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21 finalists for the NEW 7 wonders of the world…

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 Kiyomizu 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

My Votes (in no particular order of importance):
1 Great Wall, China
2 Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia
3 Chichen Itza Aztec site, Yucatan, Mexico
4 Petra ancient city, Jordan
5 Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan
6 Machu Picchu, Peru
7 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

Vote Here:
www.new7wonders.com

Stone Henge!

But only because it's from my country....

The Egyptian pyramids will always be my number 1. Huge ass structure build by nothing but hard work and smarts.

Stone Henge!

But only because it's from my country....

http://thecia.com.au/reviews/t/images/this-is-spinal-tap-1.jpg

You can't NOT have the pyramids.

I'd also like to see:

Angkor Wat
Great Wall
Machu Picchu
Petra

Charlize Theron

New? Do you mean modern? I say Mt. Rushmore.

http://homepage.mac.com/nancyspoolman/mtrushmore.jpg

Maybe the Golden Gate Bridge?

http://www.sujee.net/wedding/card-images/sf-golden-gate-bridge-1.jpg

Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia
Colosseum, Rome
Eiffel Tower, Paris
Petra ancient city, Jordan
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
MeansToAnEnd's "Rosa Parks' Legacy" Thread, NationStates General Forum

I'm not sure but I've got to say that Hagia Sofia in Istanbul is one of the most remarkable things I've ever seen.

Also the Blue Mosque in Istanbul and the Che Guevara memorial in Cuba (not so much a seven wonder as a seven really damn interesting things of the world).

New? Do you mean modern? I say Mt. Rushmore.

http://homepage.mac.com/nancyspoolman/mtrushmore.jpg

Maybe the Golden Gate Bridge?

http://www.sujee.net/wedding/card-images/sf-golden-gate-bridge-1.jpg

I think he/she/it/smizzmar means ones that still exist.

bah!!!!!!
i wonder why
:headbang:
since they are new.

I vote for the ones with no link whatsoever to Christianity or Islam.

I vote for the ones with no link whatsoever to Christianity or Islam.

Why?

I vote for the ones with no link whatsoever to Christianity or Islam.

I vote for the ones with links to Christianity and/or Islam.

how any one can pass on the Parthenon in athens (acropolis) i don't know, as the thing was built with mathmatic formulas, not bluprints. that just boggles my mind of that not only could someone design the entire thing in maths but the builders (at least the supivisors) where educated enough to understand the instructions,
not to mention the curving of the coloums to add the optical effect of symmetry over true symmetry

The Egyptian pyramids will always be my number 1. Huge ass structure build by nothing but hard work and smarts.


You mean slave labor.

http://thecia.com.au/reviews/t/images/this-is-spinal-tap-1.jpg

My favourite film!

My favourite film!

It's on my list, that's for sure.

And I still say Charlize Theron is one of wonders of the modern world, as opposed to Angelina Jolie, who just makes we wonder about the modern world.

I don't see why the statue of liberty is on there..

I don't see why the statue of liberty is on there..

OMG, it ... it ... came from France! :eek:

21 finalists for the NEW 7 wonders of the world…

1 Acropolis, Athens, Greece
2 Alhambra, Granada, Spain
3 Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia YES
4 Chichen Itza Aztec site, Yucatan, Mexico YES
5 Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6 Colosseum, Rome YES
7 Easter Island Statues, Chile
8 Eiffel Tower, Paris
9 Great Wall, China YES
10 Hagia Sophia church, Istanbul, Turkey YES
11 Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan
12 Kremlin/St.Basil's, Moscow YES
13 Machu Picchu, Peru
14 Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany
15 Petra ancient city, Jordan
16 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt YES
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



I vote the ones w/ YES behind them.

This is down the street from me:

http://www.geocities.com/timmlimm/duck.JPG

The Big Duck in Flanders, NY.

This is down the street from me:

http://www.geocities.com/timmlimm/duck.JPG

The Big Duck in Flanders, NY.

I'll be stalking you soon.

I'll be stalking you soon.

I'll be wearing the pink carnation and heavy doses of cologne.

Neuschwanstein? That's a joke, right?

I'll be wearing the pink carnation and heavy doses of cologne.

Pretty. :)

Pretty. :)

Danke.

Neuschwanstein? That's a joke, right?

