I Must Be One Of The Wonders Of God's Own Creation

I've had a trial subscription for ten weeks of the Sunday paper. It's almost done, and today is the first time I am actually sitting down with a cup of coffee and the paper in hand on a Sunday morning. (And what do I do? I read one article, put the paper down, and start to blog. Silly geek.)

There's a competition to select a new set of Seven Wonders of the World:

The Egyptian pyramids are the only surviving structures from the original list of seven architectural marvels. Long gone are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos lighthouse off Alexandria. Those seven were deemed wonders in ancient times by observers of the Mediterranean and Middle East.

Candidates for the new list have been narrowed down to 21, including the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Taj Mahal and Machu Picchu. The public can vote until July 6, 2007, by Internet or phone. The seven winners will be announced July 7 in Lisbon, Portugal.

You can vote online, at the New Seven Wonders web site, or by phone. I think my votes would go to:

• the Pyramids of Giza
• the Hagia Sophia
• the temples at Angkor
• the Great Wall of China
• Petra
• Stonehenge
• the Taj Mahal

But I'll think about it a little more. Who would you vote for? (Here's a list of the 21 finalists.)

Comments

[Joel Sax]

I voted for Chitzen Itza (would have preferred the pyramids at Tenohuachitlan), the Easter Island Statues, the Great Wall, the Statue of Liberty, the Taj Mahal, Timbuktu, and the Pyramids at Giza.

If you or I had been on the list, I would have voted for us.

[Elkit]

I'm glad not to be a tourist attraction. ;-)

[Joel]

Perhaps you'd prefer to be a spa? ;)

[elke]

Related note: nominations for seven garbage wonders of the world