The New Seven Wonders of the World
Posted by anupcs on
July 08th 2007 in
Geography, History, India, Society, Trivia, World
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I still don’t know what the real purpose of this exercise was but the new seven wonders of the world has been announced (on 7/7/07 no less) and they are:
- Chichén Itzá, Mexico
- Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
- The Great Wall of China
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- Petra, Jordan
- The Colloseum, Italy
- The Taj Mahal, India
I have visited the first three and don’t know why the Christ statue is in this list. It’s definitely awe inspiring but surely there are more impressive “wonders” to put on this list in its stead? Angkor Wat? The Acropolis? The pyramids of Giza? In any case, I don’t think we can limit the wonders of the world to merely seven. It might have made sense in the ancient times but not now.
Curiously enough, I haven’t been to the Taj Mahal just yet.