# Which of the Seven Ancient Wonders would you like to see restored? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575 "2017-09-05T18:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/41 "2017-09-06T22:49:57Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > This. It was certainly by far and away the leading choice in that other thread. > > Can we bundle the Lighthouse and the Library together and get a package deal on them? Hey, they were in the same neighborhood! In all honesty, I did not see that other thread. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/42 "2017-09-06T23:55:08Z")
The Colossus. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch… ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/43 "2017-09-07T00:29:59Z")
Colossus of Rhodes ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/44 "2017-09-07T01:32:35Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > I thought some archaeologist figured out the Hanging Gardens, starting with the fact that they weren’t in Babylon nor built by King Nebuchadnezzar but in Nineveh built by King Sennacherib. :smack: Still in Iraq, though, so not going to be a major tourist site either way. ☹ > > [Googles.] [This is her.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Dalley) [And here’s the television documentary on her theory and research, including going to Iraq.](http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/the-lost-gardens-of-babylon-about-this-episode/1165/) Seems pretty convincing to me, admittedly a layman as to archaeology. > > There’s only the barest remains at the site, though, so it would still be cool to have the Hanging Gardens restored. Just not necessary (IMHO) for learning more or less what they looked like. You can watch that episode of _Secrets of the Dead_ tonight on PBS. ---
**Author:** ![TYphoonSignal8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/45 "2017-09-07T02:56:36Z")
The Lighthouse. It actually wasn’t destroyed all that long ago, comparatively speaking. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/46 "2017-09-07T08:43:18Z")
Since this is a poll, why didn’t you just create the thread as a poll? ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/47 "2017-09-07T13:55:14Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Didn’t I read somewhere recently that the Colossus of Rhodes may never have been built? It was planned but wasn’t completed, or something. Maybe you are thinking of [Leonardo’s horse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%27s_horse)? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/48 "2017-09-07T23:28:26Z")
I honestly don’t know what I was thinking of. Maybe it was a dream I had. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/49 "2017-09-08T00:38:00Z")
Sleepy. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/50 "2017-09-08T16:11:01Z")
Another vote for the Colossus. ---
**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/51 "2017-09-10T14:06:03Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’d trade them all for the Library at Alexandria. This. _sigh_ But since we don’t have copies of everything that was in there… _makes strangling gestures towards the louts who burnt it down_ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/52 "2017-09-10T19:03:20Z")
> [@DZedNConfused](#): > > This. _sigh_ But since we don’t have copies of everything that was in there… _makes strangling gestures towards the louts who burnt it down_ Maybe no one. I mean the Romans started a large fire twice, but also looted the library. Most of it went up in 48BC by the Romans. Theodosius destroyed a pagan temple that was once a part of the Library, but it does not appear there were any books there. The Caliph Omar did finish off the Library’s collect in 642 AD or so, but there’s doesnt seem to have been a lot left. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/53 "2017-09-10T20:44:55Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’d trade them all for the Library at Alexandria. Opened in 2002: [Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina) > **[Home - Bibliotheca Alexandrina](http://www.bibalex.org/en/default)** ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/54 "2017-09-11T16:45:50Z")
Full PBS episode [The Lost Gardens of Babylon.](http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/the-lost-gardens-of-babylon-watch-the-full-episode/1203/?button=fullepisode) This turns my crank much more than some shoreline statue. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swedish\_Viking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9f8e36/32.png) [@The\_Swedish\_Viking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swedish_Viking)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/55 "2017-09-11T23:01:11Z")
I have been to all the seven places but only the pyramids in Giza, Luxor is still available. The wonder I would like to see restored is The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Iraq). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/56 "2017-09-12T02:14:27Z")
What if it’s that the Hanging Gardens, for all their splendor, were only amazing for the time? That they were not even as nice as the Gardens of Bellagio in Las Vegas? Or the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix? Still, Gardens or Colossus get my vote. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/57 "2017-09-12T05:32:53Z")
The Hanging Gardens, no contest. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/58 "2017-09-12T16:06:32Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > What if it’s that the Hanging Gardens, for all their splendor, were only amazing for the time? That they were not even as nice as the Gardens of Bellagio in Las Vegas? Or the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix? > > Still, Gardens or Colossus get my vote. You are likely correct. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/59 "2017-09-13T00:10:16Z")
The Lighthouse of Alexandria. I like lighthouses. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575/60 "2017-09-16T19:30:09Z")
My two favorites would be either the Colossus of Rhodes, or the Lighthouse of Alexandria.The problem is you put them up and in a mere millennium or so an earthquake topples them. Nothing’s built to last these days… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-seven-ancient-wonders-would-you-like-to-see-restored/795575.md?page=4)