The Seven Wonders of the World are considered wonders because historians do not have enough information about them to fully understand where they came from or the reason for their existence.
Giza Pyramid Complex in Cairo, Egypt; Chichen Itza in Yucatan, Mexico;Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Colosseum in Rome, Italy;Great Wall of China in China;Machu Picchu in Cuzco,...
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World The historian Herodotus (484 BC-ca. 425 BC), and the scholar Callimachus of Cyrene (ca 305-240 BC) at the Museum of Alexandria, made early lists of "Seven wonders"...