Hey, you should have seen Old Schwanstein ... here's a linky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein).

Danke.

*humps*

*humps*

Says, NO.....



but means yes.

NS General

*humps*

Hmmmm. Are you being repressed in some way? You seem to be doing a lot of humping. :p

Says, NO.....



but means yes.

*splat*

You mean slave labor.

no actually, it was not slave labor. farmers and workers would allocate non-harvest time fully willingly so they could help build, in their mind, a home for god himself.

NS General
Aye!
Hmmmm. Are you being repressed in some way? You seem to be doing a lot of humping. :p
It's my thing. ;)

The hanging gardens of Babylon. Those are truly quite nice. I'd have them at number three.

For me, only these five seem "wondrous" enough:

Great Wall, China
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Easter Island Statues, Chile
Petra ancient city, Jordan
Machu Picchu, Peru

Antonin Scalia.

Stone Henge!

But only because it's from my country....

I thought about this one, but I couldn't bring myself to remove any of the ones I did vote for to put it on the list. I think there are other good votes outside of my seven, that's for sure.


how any one can pass on the Parthenon in athens (acropolis) i don't know, as the thing was built with mathmatic formulas, not bluprints. that just boggles my mind of that not only could someone design the entire thing in maths but the builders (at least the supivisors) where educated enough to understand the instructions,
not to mention the curving of the coloums to add the optical effect of symmetry over true symmetry

Another close one for me, but again tortured by only being allowed to vote for 7...

I don't see why the statue of liberty is on there..

Me neither actually, it's big, it's neat, it was hard to build... But hmmm, maybe statues have a bigger meaning to some people . There was the colosal statue at rhodes I believe on the original list, and one of zues I think, perhaps some people think there should be statues on the list for the ones taken off.

Neuschwanstein? That's a joke, right?


I don't think it's a joke, per se, I think they voted to trim down the unlimited number to the group they have now. Someone must have been voting for it. Admitedly it was probably harder to build than some of the other things on the list, but the fact that it was never finished made it so I never seriously considered putting it on my list... That and the australian theater, just didn't seem 'right' to have them on the list...

NS General

4chan /b/

Huzzah! I killed the thread.

Chichen Itza Aztec site, Yucatan, Mexico

Chichen Itza is Mayan, not Aztec.

I can't believe we're talkng about wonders of the world and nobody has mentioned Ron Jeremy. :D

21 finalists for the NEW 7 wonders of the world…

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 Kiyomizu 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

My Votes (in no particular order of importance):
1 Great Wall, China
2 Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia
3 Chichen Itza Aztec site, Yucatan, Mexico
4 Petra ancient city, Jordan
5 Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan
6 Machu Picchu, Peru
7 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

Vote Here:
www.new7wonders.com

If we're going to make a new list of seven wonders, why are we still listing ancient buildings?

Personally, I find many modern structures far more interesting, functional, and impressive than most of the list you posted.

Personally, I would have this as my list of the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World."

(All names link to Wiki articles)

1. The Channel Tunnel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunnel) (France/England)
2. Kennedy Space Center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center) (U.S.)
3. Delta Works (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works) (The Netherlands)
4. The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi-Kaikyo_Bridge) (Japan)
5. NORAD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORAD) (US)
6. Brasília (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasilia) (Brazil)
7. Three Gorges Dam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam) (China)

NS General

Someone beat me to it.

New? Do you mean modern? I say Mt. Rushmore.

http://homepage.mac.com/nancyspoolman/mtrushmore.jpg

Maybe the Golden Gate Bridge?

http://www.sujee.net/wedding/card-images/sf-golden-gate-bridge-1.jpg

I vote for the Golden Gate Bridge over Rushmore.


The Parthenon still kicks ass, though, as do the Pyramids.

Stone Henge is also pretty amazing.

Now, what do you mean by "new." Modern wonders? Or just things that still exist?

*humps*

*shudders*

You mean slave labor.

Your information is out of date, as someone else posted earlier.

