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The First one is Great Wall of China, said to be the only monument VISIBLE from space and its certificate was handed offer to Chinese officials by Neil Armstrong who was the first man on the moon.
The Second one was Petra; the stone-carved ancient city in Jordan, whose royal family led a campaign for it. Rio de Janeiro's Statue of Christ the Redeemer also made the cut after an appeal by Brazil's president for his compatriots to vote.
There were two other winners from America.
Machu Picchu in Peru and Chechen Itza in Mexico... it representatives of ancient civilisations is unknown to Antipater of Sidon. And the Greek writer who drew up the original list of wonders two-thousand-two-hundred years ago.
The last two were Rome's Colosseum, described in its introduction as a symbol of joy and suffering, and the Taj Mahal, which was announced by the Bollywood star Bipasha Bassu, along with Oscar-winning actors Ben Kingsley and Hilary Swank presented the ceremony.
The Pyramid at Giza, is the only wonder on the original list which is still standing, and had been mad honorary candidate, and guaranteed a mention, But Egyptian officials ignore and rejected the whole initiative as too commercial. At the ceremony was end, its Swiss organizer. Bernard Weber, announced his next initiative- a global poll on the seven natural wonders of the world.
A pix of those 7 Wonders..
The Great Wall of China.
The Machu Pichuu in Cuzcu, Pero.
Colosseum in Rome, Italy.
The Petra in Jordan
Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Kukulkan Pyramid of Chicen Itza in Mexico.
The Taj Mahal in Agra, India
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