Practice modes
Languages & Literature
Pakistan
World & History
The New Seven Wonders, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and famous buildings around the world.
29 of 29 wonders & famous buildings
China · built over centuries; main sections from the Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
A series of walls and forts over 21,000 km long, built to guard China's northern borders. It is not visible from the Moon with the naked eye, a common myth.
Jordan · c. 4th century BC
The 'Rose City' of the Nabataeans, carved into pink sandstone cliffs. Its most famous building is Al-Khazneh (the Treasury).
Brazil · 1931
A 30-metre statue of Jesus on Corcovado mountain above Rio de Janeiro, made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.
Peru · 15th century
An Inca citadel high in the Andes, unknown to the outside world until Hiram Bingham publicized it in 1911.
Mexico · c. 600–1200
A Maya city in Yucatán whose pyramid, El Castillo, has 365 steps, one for each day of the year.
Italy · completed AD 80
The largest amphitheatre of ancient Rome, holding about 50,000 spectators for gladiator fights and public shows.
India · 1632–1653
A white marble mausoleum in Agra built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal; its chief architect is believed to be Ustad Ahmad Lahori.
Egypt · c. 2560 BC
Built for Pharaoh Khufu; the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, and the world's tallest man-made structure for about 3,800 years. It was given honorary status in the 2007 vote.
Iraq · c. 600 BC (traditionally)
Terraced gardens said to have been built by King Nebuchadnezzar II; no archaeological trace has been found, and some historians doubt they existed.
Greece · c. 435 BC
A huge gold-and-ivory seated statue by the sculptor Phidias; later lost, probably destroyed by fire.
Türkiye · rebuilt c. 323 BC
A giant Greek temple; it was burned down in 356 BC by a man seeking fame, rebuilt, and finally destroyed in the 3rd–4th centuries AD.
Türkiye (Bodrum) · c. 350 BC
The tomb of King Mausolus; it gave us the word 'mausoleum'. Destroyed by earthquakes.
Greece · c. 280 BC
A bronze statue of the sun god Helios about 33 m tall; it stood for only about 54 years before an earthquake toppled it.
Egypt · c. 280 BC
One of the tallest structures of the ancient world, on the island of Pharos; destroyed by earthquakes by the 14th century.
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
The holiest site in Islam, surrounding the Kaaba; Muslims everywhere face it in prayer, and millions perform Hajj and Umrah there.
Madinah, Saudi Arabia · founded 622
The Prophet's (PBUH) Mosque, built by the Prophet himself after the Hijrah; his resting place is beneath the Green Dome.
Jerusalem · Dome completed 691
Built by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik on the Haram al-Sharif, Islam's third holiest site and the first qibla.
Islamabad, Pakistan · 1986
Designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay in the shape of a Bedouin tent, and funded largely by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It was the world's largest mosque from 1986 to 1993.
Lahore, Pakistan · 1673
Built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb opposite the Lahore Fort; one of the largest mosques of the Mughal era. Allama Iqbal is buried beside it.
Lahore, Pakistan · 1968
Built where the Lahore Resolution was passed on 23 March 1940; designed by Nasreddin Murat-Khan.
Istanbul, Türkiye · 537
Built as a Byzantine cathedral, it became a mosque after the Ottoman conquest in 1453, a museum in 1934, and a mosque again in 2020.
Paris, France · 1889
An iron lattice tower built by Gustave Eiffel's company for the 1889 World's Fair; at 330 m it was the tallest structure in the world until 1930.
New York, USA · 1886
A gift from France to the United States, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with an inner frame by Gustave Eiffel.
Dubai, UAE · 2010
The world's tallest building at about 828 m, with more than 160 floors.
London, UK · 1859
'Big Ben' is the nickname of the great bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament; the tower was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012.
Sydney, Australia · 1973
Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, with shell-like roofs; a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Cambodia · 12th century
The largest religious monument in the world, built as a Hindu temple and later used as a Buddhist one; it appears on Cambodia's flag.
Beijing, China · 1420
The palace of Chinese emperors for nearly 500 years, now the Palace Museum.
Pisa, Italy · 1173–1372
A bell tower that began leaning during construction because of soft ground; work in the 1990s–2000s stopped it from falling.
Ready to test yourself?
Practise General Knowledge MCQs