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Wonders of the Ancient and Modern World

When these happened

14 dated records from 356 BCE to 2012. Each is drawn as wide as its date is certain — a band is a band because nobody knows the year, not because the drawing is imprecise.

0500100015002000Herostratus burns the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus — -0356An earthquake breaks the Colossus of Rhodes at the knee — -0226Antipater of Sidon writes the earliest surviving list of seven wonders — -0100The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is pulled down — 0401The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is lost — 0475The bronze of the Colossus is sold for scrap — 0653The earthquake and tsunami of 1303 extinguish the Pharos — 1303Mausoleum sculpture is removed to the British Museum — 1857Hiram Bingham reaches Machu Picchu — 1911Underwater survey of the Pharos site begins off Qaitbay — 1994Egypt forces the Great Pyramid out of the New7Wonders ballot — 2007-04-20UNESCO publicly disowns the New7Wonders campaign — 2007-06-20The New7Wonders of the World are declared in Lisbon — 2007-07-07China announces the measured length of the Great Wall — 2012-06-05
14 shown · 14 dated · 0 cannot be placed on an axis · Approximate or contested. Draw a band and do not sharpen its edges.
In order14
  1. -0356Herostratus burns the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  2. -0226An earthquake breaks the Colossus of Rhodes at the knee

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  3. -0100Antipater of Sidon writes the earliest surviving list of seven wonders

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  4. 0401The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is pulled down

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  5. 0475The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is lost

    Sources disagree, or the dating is contested. Stated, not resolved.

  6. 0653The bronze of the Colossus is sold for scrap

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  7. 1303The earthquake and tsunami of 1303 extinguish the Pharos

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  8. 1857Mausoleum sculpture is removed to the British Museum

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  9. 1911Hiram Bingham reaches Machu Picchu

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  10. 1994Underwater survey of the Pharos site begins off Qaitbay

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  11. 2007-04-20Egypt forces the Great Pyramid out of the New7Wonders ballot

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  12. 2007-06-20UNESCO publicly disowns the New7Wonders campaign

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  13. 2007-07-07The New7Wonders of the World are declared in Lisbon

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  14. 2012-06-05China announces the measured length of the Great Wall

    It happened, and the record is settled.