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Introduction
Recent campaigns to name seven new wonders of the world has brought attention to the numerous listings of seven “wonders” of natural, engineering, ancient and contemporary monuments. The list that is best known today is the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The list was compiled during the Middle Ages. It includes:

The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
and The Lighthouse of Alexandria.

This guide provides resources for the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which will be referred to here collectively as “the canon” or “the monuments,” and individually by name or as “the monument.”

Print Reference Sources
Academic American Encyclopedia, [Danbury, Conn.] : Grolier Educational Corporation, c1993. Call Number: R 030 VOL [number]. Some earlier editions available for check out.
Encyclopedia Americana, Danbury, Conn. : Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc., c2004. Call Number: R 030 ENC 2004.    Some earlier editions available for check out.
The New Book of Knowledge, Danbury, Conn. : Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc., c2004. Call Number: JR 031 NEW.    Some earlier editions available for check out.
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chicago : Encyclopaedia Britannica, c2003. Call Number: R 030 NEW 2003.   Some earlier editions available for check out.
The World Book Encyclopedia, Chicago : World Book, c2006. Call Number: R 031 WORLD. Some earlier editions available for check out.
A Guide to the Ancient World : A Dictionary of Classical Place Names, by Michael Grant, Bronx, NY, H.W. Wilson, c1986.

Sources Available for Checkout
(Location key: HQ – Headquarters Library; FP – Forest Park Branch; JO – Jonesboro Branch; LJ – Lovejoy Branch; MO – Morrow Branch; RI – Riverdale Branch)

THE MONUMENTS
Bentley, Diana, The seven wonders of the ancient world, Oxford University Press, c2001. Col. Ill. Describes the architectural achievements of the ancient world known as the Seven Wonders of the World: the Pyramids at Giza, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, and the Colossus of Rhodes. Review in PINES catalog. Call Number: J 722 Bentley, Diana (LJ)
Brosnan, Pierce, The seven wonders of the ancient world, Questar, c2000. Video cassette, 77 min. Narrated by Pierce Brosnan, takes a look at each of the monuments, as well as seven alternate wonders. Call Number: J 722 Seven (LJ)
Curlee, Lynn, Seven wonders of the ancient world, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002. Col. ill. Shows the monuments in scale with modern structures. Gr. 3-6. Review in PINES catalog. Call Number: J 709.01 Curlee, Lynn (LJ)
Forsberg, Rolf, The seven wonders of the ancient world, Questar Home Video, c1990. Videocassette, 60 min. Philo of Byzantium, approximately 2,000 years ago, compiled a list of two statues, a temple, a roof-top garden, two tombs, and a lighthouse. Ancient Romans considered these to be the seven great man-made wonders of the world. This video reveals the story behind each monument. Call Number: 910.4 Questar Video (HQ, MO, RI)
Scarre, Christopher, The seventy wonders of the ancient world : the great monuments and how they were built New York, Thames & Hudson, 1999. Contains a chapter devoted to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, with photos and artist renderings of the monuments, remains and artifacts. (p. 18-47) Review in PINES catalog. Call Number: 930 Seventy (HQ, FP, LJ, MO, RI)

COLOSSUS OF RHODES AKA Helios of Rhodes
Nardo, Don, ed., The decline and fall of ancient Greece, San Diego, Greenhaven Press, Inc., c2000. Makes brief mention in context of the visual art of the Hellenistic period (p. 161). Call Number: 938 Decline (HQ, FP, JO, LJ, MO, RI)

GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA
Clark, Ronald W., Wonders of the world, New York : Arco Publishing, c1980. An article on the Great Pyramids (The Pyramids) (p. 67) Call Number: 001.94 Clark, Ronald William (HQ, MO)

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