Which 7 of the 21 shortlisted locations should be in the new list of world wonders? Difficult choice, but here are my wonders of the world:
Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia
Colosseum, Rome
Great Wall, China
Petra ancient city, Jordan
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom
2006-10-17 12:04:34 · 18 answers · asked by Chief1234 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
These are all 21 of the shortlisted locations:
1 Acropolis, Athens, Greece
2 Alhambra, Granada, Spain
3 Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia
4 Chichen Itza Aztec site, Yucatan, Mexico
5 Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6 Colosseum, Rome
7 Easter Island Statues, Chile
8 Eiffel Tower, Paris
9 Great Wall, China
10 Hagia Sophia church, Istanbul, Turkey
11 Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan
12 Kremlin/St.Basil's, Moscow
13 Machu Picchu, Peru
14 Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany
15 Petra ancient city, Jordan
16 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
17 Statue of Liberty, New York
18 Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom
19 Sydney Opera House, Australia
20 Taj Mahal, Agra, India
21 Timbuktu city, Mali
2006-10-17 12:05:50 · update #1
If a wonder of the world should involve some degree of mystery about how they were built or what they were for then the list should only include:
Easter Island Statues, Chile
Machu Picchu, Peru
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom
We know how all the others were built and what they were for.
But
The Great Wall, China
should be included because it can be seen from space and it is ancient
and
Timbuktu city, Mali
Petra ancient city, Jordan
should be included because they are ancient.
The others might be popular tourists sites but they are too modern and we know how they were built.
2006-10-17 12:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by karlrogers2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say:
1) Acropolis, Athens, Parthenon
2) Hagia sophia church, Istanbul (Constantinople)
3) Colosseum
4) Taj Mahal, India
5) Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
6) Great wall, China
7) Stone henge
2006-10-20 19:12:50 · answer #2 · answered by MC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia
Easter Island Statues, Chile
Great Wall, China
Petra ancient city, Jordan
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
That was really tough.
2006-10-17 19:17:46 · answer #3 · answered by mbrdrck 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great wall, China
Pyramids, Egypt
Taj Mahal, India
2006-10-18 16:38:52 · answer #4 · answered by chocolate monster 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm struggling to pick 7 out of that list.
I do like:
Pyramids, Giza
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
Stonehenge, Amesbury
Eiffel Tower, Paris
Other than that they're all OK, but not really wonders (apart from the pyramids, neither are my four). They're architecturally good, but they don't make me wonder how it was done or anything.
2006-10-17 19:15:34 · answer #5 · answered by Steve-Bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easter Island Statues (unique and mysterious)
Great Wall of China (you can see it from space, thats impressive)
Machu Picchu (i've been there and its amazing)
Pyramids (classic wonder!)
Taj Mahal (iconic)
Stonehenge (got to put a british one in there!)
Colosseum (remnants of an significant empire)
2006-10-17 19:13:26 · answer #6 · answered by byronic03 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia
Colosseum, Rome
Great Wall, China
Petra ancient city, Jordan
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Easter island statues
Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom
2006-10-17 19:19:22 · answer #7 · answered by Elizabeth C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Selfidges in Birmingham - an Iconic buliding of the 21st century!
2006-10-17 19:21:31 · answer #8 · answered by Ozzy D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the choice you made is excellent,angkor wat temple is an amazing place,as well as the colosseum.it makes you wonder if they carried on the way they were going if anything would be different today as we depend alot on computers what did they have,a lot of knowledge,time and understanding.why do we need only 7 wonders anywhy when there is more.
2006-10-17 19:24:47 · answer #9 · answered by karenza2411 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alhambra in granada
machi pichu/peru
eastern island
colosseum/rome
taj mahal/india
pyramids of gizeh
petra/jordan
2006-10-17 19:08:35 · answer #10 · answered by bbbmiot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