Alexa

Do you remember the seven wonders of the Ancient World ? Greek adored to compile lists of the fabulous contructions of their world. They didn't agree at the beginning, so more than one list was made. Antipater of Sidon and Philon of Byzantium drew up two of the most well-known lists. The final item was added around the 6th century A.D., the Lighthouse at Alexandria.

On the list we have: the great pyramid of Egypt, the hanging gardens of Babylon, the statue of Zeus at Olimpia, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse at Alexandria.

You have to agree the ancient world had more than seven wonders, but greeks were interested only in their wonders.

Let's go back in time and add wonders from the other corners of the world like the great wall of China and Stonehenge. Do you know others ?

What about the wonders nowadays ? What contruction should be considered as a wonder of our world ?

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Princess Ivy

how about the eiffel tower? the leaning tower of pissathe ruins in ethiopia. will have to think about it just a wee bit more, ah, also the mountians carved to look like the american presidents. will think...

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Alexa

good choices :smilie:

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Stalker

Taj Mahal and Sydney Opera
St. Basil's in Moscow and Toronto Tower
Great Wall in China and Colosseum in Rome?
Al Kaaba in Mekka and the tunnel under English Channel (the miracle of modern ingeneering)/
Why not?

Alexa

Why Sidney opera ?

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Stalker

Because it's really the wonder of ingeneering and design, don't you find so?

Alexa

Wow, interesting design indeed !

All right, we'll add it to the list and decide later.

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Quokka

Abu Simbel in Eqypt, amazing engineering to build it over 3000 years ago and an impressive example of modern engineering to move the whole thing 40 years ago.

Stalker

Yes, I agree.

Princess Ivy

i'll go with those.
just a qualifier, what counts as as modern?

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