More than a hundred ships and planes have disappeared in this region close to the Caribbean, as if caught up in a strange and invisible force. Its mysterious name reinforces its legendary character, but the curse that surrounds it is nevertheless scientifically proven... or almost.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria (from Ancient Greek ὁ Φάρος τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας / ho Pháros tễs Alexandreías) was a lighthouse located in Alexandria, Egypt. It was considered in antiquity as the seventh of the Seven Wonders of the World.

The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of Helios, the Sun God, in bronze, the height of which exceeded thirty meters, the work of Chares of Lindos. Remembrance of the victorious resistance to Demetrius I Poliorcetes (-305 to -304), erected on the island of Rhodes around -292, this gigantic effigy of Helios, tutelary god of the city of Rhodes, was overthrown in -227 or - 226 by an earthquake.

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (in Greek Μαυσωλεῖον / Mausôleĩon) is the tomb of Mausole, Persian Achaemenid satrap of Caria (Asia Minor), who died in 353 BC. AD. It was considered in antiquity as the fifth of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus or the Artemision of Ephesus (in present-day western Turkey) (in Greek Ἀρτεμίσιον / Artemísion, in Latin Artemisium) was in antiquity one of the most important sanctuaries of Artemis, goddess Greece of hunting and wild nature. It was considered in antiquity as the fourth of the Seven Wonders of the World.

The chryselephantine statue of Zeus at Olympia is a work of the Athenian sculptor Phidias, made around 436 BC. AD at Olympia. Now extinct, it was considered in antiquity as the third of the Seven Wonders of the World.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are an ancient building, considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. They appear in the writings of several ancient Greek and Roman authors (Diodorus of Sicily, Strabo, Philo of Alexandria, etc.), all of whom draw inspiration from older extinct sources, including the Babylonian priest Berossus.

The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex bordering present-day Giza in Greater Cairo, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact.