the new 7 wonders of the world?

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as you all know there were 7 ancient wonders of the world but now only stands which is the Pyramids at Giza. What do you guys think about the idea of having new wonders of the world as well as the list picked?here is the link where you can find more info.i would like to hear from anyone about making new wonders and forgetting about the ancient ones or what is left if them.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/od_nm/britain_stonehenge_dc

here is a list of the 21 finalists for the new 7 wonders
The 21 finalists for the New Seven Wonders of the World, alphabetically:

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

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Answer 1

You should add Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple, South India & Tanjoor Raja Rajan Periya kovil , Tanjoor, South India. Both temple are still challenging architec to the modern world.

Answer 2

Sounds like the challenge is to figure out the criteria - e.g. if it's based on engineering feat in it's time, it'd be Pyramids & Stonehenge 1 & 2.

But can't there be a moving wonder ?

I Saw the space shuttle launch in 1996 - a night launch, from about 4 miles away across the water. I'd got a pass into the space center & driven up from Plantation overnight to watch. That has got to be the most impressive of the "works of man" that I thin I have ever seen. Once in a lifetime type of ever. I've seen about 4 or 5 of the places on the list & they can't compare - the most impressive thing about the Sydney Opera is the superb out of this world cafe on the terrace at the back - I SAt there having lamb in batter, with English beer, during the Olympics, watching the yachting in the harbor 75F light wind - awesome.

But I've seen Nascar races, NHRA drag racing, Indy car & Superbikes - none of them can hold a candle to a shuttle launch :-)

P.S. Hoping to visit Machu Picchu, Peru in a year or so.

Answer 3

a million. Afridi's fastest 50 and one hundred... 2. Aamir and Ajmal's patnership.. its the ten wicket patnership... Amir higest score.. 3. Anwar 194 runs... 4. South africa's chasing run 400.. 5. Aamir taking wicket.... (Low journey severe wicket... small boy were given truly some wicket briefly era) 6. Sir Wasim Akram records... 7.Muralidharans Wickets..

Answer 4

It's retarted to let internet voters decide on the seven wonders.
This is my prediction for the list:

- statue of liberty
- that statue of jesus (forgot the name, but it portrays jesus and i've seen it in movies)
- mount rushmore
- hollywood
- the grand canyon
- the eiffel tower (the one in las vegas, not paris)
- the sears tower

there, u have the 7 wonders of ame... i mean. 7 wonders of the world!

Answer 5

i barely looked at your list ...just because i wanted to have some fun with this...my seven wonders...
Niagara Falls
The great Wall of China
Amazon jungle
Canadian Rockies
The Arctic tundra
The Great Barrier Reef
Wrigley Field