Friday, May 09, 2003

I was kinda sleepy reading some materials for my project.. so i decided to browse about the 7 wonders of the world... Shockingly enough for me, there are quite a few lists! I thought there's only one universal list... Malu..malu... Check these: ( i got 'em from a website.. dunno if the site is well maintaimed or not.)

The Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages:
+ The Colosseum of Rome
+ The Catacombs of Alexandria
+ The Great Wall of China
+ Hagia Sophia of Constantinople
+ Stonehenge
+ The Leaning Tower of Pisa
+ The Porcelain Pagoda of Nanjing

The Seven Wonders of Today
(compiled in 1931 after the completion of the Empire State Building):

+ The Great Pyramids (Egypt)
+ Hagia Sophia (Turkey)
+ Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy)
+ Washington Monument (U.S.)
+ Eiffel Tower (France)
+ Taj Mahal (India)
+ Empire State Building (U.S.)

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:
+ The Pyramids of Giza
+ The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
+ The temple of Artemis at Ephesus
+ The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
+ The Pharos (lighthouse) of Alexandria
+ The statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece.
+ Colossus of Rhodes (statue of the sun god Helios)

Seven Natural Wonders of the World (Content varies from different sources):
+ The Grand Canyon (U.S.)
+ IguazĂș Falls (Argentina),
+ Yosemite Valley's Giant Sequoias (U.S.)
+ Mount Everest (Tibet/Nepal)
+ The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
+ The Nile River (Egypt)
+ The Aaurora Borealis (the northern lights)
+ Niagara Falls (U.S./Canada)
+ Rainbow Natural Bridge (U.S.)
+ The Petrified Forest (U.S.)
among others. (me:thats not 7!!)

Hmm.. what i would really,really like to see.... the aurora borealis.... Hmmmmm.... :)

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