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Stonehenge makes list in new seven wonders
« on: Oct 17^th, 2006, 2:52pm »

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LONDON (Reuters) - Only one of the ancient wonders of the world still survives -- now history lovers are being invited to choose a new list of seven.

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Among 21 locations shortlisted for the worldwide vote is Stonehenge, the only British landmark selected.

The 5,000-year-old stones on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, will be up against sites including the Acropolis in Athens; the Statue of Liberty in New York; and the last remaining original wonder, the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo.

An original list of nearly 200 sites nominated by the public was narrowed to 21 by the organizers and experts, including the former director general of Unesco Professor Federico Mayor.

The vote is organized by a non-profit Swiss foundation called New7Wonders which specializes in the preservation, restoration and promotion of monuments, and the results will be announced on July 7, 2007, in Lisbon.

About 20 million votes have already been lodged, including many from India, for the Taj Mahal; China, for the Great Wall and from Peru for Machu Picchu, the fortress city of the Incas.

The other original seven wonders of the ancient world were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; the Statue of Zeus at Olympia; the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus; the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Tia Viering, spokeswoman for New7Wonders, said: "Apart from the Pyramids, the seven ancient wonders of the world no longer exist."

The only criteria for the new list is that the landmarks were built or discovered before 2000.

"People of England, it is now your turn to be heard," added Viering. Support Stonehenge to become one of the New Seven Wonders of the World."

Votes can be made online, at www.new7wonders.com.

The 21 finalists for the New Seven Wonders of the World, alphabetically:

1 Acropolis, Athens, Greece

2 Alhambra, Granada, Spain

3 Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia

4 Chichen Itza Aztec site, Yucatan, Mexico

5 Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

6 Colosseum, Rome

7 Easter Island Statues, Chile

8 Eiffel Tower, Paris

9 Great Wall, China

10 Hagia Sophia church, Istanbul, Turkey

11 Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan

12 Kremlin/St.Basil's, Moscow

13 Machu Picchu, Peru

14 Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany

15 Petra ancient city, Jordan

16 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

17 Statue of Liberty, New York

18 Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom

19 Sydney Opera House, Australia

20 Taj Mahal, Agra, India

21 Timbuktu city, Mali

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Re: Stonehenge makes list in new seven wonders
« Reply #1 on: Oct 17^th, 2006, 6:12pm »

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This site has some pictures of the old 7 wonders:
http://www.irantouristguide.com/photogallery/seven-wonders-pic.htm

I really like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Grin

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« Reply #2 on: Oct 18^th, 2006, 3:07am »

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Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Colosseum, Rome
Easter Island Statues, Chile
Great Wall, China
Machu Picchu, Peru
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom

There are a few that shouldn't be considered, no matter how many votes they get. The Statue of Liberty? The Eiffel Tower? C'mon. Please. Roll Eyes

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Re: Stonehenge makes list in new seven wonders
« Reply #3 on: Oct 18^th, 2006, 6:44am »

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What??!!! How can Angelina Jolie not be on that list??!!!

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on Oct 18^th, 2006, 6:44am, MediaScribe wrote:

What??!!! How can Angelina Jolie not be on that list??!!!

Because she would count as two.

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Re: Stonehenge makes list in new seven wonders
« Reply #5 on: Oct 19^th, 2006, 10:12pm »

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Thanks for posting this.. I'd not heard anything about it.. my class may not appreciate it, because I'm seeing a project here.. LOL. I'm doing math already.. I have 44 students 21 to choose from... working in pairs (or a few teams of three) research, build a model... vote for our favorite 7... you get the idea... Cheesy