu | The last of the wonders still standing | britannica.com |
| 2 | Hanging Gardens of Babylon | reign c. 605–561 BCE | Babylon (now in southern Iraq) | Queen Sammu-ramat or King Nebuchadnezzar II | Site not conclusively established; no certain traces found | britannica.com |
| 3 | Statue of Zeus at Olympia | 430s BCE | Olympia, Greece | Phidias | Destroyed; removed to Constantinople in 395 CE, lost to earthquake, tsunami, or fire in the 5th–6th century CE | worldhistory.org |
| 4 | Temple of Artemis at Ephesus | 6th century BCE | Ephesus, western Asia Minor (modern Turkey) | Croesus | Only foundations remain; a single column re-erected from composite remains | kids.britannica.com |
| 5 | Mausoleum at Halicarnassus | c. 350 BCE | Bodrum, Turkey | Mausolus and Artemisia II (architect: Pythius of Priene) | Destroyed by earthquakes; stones reused for the Castle of St. Peter in 1404 | britannica.com |
| 6 | Colossus of Rhodes | about 294–282 BCE | Rhodes, Greece | Citizens of Rhodes | Toppled during a severe earthquake that destroyed much of the island | britannica.com |
| 7 | Lighthouse of Alexandria | 270 BCE | Egypt | Alexandria | Destroyed by heavy earthquakes | britannica.com |
Method: the canonical Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (distinct from the 2007 New7Wonders list), one synthesized row per wonder from 184 labeled source rows scanned in live web research on 2026-08-28, plus 12 supplemental rows corroborating the Lighthouse of Alexandria's approximate 140 m height, Egyptian location, traditional 270 BCE date, and earthquake destruction. Dates and dimensions are as stated by the linked sources; blanks in the sources were preserved rather than filled. All lost monuments are artistic reconstructions informed by ancient accounts, not exact renderings. Long survival-status texts are shortened in the table; fuller fate text appears in the hover cards. Detailed illustration notes were trimmed for space.