Seven Wonders

[miloblithe]

http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php

Which would you vote for (choose seven)?

The Acropolis
Greece

Hagia Sophia
Turkey

The Kremlin/St. Basil's
Russia

The Colosseum
Italy

Neuschwanstein
Castle
Germany

The Eiffel Tower
France

Stonehenge
United Kingdom

The Alhambra
Spain

The Great Wall of China
China

Kiyomizu Temple
Japan

The Sydney Opera House
Austrailia

Angkor
Cambodia

The Taj Mahal
India

Timbuktu
Mali

Petra
Jordan

The Pyramids of Giza
Egypt

The Statue of Christ Redeemer
Brazil

The Easter Island Statues
Chile

Machu Picchu
Peru

Chichen Itza
Mexico

The Statue of Liberty
U.S.A

 

[Veldek]

Stonehenge
United Kingdom

The Great Wall of China
China

The Pyramids of Giza
Egypt

The Easter Island Statues
Chile

Machu Picchu
Peru

Chichen Itza
Mexico

and:

The Internet
Earth

 

[abrooks]

5th Avenue Apple Store
New York, USA

 

[miloblithe]

My votes would be:

Hagia Sophia
Turkey

The Great Wall of China
China

Angkor
Cambodia

The Pyramids of Giza
Egypt

The Easter Island Statues
Chile

Machu Picchu
Peru

Chichen Itza
Mexico

 

[mgargan1]

You have to register...

 

[mgargan1]

The Internet
Earth

Don't you mean Al Gore?

Great answer by the way...

 

[Applespider]

Very strange list... with lots of popular choices for the tourist market. I wonder if a tour operator or Expedia is behind this?

Where the Middle Eastern wonders are? There was a recent exhibition of aerial archaeological photographs at the British Museum which really blew the mind in terms of what was achieved by civilisations in Syria, Iran, Iraq and mid-Africa.

 

[nazmac21]

My recommendation is Atlantis that sank under the ocean.
But from your list I would say The Colloseum in Rome.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Very strange list... with lots of popular choices for the tourist market. I wonder if a tour operator or Expedia is behind this?

Apparently it's a 'for profit organisation' that's behind it, in the hope of making a bob or two it seems. Personally, I'm quite happy with the current Seven Wonders as they stand – well, only the Pyramids still stand but you know what I mean. They've been great enough to be considered Wonders for however long, so I think they'll be alright for a while yet.

If I had to pick seven favourite Wonders of my own though, I'd have to go for Stevie Wonder, Alf Ramsey's Wingless Wonders, Golden Wonder Crisps, Wonder Woman, The Wonder Years, Small Wonder and The Wonder Of You.