# NEW Seven Wonders of the World Unveiled Today - 07/07/07 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 7, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847 "2007-07-07T13:45:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/1 "2007-07-07T13:45:17Z")
With the past ([New Seven Wonders of the World from Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders_of_the_World)), the present ([07/07/07](http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5/java)) and the future ([our planet from the Live Earth concert](http://www.liveearth.org/)) what does it mean to you. I haven’t felt this excited since 12/31/99. There are definitely going to be a lot of proposals made today in front of the new seven wonders of the world. It’s a global celebration! Here are my choices for the New Seven Wonders of the World: 1. Pyramids of Giza 2. Acropolis of Athens 3. Statue of Liberty 4. Colosseum 5. Angkor Wat 6. Great Wall 7. Taj Mahal ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/2 "2007-07-07T14:07:14Z")
Just think I’ll chip in here about my thread that sank almost without trace. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=425164&highlight=eddystone](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=425164&highlight=eddystone) I don’t really think that the Statue of Liberty should make it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/3 "2007-07-07T14:30:50Z")
[QUOTE=casdave] I don’t really think that the Statue of Liberty should make it at all. [/QUOTE] I agree. The Statue has grace, form and huge resonance but it’s not so much of a wonder - perhaps the Empire State or Chrysler buildings in New York should be included as examples of beautiful new engineering? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/4 "2007-07-07T14:36:46Z")
Certainly The Great Pyramid and Angkor Wat should be there, and pick some really ancient standing stones… ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/5 "2007-07-07T14:45:56Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] Certainly The Great Pyramid and Angkor Wat should be there, and pick some really ancient standing stones.. [/QUOTE] like… oh… Stonehenge? AND Easter Island! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/6 "2007-07-07T15:28:19Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] like… oh… Stonehenge? AND Easter Island! [/QUOTE] Not necessarily, there are old stones all over the place. The Easter Island statues are not a bad shout though. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/7 "2007-07-07T16:06:00Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] Not necessarily, there are old stones all over the place. The Easter Island statues are not a bad shout though. [/QUOTE] Stonehenge and the EI statues are the only standing stone structures on the list of nominees. I am surprised by the omission of the Nazca lines. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/8 "2007-07-07T16:20:23Z")
What about Macchu Pichu? And what happened to the Vale of Kashmir? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/9 "2007-07-07T16:50:04Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] I am surprised by the omission of the Nazca lines. [/QUOTE] Oh very good one! One of the great why-on-earth-what? Huh! places. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/10 "2007-07-07T23:59:02Z")
[And we have our winners!](http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=633) The only Big Stone is from the 20th century. ---
**Author:** ![Aioua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Aioua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aioua)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/11 "2007-07-08T00:07:17Z")
[QUOTE=Annie] [And we have our winners!](http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=633) The only Big Stone is from the 20th century. [/QUOTE] Christ Redeemer gets in and the _freaking pyramids_ don’t? I refuse to acknowledge this list. Oh wait… they were a candidate… but you couldn’t vote for them. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/12 "2007-07-08T00:35:44Z")
The statue was my only \*uhhh? \* ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/13 "2007-07-08T09:07:33Z")
[QUOTE=Annie] The statue was my only \*uhhh? \* [/QUOTE] Ditto. I even clicked on the picture to see if maybe it was a lot taller than I thought. Nope, 38 meters. It’s clearly not serious wonder material. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/14 "2007-07-08T09:20:38Z")
Mt. Rushmore is better than that statue. I pfft in their general direction. Pfft! ---
**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/15 "2007-07-08T09:49:52Z")
I’m sad that Petra didn’t make the cut, but I’m very pleased about Angkor Wat. Maybe that’ll make the government there sit up and preserve the place. (ETA) Whoops, I only read the OP and not the actual list. Where can I put my face? ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/16 "2007-07-08T10:50:55Z")
I just don’t get the attributes connected to each wonder. The whole concept seems lame (and putting “joy” with the Coliseum seems a bit perverse – _whose_ joy?) ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/17 "2007-07-08T13:09:36Z")
Maybe it’s just the geek in me, but any any list of the Wonders of the World would have to have to include the Millau Bridge [pic](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Millau_viaduc.jpg) [pic](http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2004/12/15/mn_francebridge_mil10.jpg) [pic](http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2004/12/15/mn_francebridge_mil10-1.jpg) Oh, and another little European construction by a Brit [(Though it’s harder to photograph)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/18 "2007-07-08T17:44:20Z")
Yeah, Christ Redeemer shouldn’t be there. If the Pyramids aren’t in it, it’s not legit. It’s that simple. I do like the inclusion of Petra, though. Very “Last Crusade”. You have chosen…poorly. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/19 "2007-07-08T18:11:52Z")
Any list of Great Wonders that doesn’t **begin** with the Great Pyramid is pretty looped. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847/20 "2007-07-08T18:43:26Z")
Yeah, where’s the Internet, and the Manhattan Project, and the United Nations? And the Space Elevator and Cure for Cancer, for that matter. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-unveiled-today-07-07-07/410847.md?page=2)