7, 8 or 14 Wonders of the World

So, yesterday, 07/07/07 (unfortunately not on 07:07), the “New 7 Wonders”, which could be voted for on the internet, have been published – not officially acknowledged by the Unesco, not undisputed, but… well, never mind. So we now have (or don’t have), besides the ancient wonders of the “world” – limited to the Mediterranean area and the Middle East, which was the world known in ancient Greece –, which are

1. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
2. Colossus of Rhodes
3. Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
4. Lighthouse of Alexandria
5. Great Pyramid of Giza
6. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
7. Statue of Zeus at Olympia

also (=> 14) – or only (=> 7)

1. Great Wall of China
2. Petra, Jordan
3. Christ the Redeemer statue, Brazil
4. Machu Picchu, Peru
5. Chichén Itzá, Mexico
6. Roman Colosseum, Italy
7. Taj Mahal, India

– including, by the way, just two of my seven votes, and the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany didn’t make it, “of course”, was apparently on the unrewarding 8th place – and, so Zahi Hawass doesn’t get mad, also (=>8) the honor candidate, the “eternal wonder”:

• Great Pyramid of Giza

the only ancient wonder that still stands.

Think of it what you want, ‘t is a nice thing, somehow, anyway…