07.07.07
Official Declaration of the New 7 Wonders of the World
… be part of the making of history!
www.new7wonders.com

Why New 7 Wonders of the World?

The commonly known Seven Ancient Wonders of the World were all man-made monuments,
chosen by Philon of Byzantium in 200 B.C.
His list of wonders was basically an old-fashioned travel guide for fellow Athenians (citizens of
the city-state of Athens), and the stunning sites were all located around the Mediterranean
sea—this area was the whole world that was known to the Greek civilization at that time.
The monuments he chose, and wanted to give a special place in history, 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 were built between 2,500 B.C. and 200 B.C. Today, only the spectacular Pyramids at Giza in
Egypt remain.

Now, just as Pierre de Coubertin revived the Olympic Games in 1896 with his modern version of the competition, New7Wonders founder Bernard Weber is reviving the concept of the 7

Wonders with this huge 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 will be the people’s choices and they will be monuments from the earliest
time that humans 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 millennium of
global fame!

If you want to find out more information about this exciting project, please go to the
New7Wonders website at www.new7wonders.com.