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Seven Wonders of the World

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mistybleu

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Posted: 2006-01-27 01:08:00   

Hi All, I was recently surfing the net to find out what were considered the Seven Wonders of the World only to stumble across a website that is trying to redefine them.



So I wondered whether Globo members would like to participate in a survey and let us come up with our own seven wonders.



The options are listed below:



1. Acropolis - Athens, Greece

2. Alhambra - Granada, Spain

3. Angkor Wat - Cambodia

4. Chichen Itza - Yucatan, Mexico

5. Christ Redeemer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

6. Colosseum - Rome, Italy

7. Statues on Easter Island- Easter Island

8. Eiffel Tower - Paris, France

9. Great Wall of China - China

10. Hagia Sophia - Istanbul, Turkey

11. Kiyomizu Temple - Kyoto, Japan

12. Kremlin/St Basil - Moscow, Russia

13. Machu Picchu - Cusco, Peru

14. Neuschwanstein Castle - Fussen, Germany

15. Petra - Petra, Jordan

16. Pyramids of Giza - Giza, Egypt

17. Statue of Liberty - New York, America

18. Stonehenge - Amesbury, England

19. Sydney Opera House- Sydney, Australia

20. Taj Mahal - Agra, India

21. Timbuktu - Timbuktu, Mali



Can everyone, willing to participate, chose three from the list, in no particular order and let’s just see what we come up with:



If you want to participate on the Global vote you can visit their website (also to view pictures of each structure) on www.n7w.com.



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Posted: 2006-01-27 16:06:00   

Amanda,



Thank you for bringing this delightful subject to our attention. What a marvelous thought, to identify the seven 'modern' wonders of the world. Perhaps the only difficulty that I have with the list that your present is the omission of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (St. Louis Arch). That is the tallest known man-made monument ever erected, and is visited by well over 10 million people each year.



From your list it is difficult to choose only three, but I would choose the following:



1. Pyramids of Giza - They were part of the original list of the seven wonders. They still exist, therefore, they are enduring.

2. Macchu Picchu - This is perhaps the most awe-inspiring location that I have ever visited. Traveling to see these ruins awakens a religious experience within each visitor.

3. Taj Mahal - Many in the Western hemisphere consider the Taj as an example of the veru exotic vistas found in the Eastern continents.



These are just my thoughts. Personally, I would choose the Arch over either the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, the Sydney Opera House, or any of the other 'modern' facilities because of its unique engineering and size.



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Posted: 2006-01-27 16:30:00   

Hi Amanda



Here are my three:

Timbuktu

Angkor wat

Kiyomizu temple



No explications why! I just chose :-)



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Posted: 2006-01-27 17:19:00   

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,,1676487,00.htmlhas an raticle on the subject. It induced me to set the same poser to the group on which I'm a moderator. I get zapped by red ink if I name it here! Actually I asked for nominations of seven in tho categories, natural and man-made.

Actually the top one of my own submissions was not in this list. However four from the list were in my seven and the first three [in order] were

1. The Great Wall of China.

2. The Taj Mahal.

3. Stonehenge.

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Posted: 2006-01-28 15:08:00   

Thanks all for participating, I was hoping more members would get involved which is why I limited it to 3, but maybe you can provide your chose of seven.



I have to mention that the list of 21 is not something I compiled, there has been a global vote dating back to 2000 and then have narrowed it down to the list I provided.



Here's my list:

Angkor Wat

Chichen Itza,

Christ Redeemer

Statues on Easter Island,

Machu Picchu

Pyramids of Giza

Taj Mahal



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Posted: 2006-01-28 15:18:00   

Russ,



I believe the St. Louis Arch was initially on the list, but it didn't receive many votes so when the list was reduced to 21 it fell by the wayside.



Also I'm not sure what they will define these seven as but I think the seven wonders of the modern world are:



Empire State Building, Itaipu Dam, CN Tower, Panama Canal,

Channel Tunnel, North Sea Protection Work, and the Golden Gate Bridge



Would you like to add 4 more?



