This section is from the book "The Corner Cupboard; Or, Facts For Everybody", by Robert Kemp Philp. Also available from Amazon: The Corner Cupboard; or Facts for Everybody.
The Seven Wonders. They were the Egyptian pyramids; the mausoleum erected by Artemisia; the Temple of Diana at Ephesus; the walls and hanging gardens of Babylon; the Colossus at Rhodes; the statue of Jupiter Olympus; and the Pharos, , or watch-tower, at Alexandria.
 
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