The Big Wine Cask. (http://www.travelmate.com.au/BigThings/BigThings.asp?Type=Show&ToDoId=167895)

The Big Banana. (http://www.travelmate.com.au/BigThings/BigThings.asp?Type=Show&ToDoId=167865)

The Big Merino. (http://www.travelmate.com.au/BigThings/BigThings.asp?Type=Show&ToDoId=167861)

The Big Ned Kelly. (http://www.travelmate.com.au/BigThings/BigThings.asp?Type=Show&ToDoId=167879)

The Big Pineapple. (http://www.travelmate.com.au/BigThings/BigThings.asp?Type=Show&ToDoId=167957)

The Big Koala. (http://www.travelmate.com.au/BigThings/BigThings.asp?Type=Show&ToDoId=167857)

The Big Kangaroo. (http://www.travelmate.com.au/BigThings/BigThings.asp?Type=Show&ToDoId=167874)

Ancient:
The Harbour of Ostia (Italy)
The Forum of Roma (Italy)
The Temples at Abu Simbel (Egypt)

Not so modern:

Il Duomo of Milano (Italy)
The Tower of Pisa (Italy)
Cappella Sistina (Vatican)
The Tower Bridge of London (UK)
Venezia (Italy)
Cappella degli Scrovegni in Padova (Italy)
Karl's Bridge in Praha (Czech R)
The Cathedral of Aachen (Germany)

Modern:

The International Space Station (Low Earth Orbit):D
The Eurotunnel (France-UK)
The Guggenheim Museum (Spain/Basque Land)
The bridge between Sweden and Denmark
The Atomium of Bruxelles (Belgium)
The Georges-Pompidou Centre (Beaubourg) in Paris (France)
The Dam on the Nile at Assuan (Egypt)
The Central Railway Station of Milano (Italy)
The Olympia-Stadion of Muenchen (Germany)

Ancient:
The Harbour of Ostia (Italy)
The Forum of Roma (Italy)
The Temples at Abu Simbel (Egypt)

Not so modern:

Il Duomo of Milano (Italy)
The Tower of Pisa (Italy)
Cappella Sistina (Vatican)
The Tower Bridge of London (UK)
Venezia (Italy)
Cappella degli Scrovegni in Padova (Italy)
Karl's Bridge in Praha (Czech R)
The Cathedral of Aachen (Germany)

Modern:

The International Space Station (Low Earth Orbit):D
The Eurotunnel (France-UK)
The Guggenheim Museum (Spain/Basque Land)
The bridge between Sweden and Denmark
The Atomium of Bruxelles (Belgium)
The Georges-Pompidou Centre (Beaubourg) in Paris (France)
The Dam on the Nile at Assuan (Egypt)
The Central Railway Station of Milano (Italy)
The Olympia-Stadion of Muenchen (Germany)

It's wonders of the WORLD...not of Europe and Egypt. :rolleyes:

I like the Super LambBanana

http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/pierhead/sdock/lamb7.html

It always makes me smile, and look - she's had a baby - aaahhhhh.

:fluffle:

It's wonders of the WORLD...not of Europe and Egypt. :rolleyes:


Geez, no need to get your knickers in a knot just because America hasn't built anything that's a testament to the ages ;)

My list:

1) Great pyramids of Giza, Egypt: The only surviving wonder
2) The Colloseum, Rome: A testament to one of history's greatest empires
3) The Great wall of China: The only structure to date big enough to boast (falsely or otherwise) to be seen from space
4) Easter Islands statues, Chile
5) Leaning tower of Pisa, Italy
6)Machu Pichu, Rome
7)Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

I was going to put the Acropolis, but you know, only 7...

LG's indestructable genitals should be the top 3 wonders of the world.

Someone beat me to it.

yeah. if you don't want to be beat to making such a good post, do not wait until 12.5 hours after somebody starts the thread.

It's wonders of the WORLD...not of Europe and Egypt. :rolleyes:

Never been outside Europe. I just nominated those I know, no discrimination. If you're willing to buy me an airplane ticket and pay for my accomodation, I'll be glad to nominate some other wonders from outside Europe & Mediterranean...:D

Geez, no need to get your knickers in a knot just because America hasn't built anything that's a testament to the ages ;)

Did I mention America? No...I didn't.

That sure as shit doesn't mean that Europe has a monopoly on architectural marvels.

Never been outside Europe. I just nominated those I know, no discrimination. If you're willing to buy me an airplane ticket and pay for my accomodation, I'll be glad to nominate some other wonders from outside Europe & Mediterranean...:D

Well at least that's a fair explination, but there are plenty of landmarks I've never seen personally, but I can still compare them objectively to landmarks that I have seen...I see no reason why you can't do the same.

