In 2007, more than 100 million people worldwide voted in a poll to determine the “New Seven Wonders of the World.” The Roman Colosseum, the Great Wall of China and five other famous sites made the list, pushing out the likes of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Colossus of Rhodes, which was easy to do considering only one of the original seven wonders (the Great Pyramid of Giza) still stands today.
Some of these new seven wonders (Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu) were formerly unofficially known as “Eighth Wonders of the World” before making the top seven. The world is a vast place, and plenty of natural and man-made wonders didn’t make the cut … but that puts them in the running for the best eighth wonder in the world.
