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10 Must-See History-Making Sights

forbes.com — Spanning five continents, the following are 10 must-see monuments. Heralded for their architectural or historical significance, such sites, says Lisa Ackerman of the World Monuments Fund, are "examples of where civilization has left its mark."

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psrinivas, on 03/26/2008, -6/+086 diggs and no comments! This must be a record.
- rprakash, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1And you ruined it!
RetepNamenots, on 03/26/2008, -0/+4I am so glad someone at Forbes thought it necessary to post an article of 10 well-known landmarks.
- Charlotte_Web, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5Forbes.com should be banned from Digg until their web team learns how to make user friendly web pages.
kingcam, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5No Chichen Itza, no digg. Petra would have been a suitable alternative.
- clokwise, on 03/26/2008, -2/+2I've been to Petra and in terms of its history and construction, it pales in comparison to a certain site in India I visited - which I will not name here. Frankly, I'm glad Petra gets all the acclaim because it would sicken me if the site in India ever got so much recognition and consequential tourist exploitation.
  - DiggHermit, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Please reconsider; you've sparked my interest. :]
    - ehmmm, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3I am guessing he was talking about the Ajanta Caves carved out of the hillside in 2nd Century BC. Rediscorved in the late 1800s.
      
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajanta_Caves
      - martalli, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1I would second that, although Kailasanatha Temple at the nearby Ellora caves is particularly awesome, It's a complete, multilevel temple carved out of a single rock.
    - DiggHermit, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Thanks for posting that ehmmm :]
  - directrix13, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3Please reconsider; I've buried you for posting a comment that is completely pointless without saying what that "certain site in India" is.
annflower, on 03/26/2008, -0/+411. Chernobil and Pripyat (http://pripyat.com/en/)
- martalli, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1I don't know if that's a place I would like to take the kids, though.
ghotli, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1Boycott Forbes!!
bosssmiley, on 03/26/2008, -1/+3A 'same-old, same-old' 10 modern wonders of the world list. The usual suspects:

The Taj Mahal
The Parthenon
Rock Hewn Churches of Ethiopia
Lincoln Memorial
The Kremlin
Staue of Liberty
Great Wall of China
Versailles
Stonehenge
Machu Picchu
social101, on 03/26/2008, -2/+3nice pics, but, i think you are missed this miracle one Delhi, Akshardham Mandir (http://www.akshardham.com/) which has already listed in Genius Book of World Records.
- mentalsticks, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Yes, well, that building is a piece of junk. Kitsch, you know.
mentalsticks, on 03/26/2008, -1/+22The Lincoln Memorial has absolutely no place in this list. It is not a splendid or marvelous building, it is not architecturally unique, its historical value is not greater than that of a lot of other structures in the world, it is not an icon of anything to the greater part of the world's population and it is not history-making - unlike the other nine. How about Petra, the Red Square, Angkor Vat? Once again someone has gone through great lengths to overrepresent the USA in one of these lists.
If you tell me that I can't judge its worth because I don't know enough of it - well, QED.
- kingcam, on 03/26/2008, -1/+11Same with the statue of liberty for that matter; I don't see how either of those buildings won out over the Giza Pyramids, Petra, Angkor Vat, Parisian Catacombs Chichen Itza or a dozen or so sights that the Romans left behind.
  - mitch37, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1.
- mitch37, on 03/26/2008, -0/+4I wish I could digg your comment more than once. Right on.
sadilak, on 03/26/2008, -1/+4Sad that the Taliban destroyed the Bamiyan Buddha.It would been an automatic entry into this list!!
RickyTheRiot, on 03/26/2008, -2/+13Forgive me, but I really don't give a flying f*ck about either the Statue of Liberty or the Lincoln Monument. Their addition is pathetic. I have no problem with American's considering them iconic, but to the rest of the world they are meaningless.

