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Seven Wonders - Ancient Wonders
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A Category Proposal - Detailed Listings
Waymark Code: WMHFNY
Location: Egypt
Date Posted: 07/06/2013
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This site is part of the proposal for a new waymark category called
Seven Wonders
This part presents
Ancient Wonders
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Great Pyramids, Giza, Egyp |
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Wikipedia
The original Seven Wonders were introduced in the 5th century BC by Greek historian Herodotus.
Today, the Great Pyramids are the only one still remaining.
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
Temple of Artemis |
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus |
Colossus of Rhodes |
Lighthouse of Alexandria
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India |
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New7Wonders of the World
Wikipedia
In 2000, a group called New Seven Wonders Foundation started an online voting process for seven wonders that are still standing. While the whole process was quite controversial, we still think they came up with an interesting list:
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Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Mexico |
Christ the Redeemer, Brazil |
Rome Colosseum, Italy
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Great Wall of China, China |
Machu Picchu, Peru |
Petra, Jordan
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Easter Island |
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Seven amazing Runners-up
LIFE Magazine
Thinking that the New7Wonders list missed some of the most amazing features, Time Magazine published a list of the next seven:
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Angkor Wat, Cambodia |
Acropolis, Greece |
Potala Palace, Tibet, China
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The Vatican |
The Terra-Cotta Army, China |
Stonehenge, England
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Stonehenge, England |
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Seven Wonders Of The Medieval World
World History Project
A blog called World History Project did a similar approach and came up with this list of new, but ancient wonders:
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Great Wall of China |
Rome Colosseum, Italy |
Hagia Sophia, Turkey
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Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, Egypt |
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy |
Porcelain Pagoda of Nanjing, China
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Chand Baori, India |
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Seven Man-Made Architectural Wonders of the Ancient World
weburbanist.com
The blog Web Urbanist has a host of seven wonder lists. Here is one showing ancient wonders that we did not find on any other list:
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Sacsayhuaman, Peru |
Leshan Giant Buddha, China |
Teotihuacan, Mexico
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Underground Churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia |
El Mirador, Guatemala |
The Lost City of Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan
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