| 2007-06-24 |
| Seven More Wonders |
Have you guys seen this - the online poll to pick the New 7 Wonders of the World?
For reference, the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:
- The Lighthouse of Alexandria
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- The Temple of Artemis at Epheseus
- The Colossus of Rhodes
- The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
- The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
- The Great Pyramid at Giza
But gosh, after 2147 years don't they deserve an update? (Especially considering of the seven only the pyramids are still around.)
Here's the list of 21 wonders that this group has put together for all of us to vote from:
- Acropolis of Athens, Greece
- Alhambra, Spain
- Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Chichén Itzá, Mexico
- Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
- Colosseum, Italy
- Easter Island Moais, Chile
- Eiffel Tower, France
- Great Wall, China
- Hagia Sophia, Turkey
- Kiyomizu Temple, Japan
- Kremlin, Red Square, and Saint Basil's Cathedral, Russia
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
- Petra, Jordan
- The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
- Statue of Liberty, United States
- Stonehenge, United Kingdom
- Sydney Opera House, Australia
- Taj Mahal, India
- Timbuktu, Mali
Wow, hopefully we're going to see two of these in the next two weeks (Stonehenge and the Eiffel Tower).
So what am I going to vote for? Well, a few years ago it would have been Machu Picchu, hands down. But I'm a little out of my Incan phase now, and more onto a Mayan thing - so maybe Chichén Itzá. But Easter Island has always been visually so stunning - and there are still lots of unknowns about the statues, too, and I do like a good mystery ...
Anyway, I still have twelve days to vote.
(For the record, my wife will pick Angkor Wat. I bet you a dirham she will.)
The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007.
Yep, 07.07.07.
Clever. |
posted by Josh @ 8:18 AM   |
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