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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1998
Page
23
A reader poll invites voting on new Seven Wonders choices beyond the Mediterranean era. Submit a personal pick with reasoning by November 30. The article also notes Polynesian settlers around 400 A.D. carved Moai faces from large rock blocks on a remote Pacific island.
Historians note early northern Chinese tribes built dirt walls that evolved into a grand perimeter by 220 B C and the emperor connected them with a permanent barrier. The Great Wall spans about 4000 miles as labor shaped its final form by the 1400s. In Peru, Inca terraces on Machu Picchu reveal fearless cliff farming rediscovered in 1911. Legend links a cathedral finished in 1561 to Russian tales.
A montage of world structures and monuments detailing Ivan the Terrible’s claimed blinding of engineers, St Basil’s landmark status, Shah Jahan’s Taj Mahal, Australian harbor sails, a costly and prolonged Taj build, Leaning Tower of Pisa faults, the Eiffel Tower’s Exposition height, Mount Rushmore sculpting, CN Tower heights and glass floor, Salisbury Plain stone alignments, and their enduring mystery.
The Pyramids are ancient tombs for Egyptian pharaohs and the only surviving wonder from the original list. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built around 600 B.C. by Nebuchadnezzar as a terraced garden for his wife. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, about 430 B.C., stood 40 feet tall and was clad in ivory and gold.
The Temple of Artemis built in 560 B.C. in Turkey covered 68 000 square feet. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus after 353 B.C. became the term mausoleum. The Colossus of Rhodes stood 120 feet tall and lasted 12 years after a siege. The Lighthouse of Alexandria from 280 B.C. lit by flames visible up to 30 miles.
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