Vote for the New Seven Wonders of the World
Voting has been going on for The New 7 Wonders of the World. The contest is run by the NewOpenWorld Foundation and started out with 200 possible sites for the new seven. The choices have now been narrowed down to 21 choices:
- Acropolis — Athens, Greece
- Alhambra — Granada, Spain
- Angkor Wat temple — Cambodia
- Chichen Itza Aztec site — Yucatan, Mexico
- Christ the Redeemer — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Colosseum — Rome
- Easter Island Statues — Chile
- Eiffel Tower — Paris
- Great Wall — China
- Hagia Sophia church — Istanbul, Turkey
- Kiyomizu Temple — Kyoto, Japan
- Kremlin/St Basil's and Red Square — Moscow
- Machu Picchu — Peru
- Neuschwanstein Castle — Fussen, Germany
- Petra city — Jordan
- Pyramids of Giza — Egypt
- Statue of Liberty — New York
- Stonehenge — Amesbury, United Kingdom
- Sydney Opera House — Australia
- Taj Mahal — Agra, India
- Timbuktu city — Mali
If you're interested in what other sites were considered, check out the previous list of the Top 77 nominees.
Head over to the site and read up on how to vote by phone or online. Registration is required.
Since most people can't name the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, here they are:
- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
- Statue of Zeus at Olympia
- Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
- Colossus of Rhodes
- Lighthouse of Alexandria
The primary reason that most people can't name the Seven Wonders is that only one of them still exists today. Four were destroyed by earthquake, and two were destroyed by fire. The Pyramids have withstood the test of time, and are the only Wonder to survive past the year 1500.
An alternate list of New Wonders was created by USA Today and Good Morning, America. The list included 7 Wonders along with an 8th viewer-selected Wonder.
- Potala Palace — Lhasa, Tibet
- Old City of Jerusalem — Israel
- Polar ice caps — Polar regions
- Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument — Hawaii, United States
- Internet
- Mayan ruins — Yucatán Peninsula, Mesoamerica
- Great Migration of Serengeti and Masai Mara — Kenya and Tanzania
- Grand Canyon — Arizona, United States (viewer-selected)
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February 16th, 2007 at 14:13
This is a spectacular expierience and the sites should be chosen on beauty, structure, and will it wow the world. Also it should symbolize something very important such as God, trust, faith, and many other things.
June 29th, 2007 at 01:40
Hello, i just surfed in searching for interesting blogs on new seven wonders of the world, you have a cool blog. Do keep up the good work. i live far from where you are and its nice to be able to see what people from across the world thinks.
Warm Regards from the Other Side of the Moon.
On a related note perhaps you might find the following links interesting. we're reviewing the best among the competing 21 participants for the new 7 wonders competition. i'll like to hear your take on the subject via comments. i'll be back soon…
The Kremlin and the Red Square
Angkor Wat
Eiffel Tower
Hagia Sophia
ps. if you have your own favourites list or if you'd like us to write about other wonders pls do mention about it in the comments.
Bibby
Kerala, India
July 8th, 2007 at 09:24
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