New 7 wonders of the world

Giza Pyramid Complex
(The last remaining ancient wonder of the world) Cairo, Egypt
Chichen Itza Yucatán, Mexico
Christ the Redeemer Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Colosseum Rome, Italy
Great Wall of China China
Machu Picchu Cuzco, Perú
Petra Jordan
Taj Mahal Agra, India

How do you guys feel about this? I tend to have a problem with Chichen Itza. I feel like that may be the most known and the most famous only because its closest to Cancun and tourist. But PALENQUE is way more impressive and perhaps the largest of all Mayan ruins. That was the monster. UXMAL was quite impressive too. I suppose Chichen Itza was voted as one of the 7 new wonders so it is what it is.
I guess that in this department, I have 2 out of 7. Great Wall and Machu Pichu. Maybe some of you have hit them all???

been to see Christ above Guanabara Bay but I wouldn't call it a wonder.
Petra---OUTSTANDING!!
Giza--twice--going back TY
Just missed Rome by a few hours misconnecting--ended up in LAS for the first time. The only wonder about LAS is why anyone goes there more than once!!
I highly recommend Petra and Jordan is very user friendly.

What about Natural Wonders...??
Good idea for thread Palms

Giza
Colosseum
Great Wall of China
Petra - Agree that it is AMAZING...took my breath away literally. The rest of Jordan is wonderful as well - recommend the Dead Sea!
Taj Mahal

Will be visiting Christ the Redeemer and Machu Picchu in a couple months. So excited!

Lets see if I can remember this....they listed these for the seven natural wonders of the world.

Victoria Falls
Mount Everest
Bay in Rio de Janairo
Northern Lights
Great Barrier Reef Australia
Grand Canyon
Paricutin Volcano

Ok, I don't know why these get voted in or how, but there are many Natural Wonders and beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I was in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, and island called STRADBROKE ISLAND, NOT DIVING THERE. Missed Grand Canyon but made it by Sedona. Saw many volcanos but not Paricutin, Missed Everest but saw McKinley. Acapulco Bay is my favorite bay I don't care what gets voted in there. And where is Niagra Falls? That was WONDERful to me.

without looking--I think Rio Bay is not--but maybe Iguacu Falls? Theya re magnificent for sure--Now I have to check it all out.

They got it down as Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers compiled a list of wonders of the modern world:[10]

Wonder Date Started Date Finished Location
Channel Tunnel December 1, 1987 May 6, 1994 Strait of Dover, between the United Kingdom and France
CN Tower February 6, 1973 June 26, 1976, tallest freestanding structure in the world 1976-2007. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Empire State Building January 22, 1930 May 1, 1931, Tallest structure in the world 1931-1967. First building with 100+ stories. New York, NY, U.S.
Golden Gate Bridge January 5, 1933 May 27, 1937 Golden Gate Strait, north of San Francisco, California, U.S.
Itaipu Dam January 1970 May 5, 1984 Paraná River, between Brazil and Paraguay
Delta Works/ Zuiderzee Works 1950 May 10, 1997 Netherlands
Panama Canal January 1, 1880 January 7, 1914 Isthmus of Panama


Ok, I've got the Panama Canal, Got Empire State Building, CN tower in Toronto, even had dinner there with my main squeeze. I saw the Golden Gate Bridge, but I admit I didn't go over it like Dirty Harry did.

USA Today's New Seven Wonders
In November 2006 the American national newspaper USA Today in conjunction with the American television show Good Morning America revealed a list of New Seven Wonders as chosen by six judges.[15] The wonders were announced one per day over a week on Good Morning America. An eighth wonder was chosen on November 24 from viewer feedback.[16]

Number Wonder Location
1 Potala Palace Lhasa, Tibet, China
2 Old City of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
3 Polar ice caps Polar regions
4 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Hawaii, United States
5 Internet N/A
6 Maya ruins Yucatán Peninsula, México
7 Great Migration of Serengeti and Masai Mara Tanzania and Kenya
8 Grand Canyon (viewer-chosen eighth wonder) Arizona, United States


I like the way they put number #6 for MAYA RUINS in Yucatan peninsula. That whole peninsula is nothing but Mayan ruins and Chichen Itza is just one in a pile of ruins.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Why don't we compile a listing of say TOP TEN WONDERS on YOUR LIST. Somebody start a new string, give information. I think some of those hidden few known places offers surprises and wonders.

