The Seven Wonders list has 5 major flaws

a candid analysis

Flaw

The ancient Seven Wonders cover less than 5% of the world's surface - and reside in a nucleus of only 4 countries.

Flaw

The ancient Seven Wonders of the World list is Greek-centric. Six of the Seven Wonders were built or inspired by Grecian culture.

Flaw

The Colosseum of Rome and nearly all other standing structures that we regard today as ancient and great wonders were still unbuilt when the original list was conceived.

Flaw

When the list was composed (likely in Alexandria, Egypt in the 2nd century BC), all Seven Wonders were indeed wondrous. But today, only the Pyramid of Khufu is recognizable. Time was unkind to the other six. Little if anything remains of them.

Flaw

Natural wonders were ignored by the ancient 7 wonder list.

Despite its 5 flaws, the
ancient Seven Wonders
list will always be
close to my heart

It excited me as a boy with such zeal that I dreamed of someday making an adventure trip to all seven locations. Years later, my travel wish came true. I will always consider the list venerable and historically important. It kindles the wanderlust in all of us.

My selection criteria

I take the selection of wonders seriously. Not only are the choices based on my decades of world wonder research, I am also influenced by the consensus of my International Board of Advisors (IBA), seasoned world travelers who have proven to me that they can give impartial, knowledgeable opinions free of home country bias. Collectively, they have been practically everywhere and have traveled billions of miles. For more on my selection methodology, read this web page:

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In short, you can trust and rely upon my wonder choices.

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