There's an official voting for the new 7 wonders of the world here: http://www.new7wonders.com Lo and behold, once you voted there's a chance you can win a shirt signed by C.Ronaldo! (no this is not an advert) My votes went to (and the reasons): Acropolis -- cradle of democracy Colosseum -- ancient sports stadium Eiffel Tower -- engineering feat Great Wall -- largest man-made structure on earth Macchu Picchu -- civilization in the middle of nowhere Stonehenge -- how on earth did they move those heavy stones back then? Taj Mahal -- sheer beauty What's your vote and your reasons behind it?
I thought this was going to be a thread on the 7 most beautiful women (or men if that's what you prefer) in the world!
hijack attempt #one: failed because of its utter tediousness. try again later... 1. Great Wall of China 2. Those towers in Kuala Lampur 3. The Golden Gate Bridge 4. The Astrodome 5. The Panama Canal 6. Le Tour d'Eiffel tie for 7. The In-n-Out Double Double and the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan
In order of preference: Great Wall Easter Island (of course!) Machu Picchu Taj Mahal Petra Angkor Pyramids Hard to leave off Stonehenge, Chichen Itza, the Acropolis, and Timbuktu. I'm a bit embarrassed that the best American thing they could find was the Statue of Liberty. You put the Statue of Liberty (built by the French, by the way) up against the Great Wall, and America loses badly. It's iconic but not awe-inspiring; in fact, it's a bit puny. The only American things I can think of that could even possibly deserve to be on that list are the Empire State Building and the Gateway Arch, and even those two are iffy.
That probably has to do with the fact that our primitive cultures weren't particularly rich or great. Almost all North American Indian tribes were nomadic and/or poor. If you look at the options on this list, they were practically all built by an ancient culture where ostentatious structures were much easier to build; no labor unions.
True, but that doesn't make the Hoover Dam any less of an achievement for its time. Lots of places have bigger towers than the Eiffel Tower but that doesn't make it any less special. I'm embarrassed to say I've only been to four of the nominees on this list (Stonehenge, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Alhambra) and I don't think I'd call any of them top 7 "Wonders of the World". Where's the modern engineering on this list of nominees? Petronas Towers, International Space Station, CN Tower? Some of these things are beautiful (Holy Redeemer statue) or historically significant in a "history of human development" sort of way (Timbuktu), but I wouldn't necessarily consider them "wondrous" in their present state. I suppose of those places I've been the Alhambra is the most awe-inspiring, probably with Stonehenge second. The Alhambra is funny because the Nasrid Palace doesn't look like much from the outside, but once you get inside the harem and some of the other interior courtyards you definitely have a "Holy crap- look what humans are capable of" moment.
That's why I don't understand the concept that these are the "New" 7 Wonders of the World. They look pretty similar to the old ones.
You mean they look similar to the ones that no longer exist? The only original of the 7 Wonders still around is the Great Pyramid of Giza. Of those 7 Wonders they all were relatively close geographically constructed by almost all the same peoples. This new list is trying to better represent the whole world.
Chechen Itza needs to be on there. How on Earth something like the Eifel tower could even be considered, is beyond me.
Since there are more internet users in richer countries, the votes go to the the countries with richer people, so if you live in a country that's had a nominee for the 7 wonders and you don't have internet that's focked up
It is: The Great Wall, China Petra, Jordan Christ Redeemer, Brazil Machu Picchu, Peru Chichén Itzá, Mexico The Roman Colosseum, Italy The Taj Mahal, India The top seven. Of course being a commercial venture, they'll make some money off it due to the publicity, but it'll never catch on to the same degree as the older list.
Great picks. Acropolis, Eiffel Tower and Colesseum are great but what about pyramids, Ankor Wat, and Petra??
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