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The Seven Wonders of the World has officially undergone revision.
Not a bad list, really. For movie fans, it's a real treat to see the Treasury at Petra make the list (famously introduced to the world by one Dr. Indiana Jones.)
The list does, however, smack of an anti-continental bias in favor of Latin America. Being Christian myself, I'm pleased that Christ the Redeemer made it into the list, but is ANYBODY convinced that a fairly tall statue on a mountaintop is any match for Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza?
All Glory and Honor to God... but it's really not.
And the Christ statue's been around for a little over 150 years. The Great Pyramid has been around for FOUR-THOUSAND YEARS, and will likely still stand long after the Christ statue falls from the heights of Corcovado (it's simple logistics...) I'd be inclined to even rate the comparatively-diminuitive Sphinx as more deserving of a spot: it should have 'nosed' out the others.
Sorry.
Any list of the world's greatest wonders that neglects Ancient Egypt is not quite right in the head... Eh, I should be pleased the the world-media is actually showing something of a PRO-Christian bias in the news for once in their current lifetime.
