Jaron Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 (CNN) -- The new seven wonders of the world were named Saturday following an online vote that generated server-crushing traffic in its final hours. The final tally produced this list of the world's top human-built wonders: • The Great Wall of China • Petra in Jordan • Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer • Peru's Machu Picchu • Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid • The Colosseum in Rome • India's Taj Mahal Before the vote ended Friday, organizers said more than 90 million votes had been cast for 21 sites. (continued) http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/07/06/seven.wonders/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 that's pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 So many of these "new" wonders of the world are ancient. The Colosseum? How does that differ from the Great Pyramids or the Sphinx? These are all certainly worthy choices, but I would think most of them would make great additions to the "Wonders" list and not a new list. If it were all modern era (renaisance and forward) I could probably see that. Ah, I'm just being in a difficult mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 So many of these "new" wonders of the world are ancient. The Colosseum? How does that differ from the Great Pyramids or the Sphinx? These are all certainly worthy choices, but I would think most of them would additions to the "Wonders" list and not a new list. If it were all modern era (renaisance and forward) I could probably see that. Ah, I'm just being in a difficult mood. i don't think they're saying that the "wonders" are new, but rather, it's a new list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 So many of these "new" wonders of the world are ancient. The Colosseum? How does that differ from the Great Pyramids or the Sphinx? These are all certainly worthy choices, but I would think most of them would make great additions to the "Wonders" list and not a new list. If it were all modern era (renaisance and forward) I could probably see that. Ah, I'm just being in a difficult mood. The Colosseum is about 1900 years old. The Sphinx is 4500-4700 years old, as is the Great Pyramid of Giza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Proably... and they are all really nice choices, but the word choice bothers me. What was wrong with the old 7 wonders: The Great Pyramid of Giza The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus The Statue of Zeus at Olympia The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus The Colossus of Rhodes The Pharos of Alexandria I think that these new guys (given their eras) should be additions. I think we need a Wonders of the World Hall of Fame Committee! Where's Peter King! We should add a wonder or two every decade. Why is it seven? By the way, God still wins The Seven 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 For a pretty cool page go to: http://wonderclub.com/AllWorldWonders.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 The Colosseum is about 1900 years old. The Sphinx is 4500-4700 years old, as is the Great Pyramid of Giza. Is the Colosseum really that young? Edit: It only took four years to build back then? Wow! The Colosseum is the most famous monument of Ancient Rome. Its original name is Flavian Amphitheatre. It was started by the Emperor Vespasian between 70 and 76 AD, and completed by his son Titus in 80 AD. The Colosseum was dedicated the year after Vespasian's death by Titus. They celebrated the opening by holding 100 days worth of games there. It was built on the site where Nero had had a huge villa for himself. Vespasian wanted to build something for the people rather than for himself. It got its popular name, the Colosseum, because it was built near where Nero had erected a huge statue, or colossus of himself. It showed him as the god of the sun. It was 100 feet high, and it was the largest gilded bronze statue in antiquity. It was later moved away. It took 24 elephants to move it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Me personally, I think the problem with the Old Wonders is that only one still exists (The Great Pyramid of Giza.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 The Pyramids in Giza got an honorary status, whatever that means. I can't quite get my mind around why the Great Pyramid is relegated to an "Honorable Mention". But, then again this was a popular vote on the internet where people could vote more than once, so maybe the credibility of its results are shall we say questionable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Is the Colosseum really that young? Yeah construction began in 70 AD and finished in 80 AD. I thought it was older as well. EDIT: Here's a link http://www.the-colosseum.net/idx-en.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 I was thinking maybe the Statue of Liberty or CERN or the Three Gorges Dam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Nothing beats the 7 Ancient Wonders though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Here's the list of candidates: http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=426 The Acropolis--Greece The Hagia Sophia--Turkey The Kremlin/St. Basil's--Russia The Colosseum--Italy Neuschwanstein Castle--Germany The Eiffel Tower--France Stonehenge--UK The Alhambra--Spain The Great Wall--China Kiyomizu Temple-Japan The Sydney Opera House-Austrailia Ankor-Cambodia The Taj Mahal--New Jer....err 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--USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RideorDieChic Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 In the past, I always thought the Great Wall of China was part of the great wonders... guess I was thinking ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoGood28 Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 I refuse to recognize any wonders list without having the Pyramids at Giza on it. It is like having the hall of fame without Art Monk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reic Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Wow, I cast my vote around a year ago, I thought it had already finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 I refuse to recognize any wonders list without having the Pyramids at Giza on it. It is like having the hall of fame without Art Monk. People are probably just bored with the pyramids, I'm honestly not sure what other reason there would for them not to be included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. S Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 was there any reason to redo the list? they already had a 7 Wonders of the Modern world, but now I guess they wanted to redo it with more modern ones. I do think they shouldn't even have a "7 Wonders" and instead put all of them down if they are part of the World Heritage Sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 I refuse to recognize any wonders list without having the Pyramids at Giza on it. It is like having the hall of fame without Art Monk. Agreed. NO WAY does the statue in Brazil beat that out. For that matter, I'd take Neuschwannstein over the Mexican pyramid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaimeDeCurry Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Agreed. NO WAY does the statue in Brazil beat that out. For that matter, I'd take Neuschwannstein over the Mexican pyramid Schloss Neuschwanstein is amazing...built straight into the mountains, and then you have the Mariensbruecke spanning across. You don't realize what a huge feat it must have been to build it until you travel up the mountain and realize how amazingly difficult it must have been to get all the materials up there...and then see the over-the-top grandeur of the castle itself. Several woodcarvers worked for YEARS just on one small room of the castle. It's like a Verseilles in the mountains, it's that extravagant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOOG Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 I didnt realize that the Wonders changed...I dont think they should..so there. :logo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOOG Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 and shouldnt this get some type of mention... Man made island in Dubai...:logo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 From Wikipedia: Some in Egypt see it as competition to the status of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only surviving monument of the original Ancient Wonders. "This is probably a conspiracy against Egypt, its civilization and monuments," wrote editorialist Al-Sayed al-Naggar in a leading state-owned daily.[7] Egyptian Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said the project was "absurd" and described its creator, Weber, as a man "concerned primarily with self-promotion".[7] Nagib Amin, an Egyptian expert on World Heritage Sites, has pointed out that "in addition to the commercial aspect, the vote has no scientific basis."[7]After the complaints from Egypt, the pyramid was given special status and removed from the voting list. From the Web site: "The New7Wonders Foundation designates the Pyramids of Giza — the only remaining of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World — as an Honorary New7Wonders Candidate, and removed it from the voting."[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders_of_the_World#Criticism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoGood28 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 From Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders_of_the_World#Criticism It's still dumb. Honorary status?:doh: I will never recognize this crap list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 and shouldnt this get some type of mention... Man made island in Dubai...:logo: Have they finished that yet? If not that's probably why it wasn't included. It might be considered in the running for a "modern wonder". What's cool is that there's a whole series of them, one in the shape of the globe, then the palm, and then there is another as well, but I don't remember what that one looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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