<Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Date of construction </Th> <Th> Builders </Th> <Th> Date of destruction </Th> <Th> Cause of destruction </Th> <Th> Modern location </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Pyramid of Giza </Td> <Td> 2584 -- 2561 BC </Td> <Td> Egyptians </Td> <Td colspan="2;"> Still in existence , majority of façade gone </Td> <Td> Giza Necropolis , Egypt 29 ° 58 ′ 45.03 '' N 31 ° 08 ′ 03.69 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 29.9791750 ° N 31.1343583 ° E ﻿ / 29.9791750 ; 31.1343583 ﻿ ( Great Pyramid of Giza ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hanging Gardens of Babylon ( existence unresolved ) </Td> <Td> c. 600 BC ( evident ) </Td> <Td> Babylonians or Assyrians </Td> <Td> After 1st century AD </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Hillah or Nineveh , Iraq 32 ° 32 ′ 08 '' N 44 ° 25 ′ 39 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 32.5355 ° N 44.4275 ° E ﻿ / 32.5355 ; 44.4275 ﻿ ( Hanging Gardens of Babylon ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Temple of Artemis at Ephesus </Td> <Td> c. 550 BC ; and again at 323 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks , Lydians </Td> <Td> 356 BC ( by Herostratus ) AD 262 ( by the Goths ) </Td> <Td> Arson by Herostratus , plundering </Td> <Td> Near Selçuk , Turkey 37 ° 56 ′ 59 '' N 27 ° 21 ′ 50 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.94972 ° N 27.36389 ° E ﻿ / 37.94972 ; 27.36389 ﻿ ( Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Statue of Zeus at Olympia </Td> <Td> 466 -- 456 BC ( temple ) 435 BC ( statue ) </Td> <Td> Greeks </Td> <Td> 5th -- 6th centuries AD </Td> <Td> Disassembled and reassembled at Constantinople ; later destroyed by fire </Td> <Td> Olympia , Greece 37 ° 38 ′ 16.3 '' N 21 ° 37 ′ 48 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.637861 ° N 21.63000 ° E ﻿ / 37.637861 ; 21.63000 ﻿ ( Statue of Zeus at Olympia ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mausoleum at Halicarnassus </Td> <Td> 351 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks , Persians , Carians </Td> <Td> 12th -- 15th century AD </Td> <Td> Earthquakes </Td> <Td> Bodrum , Turkey 37 ° 02 ′ 16 '' N 27 ° 25 ′ 27 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.0379 ° N 27.4241 ° E ﻿ / 37.0379 ; 27.4241 ﻿ ( Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colossus of Rhodes </Td> <Td> 292 -- 280 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks </Td> <Td> 226 BC </Td> <Td> 226 BC Rhodes earthquake </Td> <Td> Rhodes , Greece 36 ° 27 ′ 04 '' N 28 ° 13 ′ 40 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 36.45111 ° N 28.22778 ° E ﻿ / 36.45111 ; 28.22778 ﻿ ( Colossus of Rhodes ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lighthouse of Alexandria </Td> <Td> c. 280 BC </Td> <Td> Greeks , Ptolemaic Egyptians </Td> <Td> AD 1303 -- 1480 </Td> <Td> 1303 Crete earthquake </Td> <Td> Alexandria , Egypt 31 ° 12 ′ 50 '' N 29 ° 53 ′ 08 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.21389 ° N 29.88556 ° E ﻿ / 31.21389 ; 29.88556 ﻿ ( Lighthouse of Alexandria ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
which of the seven wonders of the ancient world was destroyed in an earthquake
Lighthouse of Alexandria Colossus of Rhodes Mausoleum at Halicarnassus