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Great Wall among top 10 finalists for new 7 wonders

www.chinanews.cn 2007-05-28 09:55:39

(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)

This undated photo shows a beautiful scene of China's Great Wall. (File
Photo)

May 28 - China's Great Wall is currently competing among the top 10
finalists for the title of the "New Seven World Wonders" as voted for by
millions of people around the world.
Xinhua News Agency reported that organizers of the biggest global vote
ever announced that more than 45 million people had taken part in the
ballot so far in an Internet campaign to choose the seven new wonders of
the world from a shortlist of 21 historical constructions.
According to the most recently published data, on May 7, the top 10 were
the Great Wall of China, the Acropolis in Greece, the ancient Mayan city
of Chichen Itza in Mexico, the Coliseum in Rome, the Eiffel tower in
Paris, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on
Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India.
Following the destruction of Afghanistan's giant Buddha statues at Bamyan
by the Taliban, a Swiss filmmaker, curator and traveller Bernard Weber
decided to set up the "New Seven World Wonders" contest in 2001.
The Swiss organizer said the selection of the new list is a great chance
for people to review how major world civilizations grow, and to
appreciate the world's collective cultural heritage.
The New 7 Wonders' panel of experts, chaired by the former Director
General of UNESCO, Prof. Dr. Federico Mayor, short-listed nominations
with the most votes received at the end of 2005, narrowing the list down
to 21 finalists in 2006.
The original "Seven World Wonders of the World", made by the Greek
philosopher Philon 2200 years ago, included the Great Pyramid of Giza,
the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia and the
Colossus of Rhodes, along with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in
modern-day Iraq, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in modern-day Turkey
and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
The final results will be officially announced on July 7 of this year in
Portugal's capital city, Lisbon.

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