Your photos, thoughts on the new world wonders

(CNN) -- Worldwide online voting to select a new list of the Seven Wonders of the World ended July 7.

The final tally produced this list of the world's top human-built wonders:
• The Great Wall of China
• Petra in Jordan
• Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer
• Peru's Machu Picchu
• Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid
• The Colosseum in Rome
• India's Taj Mahal

CNN.com asked readers to share their thoughts on the new list. Below is a selection of their responses, some of which have been edited for length and clarity.

Nancy Phillips of Brooklyn, New York
I think that Mount Rushmore should have been included in the "final" list of selections. This is an amazing man-made work of art, monumental in scale and historically significant in subject. Centuries from now, people will continue to travel to see the faces carved in the mountain just as we travel today to see the statues of Easter Island or Egypt's Valley of the Kings.

M. Stuart of Naples, Florida
The idea of a "new" seven wonders is misnamed and poorly instrumented. Considering American mentality towards change as a result of the '60's generation, which is now in political power, and the lack of American education in history and the social sciences, dumping the old and bringing in the new is of no surprise. The original 7 wonders still are just that. All that was needed was to expand the number to 14 or whatever. The current perspective on the "wonders" will simply be based on a '60's perspective of rejecting tradition for the sake of rejection. Educationally it is as meaningless as the '60's generation that is promoting this survey.

Vicente Porciuncula of Quezon City, Philippines
I nominate the Banaue Rice Terraces.

Teven Laxer of Sacramento, California
There's a question I don't see posed in any of the material I have seen: How many of these so-called wonders of the world were built by slaves or slave labor? Should such "wonders" be included in this poll? Maybe we should only honor places built by honest labor.

Sanjay Lall of Hicksville, New York
The Taj Mahal -- because it's a real symbol of love, affection, and dedication between two true lovers; which is hard to find now a days. When you visit Taj Mahal you can feel some kind of current flows in your body and atmosphere around. That place is filled with freshness and the aroma around that place is outrageous. I love TAJ MAHAL!

Abbas Hussein of Sydney, Australia
The best of the best will always be the Pyramids of Giza. The rest, except for the Rome Colosseum are not wonders.

Divyang Patel of Rockaway, New Jersey
Delhi's Akshardham is one of the top wonders of the world.

Jorge Ortiz of Cerritos, California
I believe that Wonders of the World should be awarded to great and amazing achievements by ancient nations, who did not have the engineering skills and tools available to modern civilization. Yet they accomplished amazing wonders and engineering feats that to this day rivals any accomplishment by modern civilization.

Machu Picchu -- yes
Chichen Itza ruins -- yes
Jordan's Petra -- yes
Greece's Acropolis -- Maybe
Colosseum -- Maybe
If you want to consider modern civilization achievements:
India's Taj Mahal -- structural beauty and design speaks to this being an amazing accomplishment.
Panama Canal -- this was an amazing achievement given what they had to build it with.

Weston and Iro Tountas of Los Angeles, California
We want the Acropolis to win. I am on vacation and sending this I-Report from Athens, Greece. I saw the Acropolis just days ago.

Tristan Karr of Taipei, Taiwan
I am a little hesitant with the selection of the Great Wall of China. Truly, it is a marvel and a very popular tourist attraction, but we must always remember the pain and suffering it caused for millions throughout China's history who were involved in its construction. If it is to be a wonder of the world, let us somehow look beyond its grandeur to what it really represents -- the reckless disregard for human life that China's governments have always seemed to personify-even today.

Frank Flanagan of San Juan, Puerto Rico
One of the seven wonders has to include Newgrange -- perhaps the oldest "monument" in the world? The Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange, Ireland, was built about 3200 BC. Yet, you include a "fake" German castle. Why not Disneyland?

Giti Shayesteh of N. Bethesda, Maryland
I feel that the obelisks at the Great Temple of Karnak in Egypt should be considered as one of the seven wonders of the world. How on earth these huge granites were carved so perfectly in one piece, moved from such long distances and how they were erected, is mind boggling. Having traveled the world over, nothing, including the Great Wall of China, has amazed me so. E-mail to a friend