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...
- New 7 Wonders
BBC News In less than 24 hours, the world will have Seven New Wonders, to add to numerous international lists of top tourist must-sees and natural wonders. The contest to find the most popular man-made heritage sites has attracted votes from some 75 million...
- 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 New 7 Wonders
http://www.timesnow.tv/To_wonderful_to_be_a_wonder/articleshow/1775063.cms"The new wonders of the world are being voted for in a global contest. But one of the top contenders, whom voters have placed at the top of the list, doesn’t care for the distinction...
- 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
New 7 Wonders announced
BBC News
The BBC News website has the "New 7 Wonders" listing, in pictures (rather better photographs than those on the New 7 Wonders site, linked to below). If you haven't been bored/horrified to death with the whole thing, or if you just can't be bothered to visit the site, the winners are as follows:
Chichén Itzá, Mexico
Christ Redeemer, Brazil
The Great Wall, China
Machu Picchu, Peru
Petra, Jordan
The Roman Colloseum, Italy
The Taj Mahal, India
The finalists are shown on the New 7 Wonders website. For some reason this includes the Giza pyramids, which seems peculiar because the New 7 Wonders organizers announced that they had been withdrawn from the contest.
The BBC News website has the "New 7 Wonders" listing, in pictures (rather better photographs than those on the New 7 Wonders site, linked to below). If you haven't been bored/horrified to death with the whole thing, or if you just can't be bothered to visit the site, the winners are as follows:
Chichén Itzá, Mexico
Christ Redeemer, Brazil
The Great Wall, China
Machu Picchu, Peru
Petra, Jordan
The Roman Colloseum, Italy
The Taj Mahal, India
The finalists are shown on the New 7 Wonders website. For some reason this includes the Giza pyramids, which seems peculiar because the New 7 Wonders organizers announced that they had been withdrawn from the contest.
The announcement is covered on a number of sites. VOA News summarizes the occasion as follows:
The new Seven Wonders of the World have been selected after a global poll. The winners were announced Saturday. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. About
100 million votes were cast by the Internet and cell-phone text messages to choose the new Seven Wonders of the World.Academy Award-winning British actor Ben Kingsley announced the winners at a glitzy international show at Portugal's largest venue, the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon.
See the above page for the full story.
The Egyptian Gazette has also covered the story (navigate to the Tourism page for the full story - and this page will expire shortly):
The Egyptian Gazette has also covered the story (navigate to the Tourism page for the full story - and this page will expire shortly):
HYDERABAD (News agencies) - For all the breathless broadcasts on television urging Indians to “vote for the Taj” to ensure its inclusion in the “seven wonders of the world” that apparently has even the more media-savvy ministers of the Union in its thrall, here's a dampener.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), the global body charged with the protection and grading of heritage sites man-made or natural, has washed its hands of the campaign. Unesco was unequivocal, “The list of the '7 New Wonders of the World' will be the result of a private undertaking, reflecting only the opinions of those with access to the internet and not the entire world. This initiative cannot, in any significant and sustainable manner, contribute to the preservation of sites elected by this public”.
- 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...
- New 7 Wonders
BBC News In less than 24 hours, the world will have Seven New Wonders, to add to numerous international lists of top tourist must-sees and natural wonders. The contest to find the most popular man-made heritage sites has attracted votes from some 75 million...
- 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 New 7 Wonders
http://www.timesnow.tv/To_wonderful_to_be_a_wonder/articleshow/1775063.cms"The new wonders of the world are being voted for in a global contest. But one of the top contenders, whom voters have placed at the top of the list, doesn’t care for the distinction...
- 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...