I'm outing myself as a "Sid Meier's Civilization" addict here, but:

The human genome project (even tho' obsoleted before finished)
Universal Suffrage. Democracy was a joke when only men could vote.
The Magna Carta. Laws are for all of us, not just kings.
The Apollo Program. The "Great Space Fuck" isn't done yet. But that was a huge step.

Anyone else notice how many of the engineering wonders in the OP's list were old? Moving a mountain nowadays is just too easy ...

Acropolis - It's old
Colosseum - It's big
Schloss Neuschwanstein - It's purdy
Great Wall of China - It's long
Pyramids of Giza - It was one of the previous wonders, it still belongs on the list
Statue of Liberty - Since we're down one harbor statue, let's pick up another
Taj Mahal - It's shiny

The internet
Hubble Space Telescope
The human genome project
the hydrogen bomb
The microchip
The current hugest dam
The current hugest particle accellerator

I'd actually kind of like to include Manhattan as a wonder of the world, but it's not an option.

Well at least that's a fair explination, but there are plenty of landmarks I've never seen personally, but I can still compare them objectively to landmarks that I have seen...I see no reason why you can't do the same.

I'll try, as I can remember from photos and TV. I'll try not to be too conventional, as most of the things that come easily to my mind have already been nominated.

Central Park in Manhattan (USA) (a wonder that grass and trees can grow THERE! :D )
The bridges to Kay West (I think) (USA)
One of the bridges to Manhattan (Verrazzano or Brooklyn) (USA)
Bollywood (India)
The Trans-Siberian railway (Russia)
The pyramid lab of Italy's CNR in the Himalaya (India or Pakistan, cannot remember, why don't they unite for good and stop fighting?)
Timbuktu (central-western Africa, cannot remember country)
The airport of Kyoto (Japan)
The Petronas towers (Indonesia) (not very beautiful, but extremely interesting architecture)
The Panama canal (Panama)
The Sky Needle in Seattle (USA)
any Pueblo village (south-western USA)
Babylon, Niniveh and Ur (Iraq)
The Casbah of Algiers (Algeria)
Troy (Turkey)
The Earthenware Army (hope I use the correct english word) (China) (in a few years, that and the Great Wall will be the only memories of ancient China, I fear)
Samarkanda (Uzbekistan)
The JPL in Pasadena (USA) and the City of the Stars in Moscow (Russia, oops that's Europe)
The people of Pyongyang (a wonder that people still survive THERE!:D )

The internet
Hubble Space Telescope
The human genome project
the hydrogen bomb
The microchip
The current hugest dam
The current hugest particle accellerator

If you're going for the most powerful H bomb, that's the soviet Tsar Bomba (150 Mton fission-fusion-fission). Its reduced version (about 60 Mtons) was tested over Novaja Zemlja in the early '60s. A mockup is displayed in Moscow, I think.

The current hugest dam should be the Three Gorges Dam in China - I think it is even bigger than the Nile's Dam.

The current most powerful accellerator is CERN's Large Hadron Collider, built between Switzerland and France. It sucks an AWESOME amount of energy.

Alyson Hannigan

http://www.funmunch.com/celebrities/actresses/alyson_hannigan/enlarge/alyson_hannigan_1.jpg

new grange cause it would be hard to build even nowadays.
stone henge is cool too.

question? are we doing stone henge tomorrow?

ahhh spinal tap good times good times:cool:

how any one can pass on the Parthenon in athens (acropolis) i don't know, as the thing was built with mathmatic formulas, not bluprints. that just boggles my mind of that not only could someone design the entire thing in maths but the builders (at least the supivisors) where educated enough to understand the instructions,
not to mention the curving of the coloums to add the optical effect of symmetry over true symmetry

And the turks fucked it up. They first converted it to a mosque and then used it as a ammunitions depot and when venetians fired on it, it sustained heavy damage. :headbang:

I'll try, as I can remember from photos and TV. I'll try not to be too conventional, as most of the things that come easily to my mind have already been nominated.

