Favonius Cornelius Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Stonehenge makes list in new seven wonders vote LONDON (Reuters) - Only one of the ancient wonders of the world still survives -- now history lovers are being invited to choose a new list of seven. Among 21 locations shortlisted for the worldwide vote is Stonehenge, the only British landmark selected. The 5,000-year-old stones on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, will be up against sites including the Acropolis in Athens; the Statue of Liberty in New York; and the last remaining original wonder, the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo. (Reuters) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rameses the Great Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Is it really time to make a 'new' Seven Wonders of the World? I'm content with the ones we have since they are pretty modern. The only thing I would do to the list is put in Stonehenge and take out Big Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbow Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Big Ben isnt on the list. The 21 contenders for the seven slots are, 1 Acropolis, Athens, Greece 2 Alhambra, Granada, Spain 3 Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia 4 Chichen Itza Aztec site, Yucatan, Mexico 5 Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 Colosseum, Rome 7 Easter Island Statues, Chile 8 Eiffel Tower, Paris 9 Great Wall, China 10 Hagia Sophia church, Istanbul, Turkey 11 Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan 12 Kremlin/St.Basil's, Moscow 13 Machu Picchu, Peru 14 Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany 15 Petra ancient city, Jordan 16 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt 17 Statue of Liberty, New York 18 Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom 19 Sydney Opera House, Australia 20 Taj Mahal, Agra, India 21 Timbuktu city, Mali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotWotius Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Besides, Big Ben is more iconic than wondrous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Besides, Big Ben is more iconic than wondrous. As is the Sydney Opera House... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochus of Seleucia Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Dan Brown says the Eiffel Tower conjures the image of a thousand-foot phalice(sp?). The little tower isn't that great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callaecus Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 This "Seven Wonders" issue is mostly a political thing. If it pretends to create a common world community by electing wonders that belong to "everyone" it will fail since people will just be patriotic and will simply vote in the wonder of their land. In the end, it will just divide instead of uniting, with people already complaining that their land doesn't have monuments in the list. Finally, nobody knows what were the criteria followed by the "savants" to choose the final contenders. At least, I can notice one of them: pick a bit of everything throughout the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.