New 7 Wonders of the World
By zeeterman
@zeeterman (1066)
United States
December 4, 2006 6:27pm CST
The multimedia campaign to choose the New 7 Wonders of the World is in its final stage. This is the biggest global vote ever to have taken place. Millions of people have already voted for their
favorite wonders. This will reach its pinnacle on July 7, 2007 (07/07/07)
when the world will discover which monuments have been named as the
New 7 Wonders of the World.
Candidates for the New 7 Wonders of the World are:
The Acropolis
Alhambra
Angkor
Chichen ItzáChrist Redeemer
The Colosseum
Easter Island
Eiffel Tower
Great Wall of China
Hagia Sophia
Kiyomizu Temple
Kremlin
Machu Picchu
Neuschwanstein Castle
Petra
Pyramids of Giza
Statue of Liberty
Stonehenge
Sydney Opera House
Taj Mahal
Timbuktu
You can be part of history by casting your vote at: http://www.new7wonders.com/
Most of the info above is from the 7 Wonders website, and has been cleared for free distibution to get the word out! Please cast you vote. Not just on the website but right here in this discussion on Mylot! I'm curious as to how people will vote.
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5 responses
@FraYFaN09 (1558)
• United States
5 Dec 06
They did something like this on a tv show called Good morning America... they stated what the new 7 wonders were as well as having the world vote for and 8th wonder which turned out to be the Grand Canyon.
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@zeeterman (1066)
• United States
5 Dec 06
Hmmm. Well this thing is international. The real deal basically.
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@zeeterman (1066)
• United States
5 Dec 06
My 7 picks were:
The Colosseum
Easter Island
Great Wall of China
Pyramids of Giza
Stonehenge
Taj Mahal
Timbuktu
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@misskatonic (3723)
• United States
5 Dec 06
I really think the whole thing is ridiculous. Those aren't wonders. They weren't things built that went above and beyond the scope of technology at the time. And this whole 'new wonders' thing kind of defeats the point of the ancient wonders.
Ah well, that's my opinion.
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@zeeterman (1066)
• United States
5 Dec 06
Well, I disagree. The 7 Ancient Wonders of the World were all man-made monuments located around the Mediterranean. That was kind of limiting. Those monuments were/are:
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Temple of Artemis
The Statue of Zeus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
The Pyramids of Egypt
Besides the Pyramids, the rest were pretty tame. I like the idea of the new wonders. They include some stunning things really. IMO.
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@pcbulawanv (680)
• Austria
5 Dec 06
That is really interesting! thanks for this wonderful posts! this really helps a lot especially to people like me who is always fascinated with current events.I have been following this subject for a while until i got board and shifted my focus on the Guiness Book of World Records. Thanks again!
@zeeterman (1066)
• United States
5 Dec 06
Yer welcome. After I posted this, I discovered that someone else had also started a 7 Wonders discussion. Oh well. Anyway, what 7 did you pick?
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@Chapman15 (1492)
• United States
12 Dec 06
I think it's cool they're having a vote! I keep seeing different things that say this and that are one of the 7 wonders of the world, and I've seen atleast 15 claimed as one of them! My picks are...
The Great Wall of China
The Colosseum
Machu Picchu
Pyramids of Giza
Taj Mahal
Acropolis
Easter Islands Statues
