The commonly known Seven Ancient Wonders of the World were all man-made monuments, selected by Philon of Byzantium in 200 B.C. Today, only the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt remain.

His selection of wonders was essentially a travel guide for fellow Athenians, and the stunning sites were all located around the Mediterranean basin, the then-known world.

The monuments he chose, to be remembered in perpetuity, were:

* The Lighthouse of Alexandria
* The Temple of Artemis
* The Statue of Zeus
* The Colossus of Rhodes
* The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
* The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
* The Pyramids of Egypt

All had been built between 2,500 B.C. and 200 B.C.

Now, just as Pierre de Coubertin revived the Olympic Games in 1896 with his modern version of the competition, New7Wonders founder Bernard Weber is seeking to revive the concept of the 7 Wonders of the World with this ambitious global campaign,

the New 7 Wonders of the World.

The key difference is that, this time around, they will not be chosen by one man, but rather by millions of people all over the world.

The new wonders that are selected will be the people’s choices, and they will be drawn from the earliest time that humankind walked upon the earth up through the year 2000.

It is, therefore, possible that the only survivor of the original 7 Wonders of the World, the Pyramids at Giza, could be chosen for a second time, taking them well into a third millenium of fame!

The final round of voting for the New 7 Wonders will continue through the first half of 2007. Then.

Tthe last day for voting was
Friday July 6th, 2007

the dream of the N7W initiators will become a reality as the globe joins together to celebrate the New 7 Wonders of the World, as chosen by the world’s population using modern communications technology,here are <b>the 21 final nominated sites

however the IDEA is cool and can make a very good commercial & political effects ,and obviously allot of people respond to it & ive voted just to prove a point later on coz kind of not hard knowing whats the winning sites will be specially if the votes are based on the internet “Timbuktu” will never stand a chance with “Eiffel tower” i guess !but am absolutely not convinced of the fact of changing history lanes even if they were only “names” to serve political or commercial issues ,and i was
confused because i “heard” of the UNESCO participation in such project until i visited their official site
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38482&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
it would be much convincing and easier for me if they made it 14 wonders.so

was it a necessity to change ! and what is the site should be considered as wonder?

the new 7 wonders

Chichén Itzá, Mexico
Christ Redeemer, Brazil
The Great Wall, China
Machu Picchu, Peru
Petra, Jordan
The Roman Colloseum, Italy
The Taj Mahal, India