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Posted: 2006-01-28 15:58:00   

In the list above my favorites are:

13. Machu Picchu - Cusco, Peru

16. Pyramids of Giza - Giza, Egypt

9. Great Wall of China - China

further till best seven:

20. Taj Mahal - Agra, India

7. Statues on Easter Island- Easter Island

18. Stonehenge - Amesbury, England

3. Angkor Wat - Cambodia



The seven wonders of the "ancient" world are well defined (I think 3 do not exist anymore). There are lists of seven wonders of the "natural" and "modern" world etc.

UNESCO does it correctly listing about 800 equaly amazing objects of many kinds around the world. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ RR

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Posted: 2006-01-28 23:21:00   

hi Amanda,



1. Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia , Nevsehir, Turkey



2. Nemrut Dag , Adiyaman, Turkey



3. Hagia Sophia - Istanbul, Turkey



this is my list, recommend you to search in google..:)



kind regards,

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Posted: 2006-01-29 03:10:00   

Disqualified Burak! You have chosen 3 very good Turkish heritage sites but you must choose 3 from the FINALIST and INTERNATIONAL objects in the list above for THIS current survey! (Let us two members start a new and fair survey later in the year based on the UNESCO list?) I also found a site which lists various 7-wonders in many various categories, see:

http://wonderclub.com/AllWorldWonders.html

it lists:



The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Great Pyramid of Giza

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Colossus of Rhodes

Pharos of Alexandria



The Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind

Stonehenge

Colosseum

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

Great Wall of China

Porcelain Tower of Nanjing

Hagia Sophia

Leaning Tower of Pisa



The Seven Natural Wonders of the World

Mount Everest

Great Barrier Reef

Grand Canyon

Victoria Falls

Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

Paricutin Volcano

Northern Lights



The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World

Palau

Belize Barrier Reef

Galapagos Islands

Northern Red Sea

Lake Baikal

Great Barrier Reef

Deep Sea Vents



The Seven Wonders of the Modern World

Empire State Building

Itaipú Dam

The CN Tower

Panama Canal

Channel Tunnel

North Sea Protection Works

Golden Gate Bridge



The 7 Forgotten Natural Wonders of the World

Angel Falls

Bay of Fundy

Iguaçú Falls

Krakatoa Island

Mount Fuji

Mount Kilimanjaro

Niagara Falls



The 7 Forgotten Modern Wonders of the World

The Clock Tower (Big Ben)

Eiffel Tower

The Gateway Arch

The Aswan High Dam

Hoover Dam

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Petronas Towers



The 7 Forgotten Wonders of the Medeival Mind:

Abu Simbel Temple

Angkor Wat

Taj Mahal

Mont Saint-Michel

Moai Statues

Parthenon

Shwedagon Pagoda



It is very difficult to compare all of these and all those in Amandas list but let us vote from those last FINALISTS at www.n7w.com now and see how GLOBOchoice compares with the results of the survey at the end of December 2006. R'Rudi

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Posted: 2006-01-29 19:20:00   

IMHO, the top three in no particular order are;



Pyramids of Giza - Giza, Egypt

Great Wall of China - China

Machu Picchu - Cusco, Peru



Honourable mention to;



Statues on Easter Island- Easter Island

Angkor Wat - Cambodia

Acropolis - Athens, Greece

Chichen Itza - Yucatan, Mexico

Colosseum - Rome, Italy

Hagia Sophia - Istanbul, Turkey

Kiyomizu Temple - Kyoto, Japan

Stonehenge - Amesbury, England

Taj Mahal - Agra, India



As far as I'm concerned, the rest are too modern and not really a wonder. A wonder (IMO) is something azaming that was built before we had a knowledge of engineering and other modern technologies. Places like Macchu Picchu, Easter Island, and the Pyramids built by Stone Age societies are far more impressive than the Eiffel Tower or Empire State Building. But I guess that is my opinion. And I like Rudy's lists, because an ancient wonder falls into a different category than a modern or natural wonder.

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