The list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was compiled
by the Greek writer Antipater of Sidon in a poem in 140 BC. He,
along with Philo of Byzantium, Strabo, Herodotus and Diodoros of
Sicily, are responsible for providing the descriptions of these
sites. Though only one of the seven wonders remains intact,
records insist these gardens, statues and tombs were the crème
de le crème of ancient times. Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Iraq The Hanging Gardens were built
in the ancient city-state of Babylon, located south of modern-
day Baghdad. The gardens were built in 600 BC by King
Nebuchadnezzar II as a gift to his wife, Amytis of Media, who
missed the plants of her homeland. Though the gardens were
destroyed by earthquakes after the 2nd century BC, their beauty
was documented extensively by Greek historians, including
Strabo, who said: “The Garden is quadrangular, and each side is
four plethra long. It consists of arched vaults which are
located on checkered cube-like foundatio