The eleven ancient wonders of the world

[Strider]

On one of my many trips into the realm of literature, I discovered a piece over the eleven wonders of the ancient world. Now, as I've always heard of seven... this caught my notice. Taking a look at the list... the first seven were the usuals:

Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse of Alexandria

Now, what caught my attention were the next 4 (which my explain the number eleven.. go figure). Anyway, they were the following:

Abu Simbel Temple in Egypt
Moai Statues at Rapa Nui
Borobudor Temple at Indonesia
Throne Hall of Persepolis at Iran

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Anyway, shortening this up. Anyone think these last four "Wonders" belong on the list?

 

[Masquerouge]

Mmmppph. I'd say they don't belong to the 7 wonders of the world list
More seriously, they are not on the list made by that Greek historian whose name I am just forgetting right now how embarassing.

 

[Elrohir]

Well the Moai statues weren't made until about 1000 AD, so I wouldn't consider them ancient. Old, yes, but not ancient as in the ancient world we're talking about.

And anyway, this was a compiled list by some Greek, he wouldn't have known about most of these; especially the Moai statues and Borobudor temple.

 

[Strider]

Mmmppph. I'd say they don't belong to the 7 wonders of the world list
More seriously, they are not on the list made by that Greek historian whose name I am just forgetting right now how embarassing.

Two of these four weren't rediscovered untill the late 1800s (one being buried by dust, the other by volcanic ash). The other is located on a remote island off the coast of chile, and the fourth was destroyed by Alexander the Great.

 

[I am the Future]

then why not add
chiken Itza,
pyramid of the Sun,
GReat Wall,
etc.
Their are SEVEn no more no less

 

[Birdjaguar]

Modern revisionism by those obsessed by political correctness.

 

[Jawz II]

since the guy that greek historian guy compiled his list was greek, most of the stuff on the list are from greece, sure

but half the stuff on his top 7 wonders list, i havent even heard about, im not a history buff...

if you ask me the great wall of china should be in that list, that and those 3 egyptian pyramids, and the rest of the stuff shouldnt

there you go, thats my top 2 list

1.great wall of china
2.pyramids in egypt

the rest of it didnt sound too wonderfull

 

[Reno]

I will never accept that there were more wonders of the Ancient world then the most common seven.

And this should be in World History.

 

[Pasi Nurminen]

Angkor Wat?
Great Wall?
Forbidden Palace?

And so forth...

 

[Nobody]

i heard the pink and white terraces from new were

 

[h4ppy]

Rapa Nui

Don't use that culturally correct naming stuff. It is and always will be called Easter Island.

 

[classical_hero]

What about the Temple in Jerusalem, that was a specatular building?

 

[silver 2039]

Does Hampi count or is it no ancient enough?

 

[A'AbarachAmadan]

While these aren't all ancient, here is a list of 13 of them, though the name would imply 7.

http://www.sevenwondersworld.com/wonders_of_world_great_wall_of_china.html

 

[h4ppy]

Wait, why do they list the leaning tower? Its not a wonder, its a accident that is doomed to eventual collapse. (Not sure I agree with the Eiffel Tower either, but atleast its claim to fame wasn't being messed up)

 

[mitsho]

The Artemis temple in Ephesos is fun. I've been there and the place is actually nothing more than a lawn on which they rebuilt a sole pillar...

mitsho

EDIT: Some may be interested in this page:Vote on the 7 new wonders ofthe world!

 

[A'AbarachAmadan]

Here's an even longer list of 'wonders' to visit. Don't know who makes these lists, but it would be cool to visit all 57 of these. The person who compiled this has definately done some traveling. Guess I need to wait till I retire, I'm only at 18 of the ones on his list. Great Wall Marathon next May should yield one more.

http://www.raphaelk.co.uk/main/worldwonders.htm

 

[The Yankee]

Don't see a reason to rename or relist the Wonders of the Ancient World. It is what it is, we know them as such. It doesn't diminish anything from the other impressive structures found elsewhere at the same or different ages.

 

[Dann]

Aw, just keep piling them on. That way, everyone's happy.

"The 57 Wonders of the World". Sounds good to me. It's already the way I've modded my Civ game anyway. And in my game they're culture-specific and culture-restricted too.

 

[farting bob]

Bah, there are 7 ancient wonders. thats what everyone knows, adding other impotant and spectacular things to the list may please some, but its pointless.
Also, i would consier 'ancient' to be made in BC. Something made 1000 years ago isnt ancient yet, its just 'really old'.