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From: "Gordon Barlow" <>
Subject: [ABOUT WORDS] Seven Wonders of the World
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 09:28:00 -0700
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> 1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
> 2. Taj Mahal
> 3. Grand Canyon
> 4. Panama Canal
> 5. Empire State Building
> 6. St. Peter's Basilica
> 7. China's Great Wall
>
Well, I think one should exclude natural wonders from the list, as the
ancients did. Of the "original" Seven Wonders (i.e. the Wonders of the
Classical World), my Larousse marked me wrong on two. NOT the Sphinx or the
Parthenon, to my surprise, but a statue of Zeus at Olympia and the tomb at
Halicarnassus. Oh, and only one of the Pyramids, not all of them, but I
gave myself a mark for my answer anyway.

Of the above - if we're talking about an all-time list, I think #s 2, 5 & 6
are lucky to be there. As for a list of the Seven *Natural* Wonders, I will
start making a list immediately! The Pyramids and the Great Wall are
givens, I would think. The other five? Don't talk to me: I'm thinking...

Gordon

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