Central Park in Manhattan (USA) (a wonder that grass and trees can grow THERE! :D )
The bridges to Kay West (I think) (USA)
One of the bridges to Manhattan (Verrazzano or Brooklyn) (USA)
Bollywood (India)
The Trans-Siberian railway (Russia)
The pyramid lab of Italy's CNR in the Himalaya (India or Pakistan, cannot remember, why don't they unite for good and stop fighting?)
Timbuktu (central-western Africa, cannot remember country)
The airport of Kyoto (Japan)
The Petronas towers (Indonesia) (not very beautiful, but extremely interesting architecture)
The Panama canal (Panama)
The Sky Needle in Seattle (USA)
any Pueblo village (south-western USA)
Babylon, Niniveh and Ur (Iraq)
The Casbah of Algiers (Algeria)
Troy (Turkey)
The Earthenware Army (hope I use the correct english word) (China) (in a few years, that and the Great Wall will be the only memories of ancient China, I fear)
Samarkanda (Uzbekistan)
The JPL in Pasadena (USA) and the City of the Stars in Moscow (Russia, oops that's Europe)
The people of Pyongyang (a wonder that people still survive THERE!:D )

Key West
Timbuktu is in Mali
Space Needle
Petronas Towers are in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;)

My vote goes to...

TORONTO RUSH HOUR! :eek: oh my god... I think that we're actually moving... no wait... that was a snail rushing by us...

I have an idea - two wonders per continent (well, four for Asia, since Asia is so friggin huge, and none for Antartica) - one ancient and one modern.
North America: Palenque, Mexico; Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
South America: Macchu Picchu, Peru; Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Europe: Pantheon, Rome, Italy; Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Africa: Pyramids at Giza, Egypt; hmm, can't think of a MODERN African wonder
Western Asia: Masada, Israel; Taj Mahal, India
Eastern Asia: The Great Wall of China; Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia
Australasia: Easter Island Statues; Sydney Opera House, Australia

I have an idea - two wonders per continent (well, four for Asia, since Asia is so friggin huge, and none for Antartica) - one ancient and one modern.
North America: Palenque, Mexico; Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
South America: Macchu Picchu, Peru; Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Europe: Pantheon, Rome, Italy; Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Africa: Pyramids at Giza, Egypt; hmm, can't think of a MODERN African wonder
Western Asia: Masada, Israel; Taj Mahal, India
Eastern Asia: The Great Wall of China; Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia
Australasia: Easter Island Statues; Sydney Opera House, Australia

The Golden Gate Bridge is cooler than the Statue of Liberty, which is basically just a feminization of the Colossus.

And I still say Charlize Theron is one of wonders of the modern world, as opposed to Angelina Jolie, who just makes we wonder about the modern world.
Charlize is a dog next to Angelina. You brought it up.

Anyway, the Wonders of the World:
The Great Wall of China
Mt. Rushmore
Atlanta's Airport
Those statues on Easter Island
The Pyramids at Giza
The Coliseum
and The Internet

Alyson Hannigan

http://www.funmunch.com/celebrities/actresses/alyson_hannigan/enlarge/alyson_hannigan_1.jpg


So cute and sexy at the same time... yes.

Atlanta's Airport


what is so great about it?

what is so great about it?

That it hasn't been burnt down in frustration. It's a wonder what people will put themselves through.
So cute and sexy at the same time... yes.
Really?

Your information is out of date, as someone else posted earlier.

Why because they found some cow bones?

Slaves built those pyramids.

Key West
Timbuktu is in Mali
Space Needle
Petronas Towers are in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;)

My apologise to Seattle...:)

hmm, can't think of a MODERN African wonder


The dam on the Nile at Abu Simbel. Built in the '60s, italian project.

Anyway, regions with a longer civilisation history (civilisation as in "civitas", I'm not talking about culture) should get more than two options... it is difficult to choose between the Colosseum, the Imperial Forum, St Peter's basilica, and the Pantheon... and that's just Roma!

The world is divided into two parts - those who have seen the Taj Mahal, and those who have not.

For modern, the Three Gorges Dam.
That thing is freakin' HUGE!

Maybe the Golden Gate Bridge?

http://www.sujee.net/wedding/card-images/sf-golden-gate-bridge-1.jpg

That little thing?

Pfft. Here's a real bridge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackinac_Bridge

But then, we may as well bring out this beast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi-Kaikyo_Bridge