New Seven Wonders Quiz

Peru - a 'city in the clouds' built around 1440 by the founder of the Inca Empire

• Machu Picchu

• The Taj Mahal

• The Colosseum

• Valletta

India - built on the orders of Shah Jahan, the fifth Muslim Mogul emperor, to honor the memory of his wife

• The Great Pyramid

• The Taj Mahal

• The Great Wall

• Iċ-Ċittadella

Italy - great amphitheater in the center of Rome

• Colosseum
• Pantheon
• Roman Forum
• Machu Picchu

Honorary candidate - the oldest and only Ancient Wonder still standing

• Colossus of Rhodes
• Hanging Gardens of Babylon
• Statue of Zeus at Olympia
• Great Pyramid of Giza

Brazil - stands 38 meters tall on top of the Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro

• The Eiffel Tower

• The Colosseum

• The Great Pyramid

• Christ the Redeemer statue

Mexico - the last and greatest of all Mayan temples

• Chichen Itza

• Temple of the Warriors
• Mdina Cathedral

• Temple of the Inscriptions

Jordan - the glittering capital of the Nabataean empire of King Aretas IV

• Mosta

• Chichen Itza

• Aqaba
• Petra

China - built to link existing fortifications into a united defense system and better keep invading Mongol tribes out of China

• The Great Wall

• Forbidden City
• Birgu bastions

• The Taj Mahal