The New Seven Wonders of the World
Most people are familiar with the concept of the seven wonders of the world. However, most people probably could not list them all. Or let alone most of them. The fact is, all but one of them don’t exist today. They’ve either been destroyed by earthquake or fire.
The current list of seven wonders is as follows:
1. Pyramid of Giza
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Temple of Artemis in Ephesus
4. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
5. Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
6. Collosus of Rhodes
7. Lighthouse of Alexandria
The New Open World Corporation (NOWC) in 1999 began a project to establish a new list. They started with 177 monuments, reduced that to 20 by 2006 and now you can go to their website and select what you want the seven to be. The deadline for voting is 07/07/07. I’d be interested to see what you guys vote on should you decide to.
This sort of seems like the kind of thing that you can’t really update. Especially not in the American Idol way…
I’m fine with historical landmarks and protected sites, but this project is ludicrous. David summed it up, you can’t update the list and the way they are doing it is absurd. Add to that some of the ignorance in their presentation, like calling St. Basil’s the Kremlin and then saying it represents symbolism! How does something stand for standing for something?
Hello, i just surfed in searching for interesting blogs on new seven wonders of the world, you have a cool blog. Do keep up the good work. i live far from where you are and its nice to be able to see what people from across the world thinks.
Warm Regards from the Other Side of the Moon.
On a related note perhaps you might find the following links interesting. we’re reviewing the best among the competing 21 participants for the new 7 wonders competition. i’ll like to hear your take on the subject via comments. i’ll be back soon…
The Kremlin and the Red Square
Angkor Wat
Eiffel Tower
Hagia Sophia
ps. if you have your own favourites list or if you’d like us to write about other wonders pls do mention about it in the comments.
Bibby
Kerala, India