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2010
Overview
“Everyone,” Philo of Byzantium avowed as early as the third century B.C., “has heard of each of the Seven Wonders of the World.” Over the following centuries the list of Seven Wonders occasionally varied (some lists included the Capitol in Rome, among other variations) but during the Renaissance the canon of seven was definitively established.
The oldest of the wonders is the Great Pyramid at Giza. Built around 2560 B.C. to a height of 481 feet (146.6 m), it claimed the title of world’s tallest structure for over four thousand years. Egypt was also home to the Pharos at Alexandria,
