*drumroll*

They are:

• The 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

• India's Taj Mahal

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/07/06/seven.wonders/index.html

I voted in that, It was a long time ago though, so I don't really remember what i voted for. Pretty sure they should have been voting on 6 wonders instead of 7, I mean how can you exclude the pyramids?

well if you include the pyramids wouldn't that make 8?

I mean how can you exclude the pyramids?

That's what I thought.

This new "list" is a complete fucking farce.

A 105 foot tall statue made of concrete is one of the "7 wonders of the world".......while immense stone structures built by hand 4500 years ago, over three times as tall, and probably 10,000 times as massive are left off the list...?

It's preposterous.

The pyramids of Egypt are a fantastic human feat of engineering......so much so that they are still being studied and marvelled over 4500 years later.

The Great Wall is an unbelievable and awe insriping accomplishment....so is Machu Picchu..............but a concrete statue 105 feet tall...?!?!?!?!?!

Give me a break. It's laughable.

That's what I thought.

This new "list" is a complete fucking farce.

A 105 foot tall statue made of concrete is one of the "7 wonders of the world".......while immense stone structures built by hand 4500 years ago, over three times as tall, and probably 10,000 times as massive are left off the list...?

It's preposterous.

The pyramids of Egypt are a fantastic human feat of engineering......so much so that they are still being studied and marvelled over 4500 years later.

The Great Wall is an unbelievable and awe insriping accomplishment....so is Machu Picchu..............but a concrete statue 105 feet tall...?!?!?!?!?!

Give me a break. It's laughable.
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Everything anyone says bugs ya.
Some guys are like dat.
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Obviously you need a good Vitamin shot.
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That's what I thought.

This new "list" is a complete fucking farce.

A 105 foot tall statue made of concrete is one of the "7 wonders of the world".......while immense stone structures built by hand 4500 years ago, over three times as tall, and probably 10,000 times as massive are left off the list...?

It's preposterous.

The pyramids of Egypt are a fantastic human feat of engineering......so much so that they are still being studied and marvelled over 4500 years later.

The Great Wall is an unbelievable and awe insriping accomplishment....so is Machu Picchu..............but a concrete statue 105 feet tall...?!?!?!?!?!

Give me a break. It's laughable.

Oh geez, I think I heard almost this same conversation in my livingroom from beside me when the statue was shown... except shorter... sort of like... what the hell's a statue doing in there? And why is the "magic" number seven?

Me I tried to defend it for a mini second, then thought, who the hell comes up with this shit anyway and why do I care? I doubt the people in Darfur care.

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Wood U kindly just write down on the nearest Napkin,exactly what you
want.? Obvioulsy you're frustrated and peevishly at odds.
Everything anyone says bugs ya.
Some guys are like dat.
I'd say you need a HuG.,but I'm not a bIg fan of Huggy Tuggy bears.
Obviously you need a good Vitamin shot.
Maybe a whole series of shot.
Possibly distemper,also.
We'll need your pedigree,though.

Hehehe, that was kinda funny especially with the pedigree thing.

well if you include the pyramids wouldn't that make 8?

I'm saying that they only should have been voting on 6 wonders instead of 7, the pyramids should have been automatically included, seeing as they were already a wonder. 6+1=7, silly duck. Heh.

Anyways, although I'd never though I would say it, I agree with FT.

I doubt the people in Darfur care.
Due to their proximity to the pyramids and their percentage of non-Christians I'm sure you'd find people who would disagree. However, the one at Giza was on the old list anyway.

Edit: According to Wikipedia there is an honorary position for the great pyramid.

Didn't something like a 100 million people vote on these and they were the most voted for wonders... ?

What does this affect? Do you need to pay more in taxes now?

Here's my list of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World in no particular order.


Three Gorges Dam

Panama Canal

Millau Bridge

Orient Express

Pan American Highway

Alaska Pipeline

Chunnel

That's what I thought.

This new "list" is a complete fucking farce.

A 105 foot tall statue made of concrete is one of the "7 wonders of the world".......while immense stone structures built by hand 4500 years ago, over three times as tall, and probably 10,000 times as massive are left off the list...?

It's preposterous.

The pyramids of Egypt are a fantastic human feat of engineering......so much so that they are still being studied and marvelled over 4500 years later.

The Great Wall is an unbelievable and awe insriping accomplishment....so is Machu Picchu..............but a concrete statue 105 feet tall...?!?!?!?!?!

Give me a break. It's laughable.

I'm afraid I have to agree with you on this one, FT.

Hundred bucks says the inclusion of that statue is due to a Christian voting block....the same voting block that still approves of Dubya's job performance.

Hundred bucks says the inclusion of that statue is due to a Christian voting block....

Maybe. But it is still impossible for me to understand how anyone --no matter how biased toward a certain belief-- could in good conscience say they consider a 105 foot tall statue of concrete to be more of a *wonder of the world* than things like the pyramids or Angkor Wat or even the Chunnel.

Didn't something like a 100 million people vote on these and they were the most voted for wonders... ?

What does this affect? Do you need to pay more in taxes now?

I know...it's really tough,bein You.
Things have to be hammered in Granite,Ford you break loose and
join the Party.
I don't suppose you lighten-up after a feud Brewsky.?
Er...maybe a Cask.

I mean how can you exclude the pyramids?

No kidding. Did some people get confused and think they were voting for their "favorite" monuments instead?

Actually it would be nice to see a breakdown on the supposed "voting block">

Actually it would be nice to see a breakdown on the supposed "voting block">
Let's see...4 million from a server inside the Nashville Baptist church...59 million votes from the pope's personal computer...

