Cambodia's Angkor Wat
Cambodia’s Angkor Wat
For several decades, certain man-made structures have been overlooked and unrecognized. Beautiful and amazing masterpieces like Stonehenge, the Eiffel Tower, and the Angkor Wat have been missing a sense of acknowledgement. Humankind’s architectural accomplishments have been given to the ancient wonders of the world. This list was decided about 2,200 years ago. During those centuries, six of the seven wonders have been destroyed or may have never even existed. The Egyptian pyramids are the only survivors from the original list of the ancient wonders. Candidates for a new list of world wonders have been drawn up in a global competition, “with more than 20 million people voting.” (Engeler and Higgins E3) People could vote for their favorite artifact, meanwhile; bringing countries and their cultures together. This campaign was started in 1999 by Bernard Weber, a Swiss adventurer who wanted to broaden cultural awareness all over the world. “Weber ‘felt it [was] time for something new to bring the world together’ and to ‘symbolize a common pride in the global cultural heritage’” (Viering qtd. in Engeler and Higgins E3). Money raised by Weber’s Switzerland-based foundation and other donations will help perserve the atifacts for future generations, otherwise; they will end up like the last world wonders. Mexico’s Chichen Itza, India’s Taj Mahal, Jordan’s Petra, Brazil’s Christ Redeemer, Rome’s Colosseum, the Great Wall of China, and Peru’s Machu Picchu were chosen as the new seven wonders of the world from a global poll (“New” A7). These new seven world wonders hold a great deal of history and culture in each one. The Angkor Wat should have definitely made the final list, but was cut with 14 other nominated landmarks.
Cambodia’s Angkor Wat holds a great deal of historical, cultural, and architectual significance and should have won a place on the new list of world wonders. The Angkor Wat, “[r]egarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer
For several decades, certain man-made structures have been overlooked and unrecognized. Beautiful and amazing masterpieces like Stonehenge, the Eiffel Tower, and the Angkor Wat have been missing a sense of acknowledgement. Humankind’s architectural accomplishments have been given to the ancient wonders of the world. This list was decided about 2,200 years ago. During those centuries, six of the seven wonders have been destroyed or may have never even existed. The Egyptian pyramids are the only survivors from the original list of the ancient wonders. Candidates for a new list of world wonders have been drawn up in a global competition, “with more than 20 million people voting.” (Engeler and Higgins E3) People could vote for their favorite artifact, meanwhile; bringing countries and their cultures together. This campaign was started in 1999 by Bernard Weber, a Swiss adventurer who wanted to broaden cultural awareness all over the world. “Weber ‘felt it [was] time for something new to bring the world together’ and to ‘symbolize a common pride in the global cultural heritage’” (Viering qtd. in Engeler and Higgins E3). Money raised by Weber’s Switzerland-based foundation and other donations will help perserve the atifacts for future generations, otherwise; they will end up like the last world wonders. Mexico’s Chichen Itza, India’s Taj Mahal, Jordan’s Petra, Brazil’s Christ Redeemer, Rome’s Colosseum, the Great Wall of China, and Peru’s Machu Picchu were chosen as the new seven wonders of the world from a global poll (“New” A7). These new seven world wonders hold a great deal of history and culture in each one. The Angkor Wat should have definitely made the final list, but was cut with 14 other nominated landmarks.
Cambodia’s Angkor Wat holds a great deal of historical, cultural, and architectual significance and should have won a place on the new list of world wonders. The Angkor Wat, “[r]egarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer
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