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Great Wall among Top 10 finalists for new 7 wonders
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A scene of China's Great
Wall.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 Photo)
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BEIJING, 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.
It is 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 traveler
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.
(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)
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