Welcome The NEW 7 Wonders Of The World!

[terry78]

^Oh, i'm sure that was the reason they got that stuff done. People nowadays require "payment" and "breaks". A good old fashioned whipping just doesn't fly nowadays strangely.

 

[bored]

As cool as the pyramid at Chichen Itza is (I've climbed it), I doubt it'll make the list. Not flashy enough.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

^ Agreed Bored. I think because they are retaining the Egyptian Pryamids people will consider it redundant.

 

[Leto Atrides]

Hagia Sofia
Neuschwanstein
Chichen Itza
Taj Mahal
Colosseum (As a student of classical archaeology I'd like to add it's properly called "The Flavian Amphitheater")
Great Wall
Petra

You're missing some finalists, there are 20, Wikipedia has all them all. The actual website keeps crashing. Not that you can vote anymore anyway.

Also, the Pantheon should be on there, and would be in my top 7 if it was. One of, if not the, greatest feats of architecture ever.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

You're missing some finalists, there are 20, Wikipedia has all them all. The actual website keeps crashing. Not that you can vote anymore anyway.

Really? My bad. I too was having trouble with the site--maybe that's why only the above were showing. I couldn't even open the profile on Jesus The Redeemer...too much traffic.

 

[Leto Atrides]

Really? My bad. I too was having trouble with the site--maybe that's why only the above were showing. I couldn't even open the profile on Jesus The Redeemer...too much traffic.

Oh no, its fine, I didn't think there were that many choices left either, but when I went to check it wouldn't load for me either. I'm 99% sure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_7_wonders
has the right ones, unless something changed.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

That German castle is pretty damned impressive.

 

[Roughneck]

...I mean, think about it: how many times have we seen the Statue Of Liberty's head bouncing across the movie screen?? LOL

Never cooler than in Ghostbusters 2

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

The Great Wall Of China
Stonehenge
The Acropolis of Athens
Statues of Easter Island
The Pyramid at Chichén Itzá

 

[gap5ewl]

the great wall
the colloseum
taj mahal
petra
easter island
stonehenge
machu pichu
aztec pyramid in mexico

 

[Speedball]

Pretty much everything on that list but the Statue of Liberty.
It's just not as wonderful as the others.

 

[user123456789]

Pretty much everything on that list but the Statue of Liberty.
It's just not as wonderful as the others.

blasphemy

 

[Leto Atrides]

^^^
The Statue of Liberty is symbolic and rather nice, but as a great engineering feat and a architectural wonder, not so much.

Petra:

Hagia Sofia

 

[Karea07]

When are these going to be announced?

 

[Jennifer Walters]

No clue I just read through Yahoo that the Taj made it on the list.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

It's always more amazing when man works with the earth, rather than just on top of it.

 

[Karea07]

Here's the seven that made it: Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer, Peru's Machu Picchu, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, The Colosseum in Rome and India's Taj Mahal.

 

[Leto Atrides]

Here's the seven that made it: Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer, Peru's Machu Picchu, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, The Colosseum in Rome and India's Taj Mahal.

Nice. I'm a bit iffy on Christ the Redeemer (it's nice, but not that impressive IMO) but the rest aren't bad choices at all.

 

[Karea07]

Yeah, I agree... i'm surprised Pyramids of Giza isn't on there, while it's the only surviving original wonder.

 

[hippie_hunter]

The original Pyramids are an honorary Wonder

 

[Karea07]

The original Pyramids are an honorary Wonder

ah ok good

 

[Fenrir]

The Taj Mahal and Great Wall of China were long overdue for this honor.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

LISBON, Portugal - The Great Wall of China, Rome's Colosseum, India's Taj Mahal and three architectural marvels from Latin America were among the new seven wonders of the world chosen in a global poll released on Saturday.

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Jordan's Petra was the seventh winner. Peru's Machu Picchu, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer and Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid also made the cut.

About 100 million votes were cast by the Internet and cellphone text messages, said New7Wonders, the nonprofit organization that conducted the poll.

The seven beat out 14 other nominated landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island in the Pacific, the Statue of Liberty, the Acropolis, Russia's Kremlin and Australia's Sydney Opera House.

The pyramids of Giza, the only surviving structures from the original seven wonders of the ancient world, were assured of retaining their status in addition to the new seven after indignant Egyptian officials said it was a disgrace they had to compete.

The campaign to name new wonders was launched in 1999 by the Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber. Almost 200 nominations came in, and the list was narrowed to the 21 most-voted by the start of 2006. Organizers admit there was no foolproof way to prevent people from voting more than once for their favorite.

A Peruvian in national costume held up Macchu Piccu's award to the sky and bowed to the crowd with his hands clasped, eliciting one of the biggest cheers from the audience of 50,000 people at a soccer stadium in Portugal's capital, Lisbon.

Many jeered when the Statue of Liberty was announced as one of the candidates. Portugal was widely opposed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Another Swiss adventurer, Bertrand Piccard, pilot of the first hot-air balloon to fly nonstop around the world, announced one of the winners — then launched into an appeal for people to combat climate change and stand up for human rights before being ushered off the stage.

The Colosseum, the Great Wall, Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal and Petra had been among the leading candidates since January, while the Statue of Christ Redeemer received a surge in votes more recently.

The Statue of Liberty and Australia's Sydney Opera House were near the bottom of the list from the start.

Also among the losing candidates were Cambodia's Angkor, Spain's Alhambra, Turkey's Hagia Sophia, Japan's Kiyomizu Temple, Russia's Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral, Germany's Neuschwanstein Castle, Britain's Stonehenge and Mali's Timbuktu.

Weber's Switzerland-based foundation aims to promote cultural diversity by supporting, preserving and restoring monuments. It relies on private donations and revenue from selling broadcasting rights.

The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, keeps a list of World Heritage Sites, which now totals 851 monument. But the agency was not involved in Weber's project.

The traditional seven wonders were concentrated in the Mediterranean and Middle East. That list was derived from lists of marvels compiled by ancient Greek observers, the best known being Antipater of Sidon, a writer in the 2nd century B.C.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos lighthouse off Alexandria have all vanished.

I'm surprised that Stonehenge didn't make the cut.

 

[gap5ewl]

yeah me too lightning. I think Christ the redeemer isn't old enough to be on that list. Plus I'm still confused about the Pyramids of Egypt. Are they technically on the list and shouldn't that make it the 8 wonders of the world? hmm..

 

[Jack Rabbit]

There is a suspect in the disappearance of this wonder:

Wanted for questioning. Suspect armed and extremely dangerous.

Bwa hahaha! Yes! t: