Public-vote campaign · 7 profiles
New Seven Wonders of the World
Chosen by popular vote in 2007 — stone, memory and monumental ambition.
- Great Wall of China
- Petra
- Christ the Redeemer
- Machu Picchu
- Chichén Itzá
- Colosseum
- Taj Mahal
Wonders
A World Beyond Ordinary.
Explore remarkable places shaped by human imagination, ancient ambition, and the extraordinary forces of nature.
Six collections
Seven wonders at a time
Each list has a different origin and a different standard of proof. SATRAM describes who compiled it, what survives today and how to visit — without suggesting any official affiliation.
Classical canon, standardised by later writers · 7 profiles
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
One survivor, four ruins and two riddles — ancient wonders, honestly described.
- 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
Public-vote campaign · 7 profiles
New 7 Wonders of Nature
Rainforest, falls, volcano, cave and mountain — nature by popular vote.
- Amazon Rainforest and River
- Hạ Long Bay
- Iguazú Falls
- Jeju Island
- Komodo
- Puerto Princesa Underground River
- Table Mountain
Public-vote campaign · 7 profiles
New 7 Wonders Cities
Seven living cities — from Phoenician Beirut to the high-altitude basin of La Paz.
- Beirut
- Doha
- Durban
- Havana
- Kuala Lumpur
- La Paz
- Vigan
Expert-compiled list · 7 profiles
Seven Wonders of the Underwater World
Reefs, a frozen deep lake and vents at 2,500 metres — the CEDAM list.
- Belize Barrier Reef
- Deep-sea hydrothermal vents
- Northern Red Sea
- Great Barrier Reef
- Lake Baikal
- Galápagos Islands
- Palau reefs
Documentary series · 7 profiles
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
Iron, granite and concrete — seven feats of the Industrial Age.
- SS Great Eastern
- Bell Rock Lighthouse
- Brooklyn Bridge
- London sewer system
- First Transcontinental Railroad
- Panama Canal
- Hoover Dam
Find a wonder or a country
SurvivesRead the full profile of Great Wall of ChinaNew 7 Wonders
Great Wall of China
China
A system of walls, towers and passes built by many states over two millennia, best known in its brick-and-stone Ming form.
SurvivesRead the full profile of PetraNew 7 Wonders
Petra
Jordan
The rock-cut capital of the Nabataeans, reached through a narrow gorge that opens onto a carved treasury.
SurvivesRead the full profile of Christ the RedeemerNew 7 Wonders
Christ the Redeemer
Brazil
A 30-metre Art Deco statue on a granite peak above Rio, completed in 1931.
- SurvivesRead the full profile of Machu Picchu
New 7 Wonders
Machu Picchu
Peru
A fifteenth-century Inca royal estate in cloud forest, terraced into a ridge above the Urubamba.
SurvivesRead the full profile of Chichén ItzáNew 7 Wonders
Chichén Itzá
Mexico
A great Maya city whose stepped pyramid, ball court and sacred cenote reveal ritual, astronomy and trade.
SurvivesRead the full profile of ColosseumNew 7 Wonders
Colosseum
Italy
Rome’s great amphitheatre, opened in 80 CE, where games and spectacles drew tens of thousands.
- SurvivesRead the full profile of Taj Mahal
New 7 Wonders
Taj Mahal
India
A white marble mausoleum built by Shah Jahan for Mumtaz Mahal, with a symmetrical garden and four minarets.
- SurvivesRead the full profile of Great Pyramid of Giza
Ancient World
Great Pyramid of Giza
Egypt
The only ancient wonder that still stands: Khufu’s pyramid, raised around 2600 BCE.
DebatedRead the full profile of Hanging Gardens of BabylonAncient World
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Iraq (traditional association)
A legendary terraced garden attributed to Babylon whose location and very existence remain debated.
No longer existsRead the full profile of Statue of Zeus at OlympiaAncient World
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Greece
Pheidias’s gold-and-ivory giant is lost; the Temple of Zeus and the Olympic sanctuary remain.
RuinsRead the full profile of Temple of Artemis at EphesusAncient World
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Türkiye
A colossal marble temple, burned and rebuilt; today a field with a single re-erected column.
RuinsRead the full profile of Mausoleum at HalicarnassusAncient World
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Türkiye
The tomb of Mausolus, so famous it gave us the word mausoleum; only foundations remain in Bodrum.
No longer existsRead the full profile of Colossus of RhodesAncient World
Colossus of Rhodes
Greece
A giant bronze sun god that guarded Rhodes for about half a century before toppling; nothing certain remains.
No longer existsRead the full profile of Lighthouse of AlexandriaAncient World
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Egypt
A towering Ptolemaic beacon whose stones built a fortress and whose blocks lie underwater.
RegionalRead the full profile of Amazon Rainforest and RiverWonders of Nature
Amazon Rainforest and River
Brazil · Peru · Colombia · Bolivia · Ecuador · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · France (French Guiana)
The world’s largest tropical rainforest and river system, shared by nine countries and countless peoples.
SurvivesRead the full profile of Hạ Long BayWonders of Nature
Hạ Long Bay
Vietnam
Hundreds of limestone islets rising from emerald water — a karst seascape of caves, lagoons and floating villages.