Let's see...4 million from a server inside the Nashville Baptist church...59 million votes from the pope's personal computer...

maybe...;)

One Christian site, a site that sits atop a mountain peak, makes the list and people get their panties in a knot. The angst some of you feel over a Christian site being recognized as a wonder of the world is almost palpable.

The Chichen Itza pyramid and the Taj Mahal make the list and not a whimper, but let a Christian site make the list and wow, it must be a conspiracy by born agains and the Roman Catholic curea.

One Christian site, a site that sits atop a mountain peak, makes the list and people get their panties in a knot. The angst some of you feel over a Christian site being recognized as a wonder of the world is almost palpable.

Ah Frogger, my guy is a right wing evangelical and he noted it as bizarre.

Did he obsess over it? Did he speculate that there was some sort of Christian voting bloc that caused the site to be included?

Did he obsess over it? Did he speculate that there was some sort of Christian voting bloc that caused the site to be included?
It's not worthy of being on the list due to the lack of it being much of a feat in comparison to other, more wondrous structures.

Did he obsess over it? Did he speculate that there was some sort of Christian voting bloc that caused the site to be included?

Aaaaaaaaaah..... no, but speculation is not his forte... That's more my venue... :D

It's not worthy of being on the list due to the lack of it being much of a feat in comparison to other, more wondrous structures.

I can agree with you in that respect. Since all the sites mentioned are the result of subjective voting perhaps none of them deserve being there. There are far more outstanding feats of engineering in the world. I mentioned seven of them in a previous post. It seems that beauty had a large part in the final choices. The Taj Mahal is admittedly beautiful. The Chichen Itza Pyramids are intriguing, especially since they are in the middle of a jungle. Location on a mountain top make Machu Picchu seem grander than it really is.

It can be argued that none of the sites on the list really belong there.

The Hagia Sophia is astoundingly beautiful as a Mosque and was well noted as a church in the past. When Russians came to see what religion their lands should take from Europe, they came to Constantinople and saw the beauty of it, and took the Orthodoxy of the Byzantines with them.

A concrete statue built not even a century ago does not even compare.

*drumroll*

They are:

• The 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

• India's Taj Mahal

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/07/06/seven.wonders/index.html

This one should really be No# 8

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2281/thisisitvi9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


What‘s so special about this?

This is a picture of a rock formation near a lake in Burma. The photo can only be taken on a specific day once a year when the sun rays touch the rocks at a certain angle.

Tilt your head to the left and then look at it again ….

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/8050/thisisityu7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Erm? Thats a painting Dunkirk? At least it sure looks that way.

Erm? Thats a painting Dunkirk? At least it sure looks that way.
Dunkirk and the Dude believe every thing they read or see online.

Please tell me you are kidding - most of these are manmade - is this official? the seven wonders of the world should all be from nature

....only one of which still stands:


Pyramids of Egypt are three pyramids at Giza, outside modern Cairo. The largest pyramid, built by Khufu (Cheops), a king of the fourth dynasty, had an original estimated height of 482 ft (now approximately 450 ft). The base has sides 755 ft long. It contains 2,300,000 blocks; the average weight of each is 2.5 tons. Estimated date of completion is 2680 B.C.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were supposedly built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 B.C. to please his queen, Amuhia. T

The Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia was made of gold and ivory by the Greek sculptor Phidias (5th century B.C.). Reputed to be 40 ft high, the statue has been lost without a trace, except for reproductions on coins.

The Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus was begun about 350 B.C., in honor of a non-Hellenic goddess who later became identified with the Greek goddess of the same name. The temple, with Ionic columns 60 ft high, was destroyed by invading Goths in A.D. 262.

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was erected by Queen Artemisia in memory of her husband, King Mausolus of Caria in Asia Minor, who died in 353 B.C. Some remains of the structure are in the British Museum. This shrine is the source of the modern word mausoleum.

The Colossus at Rhodes was a bronze statue of Helios (Apollo), about 105 ft high. The work of the sculptor Chares, who reputedly labored for 12 years before completing it in 280 B.C., it was destroyed during an earthquake in 224 B.C.

The Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria was built by Sostratus of Cnidus during the 3rd century B.C. on the island of Pharos off the coast of Egypt. It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 13th century.

....only one of which still stands:


Pyramids of Egypt are three pyramids at Giza, outside modern Cairo. The largest pyramid, built by Khufu (Cheops), a king of the fourth dynasty, had an original estimated height of 482 ft (now approximately 450 ft). The base has sides 755 ft long. It contains 2,300,000 blocks; the average weight of each is 2.5 tons. Estimated date of completion is 2680 B.C.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were supposedly built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 B.C. to please his queen, Amuhia. T

The Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia was made of gold and ivory by the Greek sculptor Phidias (5th century B.C.). Reputed to be 40 ft high, the statue has been lost without a trace, except for reproductions on coins.

The Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus was begun about 350 B.C., in honor of a non-Hellenic goddess who later became identified with the Greek goddess of the same name. The temple, with Ionic columns 60 ft high, was destroyed by invading Goths in A.D. 262.

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was erected by Queen Artemisia in memory of her husband, King Mausolus of Caria in Asia Minor, who died in 353 B.C. Some remains of the structure are in the British Museum. This shrine is the source of the modern word mausoleum.

The Colossus at Rhodes was a bronze statue of Helios (Apollo), about 105 ft high. The work of the sculptor Chares, who reputedly labored for 12 years before completing it in 280 B.C., it was destroyed during an earthquake in 224 B.C.

The Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria was built by Sostratus of Cnidus during the 3rd century B.C. on the island of Pharos off the coast of Egypt. It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 13th century.

Thanks Rendova - fascinating information - incredible feats.