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OCR: SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD The original Seven Wonders 0 i the World were the foremost sights of the ancient world listed by the second- -century BC writer, Antipater of Sidon What the criterion were for their choice and who picked the wonders unknown The magnificeni seven were Pyramids of Giza Includes the pyramids of Cheops (The Great Pyramid). Chephren and Mycerinus a.s well as the Great Sphinx. They are the oldest of the woncers and the only one of the seven substantially in existence today Hanging Gardens i Babylon: seres of landscaped terraces built within the walls i the royal palace Babylon (in southern Iraq) The gardens did not actually hang rather they were roof gardens laid out on seres of terraces irrigated from the Euphrates River [with pumps The gardens were built by either Qu ...