The 8th Wonder of the Ancient World

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by Az
considering the fact that they most likely were two small villages in the desert where people really enjoyed buggering each other, I harldy think that they are candidates...

No, they were medium-sized cities. Hotels, casinos and whorehouses, they had it all. God wanted a cut on the profits, but they refused. And saying no to God isn't a good idea

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Meh. Purists go for Avebury. It's a lot bigger and was actually built by the megalithic culture, whereas Stonehenge in its last incarnation appears to have been a Beaker-culture copycat.

Fair enough. It's a shame Avebury was so extensively vandalised.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

One of the Avebury vandals was, of course, found 600 years later. Underneath the stone he was pulling over.


Ah....hubris.

[Dry]

The Karnak/Luxor temple complex. Well, maybe a little too 'complex', or should I say messy, so...
Abu Simbel or temple of Isis, are other good candidates.

[molly bloom]

Carnac, the megalithic complexes of Malta, Herod's harbour in Caesarea, the palace of Persepolis...

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

The Maltese ones are hugely impressive. I'll see if I can pull up a decent link.

[molly bloom]

This is the main complex on Gozo:

http://web.infinito.it/utenti/m/malta_mega_temples/ggant/ggant.html

Herod's Caesarea:

"Herod spared nothing in his elaborate designs for the port facilities -- a major engineering feat at the time -- as well as for the city, which included palaces, temples, a theatre, a marketplace, a hippodrome, and water and sewage systems. When it was completed 12 years later, only Jerusalem outshone the splendor of Caesarea. Its population under Herod grew to around l00,000, larger than that of Jerusalem; the city was spread over some 164 acres."

Caroline Haberfeld: 'Fodor's Israel' p. 199

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vie/Caesarea.html

This site was insignificant until Herod the Great began to develop it into a magnificent harbor befitting his kingdom. The harbor was built using materials that would allow the concrete to harden underwater. The three-acre harbor would accommodate 300 ships, much larger than the modern harbor existing today.

http://www.bibleplaces.com/caesarea.htm

Carnac:

While stone rows are known elsewhere, such as the Merrivale stone rows in Dartmoor, England, they just aren't on the stupendous scale seen at Carnac. The area is also surrounded by a wealth of menhirs, dolmens, passage graves, making the town well worth a visit if you're interested in megalithic sites.

http://www.megalithia.com/brittany/carnac/

Persepolis:

... the overwhelming impression made by Persepolis and Susa is one of grandeur and, above all, space.

The grand columned audience hall is the archetypal feature of Achemenid architecture, and was intended to overwhelm visiting satraps and clients. Cast steles from Persepolis depict subject nations bringing gifts from satrapies as far apart as Lydia (western Turkey) and India to honour the 'king of kings'. Here the mood appears calm and formalised; the stark realities of Achaemenid power can be better seen in the glazed brick soldiers from Susa and the door reliefs of soldiers from Persepolis.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PAL/is_525_162/ai_n15880606

[Heresson]

Petra and Persepolis are good ideas. Perhaps Nemrud Dag as well?

[Hueij]

I think the pyramid complex of Djoser counts as a Wonder. The first buildings in history build completely out of stone and prototype of all other Egyptian pyramids. Designed by no other than Imhotep who was considered to be the same as Esculapius by the Greeks, some 2000 years later.

[Drake Tungsten]

Imhotep

Rick O'Connell

Evie

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

Rick O'Connell

Evie

Who he? Who she?

[Drake Tungsten]

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Topically enough, here's a vote on the subject-

http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=633

[PLATO]

Originally posted by Will9
The first Temple of Solomen.

[One_more_turn]

Great Wall, even though made of earthworks, easily trumped Hadrian Wall due its shear size. 10000 miles vs a few hundred miles, there is really no contest here.

I think the Egyptians have a whole slew of impressive buildings that would qualify as the 8th wonder.

Qin Shi-huang's burial complex, including the unopened mausoleum and the terra-cotta army, qualifies as another candidate.