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Ancient World
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Alternate Name |
Equivalent Modern Day Location |
| Town/City |
Country |
| The Great Pyramid of Giza |
Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) |
Giza (Cairo) |
Egypt |
| The Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
Hanging Gardens of Semiramis |
50 km south of Baghdad |
Iraq |
| The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus |
Temple of Diana at Ephesus |
Selcuk |
Turkey |
| The Statue of Zeus at Olympia |
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about 150 km west of Athens |
Greece |
| The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus |
The Mausoleum of Maussollos |
Bodrum |
Turkey |
| The Colossus of Rhodes |
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Rhodes |
Greece |
| The Lighthouse of Alexandria
| Pharos Lighthouse |
Alexandria |
Egypt |
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Natural World
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| Name |
Alternate Name |
Location |
| Grand Canyon |
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Arizona, USA |
| Great Barrier Reef |
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Northeastern coast of Australia |
| Harbor of Rio de Janeiro |
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Mount Everest |
Sagarmatha
Chomolungma |
Himalayan Mountains, Nepal |
| Parícutin volcano |
Volcán de Parícutin |
Michoacán, Mexico |
| Polar Aurora |
Aurora Polaris
Aurora Borealis
Northern Lights
Aurora |
Visible near the north pole |
| Victoria Falls |
Mosi-oa-Tunya |
Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe |
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Underwater Wonders
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| Name |
Alternate Name |
Location |
| Palau |
Belau |
Island nation in the Pacific Ocean |
| The Belize Barrier Reef |
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Belize, Central America |
| The Galapagos Islands |
Archipiélago de Colón
Islas Galápagos |
Part of Ecuador, Northwestern South America. |
| The Northern Red Sea |
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An inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia |
| Lake Baikal |
Ozero Baykal
Dalai-Nor |
Southern Siberia, Russia |
| The Great Barrier Reef |
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Northeastern coast of Australia |
| The Deep Sea Vents |
Deepwater seeps
Deep-sea springs
Hydro-thermal vents |
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Middle Ages (Medieval)
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| Name |
Alternate Name |
Location |
| Stonehenge |
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Wiltshire, UK |
| The Colosseum |
Flavian Amphitheatre |
Rome, Italy |
| The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa |
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Alexandria, Egypt |
| The Great Wall of China |
Chángchéng
Wànlǐ Chángchéng |
China |
| The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing |
Nánjīng Táotǎ
Bao'ensi
Temple of Gratitude |
Nanjing, China |
| The Hagia Sophia |
Church of the Holy Wisdom
Ayasofya Museum |
Istanbul, Turkey |
| The Leaning Tower of Pisa |
Torre pendente di Pisa
The Tower of Pisa (La Torre di Pisa) |
Pisa, Italy |
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Modern World
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Compiled by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), with help from experts around the world
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Alternate Name |
Location |
| The Empire State Building |
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New York, New York, USA |
| The Itaipú Dam |
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Paraná River, South America |
| The CN Tower |
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| The Panama Canal |
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Isthmus of Panama, Central America |
| The Channel Tunnel |
Le tunnel sous la Manche |
Strait of Dover, England.
Connecting Folkestone, Kent in England to Coquelles near Calais in northern France |
| The North Sea Protection Works |
Delta Works |
Zuider Zee, Netherlands |
| The Golden Gate Bridge |
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Golden Gate Strait, San Francisco, California, USA |
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New Proposed Wonders
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In early 2006 an initiative was started by Swiss organization New Open World Corporation (NOWC) to choose the New Seven Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments (ongoing). Twenty-one finalists were announced on January 1st 2006. The results will be announced on 7 July 2007.
In November 2006 the American national newspaper USA Today in conjunction with the American television show Good Morning America revealed a list of "New Seven Wonders" as chosen by six judges. The wonders were announced one per day over a week on Good Morning America. An "eighth wonder" was chosen on November 24 from viewer feedback.
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Alternate Name |
Location |
| 1 |
Potala Palace |
Bùdálā Gōng |
Lhasa, Tibet |
| 2 |
Old City of Jerusalem |
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Israel |
| 3 |
Polar ice caps |
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Polar regions |
| 4 |
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument |
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Hawaii, United States |
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Internet
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Mayan ruins |
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Yucatán Peninsula, Mesoamerica |
| 7 |
Great Migration of Serengeti and Masai Mara |
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Kenya and Tanzania, Africa |
| 8 |
Grand Canyon (viewer-chosen "eighth wonder") |
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Arizona, United States |
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Forgotten Natural Wonders of the World
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| Name |
Alternate Name |
Location |
| Angel Falls |
Kerepakupay Vená |
Gran Sabana, Venezuela |
| The Bay of Fundy |
Baie de Fundy |
Between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia |
| Iguaçú Falls |
Cataratas do Iguaçu
Cataratas del Iguazú |
On the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná (in the Southern Region) and the Argentine province of Misiones |
| Krakatoa Island |
Krakatau Island
Krakatao Island
Rakata Island |
In the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Mount Fuji |
Fuji-san |
Japan |
| Mount Kilimanjaro |
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze |
Tanzania, Africa |
| Niagara Falls |
Les Chutes du Niagara |
On the Eastern border between the United States and Canada |
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Forgotten Modern Wonders of the World
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Alternate Name |
Location |
| The Clock Tower (Big Ben) |
St. Stephen's Tower
The Tower of Big Ben |
London, England |
| Eiffel Tower |
La Tour Eiffel |
Paris, France |
| The Gateway Arch |
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial |
St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| The Aswan High Dam |
as-Sad al-'Aly |
Aswan, Egypt |
| Hoover Dam |
Boulder Dam |
On the border between Arizona and Nevada, USA |
| Mount Rushmore National Memorial |
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Keystone, South Dakota, USA |
| The Petronas Towers |
Petronas Twin Towers |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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Forgotten Wonders of Medieval Times
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Alternate Name |
Location |
| Abu Simbel Temple |
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Egypt |
| Angkor Wat |
Angkor Vat |
Angkor, Cambodia |
| Taj Mahal |
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Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Mont Saint-Michel |
Mount Saint Michael |
Normandy, France |
| The Moai Statues |
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Easter Island, (Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua), Chile |
| The Parthenon |
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Athens, Greece |
| The Shwedagon Pagoda |
Shwedagon Zedi Daw |
Yangon, Myanmar |
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The Forgotten Wonders
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| Name |
Alternate Name |
Location |
| The Aztec Temple |
Huey Teocalli |
Mexico |
| The Banaue Rice Terraces |
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Ifugao, Philippines |
| The Borobudur Temple |
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South of Magelang, Central Java |
| The Inca City of Machu Picchu |
Machu Piqchu |
Cuzco, Peru |
| The Statue of Liberty |
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Ellis Island, New York, USA |
| The Mayan Temples of Tikal |
Tik’al |
El Petén department, Guatemala |
| The Temple of the Inscriptions |
Palenque |
Chiapas, Mexico |
| The Throne Hall of Persepolis |
Takht-e Jamshid
Throne of Jamshid |
60 km northeast of Shiraz, Iran |
| Petra |
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Jordan |
| The Suez Canal |
Qanā al-Suways |
Egypt |
| The Sydney Opera House |
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| The Red Fort in India |
Lal Qila
Lal Quila
Lal Qil'ah |
Delhi, India |
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