What are the 7 wonders of the world and why or should I ask what makes them the 7 wonders?

Question

Who decides what are the seven wonders of the world? Good Morning America is doing a special on the New List (new Wonders of the World).

Answer 1

These are the original seven wonders "the seven wonders of the ancient world":
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Lighthouse of Alexandria

These are the 7 wonders of the medieval time:
Stonehenge
The Colosseum
The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The Great Wall of China
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
The Hagia Sophia
The Leaning Tower of Pisa

These are the 7 Natural wonders of the world:
Mount Everest
The Great Barrier Reef
The Grand Canyon
Victoria Falls
The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Paricutin Volcano
The Northern Lights

Answer 2

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:

Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse of Alexandria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_World#The_Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World

American Society of Civil Engineers compiled another list of wonders of the modern world [1]:

Channel Tunnel
CN Tower
Empire State Building
Golden Gate Bridge
Itaipu Dam
Delta Works
Panama Canal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_World#Modern_wonders

"Six out of seven Ancient Wonders did not survive to this present day. Human imagination urged poets, writers, and historians to seek "replacements" for the fallen monuments. Some proposed a new list for the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Others argued that Ancient civilizations which the Greeks did not know of, erected monuments that should have been included in the original list. Wonders such as the Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal in Agra, and the Temple of Angkor in Cambodia are a few examples.

Like the ancient list, the new ones include fascinating monuments and structures that changed the existing landscape. However, no single list won unanimous approval among historians, artists, and architects. Here is an alphabetical listing of some Forgotten, Modern, and Natural Wonders. "

And the WONDERS never cease!!

Answer 3

I don't know what the 7 wonders are - last I heard almost all of the original 7 wonders are gone. The criteria for being on the list??? The pyramids in Egypt are on the list because they are an engineering mystery, for example. The Berlin Wall was one, I think, because of it's size and what it stood for. I don't know that there is set parameters for making the list.

Answer 4

Its some huge statues found somewhere near an island and they can't explain how they got there, some **** like that.

Answer 5

It has been determined by Intellectual People who dressed funny!

Answer 6

This link might help as well

Answer 7

Ha Long Bay (in Vietnam) is one of them, i guess

Answer 8

jeeze those first couple answers are brutal...

wikipedia should tell you everthing you need to know...

go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_wonders_of_the_world