Jul 08 2007
The New 7 Wonders of the World has been announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 – 07.07.07. And I think this round of winners make more sense as they represent the great past history of mankinds.
The Great Wall of China, Rome’s Colosseum, India’s Taj Mahal, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Brazil’s Statue of Christ Redeemer, Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid and Jordan’s Petra made it to The New 7 Wonders of the World. The pyramids of Giza, the only surviving structures from the original seven wonders of the ancient world, were assured of retaining their status in addition to the new seven after indignant Egyptian officials said it was a disgrace they had to compete.
About 100 million votes were cast by the Internet and cellphone text messages, said New7Wonders, the nonprofit organization that conducted the poll. The campaign to name new wonders was launched in 1999 by the Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber. Almost 200 nominations came in, and the list was narrowed to the 21 most-voted by the start of 2006. The Statue of Liberty and Australia’s Sydney Opera House were near the bottom of the list from the start, reported Associated Press. Also among the losing candidates were Cambodia’s Angkor, Spain’s Alhambra, Turkey’s Hagia Sophia, Japan’s Kiyomizu Temple, Russia’s Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral, Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle, Britain’s Stonehenge and Mali’s Timbuktu.
Too bad the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos lighthouse off Alexandria have all vanished.
My favorite is definitely the Great Wall of China, the only structure visible from the space, although I think Terracota Warriors can easily beat other contenders. And just wait till the day the first China’s Emperor’s tomb is unearthed. Perhaps we should expand the 7 Wonders to 10 Wonders as there’re simply too many amazing things left behind by our ancestors, don’t you think?
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July 8th, 2007 by financetwitter
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