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The
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World isn't the only
list of marvels people have created. In 1994 the American
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) decided to put together
a list of the most remarkable civil engineering feats
of the 20th century.
Index
& Map
Channel
Tunnel
CN
Tower
Empire
State Building
Golden
Gate Bridge
Itaipu
Dam
Panama
Canal
Netherlands
North Sea Protection Works
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In
1997 the Cable News Network (CNN) put togeather a list
of ecological wonders. Most people call these the Seven
Wonders of the Natural World.
Index
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Mount
Everest
The
Grand Canyon
The
Northern Lights
The
Harbor at Rio de Janeiro
The
Great Barrier Reef
Paricutin:
The Volcano in a Cornfield
Victoria
Falls
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The
ancient Greeks loved to compile lists of the marvelous
structures in their world. They have become known as the
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Index
Map
The Great Pyramid of Egypt
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The
Colossus of Rhodes
The
Lighthouse of Alexandria
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Sometime
in the late 19th or early 20th century a list entitled
The Seven Wonders of the Medieval World started
to be found among the various catalogs of marvels.
Index
& Map
Stonehenge
Leaning
Tower of Pisa
Coliseum
Hagia
Sophia
The
Great Wall
Catacombs
of Kom el Shoqafa
Lost
Porcelain Pagoda
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