The New Seven Wonders of the World

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http://www.civfanatics.com/images/misc/new7wonders2.jpg[/img]The New7Wonders organization today announced the New Seven Wonders of the World to represent global heritage throughout history, based on the results of a global poll in which about 100 million votes were casted over the Internet and by cell phone text messages.

The modern-day seven Wonders of the World are (in alphabetical order):

• Chichén Itzá, Mexico

• Christ Redeemer, Brazil
• The Great Wall, China
• Machu Picchu, Peru
• Petra, Jordan
• The Roman Colloseum, Italy
• The Taj Mahal, India

These seven beat out 14 other nominated landmarks:

• The Acropolis, Greece
• Alhambra, Spain
• Angkor, Cambodia
• Statues of Easter Island, Chile
• Eiffel Tower, France
• Hagia Sophia, Turkey
• Kiyomizu Temple, Japan
• Kremlin/St. Basil, Russia
• Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
• Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
• Statue of Liberty, USA
• Stonehenge, United Kingdom
• Sydney Opera House, Australia
• Timbuktu, Mali

The Great Pyramids of Giza, the only surviving structures from the original seven wonders of the ancient world, retained their status in addition to the new seven.

All the landmarks above are linked to their Wikipedia entry, so you can learn more about them if you want.

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