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Wonders
Sights seen in the mind's eye can never be destroyed
Strabo (64 BC - AD 21)
Six out of seven Ancient Wonders
did not survive to this present day. Human imagination urged poets, writers,
and historians to seek "replacements" for the fallen monuments. Some proposed
a new list for the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Others argued that
Ancient civilizations which the Greeks did not know of, erected monuments
that should have been included in the original list. Wonders such as the
Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal in Agra, and the Temple of Angkor in Cambodia
are a few examples.
Like the ancient list, the new ones include fascinating
monuments and structures that changed the existing landscape. However,
no single list won unanimous approval among historians, artists, and architects.
Here is an alphabetical listing of some Forgotten, Modern, and Natural
Wonders.
http://www.julen.net/ancient/
The Original Seven Wonders of the World
Pyramids of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Pharos of Alexandria
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Forgotten Wonders
Abu Simbel Temple in Egypt
Angkor Wat in Cambodia
The Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan (Mexico City), Mexico
The Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines
Borobudur Temple in Indonesia
The Colosseum in Rome, Italy 72 A.D
The Great Wall of China
The Inca city of Machu Picchu, Peru
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
The Mayan Temples of Tikal in Northern Guatemala
The Moai Statues in Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile
Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France
The Throne Hall of Persepolis in Iran
The Parthenon in Athens, Greece
Petra, the rock-carved city in Jordan
The Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar
Stonehenge in England
Taj Mahal in Agra, India
The Temple of the Inscriptions in Palenque, Mexico
Modern Wonders
The Channel Tunnel
The Clock Tower (Big Ben) in London, England
The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada
Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
The Empire State Building in New York City, USA
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, USA
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA
The High Dam in Aswan, Egypt
Hoover Dam in Arizona/Nevada, USA
Itaipú Dam in Brazil/Paraguay
Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, USA
The Panama Canal
The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Statue of Liberty in New York City, USA
The Suez Canal in Egypt
The Sydney Opera House in Australia
Natural Wonders
Angel Falls in Venezuela
The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada
The Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia
Iguaçú Falls in Brazil/Argentina
Krakatoa Island in Indonesia
Mount Everest in Nepal
Mount Fuji in Japan
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Niagara Falls in Ontario (Canada) and New York State (USA)
Paricutin Volcano in Mexico
Victoria Falls in Zambia/Zimbabwe
The Barringer Meteorite Crater in Arizona, USA
Devils Tower, Wyoming (USA)
Mount Diablo, California (USA) - sacred to Native Americans who lived and worshipped there for over 5,000
years, became a critical reference point for Spanish explorers in the 18th
century, and American trappers and early California settlers in the 19th.
In 1851 Colonel Leander Ransome established the crossing of the Mount Diablo
base and meridian lines from which most of California and Nevada are surveyed.
The Pantheon, in Rome, Italy 118-35 A.D.
Arc de Triumph, in Paris, France
Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque), in Istanbul, Turkey (Constantinople)
Ayers Rock, in middle of Australia
Chartres Cathedral, in Chartres, France
International Space Station
Sears Tower, in
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