Friday, July 06, 2007

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

What are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
And what are the "New Seven Wonders?!

For years I have used this site for info and now there is similar info on wikipedia.

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are:
1. Great Pyramid of Giza
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
5. Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
6. Colossus of Rhodes
7. Lighthouse of Alexandria

And there is an attempt to define the New Seven Wonders.

I voted for:
Acropolis
Colosseum
Easter Island Statues
Great Wall
Machu Picchu
Stonehenge
Taj Mahal

The other choices evoke wonder as well:

Alhambra
Angkor
Chichen Itza
Christ Redeemer
Eiffel Tower
Hagia Sophia
Kiyomizu Temple
Kremlin / St. Basil
Neuschwanstein Castle
Petra
Statue of Liberty
Sydney Opera House
Timbuktu

I would like to visit them all!

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