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In July 2007, after a long period dedicated to votes, the choice of the 7 new wonders of the Ancient World was done.

The celebration took place in Lisbon, where Ben Kingsley, Hillary Swan and Bipasha Basu were the announcers.

Each canditate were presented.

The winners, the new wonders of the Ancient world are:

Petra, Jordania

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The Great Wall of China

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The Taj Mahal, India

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The Colosseum, Roma

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The Kukulkán temple, Mexico

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The Machu Picchu, Peru

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View from the The Christ the Redeemer statue

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A reminder about all the candidates:

1.-Giza pyramid complex, Cairo, Egypt
2.-Petra, Jordania
3.-Great Wall of China
4.-Moai, Chile
5.- The Taj Mahal, India
6.- The Alhambra, Granada
7.- The Colosseum, Roma
8.- The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
9.- The Statue of Liberty, New York, US
10.- The Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
11.- The C , Mexico
12.- The Machu Picchu, Peru
13.- The Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
14.-Timbuktu, Mali
15.- Hagia Sophia, Istambul, Turkey
16.- The Saint Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow
17.- The Acropolis, Athens
18.- The Christ the Redeemer statue, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19.- The Stonehenge, Great Britain
20.- Angkor, Cambodia
21.- The Kiyomizu-dera temple, Kyoto

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