View Full Version : New Seven Wonders of the World
Heibges
07-07-07, 09:39 PM
1. The Great Wall of China
2. Petra in Jordan
3. Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer
4. Peru's Machu Picchu
5. Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid
6. The Colosseum in Rome
7. India's Taj Mahal
Sadly, I have seen none of them.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/07/06/seven.wonders/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288541,00.html
Edit: I had two of them on the first line.
bigboywooly
07-08-07, 05:45 AM
The Great Wall of China Petra in Jordan
Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer
Peru's Machu Picchu
Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid
The Colosseum in Rome
India's Taj Mahal
Sadly, I have seen none of them.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/07/06/seven.wonders/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288541,00.html
I count 6
Wheres the 7th
Petra in Jordan.
Great Wall of China.
Seperate really.
Jimbuna
07-08-07, 06:04 AM
Leeds beating the Inland Revenue :rotfl:
Spoon 11th
07-08-07, 07:00 AM
Sadly, I have seen none of them.
Google images.
bigboywooly
07-08-07, 07:31 AM
Leeds beating the Inland Revenue :rotfl:
:hmm: Have to beat someone
Happy Times
07-08-07, 09:33 AM
The Great Wall of China Petra in Jordan
Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer
Peru's Machu Picchu
Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid
The Colosseum in Rome
India's Taj Mahal
Sadly, I have seen none of them.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/07/06/seven.wonders/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288541,00.html
I count 6
Wheres the 7th
Egypts Giza pyramid was automatically in, being the last survivor of the original wonders.
Spoon 11th
07-08-07, 10:15 AM
I hate the fact that some stupid jesus statue got elected. IMO The Strip in Las Vegas is way bigger wonder than any of these new ones except the great wall.
blue3golf
07-08-07, 10:24 AM
Amazing how they can be replaced whenever the world feels like it
FIREWALL
07-08-07, 10:40 AM
One of the BIGGEST Wonders of the World is......
How we on this forum mostly get along. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
The Avon Lady
07-08-07, 10:47 AM
One of the BIGGEST Wonders of the World is......
How we on this forum mostly get along. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Actually, I would consider the Internet one of the wonders of the world, though not necessarily within the top 7.
Amazing how they can be replaced whenever the world feels like it
BLING BLING BLING!!
Give this blue3golf person a prize.
I like the Original Wonders better.
Heibges
07-08-07, 11:55 AM
It's funny that the Great Pyramids didn't make it.
Jimbuna
07-08-07, 12:11 PM
What happened to the hanging gardens of Babylon ? :hmm:
TteFAboB
07-08-07, 04:17 PM
It's a fraud. They're all old. Only the Christ is new. And if they're supposed to be old, then the Christ is misplaced.
Which one do you want? New wonders or New Old wonders? I thought they'd go for non-mediterranean stuff, let's see what other people built, but then there's the Colosseum right there.
I noticed that North America doesn't get anything. Thats no surprise. We don't build anything worth remembering mostly, not on an all-time world list anyway. The closest that we ever got was Art Deco with the Empire State Building. And looking at everything they keep building even if it isn't offensive and gaudy its at least unimpressive. Its also funny that the only really impressive stuff we build is utilitarian primarily. Dams and bridges. Very little cultural significance beyond its impressiveness.
I noticed that North America doesn't get anything.
That's not true.
I noticed that North America doesn't get anything.
That's not true.
You mean that Mexican one? I believe they call that Central America.:D
I noticed that North America doesn't get anything.
That's not true.
You mean that Mexican one? I believe they call that Central America.:D
They would be wrong, then :p
I noticed that North America doesn't get anything.
That's not true. You mean that Mexican one? I believe they call that Central America.:D
They would be wrong, then :p
Very well. But you know what I meant.:)
The Avon Lady
07-08-07, 11:36 PM
I noticed that North America doesn't get anything.
That's not true. You mean that Mexican one? I believe they call that Central America.:D
They would be wrong, then :p
Very well. But you know what I meant.:)
You meant North North America. :p
But I disagree with what you meant. I think that we've made so many monumentous ( ? ) structures that we take them for granted and also cannot find enough distinction between them to pick one as a world wonder. There's also the attitude of what's to be impressed with when it's built with modern technology and the construction workers didn't have their hands cut off after project completion. :D
I think it is silly to choose just "7" wonders myself.
