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Hanging Gardens BabylonAllegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife Amyitis, who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces & used water from the Euphrates River
Sir Isaac Newton -SIR ISaC NEWTON - watches the apples dropping in his Lincolnshire garden - and wonders why they fall ? Date: 1642-1727
Hanging Gardens / BabylonAllegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife Amyitis, who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces & used water from the Euphrates River
Lawyer / Fashionable WigsA barrister wonders if a more fashionable style of wig could help him impress the jurors
Palace of Wonders, Stone Town, Zanzibar, TanzaniaPalace of Wonders (or House of Wonders, Beit-al-Ajaib), Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanganyika, British East Africa (now Tanzania). It was built in 1883 for the second sultan. Date: late 1920s
Medals Awarded for Gallantry or Life-Saving at Sea - top row (L-R) Stanhope gold medal awarded by the Royal Humane Society for the bravest life-saving deed of the year
The Pyramids and Sphinx, Giza, EgyptThe Pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza, Cairo, Egypt
Buildings / Seven WondersBuilt by the Greeks, almost entirely in marble, in Ephesus, now part of Turkey. Destroyed by Herostratus in 356 BC in an attempt to immortalise his name
Man / Wardrobe / TopcoatA smartly-dressed man looks in his wardrobe and wonders which topcoat to wear
The Wonders of the World - some of the principal architectural gems of the world in 1913, including the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, The Washington Monument
Four Bristol Jupiter Engine - Imperial Airways liner ScyllaThe Four Bristol Jupiter Engine of the Imperial Airways liner Scylla - Wonders of World Aviation part 17, June 1938 Date: 1938
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Shipping Wonders of the World, four cover designsShipping Wonders of the World, Romance of the Seven Seas in Story and Picture, four cover designs in a weekly series, Parts 1-4. Date: 20th century
RMS Mauretania, transatlantic liner, at SouthamptonRMS Mauretania, transatlantic liner, being painted at Southampton Date: 1936
Ships in the Corinth Canal Date: 1936
Archibald Russell, Finnish square-rigger shipGoing aloft on board the Archibald Russell, Finnish square-rigger ship Date: 1936
Monarch of Bermuda, Furness Withy liner Date: 1936
Normandie, French transatlantic liner Date: 1936
Empress of Britain, Canadian Pacific linerCanadian Pacific Liner, Empress of Britain in floodlight Date: 1936
RAF Avro Anson reconnaissance plane escorting King George VI and Queen Elizabeth across the English Channel, 19 July 1938 Date: 1938
Statue of Zeus at Olympia and the Temple of ArtemisStatue of Zeus at Olympia 2, and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur
The colossus at Rhodes, ancient lighthouse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or the Tomb of Mausolus 2, 3, built by five architects Scopas, Bryaxis, Timotheus, Leochares and Pythis
The city walls of Babylon surrounding the hanging gardens and the tower of Babel. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)
Hanging gardens of BabylonThe hanging gardens of Babylon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792
Great pyramid of GizaThe great pyramid of Giza 1, interior chambers 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792
Poster, Great Barrier Coral Reef, AustraliaPoster, The Marine Wonders of the Great Barrier Coral Reef, Australia -- Take a Kodak, designed by Trompf. 1933
Sphinx and Pyramids at Giza, Cairo, EgyptSphinx and the Pyramids at Giza, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1909
HAULING WOOD, MINNESOTAhauling wood in Minnesota. This enormous stack of logs is piled (how, one wonders ?) onto a sledge which is dragged over the ice by a team of four horses. Date: 1893
THE FAIRY-CIRCLEA knight of the Round Table, riding at night, sees the circle of fairies - in the days when the land was full of signs and wonders
HOGARTH DISTRESSED POETThe Distressed Poet A poor poet wonders what to write, while his wife is unable to pay the milkmaids bill. Date: 1736/37
Papa Explains NaturePapa explains the wonders of nature to his children Date: 1869
The Colossus of Rhodes. Engraving by Philip Galle (1537-1612Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Colossus of Rhodes. Engraving by Philip Galle (1537-1612) after Martin van Heemskerck (1498-1574). 16th century. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City
7 Wonders / Diana / ParrBuilt by the Greeks, almost entirely from marble, in Ephesus, now part of Turkey. Destroyed by Herostratus in 356 BC in an attempt to immortalise his name
Great Pyramid and Great Sphinx of Giza, EgyptThe Great Pyramid (Pyramid of Cheops) and the Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt. The Great Pyramid is the oldest and largest pyramid of the pyramid complex of Giza
Lighthouse of Alexandria. Engraving by Philip Galle (1537-16Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Lighthouse of Alexandria. Engraving by Philip Galle (1537-1612) after Martin van Heemskerck (1498-1574). 16th century. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Christina of St. Trond, nun of Liege, Belgium aka Mirabilis known for wonders associated with her, also known as Saint Christina the Astonishing Date: 1150-1224
The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt - Aerial Photograph. Date: circa 1930s
BLAEU, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638); BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Detail of the world map with the construction of the Khufus Pyramid
The Last Aztecs - Maximo and BartoloTwo sideshow exhibits, Maximo and Bartola, both sufferes of microcephaly, who were billed by freakshow promoters as The Last Aztecs
Turkey EphesusExcavations at Ephesus, near Izmir : working on the site of the temple of Diana, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
Ufos / Books / UmmoEnrique Lopez Guerrero MIRANDO A LA LEJANIA DEL UNIVERSO (Wonders from the distant universe) Spanish study of the alleged Ummo contacts with Earth
HerostratusCitizen of Ephesus who, to make his name immortal, burnt down the Temple of Diana, one of the seven wonders of the world. He succeeded in his aim
7 Wonders / Pharos / AnonConstructed by Sostratus of Cnidus, for Ptolemy Philadelphus: its light could be seen 50 km out to sea
7 Wonders / Pharos / WhiteConstructed by Sostratus of Snidus, for Ptolemy Philadelphus. Its light could be seen 50 km out at sea
Schmidt / Pyramids / MeroeThe pyramids at Meroe
Cairo, Egypt - The Pyramids of Giza - Khufu, Khafra and Menkaure. Date: circa 1930s
Distant view of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India from Agra FortDistant view of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India from the Musamman Burj (Agra Fort) Date: circa 1908