Egypt
- The Very Last On The New 7 Wonders
IOL Egypt has one last dig at the contest: Egypt said on Sunday that the pyramids of Giza remained the only wonder of the world, snubbing a contest in which seven "new" wonders were selected by Internet and telephone voters as having "no value."Seven...
- Yet More On The New 7 Wonders
http://tinyurl.com/2t2ts2 (sis.gov.eg)"The international committee established to choose the Seven Wonders of the World chose Pyramids to be on the top of old and modern wonders. In a letter which Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni received yesterday May...
- More Re Removal Of Giza Pyramids From New 7 Wonders
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6776The pyramids of Giza have been removed from an Internet competition to name the new seven wonders of the world, but the anger of Egypt's antiquities chief remained unmollified on Thursday. Swiss-Canadian...
- More Re New 7 Wonders
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/03/b6f87c2d-b14b-4a44-bc18-a81dab777f3e.htmlAnother article about the New 7 Wonders vote, the results of which will be announced on 7th July 2007: "Tia Viering, the project's spokeswoman, said Internet votes...
- More Re Egypt's Response To The New 7 Wonders
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7169"No contest: The Pyramids of Giza are one of the great wonders of the world. That’s the view of both Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni and Supreme Council of Antiquities head Zahi Hawass, who have...
Egypt
Egypt pays no heed to list of New Seven Wonders of the World
http://tinyurl.com/2dvpba (sis.gov.eg)
"Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said on Monday 7/5/2007 that Egypt paid no heed to the New Seven Wonders of the World list, which removed the Giza Pyramids and gave them an honourary status.
Hosni said Egypt had rejected the new list and its choices, noting that UNESCO had backed Egypt's stance. He further said that the matter of choosing the seven wonders should be the responsibility of top architects and astrologists not amateurs.
He added that his personal opinion on the pyramids is the same as that of every fonder of the Egyptian monuments. He said he received a letter from the founder of the so-called New Seven Wonders of the World Society in which he said an online competition had removed the Giza Pyramids from the list of modern-age wonders.
The Minister said the society's contest is profit-seeking and has nothing to do with culture."
Hosni said Egypt had rejected the new list and its choices, noting that UNESCO had backed Egypt's stance. He further said that the matter of choosing the seven wonders should be the responsibility of top architects and astrologists not amateurs.
He added that his personal opinion on the pyramids is the same as that of every fonder of the Egyptian monuments. He said he received a letter from the founder of the so-called New Seven Wonders of the World Society in which he said an online competition had removed the Giza Pyramids from the list of modern-age wonders.
The Minister said the society's contest is profit-seeking and has nothing to do with culture."
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- The Very Last On The New 7 Wonders
IOL Egypt has one last dig at the contest: Egypt said on Sunday that the pyramids of Giza remained the only wonder of the world, snubbing a contest in which seven "new" wonders were selected by Internet and telephone voters as having "no value."Seven...
- Yet More On The New 7 Wonders
http://tinyurl.com/2t2ts2 (sis.gov.eg)"The international committee established to choose the Seven Wonders of the World chose Pyramids to be on the top of old and modern wonders. In a letter which Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni received yesterday May...
- More Re Removal Of Giza Pyramids From New 7 Wonders
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6776The pyramids of Giza have been removed from an Internet competition to name the new seven wonders of the world, but the anger of Egypt's antiquities chief remained unmollified on Thursday. Swiss-Canadian...
- More Re New 7 Wonders
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/03/b6f87c2d-b14b-4a44-bc18-a81dab777f3e.htmlAnother article about the New 7 Wonders vote, the results of which will be announced on 7th July 2007: "Tia Viering, the project's spokeswoman, said Internet votes...
- More Re Egypt's Response To The New 7 Wonders
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7169"No contest: The Pyramids of Giza are one of the great wonders of the world. That’s the view of both Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni and Supreme Council of Antiquities head Zahi Hawass, who have...