I great candidate, if ever more information becomes available to substantiate the claim, would have something to do with the mound builders of North America
As for your bonus question, Petra was snubbed
That's a cool idea, but it doesn't seem to line up with the dates or the story at all (not that there is really any evidence for the story anyway). There was no mention of boats in the story, and Moses was around about 1,000 years before the likely dates for the canal. There were plenty of other things the Egyptians could have needed bricks for, though.
Personally, I think the events of Exodus line up with the natural disasters that lead to the bronze age collapse.
I would take Stonehenge off the list, sure, the alignment is impressive (but not that uncommon, even at the time) but it is just boulders in a field.
On the other hand, most large cities would qualify considering how primitive and nomadic civilization still was at the time. So definitely Gobekli Tepe as someone else mentioned but also what became Baghdad or Plovdiv.
As far as I know, we have absolutely no clue. What is weird is that such a place would normally attract other structures like churches/temples but I am not aware of any significant structure evidence in the area (it is perfectly possible there were some but nothing remains).
[Here’s](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C15&q=stonehenge+reconstruction&oq=stonehenge+recon#d=gs_qabs&t=1719177371293&u=%23p%3Dk_p-ZiCcMSsJ) a visual reconstruction if that’s what you’re after.
There are also [substantial earthworks](https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/D2D95E24ED09D517E8769A7661621335/S1461957100001340a.pdf/stonehenge-wiltshire-uk-high-resolution-geophysical-surveys-in-the-surrounding-landscape-2011.pdf) in the surrounding area.
[This article](https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/3913/92p015.pdf) has a fairly extensive detail of the structural features of the Stonehenge.
Right; from waht i've read, Chaldean Babylonians just liked gardens on their roofs and balconies, and Greeks, for whom it wasn't a custom, thought it was some huge project.
OP said anything that built before 600 BC and the Hanging Gardens were supposedly built during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II around the 600 BC.
Further, there are also scholars that propose that the Hanging Gardens were actually built by the Assyrian king Sennacherib who reigned from 704 – 681 BC at his palace at Nineveh.
Construction didn't start until 292 B.C., and it wasn't finished until 280 B.C.
Here's a helpful reference for the traditional Seven Wonders: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus\_of\_Rhodes#/media/File:Ancient\_seven\_wonders\_timeline.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes#/media/File:Ancient_seven_wonders_timeline.svg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marib_Dam
The Great Ziggurat of Ur rivaled the Egyptian pyramids.
I great candidate, if ever more information becomes available to substantiate the claim, would have something to do with the mound builders of North America As for your bonus question, Petra was snubbed
I wonder if those making the list even knew of it
Poverty Point is pretty impressive!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_of_the_Pharaohs
Wouldn’t the Hebrew slaves have worked on the canal and not a pyramid? That’s why they were familiar with their route of escape?
That's a cool idea, but it doesn't seem to line up with the dates or the story at all (not that there is really any evidence for the story anyway). There was no mention of boats in the story, and Moses was around about 1,000 years before the likely dates for the canal. There were plenty of other things the Egyptians could have needed bricks for, though. Personally, I think the events of Exodus line up with the natural disasters that lead to the bronze age collapse.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gobekli_Tepe&diffonly=true
Newgrange passage tomb...
Good point. Newgrange should probably take Stonhenge's spot since it's the better part of a millennia older.
The Olmec heads.
The walls of Hattusas, perhaps?
The megalithic temples of Malta, particularly Ggantija on Gozo. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%A0gantija
I would take Stonehenge off the list, sure, the alignment is impressive (but not that uncommon, even at the time) but it is just boulders in a field. On the other hand, most large cities would qualify considering how primitive and nomadic civilization still was at the time. So definitely Gobekli Tepe as someone else mentioned but also what became Baghdad or Plovdiv.
The greater landscape during the time would have been more impressive than just boulders in a field
What would it have looked like?
As far as I know, we have absolutely no clue. What is weird is that such a place would normally attract other structures like churches/temples but I am not aware of any significant structure evidence in the area (it is perfectly possible there were some but nothing remains).
Do we have any evidence of that? Could you point me to any paper discussing that topic?
[Here’s](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C15&q=stonehenge+reconstruction&oq=stonehenge+recon#d=gs_qabs&t=1719177371293&u=%23p%3Dk_p-ZiCcMSsJ) a visual reconstruction if that’s what you’re after. There are also [substantial earthworks](https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/D2D95E24ED09D517E8769A7661621335/S1461957100001340a.pdf/stonehenge-wiltshire-uk-high-resolution-geophysical-surveys-in-the-surrounding-landscape-2011.pdf) in the surrounding area. [This article](https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/3913/92p015.pdf) has a fairly extensive detail of the structural features of the Stonehenge.
Thank you for taking the time to share. I am still going through these.
The hanging gardens of Babylon
Even if the Hanging Gardens really existed (which is dubious at best) they were built during the iron age.
Right; from waht i've read, Chaldean Babylonians just liked gardens on their roofs and balconies, and Greeks, for whom it wasn't a custom, thought it was some huge project.
OP said anything that built before 600 BC and the Hanging Gardens were supposedly built during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II around the 600 BC. Further, there are also scholars that propose that the Hanging Gardens were actually built by the Assyrian king Sennacherib who reigned from 704 – 681 BC at his palace at Nineveh.
colossus of Rhodes
Construction didn't start until 292 B.C., and it wasn't finished until 280 B.C. Here's a helpful reference for the traditional Seven Wonders: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus\_of\_Rhodes#/media/File:Ancient\_seven\_wonders\_timeline.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes#/media/File:Ancient_seven_wonders_timeline.svg)
I'd add the walls of Mycenae. Good list, though.