We defined Modern Wonder as any yet-existing creation of man that is generally judged to be unique and significant. Our choices for the Seven Modern and Seven Natural Wonders of today are, therefore, intended to be representative and not complete. Magical though the number 7 may have been to the ancients, this figure could enumerate only a fraction of the glories of that era in today’s expanded world, seven times seven would be inadequate. In limiting his choices to seven, he set a rigid quota for all future lists. You see the Ancient Wonders at the height of their glory-rich, gleaming, unmarred.īut Philon also bequeathed us a problem. Peeling away the layers of pure myth and speculation, building only on supportable fact, our craftsmen have given life to legend. Valuable data have been contributed by the Library of Congress, the British Museum in London, agencies of foreign governments, and several universities. What did the Seven Wonders of Pilon’s world actually look like? To re-create them, the VIEW-MASTER research staff has haunted libraries, prowled book stores, corresponded with authorities the world over. although, of his seven, only the Pyramids of Egypt still stand, the rest have lived on in legend.īut the fabric of legend is often frail and twisted. The View-Master packet The Seven Wonders of the World (B901) featuring The Seven Ancient Wonders.Ībout 150 B.C., a Greek mathematician, Philon of Byzantium, wrote a book giving his choices for “The Seven Wonders of the World.” Philon chose well.
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