This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that is still standing.

Take a look at these seven wonders, which captured the imagination of people. Great Pyramid of Giza The Great Pyramid of Giza in Ancient Egypt is the only surviving wonder of the ancient world.

From Alexander to Napoleon, the West’s leading figures sought the glories of Egypt. Samuel Johnson ... and insightful survey, “The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,” the classicist Bettany ...