Petra in Jordan

Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer

Peru’s Machu Picchu, the mountain settlement that symbolises the Incan empire

Mexico’s Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza

The Colosseum in Rome

Taj Mahal in India.

Great Pyramid of Giza-2650-2500 BC-Egyptians-Still standing

Hanging Gardens of Babylon-600 BC-Babylonians-After 1st century BC

Statue of Zeus at Olympia-435 BC-Greeks-5th-6th centuries AD

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus-550 BC-Lydians, Persians, Greeks-356 BC

Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus-351 BC-Persians, Greeks-by AD 1494

Colossus of Rhodes-292-280 BC-Greeks-224 BC

Lighthouse of Alexandria-3rd century BC-Hellenistic Egypt-AD 1303-1480

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In 2001 an initiative was started by Swiss corporation New Open World Corporation (NOWC) to choose the New Seven Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments for profit. Twenty-one finalists were announced January 1, 2006. Egypt was not happy with the fact that the only original wonder would have to compete with the likes of the Statue of Liberty, the Sydney Opera House, the Taj Mahal, and other landmarks; and called the project absurd. To solve this, Giza was named an honorary Candidate. The results were announced on July 7, 2007 and are:

Great Wall of China-China

Petra-Jordan

Christ the Redeemer (statue)-Brazil

Machu Picchu-Peru

Chichen Itza-Mexico

Colosseum-Italy

Taj Mahal-India

Great Pyramid (Honorary Candidate)-Egypt

1) that the media keeps running coverage of the blonde who shaved her head;

2) that Mike Gravel is even invited to debates;

3) that the destruction of the Gulf Coast remains to a sickening degree, unrepaired;

4) that the war keeps being funded;

5) that the heat didn’t bake every one of us to a crisp;

6) that packagers get away with “blister packs”, and

7) that more people don’t question chemtrails.

Chichen Itza (Mexico)

Petra in Jordan

Statue of Christ (Brazil)

The Great Wall (China)

Machu Picchu (Peru)

The Colosseum (Rome)

Honorary Wonder – Pyramid of Giza (Egypt)