America != The World.
- championchap, on 03/26/2008, -3/+1I'll go one better than that.
  I actually dont give a fliying ***** about an of these things.
  I don't mean to troll, but i'm just not very interested in going to other countries and looking at buildings. Not my idea of fun.
  I came in here (before any genius dives in with "WTF R JOO DOIN HERE DEN LOL!!") hoping that something in the top 10 would change my mind, unfortunately not the case.
  - mentalsticks, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1moron
mikephimikephi, on 03/26/2008, -1/+6"spanning the five continents"
Pay attention class...There are SEVEN continents!
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica.
FFS, even the animaniacs knew that.
- tinoproductions, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1Depends who's definition you go by.
- TBerrigan, on 03/26/2008, -0/+4It says "spanning five continents", not spanning "the" five continents.
- LeStratege, on 03/26/2008, -3/+1It's funny how Americans really insist on having TWO Americas... I wonder where they put Belize... In the north or south part? How about 9 continents? You know, if you count Western and Eastern Europe... :-0
  So attention class, in many countries the continents are the following: Africa, America, Antartica, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
  - bdbr, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2The two Americas have completely separate geologic histories and are only connected by an isthmus, now separated by an artificial canal - just like Africa and Asia. But I agree, when discussing continents it is probably a good idea to point out that some countries still teach early 16th century terminology.
- MKinSJ, on 03/26/2008, -1/+3Just curious...why would North and South America be one continent, yet Asia and Europe are separate? There is a lot more land connecting Europe and Asia then the two Americas.
  - mitch37, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Africa is connected too, why not just make 3 continents! Ass..
ultraJesus, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3Several page photo article? Golly! I'll just go put a gun between my teeth!
tomski, on 03/26/2008, -1/+2I would swap the Lincon Memorial and the Statue of Libery for the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and The Potala Palace in Tibet
ianconley, on 03/26/2008, -6/+2It's "sites," not "sights." Is being a completely retarded waste of oxygen a requirement for getting posts to the front page?
- bdbr, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2Per Oxford dictionary: "(sights) places of interest to tourists and other visitors." Other dictionaries have similar definitions.
  
  If you're must be a name-calling grammar curmudgeon, you should at least make sure you're grammatical assumptions are correct.
  - ianconley, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2I'll be sure to do that. But you should probably get that whole "you're" and "your" thing down.
- mitch37, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2This is the biggest fail i have seen all day
- amirman, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1haha you failed!
rockefeller2, on 03/26/2008, -1/+4Incoming, in 5....4....3.....2.....1......
"I can't believe ______ wasn't on that list. I was there in _____. It was amazing."
- martalli, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1the Cahokia Mounds....about ten times on field trips
pwner84, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3Er wtf. They missed out on the sunken temple of Arin'Qiraj in the Dead Sea. This by far is the best history making building. Prince Kurjari, who was given land on the coast of the Dead Sea by the Pharaoh, built a magnificent temple. 2605 years ago the fault lines of Nile caused a great movement in the tectonic plates.. plates in which Kurajari's temple was built on. Today, this is one of the most popular diving spots in the world and is home to an ancienty array of sealife. This is a MUST SEE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g
- HenvY, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1nice.
martalli, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1The funny thing about this is that I have seen several of these. I don't want to minimize the beauty of the Taj Mahal or the majesty of the Lincoln Memorial, but I already knew a ton about them before I went there. I would say by far the most immediately impressive things I have come across were complete surprises, like the Alexandra Falls in the Northwest Territories (and many others). Of course, complete surprises don't lend themselves to lists.
LeStratege, on 03/26/2008, -1/+4The Lincoln Memorial??? What the *****? Is that a game to find the odd one out? As mentioned by others, don't mention St Peter's basilica or the Kaaba in Mecca...
Sorry to remind Americans, but Martin Luther King and Lincoln have as much historic relevance for the rest of the world as say Cromwell and Guy Fawkes, or Richelieu and Mazarin...
Lijiman, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Stonehenge isn't THAT exciting. They make it look huge in pictures, but they kinda were a let down in real life. You don't even get a real sense of history and importance.
DresNightfire, on 03/26/2008, -2/+1It's an outrage and idiotic of Forbes to forget Angkor Wat (12th Century Ancient History and can be seen from outer space). Even Angelina Jolie has love for it.
zimmermans, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3I hate these wastefully inefficient Forbes slideshows - can't they do a simple javascript query to load the next image in the same damn page?
DresNightfire, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1Obviously the kid who gave me a negative has no idea that Angkor Wat is one of the wonders of the world. I visited and there was tourism from all over the world there. It is still unknown what tools were used and the process they went through in order to build this monumental and amazing structure. Reveal yourself kid!
- HenvY, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Welcome to digg, please take a few moments to look around the comment system and familiarise yourself.
WildKat83, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Don't really agree with this list, though I have seen three of these.
bronxelf, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Historical significance? Ellis Island beats the Statue of Liberty hands down, and it's essentially in the same location (turn around, move boat slightly.) Both US monument selections are incredibly weak. If the article's author was somehow _required_ to add US selections, they could at least pick better ones.
antoniomadrid, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0What about the Alhambra in Granada, Spain? The encounter of christianity, islam and judaism in an environment of art and natural beauty is far more important and attractive than some other monuments in this list.
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