Professional and Obsessional: Academic Arcana

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Oct 17, 2006, 10:33:56 AM10/17/06
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A thread for discussions about specialized academic subjects, such as,
but not at all limited to, genetics and medicine, archaeology and
history, astronomy, physics, psychiatric research, higher education,
artificial intelligence, law in foreign countries...

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Oct 17, 2006, 6:13:00 PM10/17/06
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Reuters reports that only one of the ancient wonders of the world still
survives: the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo. People around the world are
being invited to choose a new list of seven.

The 21 finalists for the New Seven Wonders of the World are:

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Alhambra, Granada, Spain

Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia

Chichen Itza Aztec site, Yucatan, Mexico

Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Colosseum, Rome

Easter Island Statues, Chile

Eiffel Tower, Paris

Great Wall, China

Hagia Sophia church, Istanbul, Turkey

Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan

Kremlin/St.Basil's, Moscow

Machu Picchu, Peru

Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany

Petra ancient city, Jordan

Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

Statue of Liberty, New York

Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom

Sydney Opera House, Australia

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Timbuktu city, Mali


[What, no Lalibela, Ethiopia?]

Vote online at hyperlink{www.new7wonders.com}!

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