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...
- New 7 Wonders Vote Closes
At last! Today's the day when the voting closes. Results will be announced tomorrow. This is just possibly the best news all year - maybe now we can all start forgetting all about the new wonders and get on with finding out more about some of the...
- 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.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...
- Update On The New7wonders
http://tinyurl.com/yar4tp (today.reuters.com) "Only one of the ancient wonders of the world still survives -- now history lovers are being invited to choose a new list of seven. Among 21 locations shortlisted for the worldwide vote is Stonehenge, the...
Egypt
Update on the New Seven Wonders
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3975
"Nominations were whittled down by public votes to 77 last year. Then a panel of architectural experts, chaired by former Unesco chief Federico Mayor, shortened the list to 21. Interest has grown as Weber and his 10-member teams visit the 21 sites. Their final visit will be March 6 to New York's Statue of Liberty.
In addition to the Statue of Liberty, Pyramids, Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal and Machu Picchu, the finalists are the Acropolis; Turkey's Haghia Sophia; the Kremlin and St.Basil's Cathedral; the Colosseum; Germany's Neuschwanstein Castle; Stonehenge; Spain's Alhambra; the Great Wall; Japan's Kiyomizu Temple; the Sydney Opera House; Cambodia's Angkor; Timbuktu; Petra, Jordan; Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer; Easter Island; and Chichen Itza, Mexico."
"Nominations were whittled down by public votes to 77 last year. Then a panel of architectural experts, chaired by former Unesco chief Federico Mayor, shortened the list to 21. Interest has grown as Weber and his 10-member teams visit the 21 sites. Their final visit will be March 6 to New York's Statue of Liberty.
In addition to the Statue of Liberty, Pyramids, Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal and Machu Picchu, the finalists are the Acropolis; Turkey's Haghia Sophia; the Kremlin and St.Basil's Cathedral; the Colosseum; Germany's Neuschwanstein Castle; Stonehenge; Spain's Alhambra; the Great Wall; Japan's Kiyomizu Temple; the Sydney Opera House; Cambodia's Angkor; Timbuktu; Petra, Jordan; Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer; Easter Island; and Chichen Itza, Mexico."
For the full story, including details of how to vote, see the above page. The New Seven Wonders website is at:
http://www.new7wonders.com/
- 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...
- New 7 Wonders Vote Closes
At last! Today's the day when the voting closes. Results will be announced tomorrow. This is just possibly the best news all year - maybe now we can all start forgetting all about the new wonders and get on with finding out more about some of the...
- 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.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...
- Update On The New7wonders
http://tinyurl.com/yar4tp (today.reuters.com) "Only one of the ancient wonders of the world still survives -- now history lovers are being invited to choose a new list of seven. Among 21 locations shortlisted for the worldwide vote is Stonehenge, the...