THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

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If you've visited any of the seven wonders of the world could give us your experience and hang a picture.

 

I visited this pyramid the first time in 1992 and the experience was awesome. The perfection and majesty left me speechless. Contemplates in silence as if trying in this way to thank the builders of this true wonder.

In 2007, Chichen Itza's El Castillo was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World after a worldwide vote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichen_Itza

 

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Hi Sal, What a brilliant idea you had with your students, I am very impressed! Tks for the very nice pictures you post.

(Sorry I did not know you were leaving Changchun. Where are you now? I hope everything goes well for you and your girlfriend.
Best regards).

Sergio

[Sal]

I have seen both the Coloseum and Chichen Itza (Chicken Pizza is how the guide taught us to remember the name). During one camp, I had my students create one of the 7 Ancient Wonders and make up a story. They rehearsed and told the story to the parents, it was awesome. Not a shread of truth, but amusing and every member talked about their Wonder of the World

 

 

 

 

 

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Wow Richard! You did a good job ...!

Every era has its own wonders. You have placed almost all the wonders of the history.
I think the wonders of our time will take long time to be accepted for all in this order because it is difficult to place only seven wonders when in fact each country has a lot of really wonderful things.

[Richard ridealgh]

Italy, china and egypt, but south america is a place I must get to!

[Richard Roman]

So - anyone been to any of these places?

[Richard Roman]

In 2001 an initiative was started by the Swiss corporation New7Wonders Foundation to choose theNew Seven Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments.^[11] Twenty-one finalists were announced January 1, 2006.^[12] Egyptians were not happy that the only surviving original wonder, the Great Pyramid of Giza, would have to compete with the likes of the Statue of Liberty, the Sydney Opera House, and other landmarks, calling the project absurd. In response, Giza was named an honorary Candidate.^[13] The results were announced on July 7, 2007:^[14]

Wonder	Date of construction	Location
Great Wall of China	5th century BCE – 16th century CE	China
Petra	c.100 BCE	Jordan
Christ the Redeemer	Opened 12 October 1931	Brazil
Machu Picchu	c.1450 CE	Peru
Chichen Itza	c.600 CE	Mexico
Colosseum	Completed 80 CE	Italy
Taj Mahal	Completed c.1648 CE	India
Great Pyramid of Giza (Honorary Candidate)	Completed c.2560 BCE	Egypt

[Richard Roman]

Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages, Medieval Mind and Architectural Wonders of the Middle Ages.

Typically representative are:^[2][3][4][5]

• Stonehenge
• Colosseum
• Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
• Great Wall of China
• Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
• Hagia Sophia
• Leaning Tower of Pisa

Other sites sometimes included on such lists:

• Taj Mahal^[6]
• Cairo Citadel^[7]
• Ely Cathedral^[8]
• Cluny Abbey^[9]

[Richard Roman]

The historian Herodotus (484 – ca. 425 BCE), and the scholar Callimachus of Cyrene (ca. 305 – 240 BCE) at the Museum of Alexandria, made early lists of seven wonders but their writings have not survived, except as references. The seven wonders included:

• Great Pyramid of Giza
• Hanging Gardens of Babylon
• Statue of Zeus at Olympia
• Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
• Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
• Colossus of Rhodes
• Lighthouse of Alexandria