What is your favorite of the New 7 Wonders of the World?
Giza Pyramid Complex (Cairo, Egypt):
Chichen Itza (Yucatán, Mexico):
Christ the Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil):
Colosseum (Rome, Italy):
Great Wall of China (China):
Machu Picchu (Cuzco, Perú):
Petra (Jordan):
Taj Mahal (Agra, India):
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Can you imagine how it would feel to stand there? I am sure I would feel small and insignificiant but also amazed and blessed.
Great question!
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M$It was ok, but it's rather... run-down.
Taj Mahal would be cool to see. Petra would be amazing.
But i think i'd like to go t Peru the most.
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I´d would like to visit Petra (Jordan).
I have visited the Giza Pyramid Complex(Cairo, Egypt) and the Colosseum (Rome, Italy).
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For me it would have to be the Coliseum as it is the only one I have visited, however I think if I ever make it to Machu Piccu that may change. the Coliseum is absolutely incredible as you sit in side of it and close your eyes you can almost imagine the gladiators fighting and you really feel like you are experiencing history.
Its a symbol of love, unique form of architecture.
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I hate to spoil the fun, but I think most of the "great wonders" are great monuments of human cruelty. The Giza Pyramid Complex did not only employ slaves to construct, it also buried slaves alive with the pharaoh and his queen. Chichen Itza was a center of human sacrifice (historically inaccurate) Apocalypto style. The Colosseum in Rome was the center of human and animal cruelty, as well as religious persecution, which was unmatched until the Spanish Inquisition. The Great Wall was built by slaves, a lot of them buried in the bricks.
The unmentioned are like the lesser evils. Sure, they were built mostly by slaves, but they did not become a factory of human suffering.
The cities of Petra and Machu Picchu are architectural and aesthetic wonders, but they are not tearjerking wonders. They lack the power of two of the greatest emotions that afflict humankind.
To many Catholics, Christ the Redeemer is the symbol of "God's Love," a reminder of "God Who is Love," "Unconditional Love" that is.
But this "wonder" is the biggest of all failures. The film City of God tells why. Not far from the gigantic statue lies one of the scariest neighborhoods on earth. This is the fall of most organized religions, not just of Catholicism.
Why can't religions improve and build schools and hospitals, and not build more temples and megachurches that rival the greatest palaces ever built?
In Roman Catholic theology, Jesus Christ summed up the Ten Commandments, "Love one another as I have loved you." In a twist of fate, this commandment makes the Christ the Redeemer overshadowing the City of God the monument of the *great* wonder of religious hypocrisy.
There is one rival to religion in terms of possessing the human brain, and the Taj Mahal is its testament. Maybe slaves were used a lot in its construction too, but I've read that the best craftspeople from faraway countries were hired. But that's not why I'm choosing the real Taj. I'm choosing Taj Mahal, because the guy that ordered it built fell in love with one woman, when he could have built the largest harem in the world.
And I thought I would mention something. This is probably my concoction, but I would like invite researchers who stumble upon this page to verify it:
The word "Mahalo" can probably trace its etymology to the word "Mahal." Mahal was an Indo-Aryan word that meant something like "palace." Persian warriors brought the word to India. Indian traders and Arab missionaries brought it to Southeast Asia. It's interesting how words jump from one language to another. Mahal means "love," "dear," or "expensive" in the Philippines. (The Philippine word for "thank you" is "salamat" and possibly derived from the Arabic "Salaam." Of course, mahalo means "thank you" or "regards" in Hawaiian.) Anyway, the Hawaiian language is a closely related to Philippine languages, so there might be a connection between the Taj Mahal and Mahalo.
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I'd have to go with these as well. I don't care what anyone tells me. It's simply not possible for those to have been built with the brute strength of slaves, no matter the numbers. It's just not possible. Some kind of tech was used that was destroyed or simply forgotten. There was someone in Florida who used similar tech to build a castle once but I can't remember who that was :(
Ah, very cool, thanks for the links.
Oh I totally agree. The article I referenced in my post gives some good reasons why external ramps were just not feasible, so there had to be some other methods used that we just don't have evidence for yet.