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Esterina 03-01-2007 09:44 AM

Vote for the new 7 wonders ! For real !
 
Make history and add your vote to the 25 millions who already casted theirs.

The 7 wonders list was created in the 3rd century b.c., and out of the 7, six don't exist anymore. A swiss filmmaker had to idea to update the list, had a group of architects, leaded by the ex DG of UNESCO, select 21 finalists :

http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/01.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/02.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/03.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/04.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/05.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/06.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/07.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/08.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/09.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/10.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/11.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/12.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/13.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/uploads/RTEmagicC_14.jpg.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/15.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/16.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/17.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/img/bullet.gifhttp://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/18.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/19.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/20.jpg http://www.new7wonders.com/fileadmin...nalists/21.jpg


http://www.new7wonders.com/img/no.gif
They are now online. Vote here for your new 7 wonders

The new 7 wonders will be announced on July 7 : 7/7/07 !

Isn't that neat ?-_-

worldwidemike 03-01-2007 12:42 PM

I voted...

• Taj Mahal
• Stonehenge
• Pyramids of Giza
• Petra
• Great Wall of China
• Easter Island
• Angkor Wat

It was cool to see how many of their candidates I'd been to!

worldwidemike

Esterina 03-01-2007 01:02 PM

Yes, you're too cool, Mike ! :cool:

My vote was similar to yours with two differences

• Stonehenge
• Pyramids of Giza
• Petra
• Great Wall of China
• Easter Island
• Colosseum
• Chichen Itsa

travelpunk 03-01-2007 01:45 PM

Nice use of the "bullet points" Mike! Never bothered to try it. I shall copy that format now:worship: !

Why can't I vote for all of them?!!!

They are all amazing and one day, I will visit all of them.

But since I can only pick 7. Here's what I chose-
  • Taj Mahal
  • Stonehenge
  • Colesseum
  • Alhambra
  • The Great Wall of China
  • The Acropolis
  • Easter Island Statues

But man, the Castle and St Basils Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower and Machu and Petra.......yada, yada, yada....:(

LiveFreeorDie 03-01-2007 05:40 PM

I am not sure I could pick a list of 7. What I can do is eliminate a few. Specifically, I would eliminate the statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney Opera House. To me, based on what we can do technologically today (and in the near past, say last 80-100 years) those structures just do not compare to the more ancient ones such as the Great Wall, which was built basically by hand thousands of years ago, or the Pyramids. What makes certain sites wonderous to me is thinking about how a low tech society could build those structures in the first place...truly amazing!!:cheers:

Inside 03-01-2007 06:49 PM

I voted
  • Petra
    Easter Island
    Macchu Pichu
    Taj Mahal
    Stonehenge
    Great Wall
    and of course the Pyramids of Giza

Esterina 03-01-2007 07:50 PM

^^^Yes, if the pyramids don't make the list, something went wrong somewhere.

joe7f 03-01-2007 09:39 PM

I think the Great Pyramid of Giza was a wonder of the world already.

--Joey

raoulduke 03-01-2007 09:47 PM

I'd have to agree with LFoD. I was totally gonna post that but you beat me to it. They sure look nice but aren't the marvels of engineering and history that the others are.

nzboy 03-01-2007 09:48 PM

  • Great Wall
  • Pyramids
  • Taj Mahal
  • Angkor Wat
  • Chichen Itza
  • Colosseum
  • Acropolis
Lets be honest - Sydney Opera House:eek:
Might as well put in my house.

micdans 03-01-2007 11:53 PM

  • Chichen Itza
  • Great Wall
  • Hagia Sophia
  • Machu Picchu
  • Petra
  • Pyramids
  • Stonehenge

Amazing things...I need to travel more. :D

MeTurk 03-02-2007 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe7f (Post 150939)
I think the Great Pyramid of Giza was a wonder of the world already.

--Joey

I think it could be a 2 time champion.

Taj Mahal
Pyramids of Giza
Petra
Great Wall
Easter Island Statues
Colosseum
Angkor

Quote:

I am not sure I could pick a list of 7. What I can do is eliminate a few. Specifically, I would eliminate the statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney Opera House.
I like the modern buildings, they show how advanced we've gotten, these buildings just simply could not have been made just by throwing 1000s of slaves or conscripts at it. The Opera house does what it's supposed to do (funnel sound) exceptionally well but there just not as impressive as the old stuff which seems to be on a grander scale. But the list of modern stuff is very short, the list is very short full stop.

Esterina 03-02-2007 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe7f (Post 150939)
I think the Great Pyramid of Giza was a wonder of the world already.

Yes, they are the only still existing wonder. That's why I'm thinking it's impossible they don't make it to the updated list. :)

raoulduke 03-02-2007 06:27 AM

Don't you watch quiz shows? That makes it the carry-over champ.

worldwidemike 03-02-2007 10:48 PM

Yeah, I thought the same, too. But after all, they ARE the pyramids!!!

And Jamie, I did the same reverse process of eliminating ones to get my seven. What's up with that temple in japan, though? Not much of a pic of it in the main page? I figured you might know more about it. Is there something special about the place for those too lazy to click on the link...?

Oh, and thanks Esther! I happen to think you're pretty cool, too...

worldwidemike

soph1886 03-07-2007 01:06 AM

why the hell is the sydney opera house in there?!? hahahahahahahaha

i love how that's in the same collection as the great pyramids. ridiculous.

what's really sad is that there has to be a new one, that over the years 6/7 of the wonders have been destroyed. what were they again? hanging gardens of babylon, that statue of zeus....what else?

Esterina 03-07-2007 09:38 AM

^^^They wereIt doesn't mean that this vote will really make history. I believe they'll have to go through some legal ways in order to have the new wonders officially recognized.

This site gives more 7 wonders, I had never heard of before, like the 7 natural wonders of the world, or underwater wonders. http://wonderclub.com/AllWorldWonders.html

Pretty neat, gives even more travel ideas ! So much to see... so little time...

Quote:

Originally Posted by worldwidemike (Post 151072)
Oh, and thanks Esther! I happen to think you're pretty cool, too...

:kisscheek:

ChasinJason1313 03-07-2007 10:01 AM

I can't believe some of the things on that list. I agree with the opera house, statue of liberty and things like that too but Neuschwanstein?? Come on!! I'd take Mont St. Michel over that any day.

My List:

-Great Pyramids
-Great Wall
-Machu Pichu
-Colosseum
-Easter Island Dudes
-Stonehenge ("One of the greatest henges in the world!")
-The Acropolis (The fact that they tapered the collums and stuff like that so it would look right is amazing to me)

LiveFreeorDie 03-08-2007 06:23 AM

As for the original 7 wonders, I always thought the Colossus of Rhodes seemed like the coolest of the bunch, even though its actual size is disputed. Just the idea of a gigantic warrior statue that stands astride a harbor mouth is pretty cool. Like something out of the Lord of the Rings.

MeTurk 03-09-2007 08:33 AM

Quote:

I can't believe some of the things on that list. I agree with the opera house, statue of liberty
But these are great structures, it's the fact that there standing at all that makes them wonders they used completely new concepts in architecture you can't really compare them to those older structures which basically used man power and craftsmanship to look impressive.


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