Jimbuna
07-09-07, 06:00 AM
How do you define something as a 'wonder' ?
What precisely is a 'wonder' ? (open to individual perception I suspect)
What criteria do you base your assessment on ?
How do you define something as a 'wonder' ?
What precisely is a 'wonder' ? (open to individual perception I suspect)
What criteria do you base your assessment on ? Well all of the massive landmarks that we have constructed in modern times seem to lack a certain nameless beauty that you see in the more ancient things.
Pyramids made with massive golden brown blocks in a pleasing shape. Hanging gardens just sounds impressive. The Collossus of Rhodes is just cool.
What makes all those things different from what we build today is that they were built for their own existance. A beautiful monument. We instead build utilitarian things. Some of the most impressive architecture we have is of bridges and dams and buildings. These things are useful first and pretty second. And really if you look at the trends since the late 60s everything is either all glass or filled with lots of concrete. What kind of monuments do we have? Our monuments are small and off to the side. What beaituful things we have aren't wonderous. They don't baffle you as to how it was done or why. You don't often see a building that makes you smile and sigh. And as tall and impressive as the World Trade Centre was I didn't think that it was particularly beautiful.
Theres an inexplicable quality to the wonders of ancient times that seems to be missing in what we build. That isn't to say that we can't build some very nice stuff but I rarely see a building these days thats younger than 60 years that I really want to take a picture of. Even castles of the middle ages are better looking than anything they're erecting in my city right now. And that just seems odd since we are more capable than ever to make truly unimaginable things.
And has anything thought about the fact that we keep bringing down all our older buildings to build new ones? It might just be an argument for the disposable culture.
geetrue
07-09-07, 11:53 AM
Why can't we have our own 7 wonders of the world?
Mine would be:
The Grand Canyon
The Black Forest Gernan turnpike thingy with no speed limit's
The International Space Station
The US Navy submarine that tapped into the Russian undrwater cable comunications network
The Atomic/Hydrogen bomb
Angel Falls in Venzula
World Wide Web
The Atomic/Hydrogen bomb
I don't think that Andrey Sakarov would like that.
Jimbuna
07-09-07, 04:11 PM
Well if ot's buildings we're discussing, I'll go for the Houses of Parliament :yep:
It's a wonder they weren't pulled down years ago :nope:
:rotfl: :rotfl:
bookworm_020
07-09-07, 09:58 PM
Why can't we have our own 7 wonders of the world?
Mine would be:
The Grand Canyon
The Black Forest Gernan turnpike thingy with no speed limit's
The International Space Station
The US Navy submarine that tapped into the Russian undrwater cable comunications network
The Atomic/Hydrogen bomb
Angel Falls in Venzula
World Wide Web
The origianl seven wonders, like the new ones, are all man made objects, the the Grand Canyon and Angel Falls are out as they are natural.
The International space staion is not on the face of the planet, so that's out (Skylab may count, it's still in peaces all over Western and central Australia!:yep:)
A sub tapping a cable would be discounted as it wouldn't be considered a wonder on the country that's been tapped:nope:
The A-Bomb would also be discounted for the same reason (It would make a list on inovations!)
The Autobarn in Germany may be an impressive technicial feet, but lack a level of granduar that is required to be a wonder, as it's just a road with no speed limit.
The Web might be wonderful, but it lacks a physical presence (outside of internet cafe's and Subsim.com).
Don't feel to bad about North America not getting a look in. The Sydney Opera House didn't make it either!:cry:
You made him happy!
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bookworm_020
07-09-07, 10:46 PM
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Good work Letum!:up:
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Good work Letum!:up:
Not my work, see OP ^
FIREWALL
07-10-07, 10:00 PM
Blood and Sweat and a chisel built Great Wonders.
A Paintbrush and a Idea painted a ceiling as never seen since.
A Dream and persistence connected two Oceans.
And so much more.
But look into the mirror and see ... The Greatest Wonder of ALL.
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