Posted on 10/17/2006 12:19:29 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper
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.
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.
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Far more of a "wonder" than Stonehenge is Newgrange in Ireland, it's much older and quite amazing!
See This Man can Move Anything video on YouTube.
I visited Petra 10 years ago....I agree.
I agree, the Schlitterbahn is just as impressive and a lot less commercialized
If you want rocks arranged in a circle, Avebury is much more impressive. (Plus you can wander around the rocks and crawl around on them.)
I'm more interested in the 7 natural wonders of the world.
That said, I never realized there was only 1 of the original man made wonders of the world left.
Of course Stonehenge qualfies as a Wonder, plus it gives +8 culture and +2 Great Prophet points per turn in the city that builds it. The best part of course is that it gives you a free obelisk in every city. If you are Industrious or have stone nearby, there's no reason not to build it.
Chichen Itza Aztec Site
Colosseum - Rome
Easter Island Statues
Great Wall
Pyramids of Giza
Stonehenge
Taj Majal
Person in the background is showing the
rest of the group the extent of a single stone.
Stonehenge, while interesting, is a joke by comparison.
ML/NJ
This is easy. First, you gotta realize that UNESCO is involved. Then, it's a piece of cake.
The Picks and the reasons for them.
1. The Alhambra, Spain. Built by the ROP.
2. Chichen Itza, built by the Glorious Inhabitants of the Bronze Continent. (Currently "occupied" by the Anglo Devil.)
3. Great Wall, China. Read Mao's Little Red Book to understand. (Hint: Cultural Marxism)
4. St. Basil's -- but only from a political perspective; and only a Soviet one.
5. Petra, because it's in an Arab state.
6. The Taj Mahal, because it's pretty (don't tell anyone it's really a tomb!)
Machu Picchu: Our Glorious Bronze Bretheren of a slightly different location.
7. Tibuktu, because it's in Africa. Everything the West does adversely affects Africa.
8. Angkor Wat, Cambodia: A nod to Pol Pot, Hero of the People.
9. Easter Island Statues: Made by Noble Indigenous Peoples (who cut down all the trees, but that's another story).
10. Kyomizu Temple. It's in KYOTO!
See? Wasn't that easy?
Well, okay, I listed eleven, but what the hey...
When lists like this come out, it's generally to celebrate all things non-Western, non-Judeao-Christian.
That's not to say that Giza, Stonehenge, and Greco-Roman accomplishments shouldn't be on the list.
"Druids perform a pagan Halloween style blessing ceremony at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, southern England. Tuesday Oct 17, 2006 to celebrate its inclusion on a global shortlist to decide the seven wonders of the modern world. The 5,000-year-old landmark is one of 21 finalists of the poll, results of which will be announced on July 7 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal. Twenty million votes have already been received, including many from India (Taj Mahal), China (Great Wall) and Peru (Machu Picchu)." (AP Photo/ Chris Ison, PA)
Why is the Statue of Liberty on the ancient wonders list?
Druid chicks are cool!
I was watching a show on one of these druid ceremonies at Stonehenge once. Sort of slipped into the narrative was the acknowledgement they had no idea of what the original druid ceremonies were, so they sort of made them up.
OTOH, no one has ever figured out how to repeat this -- even with modern equipment:
The three large, upper, pre-Roman megaliths weigh 1,000 tons each, and are 63 - 65 feet long, 14.5 feet high, and 12 feet thick. And -- they are 21 feet up in the wall. And the quarry is over a quarter mile away -- downhill...
>>>I'm more interested in the 7 natural wonders of the world.<<<
My wife and I visited the Natural Bridge in Virginia a few years back. It is a true natural wonder. No photo can do it justice. It is higher than Niagara Falls, rests on land that once belonged to Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington surveyed it. G. W.'s initials are carved on the rock face. U.S. Highway 11 crosses the top of it.
http://www.naturalbridgeva.com/bridge.html
Civilization IV rocks!
As for my picks from the list I would choose:
Pyramids of Giza
Great Wall
Stonehenge
Taj Mahal
Angkor Wat
Hagia Sophia
Eiffel Tower
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