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Start Date: 1/1/2017 (My hypotheical Start)
End Date: 4/30/2017 (My hypotheical End)
7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Pick a keyword from each wonder and use it to spell the word out. If you choose to do the spell it out option.
There are a few different ways to do this particular challenge.
Option #1 Spelling It Out
Using the book title, series title, or authors' first and last name to spell out the wonder. You may ignore the articles in the word such as the, of, A, An, etc if you choose to spell out the whole wonder or you may focus on the words in bold for this challenge.
Option #2 Example of Location
For this you must read a book set in the country or exact location where the wonder is located/was located.Pick any set of the wonders. I will leave an example in the next comment.
7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse of Alexandria
8 Wonders of the World
Potala Palace
Old City of Jerusalem
Polar Ice Caps
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
Internet
Mayan Ruins
Great Migration of Serengeti and Masai Mara
Grand Canyon
7 Wonders of the Medieval World
Stonehenge
Colosseum
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Great Wall of China
Prcelain Tower of Nanjing
Hagia Sophia
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Others for this list often include:
Taj Mahal
Cairo Citadel
Ely Cathedral
Cluny Abbey
7 Wonders of the Natural World
Grand Canyon
Great Barrier Reef
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Mount Everest
Aurora
Paricutin Volcano
Victoria Falls
American Society of Civil Engineers 8 Wonders
Channel Tunnel
CN Tower
Empire State Building
Golden Gate Bridge
Itaipu Dam
Delta Works/Zuiderzee Works
Panama Canal
New 7 Wonders of the World
Great Wall of China
Petra
Christ the Redeemer
Machu Picchu
Chichen Itza
Colosseum
Taj Mahal
Great Pyramid of Giza
New 7 Wonders of Nature
Iguazu Falls
Jeju Island
Komodo Island
Puerto Princesa Underground River
Table Mountain
Halong Bay
Amazon Rainforest
New 7 Wonders Cities
Durban, South Africa
Vigan, The Philippines
Havana, Cuba
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Beirut, Lebanon
Doha, Qatar
La Paz, Bolivia
7 Wonders of the Underwater World
Palau
Belize Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef
Deep-Sea Vents
Galapagos Islands
Lake Baikal
Northern Red Sea
7 Wonders of the Industrial World
SS Great Eastern
Bell Rock Lighthouse
Brooklyn Bridge
London Sewerage System
First Transcontinental Railroad
Panama Canal
Hoover Dam
7 Wonders of the Solar System
Enceladus
The Great Red Spot
The Asteroid Belt
The Surface of the Sun
The Oceans of Earth
The Rings of Saturn
Olympus Moons