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...
- Egypt Upset About The New 7 Wonders
http://tinyurl.com/2aulkt (mediafax.ro)"Egypt is fuming over a competition to choose the world''s "new seven wonders," deriding it as a marketing stunt that demeans the pyramids of Giza, the only surviving ancient wonder, AFP reported. 'They...
- 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
More re removal of Giza pyramids from New 7 Wonders
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6776
The 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 filmmaker Bernard Weber's contest to choose the seven new wonders of the world through global voting enraged Egyptian officials when the pyramids -- the one of the original wonder still standing -- were included in the competition. 'After careful consideration, the New 7 Wonders Foundation designates the Pyramids of Giza -- the only remaining of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World -- as an Honorary New7Wonders Candidate,' said a statement on the website which added that votes could no longer be cast for the pyramids. . . . Thursday's move has done little to dim his anger over what he calls a crass 'publicity stunt.' 'We didn't ask anything from these people and we reject the tourist company that is trying to choose the seven wonders -- they are cheating the Egyptians,' Hawass told AFP, referring to Weber's organisation. 'I am against this subject totally. I cannot accept a Greek historian choosing the seven wonders of antiquity and have a tourist company choosing the new ones,' he added.
See the above page for the rest of the story.
The original statement from the New 7 Wonders Foundation can be found at:
The original statement from the New 7 Wonders Foundation can be found at:
http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=391
Click on the pyramid image to go to the page concerned.
- 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...
- Egypt Upset About The New 7 Wonders
http://tinyurl.com/2aulkt (mediafax.ro)"Egypt is fuming over a competition to choose the world''s "new seven wonders," deriding it as a marketing stunt that demeans the pyramids of Giza, the only surviving ancient wonder, AFP reported. 'They...
- 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...