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Question: Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is your favorite?
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Great Pyramid of Giza		  
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon		  
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Temple of Artemis at Ephesus		  
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Statue of Zeus at Olympia		  
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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus		  
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Colossus of Rhodes		  
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Lighthouse of Alexandria		  
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« on: July 21, 2014, 09:09:34 PM »
Great Pyramid -

Hanging Gardens -

Temple of Artemis -

Statue of Zeus -

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus -

Colossus of Rhodes -

Lighthouse of Alexandria -
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« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2014, 10:15:01 PM »
The Mausoleum is absolutely gorgeous.
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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2014, 10:30:16 PM »
It has to be the Colossus of Rhodes, I always liked the fact that it was built just to spite Demetrius Poliocetes after he failed to take the island.
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2014, 11:44:47 PM »
Hanging Gardens, if they were real.
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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2014, 04:14:40 AM »
Hanging Gardens, without a doubt.
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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2014, 05:33:35 AM »
Hanging Gardens.
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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2014, 06:09:05 AM »
Colossus of Rhodes. But a shout out goes to the Great Pyramid; simply because it is still there.
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« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2014, 11:01:33 AM »
The Colossus, second vote going to the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2014, 11:17:39 AM »
Hanging Gardens. 
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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2014, 02:07:18 PM »
The Lighthouse of Alexendria.
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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2014, 02:10:24 PM »
Hanging Gardens
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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2014, 07:59:34 PM »
The great lighthouse.  Not only is it a fantastical feat of engineering, but it was also a useful, practical structure that served more than the whims of autocrats or mysteries of religion. 
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« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2014, 08:49:00 PM »
Either the Hanging Gardens or the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
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« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2014, 09:25:05 PM »
The Pyramids were originally white, with a gold cap:
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« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2014, 07:43:09 AM »
Greenscaping ftw
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« Reply #15 on: July 24, 2014, 12:41:32 PM »
Write-in: The Ishtar Gate.  Impressive and functional.  Shame the lighthouse knocked it off the list.
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« Reply #16 on: July 24, 2014, 01:05:47 PM »
The pyramids have the biggest early effect in Civ 5 so i went with them.
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« Reply #17 on: July 24, 2014, 01:33:42 PM »
As a good Greek boy, all of the Greek ones Cheesy
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