Stonehenge!

stonehenge

stonehenge!

I'm surprised they're all so one-sided in this round.

Da Henge.

The Parthenon (11)
vs
The Sphinx (7)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

i like the sphinx...has a bit more mystery to it

The Sphinx also ( I wonder how big its nose was originally?)

Parthenon

parthenon

Parthenon

Parthenon advances.

The Pyramids (1)
vs
Great Barrier Reef (12)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

PYRAMIDS

this IS the LANDmark thread. the reef is more of a SEAmark, dont ya know

GBR - magical

I'd have to go with the Pyramids too.

You know the thing about the barrier reef is that as huge as it is, you can only see one small section at a time, and going to visit it, you have no sense of its size. Underwater visibility is less than 100 feet in most cases. On the other hand, another large natural thing, the Grand Canyon, is big, and it looks big. The reef, however, is like being in the woods. You can be in a huge national forest, or you can be in a smaller regional park. Both appear pretty much the same from the inside.

Pyramids for me too. 100% manmade...or was it aliens?

Pyramids win.

The Lincoln Memorial (11)
vs
The Forbidden City (15)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Lincoln Memorial (interesting juxtaposition)

Forbidden City (because there's no Starbucks in the Lincoln Memorial :rolleyes:)

Forbidden City

Forbidden City

Who needs pennies anyway?

Forbidden City hits the elite eight! Totally unexpected by me.

And the last match of this round,

Empire State Building (3)
vs
Colosseum (2)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

colosseum

Colosseum

Colosseum. ;)

Colosseum wins, finishing out the third round.

The elite eight!! This best-of-5 seems to work well...

Machu Picchu
vs
Forbidden City

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu takes the questionnable West division.

It's clashes of titans time!

The Pyramids
vs
Taj Mahal

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Pyramids

OK, I'll go for Pyramids this time

(mainly because I remembered how well it (sorry, one of them) featured in Robert Rankin's 'Brentford Triangle' - being transferred from it's Egyptian location to Brentford Football Stadium - or so they say...)

pyramids

Taj.

Pyramids survives all though competition and takes the North.

Stonehenge
vs
Colosseum

STONEDHENGE

stonehenge

I'm Pagan...Stonehenge.

The druids take the South division, setting up the big expected battle...

Annnnd.... your final match to set the final four:

Grand Canyon
vs
The Parthenon

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

GRAND CANYON

The canyon makes the final four and now, is the only remaining natural place left on the list.

We go to a BEST OF SEVEN series to find the winners from here on out. Repeat, it takes FOUR votes to win.

By flip of a credit card, the north-south semi final match will happen first. Ready ---

The Pyramids
vs
Stonehenge

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Stonehenge

(While the pyramids are a bigger landmark, Stonehenge is more mysterious and intriguing.)

stonehenge

Don't agree - the Pyramids are just as intriguing - think of all the astronomy connections with the belt of Orion and such-like, amazing how the Egyptians were so in touch with planetary and star systems...Stonehenge is modest in comparison

Pyramids

stonehenge

Pyramids - both are linked to astronomy, both are mysteries when it comes to how ancient people could have assembled them without modern machinery... but the pyramids are friggin' huge.

Pyramids

3 for the Henge and 3 for the Mids - who's gonna be the brave decider...?

....Jeopardy theme playing in background....

Pyramids for the win...

Pyramids! Don't think I've seen a closer match here, the tension was mighty.

And your other semi-final:

Grand Canyon
-vs -
Machu Picchu

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

GRAND CANYON

grand canyon

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu

Grand canyon. :D

It's best of 7 now, Ducksnuts - so you still have a chance....

g-g-g-g-machu picchu

buggeration....now I'll have to wait till tomorrow