Seen here is Bipasha at Lisbon at the annoucement of the new 7 wonders. She wore a Rocky S outfit.
And yes, Taj Mahal is one of the new 7 wonders:)
Bits and pieces have been posted before, but here's all of them in one package.The Seven Wonders of the...Ancient World: Colossus of Rhodes | Hanging Gardens of Babylon | Mausoleum of Halicarnassus | Pharos of Alexandria | Pyramids of Giza | Statue of Zeus | Temple of Artemis
Medieval World: Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa | Colosseum | Great Wall of China | Hagia Sophia | Leaning Tower of Pisa | Porcelain Tower of Nanjing | Stonehenge
Natural World: Grand Canyon | Great Barrier Reef | Harbor of Rio de Janeiro | Mount Everest | Northern Lights | ParicutÃn Volcano | Victoria Falls
Undersea World: Belize Barrier Reef | Deep-Sea Vents | Galapagos Islands | Great Barrier Reef | Lake Baikal | Northern Red Sea | Palau
Modern World: Channel Tunnel | CN Tower | Empire State Building | Golden Gate Bridge | Itaipu Dam | Delta Works | Panama Canal
And the New Seven Wonders: Great Wall of China | Potala Palace | Taj Mahal | Roman Colosseum | El Castillo | Moai | Leaning Tower of Pisa
Some duplicates in there, I know. But I'm a completist like that.
Most of the official Seven Wonders of the World have disappeared. Most people probably couldn’t even name them. Because of this, Bernard Weber, a Swiss-Canadian filmmaker and aviator decided that a new seven wonders list should be established for existing pieces of architecture. He created the site new7wonders.com to allow people to begin to vote on which pieces of architecture around the world are worthy of these top seven positions. Since then, 70 million votes have been cast narrowing the choices down to 21. This weekend, the winning list will be revealed on Saturday, July 7. So far, a shoo-in is the Taj Mahal because of a national campaign in India. The ranking of the top seven will be kept a secret. The contenders include:
Acropolis - Athens, Greece
Alhambra- Granada, Spain
Angkor -Cambodia
Chichen Itza -Yucatan, Mexico
Christ Redeemer - Rio de Janiero
Colossuem - Rome
Easter Island Statues -Chile
Eiffel Tower -Paris
Great Wall - China
Hagia Sophia- Istanbul
Kiyomizu Temple -Kyoto, Japan
Kremlin/St. Basil-Moscow
Machu Picchu -Peru
Neuschwanstein Castle- Germany
Petra - Jordan
Pyramids of Giza - Egypt
Statue of Liberty -New York
Stonehenge -England
Sydney Opera House -Australia
Taj Mahal -Agra, India
Timbuktu -Mali
The original Seven Wonders of the world were chosen by Antipater of Sidon who based his list on travelers such as Herodotus and Callimachus. They included:
The Great Pyramid of Giza - Cairo, Egypt
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - east bank of the River Euphrates, Baghdad, Iraq
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia- 150 km west of Athens, Olympia, Greece
The temple of Artemis at Ephesus- ancient Ephesus, Izmar, Turkey
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus- ancient Halicarnassus, Bodrum, Turkey
The Colossus of Rhodes -Rhodes, Greece
The Lighthouse of Alexandria - ancient Pharos, Alexandria, Egypt
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