The Colossus of Rhodes, with Michael Denis Higgins
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The idea broadly comes from the third century BCE. It's a sort of a kind of modern, like a modern bucket list of things to see before you die. Almost all of them have some kind of indirect or direct link with Alexander III of Macedon. They were probably chosen for their size, their beauty and their engineering challenges.
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