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Giza Pyramid Complex
(The last remaining ancient wonder of the world) Cairo, Egypt
Chichen Itza Yucatán, Mexico
Christ the Redeemer Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Colosseum Rome, Italy
Great Wall of China China
Machu Picchu Cuzco, Perú
Petra Jordan
Taj Mahal Agra, India

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Gotta go along with M767, I wouldn&#39;t include "Christ the Redeemer-Rio de Janeiro" on my list. Keep the above list and replace "Christ the Redeemer" with The Acropolis- Athens

I was at Itaipu Dam in 1973 or 4 something during my visit to Iguacu and it was an incredible engineering feat at the time. One of the most amzing things I had ever seen. I must say that the water conservation at Petra a few thousand years earlier was an accomplishment that BLEW MY MIND. I never expected that sort of brilliant SIMPLE engineering in the desert!
PS--the Petra reference was regarding ancient history--not lke I was THERE...

I would certainly include the Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia - Probably in place of Christ the Redeemer or Machu Picchu.

I bet you guys never heard about the

Tattoeed Irishman of Pohnpei nor NAN MADOL

Old man by the sea on Saipan, Birds Island view

The LATTE STONE quarry in Rota

The Sleeping Indian Maiden of El Valle and the Golden Frogs of the El Valle and ANTON VALLEY area.

PORTOBELLO on the Atlantic side of Panama with old ruins and cannons

Just to name a few, I&#39;m tired gotta hit the hay.

America’s first tattooed showman
James O&#39;Connell - the tattooed Irishman was America&#39;s first tattooed showman working firstly at the Lion Circus

O&#39;Connell first became known after the story of his life was published in 1836. Telling of the six years he had spent on the Island of Ponape in the South Seas Caroline Islands in the Micronesia region of Polynesia.

The book also told of when James first went to sea as a cabin boy aged 11, on the Phoenix, a ship that had the job of carrying female convicts to Botany Bay. Later to sign on with the Whaler "John Bull" - sailing from Australia to New Zealand where in a very bad storm the ship hit a reef and sank, leaving him in an open boat with five other men, until it reached Ponape - where the locals took them captive after surrounding the boat and attacking it with stones and spears before pulling it ashore - and it was there O&#39; Connell danced an Irish jig that was later to make him famous - but more importantly (at the time) charmed the Islanders. And this indeed probably saved his and the other men&#39;s life. As they were unsure of how their captors were going to react to them - so he (O&#39;Connell) danced to appease the natives - and luckily it did and he soon became assimilated by the Ponapeans which meant taking to the natives tattooing customs and habits.

O&#39;Connell later left his Island home and new family when a ship landed near Ponape in 1833, much to the annoyance of the Ponapean&#39;s who did not want to lose him. But lose him they did when O&#39;Connell felt the lure of civilization too strong to ignore - escaped after finally succeeding in making a break for it and reaching the ship (he was being watched constantly by the Ponapean&#39;s, in the hope of stopping him leaving the Island) where before it set sail O&#39;Connell had gifts left for his 14 year-old wife and father-in-law. Said to be because of the guilt he felt in deserting them - and the fact that he knew that he would never be returning to Ponape.

Later in 1835 (some accounts say 1833) he arrived in New York and gained employment (Lion Circus and later with P.T. Barnum) dancing and telling tales of how it took eight days for his new found friends to tattoo his face, arms, legs, back and stomach until he resembled a rhinoceros, as well as doing the dance that helped him to become accepted by the Ponapean people.

James F. O&#39;Connell, who danced in New Orleans, Memphis, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati - died on the 29th January 1854 when he became ill - while working with The Dan Rice Circus. And in his honour his favourite tune was played at his funeral and a sailor danced the hornpipe when he was lowered into the ground.

A Theatre handbill dated the 15th June 1837 advertising him as a "Sailor Of The South Sea" and pamphlets sold by O&#39;Connell himself - depicting his life with the Islanders complete with a drawing of him doing his Irish jig still survive today.

It must be noted that there have been a number of writers and historians who have disputed some of James F. O&#39;Connell&#39; s personal details of his South Sea adventures, and indeed in reality - The Ponapean people only tattooed the hands - arms legs and the female genital area of the vulva - so O&#39;Connell&#39;s other tattoo work was probably added later to give him more of a showbiz appeal, but he never recorded when and where his additional tattoo marks were put on him or by whom, He also appeared at the Franklin Theatre in 1849.

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