7 wonders of the world

[Fit of Rage]

http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=315&L=0

Anyone else seen this? I think it's kind of rediculous to have put up the Eiffel tower, the Statue of Liberty, Christ Redeemer and the Sydney Opera house. Which ones would you pick?

I picked:
Acropolis
Colosseum
Great Wall of China
Maccu Piccu
Stonehenge
Pyramids of Giza
Easter Island heads

[Scurvy]

god...art history all over again

7 wonders of the world:

all 7 starbucks within one mile of each other downtown. mans greatest feat.

[Verthanthi]

leaving out the colossus at rhodes makes you dumb. see also the hanging gardens of babylon.

[Fit of Rage]

The criterion was that the "wonder" had to still exist, hence the pyramids were the only remaining original "wonder". The list was devised to "replace" the other six with other manmade feats.

[Dabram]

hmmmm, interesting, strange that i haven't heard of this before.

anyway, my 2 cents. i guess i disagree with the decision to make a new list of remaining world wonders. you can hardly compare wonders made BC with wonders made in medieval times, let alone with industrial or modern times. what makes a lot more sense is to make a 7-world-wonders list for each era.. (which also has been done except for medieval times i think)
it's kinda strange that some of the wonders on that list made in modern times aren't even on the list of seven modern world wonders made by ASCE.. (http://www.ce.memphis.edu/1101/inter.../7wonders.html)..

[NaiLed]

i live near stonehenge. go stonehenge.

[Bioture]

the statue of liberty is a candidate?

someone please explain to me why.

[Noah]

hmmmm, interesting, strange that i haven't heard of this before.

anyway, my 2 cents. i guess i disagree with the decision to make a new list of remaining world wonders. you can hardly compare wonders made BC with wonders made in medieval times, let alone with industrial or modern times. what makes a lot more sense is to make a 7-world-wonders list for each era.. (which also has been done except for medieval times i think)
it's kinda strange that some of the wonders on that list made in modern times aren't even on the list of seven modern world wonders made by ASCE.. (http://www.ce.memphis.edu/1101/inter...7wonders.html)..

Nice post bram, I agree with you all the way..

that link is dead btw, I'd like to see it

[Dabram]

Nice post bram, I agree with you all the way..

that link is dead btw, I'd like to see it

fixed.

[Noah]

thanks

[Galleleo]

omg, we're in there.. Go us!

[Chao.]

Those Easter Island statues are pretty cool.

[D1st0rt]

One thing that is interesting but maybe not super crazy enough to warrant a spot here is that the Maryland State House in Annapolis is the oldest state capitol building still in use, and is held together with wooden pegs.

[HeavenSent]

I agree with Fit.

I think some of the greatest feats of modern man would be:

Hoover Dam
Mt. Rushmore
St. Louis Gateway
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Walking on the moon.
The Mars Rover... still going after 900 days.. only predicted to run for 90 days.
Mega Machines on the Discovery Channel? Some of those machines get my vote too.

Edit:> I've heard that the Great Wall of China being visible from space is a myth. It may be long but it's not that wide. :P

[tugs]

What's with making one tiny list out of the whole world? the whole concept is flawed. even funnier was the old 7 wonders, completely euro-centric.
incidently, i dont the wonders were ever supposed to be engineering feats, and they definitely weren't useful. if they were civil engineering, they would be stuff like: roman acqueduct, roman roads, egyptian surveying system.

anyway, the jain temple in calcutta gets my vote. if you ever happen to be in the neighborhood, stop by and check it out. i dont care that it's not on the list.