What DID happen to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World...and did the Hanging Gardens of Babylon ever exist at all? As tourists continue to flock to Giza's Giant Pyramid, author reveals the humbling fate of the other six
The Great Pyramid is the only one of the Seven Wonders which survives mostly intact. It was built more than 4,500 years ago in around 2560BC for King Khufu, the second pharaoh of Egypt 's fourth dynasty.