Seven Wonders

seven wonders English Alternative forms seven wonders Proper noun p 1 Seven Wonders en Seven Wonders of the World. en 2014 Jonny Wilkes History Revealed https://archive.org/details/edg-hr-issue/edg%20HR%20Issue%20034%202016%2010/mode/2up?q=%22the+seven+wonders+are%22 54 As Greek travellers explored the conquests of other civilisations, such as the Egyptians, Persians and Babylonians—which is why the Seven Wonders are all around the Mediterranean Rim—they compiled early guidebooks of the most remarkable things to see, meant as recommendations for future tourists. They called the landmarks that bewildered and inspired them theamata (or ‘sights’), but this soon evolved to the grander name of thaumata — ‘wonders’. Is there only one list? The Seven Wonders we know today are an amalgamation of all the different lists from antiquity.