The Charles Fort Institute has set Round Two of its vote to find the 7 Fortean Wonders of the World (though you need to register to take part). Naturally, the Voynich Manuscript is in there (unsurprisingly, it gets my vote): but it would be nice to be able to vote for Giza and the Antikythera Mechanism too. Sadly, the Phaistos Disk didn’t make it past Round One: but what can you do?
Round Two closes on 21st December 2007, whereupon the top 20 go on to the third and final round. Not really hugely important, but a bit of fun nonetheless. Enjoy! 🙂
Nick: As you know, I have found quite a lot of your posts are of interest to me.
I am trying to work my way through all your Voynich posts, which will certainly be a laborious task. I started by going backwards and have recorded how far I have got, but I thought I will also work forward and I should meet myself in the middle.
I was very disappointed not to see Gobekli Tepe on the list. (Stonehenge huh!)
Whilst not wishing to be disloyal I would not have chosen the Voynich as number 1.
My personal pick would be:
Machu Pichu, Peru
Nazca Plain
Antikythera
Tesla’s Devices
Giza, Egypt
Though the Voynich manuscript would rank higher than many of the other items on the list.