8 Merveilles du monde ... (8world wonders)
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Morbyd
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Speaking of the wonders, there was recently a vote on a new list of 7 wonders since the Pyramids at Giza is all that's left from the Greek's old list. Anyone know the outcome?
I saw somewhere that the Egyptians were hopping mad about the Pyramids actually being put to a vote for inclusion. Understandable since there's little doubt about their wondrousness...
I saw somewhere that the Egyptians were hopping mad about the Pyramids actually being put to a vote for inclusion. Understandable since there's little doubt about their wondrousness...
Morbyd
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I just found the website: http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php
The vote is still going on for 106 more days.
I chose: Taj Mahal, Chichen Itza, the temple at Angkor, the Pyramids, Petra, the Acropolis and the Great Wall
(sorry, Sil!)
The vote is still going on for 106 more days.
I chose: Taj Mahal, Chichen Itza, the temple at Angkor, the Pyramids, Petra, the Acropolis and the Great Wall
(sorry, Sil!)
there is a big thing abou this in the guardian recently/at the mo.......which compelled me to find out more about it, as always wikipedia has all the info needed about the new 7 wonders and other wonders type lists. the result will be announced in july
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders_of_the_World
the internet featured on one of the new 7 wonders list i think and the alhambra had missed out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_wonders#New_Seven_Wonders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders_of_the_World
the internet featured on one of the new 7 wonders list i think and the alhambra had missed out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_wonders#New_Seven_Wonders
Morbyd
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Liberty one of the 7 wonders?????
why not??
Cos its value it's only sentimental and symbolic, that's it
the term civilisation i think is the most improtant criterion for selecting a wonder and of course such as statue of liberty it is what it represents rather than the actual materials that makefor me it would be
The Colosseum
Taj Mahal
Great Wall
Machu Picchu
Chichen Itza
Acropolis
Statue of Liberty
not the pyramids as i believe this should be a new wonders list, the pyramids already have their place in history.
The Colosseum
Taj Mahal
Great Wall
Machu Picchu
Chichen Itza
Acropolis
Statue of Liberty
not the pyramids as i believe this should be a new wonders list, the pyramids already have their place in history.
but to me that is what should be most important...........a representation of somethin rather than just architecture.
e.g. football stadiums, the size/capacity/architecture isn't what makes them great or not. it is more than that.
For me it would be a mixture or sentimental - symbol value and human effort to build up that wonder. So I wouldn't include football stadiums neither.
don't get me wrong, i agree that some buildings, such as old cathedrals, are awe inspiring just from the point of view of "how did they build it?", but i think lady liberty represents human effort/endeavour/victory over adversity, altho those were not required to build her.
well maybe anfield
don't get me wrong, i agree that some buildings, such as old cathedrals, are awe inspiring just from the point of view of "how did they build it?", but i think lady liberty represents human effort/endeavour/victory over adversity, altho those were not required to build her.
I don't agree with Liberty.And don't make me laugh with Anfield
If any stadium should be there you know it's not Anfield and you know it's quite close from whre I'm right now I don't agree with Liberty.And don't make me laugh with Anfield
I wouldn't include the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty. I think what makes a wonder a wonder is the creation of something almost beyond the limits of what you'd think man would have been capable at the time. Oh, and it's got to be really really old
so what about what it represents/symbolises??