Countdown starts to find modern 7 global wonders
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Peru's Machu Picchu, Jordan's Petra and the Acropolis were among the top contenders to be picked as the new seven Wonders of the World with just a few hours to go in a massive poll to pick the winners.
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After some eight years and 100 million votes, the results were announced late Saturday night and the world welcomed seven new Wonders of the World
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The Great Wall of China, the Colosseum in Rome and Peru's Machu Picchu are leading contenders to be among the new seven wonders of the world, as a massive poll draws to a close with votes already cast by more than 90 million people, organizers say.
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Upcoming events around the world.
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The Metropolitan Museum's groundbreaking show exhibits archaeological wonders that reveal China's creative engagement with the rest of the world.
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The countdown for the most coveted I.I.F.A. Awards has begun.
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This week: World's rarest big cat caught, world landmarks rated, toilet shortage harms billions, "smart dust" may aid surveillance, SIV found in gorillas, and more.
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PARIS, March 12 -- Maybe it simply feeds modern society's obsession with lists and rankings, but more than 2,000 years after ancient Greeks  identified  the Seven Wonders of the World, millions of people around the globe are casting Internet ballots to update the list.
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BY THE TIME you read this, I will be in London, taking part in a global conference called &quot;Countdown 2015.&quot; The conference is being held 10 years after the International Conference on
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The UN body for culture on Sunday blasted a private initiative that drew nearly 100 million Internet and telephone voters to choose seven &quot;new&quot; wonders of the world.
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From new place names, shrinking seas and terror attacks to soaring Internet usage, the world is changing at a more rapid pace than in previous decades, says National Geographic's chief cartographer.
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The Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan and Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer are among the modern day seven wonders of the world chosen in a poll of 100 million online voters, organizers said on Saturday.
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Tomorrow's huge winners are out there today. The trick is finding them.
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CHICHEN ITZA, Mexico  - Mexico's most famous Mayan ruins, at Chichen Itza, could become a victim of their own success if they are named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a global competition.
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Five natural wonders of the world are nominated for inclusion on the UN World Heritage List.
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Tomorrow's huge winners are out there today. The trick is to find them.
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Some call it the eighth wonder of world. Others say it's the next Great Wall of China.