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Thanks, waggs. It was picked for the "Seven Wonders" list while it was still around; also, it remained a tourist attraction after it fell, and it was there in a pile for centuries, until sold for scrap. The other "wonders" mostly didn't make the trip out of antiquity -- the only ones still in existence are the Giza pyramids, and offhand I'd say that the only other one to make it into the Middle Ages was the Pharos. Also, it seems that the list was probably compiled by someone who never got to see at least some of them, and who relied instead on other eyewitness accounts.

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Three centuries before Christ's birth,
people celebrated 25 December, archaeologists claim
Indepedent UK | 12/25/03 | David Keys
Posted on 12/28/2003 10:32:36 PM PST by freedom44
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1047943/posts

oops, one related which wasn't added:

Magnificent Seven That Keep Mere Mortals Wondering
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4-3-2004 | Christopher Howse
Posted on 04/02/2004 5:20:20 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1110424/posts