Why Turkey’s Temple Of Artemis Is My Wonder Of The World

We asked seven leading historians and travel experts to nominate their personal wonder of the world, starting with Bettany Hughes, author of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Sitting on the Giza plateau, in the butter-light of sunset, I was asked by Mahmoud (owner of a camel called Michael Jordan) which was my second favourite of all of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Of course, the Great Pyramid of Giza (a renewed Insta hit now that a family of dogs has made it their skyscraper home) wins top slot hands down: its intricate chambers and shafts were originally coated in a polished limestone so bright it would have burned like silver in the desert.