- SurvivesRead the full profile of Iguazú Falls
Wonders of Nature
Iguazú Falls
Argentina · Brazil
A curtain of waterfalls in subtropical forest, shared by two national parks in two countries.
SurvivesRead the full profile of Jeju IslandWonders of Nature
Jeju Island
South Korea
A volcanic island with a snow-topped peak, lava tubes, tuff cones and a living tradition of women free-divers.
SurvivesRead the full profile of KomodoWonders of Nature
Komodo
Indonesia
Dry volcanic islands and strong currents where the Komodo dragon, the world’s largest lizard, still roams free.
SurvivesRead the full profile of Puerto Princesa Underground RiverWonders of Nature
Puerto Princesa Underground River
Philippines
A limestone cave river that flows directly into the sea beneath a forested mountain.
SurvivesRead the full profile of Table MountainWonders of Nature
Table Mountain
South Africa
A flat-topped sandstone massif above Cape Town, cloaked in rare fynbos and, often, a tablecloth of cloud.
Living cityRead the full profile of BeirutWonder Cities
Beirut
Lebanon
An ancient Mediterranean port, rebuilt many times, with a resilient culture of food, art and conversation.
Living cityRead the full profile of DohaWonder Cities
Doha
Qatar
A Gulf city of glass towers, museums and a revived old souk, built around a crescent-shaped bay.
Living cityRead the full profile of DurbanWonder Cities
Durban
South Africa
A warm-water port city where Zulu, Indian and colonial histories meet along a long, sunny beachfront.
Living cityRead the full profile of HavanaWonder Cities
Havana
Cuba
A Caribbean capital of colonial plazas, a long seawall and a living musical culture.
- Living cityRead the full profile of Kuala Lumpur
Wonder Cities
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
A tropical capital of towers, markets and temples, founded at a muddy river confluence.
Living cityRead the full profile of La PazWonder Cities
La Paz
Bolivia
A high-altitude city in a vast canyon, linked by cable cars and watched by a snowcapped peak.
Living cityRead the full profile of ViganWonder Cities
Vigan
Philippines
A Spanish colonial town of cobbled streets and ancestral houses, with Chinese and Filipino influences.
SurvivesRead the full profile of Belize Barrier ReefUnderwater World
Belize Barrier Reef
Belize
A long Caribbean barrier reef with cayes, atolls and the circular Great Blue Hole.
Research onlyRead the full profile of Deep-sea hydrothermal ventsUnderwater World
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Ecuador (as listed by PADI); legal status of the featured site pending verification
Hot springs on the deep seafloor feeding communities of life that need no sunlight; a place to watch, not to dive.
RegionalRead the full profile of Northern Red SeaUnderwater World
Northern Red Sea
Egypt · Israel · Jordan · Saudi Arabia
Warm, clear water, steep reef walls and wrecks around the Sinai coast and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- SurvivesRead the full profile of Great Barrier Reef
Underwater World
Great Barrier Reef
Australia
The largest coral reef system on Earth, stretching about 2,300 kilometres along Queensland’s coast.
SurvivesRead the full profile of Lake BaikalUnderwater World
Lake Baikal
Russia
The deepest and oldest freshwater lake on Earth, with ice so clear it looks like glass.
SurvivesRead the full profile of Galápagos IslandsUnderwater World
Galápagos Islands
Ecuador
Volcanic islands where sea lions, marine iguanas and hammerhead sharks share the water with visitors.
SurvivesRead the full profile of Palau reefsUnderwater World
Palau reefs
Palau
Hundreds of green limestone islands rising from a lagoon of reefs, channels and marine lakes.
No longer existsRead the full profile of SS Great EasternIndustrial World
SS Great Eastern
United Kingdom
Brunel’s giant iron steamship, the largest ever built in its day; scrapped in the 1880s.
OperationalRead the full profile of Bell Rock LighthouseIndustrial World
Bell Rock Lighthouse
United Kingdom (Scotland)
A granite tower on a reef covered at high tide, built by Robert Stevenson between 1807 and 1810.
- SurvivesRead the full profile of Brooklyn Bridge
Industrial World
Brooklyn Bridge
United States
A granite-towered suspension bridge opened in 1883, with a pedestrian promenade above the traffic.
OperationalRead the full profile of London sewer systemIndustrial World
London sewer system
United Kingdom
Joseph Bazalgette’s Victorian sewers and pumping stations that cleaned the Thames and ended cholera outbreaks.
SurvivesRead the full profile of First Transcontinental RailroadIndustrial World
First Transcontinental Railroad
United States
The 1869 rail link across North America, joined by a ceremonial golden spike at Promontory Summit.
OperationalRead the full profile of Panama CanalIndustrial World
Panama Canal
Panama
An 80-kilometre waterway of locks and lakes that opened in 1914 and still carries global trade.
OperationalRead the full profile of Hoover DamIndustrial World
Hoover Dam
United States
A 221-metre concrete arch-gravity dam finished in 1936, holding back Lake Mead.
Why these lists, and how SATRAM treats them
“Seven wonders” lists are cultural conversations, not scientific rankings. The New7Wonders lists were chosen by popular vote; the ancient list is a classical tradition; the underwater and industrial lists come from a diving federation’s expert panel and a television series. SATRAM profiles every entry, says plainly what no longer exists, and keeps verified access facts apart from details still pending verification.