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The seven wonders of the world or the seven wonders of the ancient world is a list of remarkable constructions of classical antiquity given by various authors in guidebooks or poems popular among ancient hellenic tourists although the list in its current form did not stabilise until the renaissance the first such lists of seven wonders date from the 2nd 1st century bc. The seven wonders of the ancient world were by no means a comprehensive agreed upon list of the most impressive structures of the day rather the list was very much like a modern day tourist pamphlet informing travelers on what to see on their trip. This is our version of the worlds oldest list article the seven wonders of the ancient world hanging gardens of babylon claimed to have been constructed by the babylonians near the euphrates river in what we now know as iraq the hanging gardens of babylon had outer walls that were 56 miles long 80 feet thick and 320 feet high although archeological finds have never corroborated this . Seven wonders of the world preeminent architectural and sculptural achievements of the ancient mediterranean and middle east as listed by various observers the best known are those of the 2nd century bce writer antipater of sidon and of a later but unknown observer of the 2nd century bce who claimed to be the mathematician philon of byzantium