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NEW 7 Wonders of the World
« on: August 31, 2006, 04:23:46 PM »
I've made a big list of places I want to travel to and visit before I die and in my search for places, it brought me to this:

http://www.new7wonders.com

I just thought people here might want to vote on what they think should be the New 7 Wonders of the World (not necessarily the 7 Wonders of the New World) and share your experiences if you've visited any of the nominee's or just in general talk about these places and whether you think it's a good idea or not to have a new 7 wonders of the world.

Personally, I think it's a great idea because most of the originally 7 wonders of the ancient world no longer exist and a lot of people assume that certain sites, especially the Great Wall of China, are some of the 7 wonders of the world but they are not.

I can't wait till they are chosen and I can visit them all and check them off my list! I kind of wish there could be more than 7 though... who decided 7 was a good number anyways?
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Re: NEW 7 Wonders of the World
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2006, 04:27:58 PM »
Weird.  I always thought there was a list of the Seven Modern Wonders.  Learn something new everyday!


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Re: NEW 7 Wonders of the World
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2006, 04:35:03 PM »
There kind of is but it varies depending on the source... plus this list includes both ancient and modern wonders, a compliation of wonders over all of time, basically any structure that was built or discovered before year 2,000 was included or considered.

You can check out some info on a bigger list of structures that are usually including in lists of 7 Modern Wonders here:
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/modern/index.html

They also have great info on Natural Wonders and the original Ancient Wonders.
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Re: NEW 7 Wonders of the World
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Re: NEW 7 Wonders of the World
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2007, 09:58:36 AM »
Was a bit miffed that Stonehenge didn't make the list - it definitely qualifies under the "mystery" category!
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