How many individuals can name the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? These ancien, man made monuments were compiled into a list considerable in their enormous size or
             some other unusual quality (Donovan 325). We should not let these legacies be left
             behind in the past, because each of these "Seven Wonders" has a story hidden within
             their ruins, or in one case, within its remains. Picture these architectural structures
             as I uncover the legends of The Statue of Zeus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Pyramids
             of Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and the
             The first full modern version of the list appeared less than four centuries ago in
             Italy in 1608 (Romer IX). After that the lists varied, sometimes naming ten wonders,
             but always keeping the honored name of "The Seven Wonders of the World" (IX). The
             listing of these wonders initiated by Greeks and Romans listed memorable things that
             they thought travelers should see (Donovan 325). The origianl authorship of the list
             is not completely proven, but it is believed to be composed by Bede and Philo (Romer
             X). Philo's list is the most impressive, because of it's uncomparable text, in length,
             poetry, and information given (Romer X). At one time, classical writers argued over
             the true list, but today there is one most commonly used (Virtual Tours 1). Few drawings
             or sketches exist of the vanished monuments, so archeologists have relied on ancient
             tales and literary works to get an idea of appearance and history (2).Every one of the seven wonders is connected to the legendary King Alexander (Romer
             XII). He founded Egyptian Alexandria, the city of Pharos; he stormed Halicarnassus,
             the city of the Mausoleum; the Rhodian of Colossus was cast in his image; he died
             in Babylon, the city of the Hanging Gardens, and all of them stood within his shortlived
             Empire (Romer XII). Apart from the Statue of Zeus in the west and the Hanging Ga...