Eighth Wonder of the World

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Eighth Wonder of the World is a term sometimes used to describe things in comparison to the Seven Wonders of the World, the widely-known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity.

Contents 1 Things labeled as the Eighth Wonder of the World 1.1 Natural places 1.2 Pre-1900 creations 1.3 Post-1900 human creations 1.4 Pop culture 2 See also 3 References

[edit] Things labeled as the Eighth Wonder of the World

[edit] Natural places

• Grand Canyon, in Arizona, in the United States^[1]
• Milford Sound, New Zealand; called so by Rudyard Kipling^[2]
• Natural Tunnel, in Virginia, so dubbed by William Jennings Bryan^[3]
• Pink and White Terraces near Rotorua, New Zealand, before they were destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1886^[4]
• Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland^[5]
• Burney Falls in California; called so by Theodore Roosevelt.^[6]

[edit] Pre-1900 creations

• Great Wall of China, China^[7]
• The Taj Mahal, India ^[8][9]
• Stonehenge, United Kingdom^[10]
• Machu Picchu, Peru^[11]
• Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines^{[12][13][14][15][16]}
• The Terracotta Army of Xi'an, China^[17][18]
• Amber Room in the Catherine Palace near Saint Petersburg, Russia^[19]
• The monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain^[20]
• The Hagia Sophia: Eastern Orthodox Church built in Istanbul^[21]
• The rock-hewn churches at Lalibela, Ethiopia^[22] (Church of St. George, Lalibela)
• The stelae of Axum, Ethiopia^[23]
• Sigiriya, Sri Lanka^[24][25][26]
• Royal Palace in Amsterdam, The Netherlands^[27]
• Statue of Liberty,^[28] New York Harbor, United States (French artwork: created and constructed in France and given to the United States as gift from France)
• Angkor Wat, Cambodia^[29]
• The moai statues of Easter Island, Chile^[30]
• Chichen Itza: "El Castillo", also called Pyramid or Temple of Kukulcan, located in the Peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Post-1900 human creations

• Empire State Building, New York City^[31][32]
• Palm Islands of Dubai^[33]
• Panama Canal^[34]
• Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia;^[35] the story of its construction was recounted in the opera The Eighth Wonder
• Thames Barrier, London, England.^[36]
• Bahá'í terraces, on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.^[37]
• Three Gorges Dam^[38]
• Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas^[39]
• West Baden Springs Hotel^[40]

[edit] Pop culture

• King Kong was introduced as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" in the 1933 RKO Pictures movie of the same title^[41], as well as the 2005 remake of King Kong.
• André the Giant, a professional wrestler, was referred to as the 8th Wonder of the World by the World Wrestling Federation.^[42][43]
• Chyna, a professional wrestler,was billed as the ninth wonder of the world.
• Aishwarya Rai, Indian Actress and a former Miss World, labelled as eight wonder in the song Poovukkul in blockbuster Indian movie Jeans.[5]

[edit] See also

• Wonders of the World
• New Seven Wonders of the World

[edit] References