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...
- 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...
- Egyptian Pyramids No Longer In New7wonders Contest
http://tinyurl.com/yqcv8u (livinginperu.com)"The ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza have officially been removed from the list of candidates in the New7Wonders contest as officials from the New7Wonders Foundation have designated the pyramids as an 'Honorary...
- 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...
- 7 Wonders - Old And New
http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=8545 An article about the New Seven Wonders of the world, the subject of the N7W Foundation, founded in the year 2000 by Swiss Bernard Weber. The old Seven Wonders included the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue...
Egypt
Giza and the New 7 Wonders
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=298542007
A summary of the row that has grown up between Egypt and the organizer of the New Seven Wonders: "Egyptian officials refused to meet Weber on his visit to Egypt last month.
When he tried to hold a press conference in a hotel near the pyramids, police arrived and shut it down, claiming that restoration work had to be carried out on the building. Hundreds of journalists were turned away. Unable to hand over a certificate marking the pyramids' place in the final to Egyptian officials, Weber buried the document in the sand near the ancient monuments. Now he is appealing to Egyptians to find the 'treasure' so that it can remain in the country rather than be taken abroad by a tourist.
Organisers say Egypt's hostility is unwarranted, as the contest aims to renew international interest in culture and history, not strip the pyramids of their ancient status."
When he tried to hold a press conference in a hotel near the pyramids, police arrived and shut it down, claiming that restoration work had to be carried out on the building. Hundreds of journalists were turned away. Unable to hand over a certificate marking the pyramids' place in the final to Egyptian officials, Weber buried the document in the sand near the ancient monuments. Now he is appealing to Egyptians to find the 'treasure' so that it can remain in the country rather than be taken abroad by a tourist.
Organisers say Egypt's hostility is unwarranted, as the contest aims to renew international interest in culture and history, not strip the pyramids of their ancient status."
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- 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...
- 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...
- Egyptian Pyramids No Longer In New7wonders Contest
http://tinyurl.com/yqcv8u (livinginperu.com)"The ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza have officially been removed from the list of candidates in the New7Wonders contest as officials from the New7Wonders Foundation have designated the pyramids as an 'Honorary...
- 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...
- 7 Wonders - Old And New
http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=8545 An article about the New Seven Wonders of the world, the subject of the N7W Foundation, founded in the year 2000 by Swiss Bernard Weber. The old Seven Wonders included the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue...