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Mexico’s Chichen Itza Pyramid Named One of the New Seven Wonders of the World
By Jane Goodwin | July 11, 2007
The traditional Seven Wonders of the World were:
Of these seven ancient wonders, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos lighthouse off Alexandria have all vanished, and only the Egyptian pyramids of Giza remain today.
The new Seven Wonders of the World have been announced, by popular vote, to be: 
The Great Wall of China, Rome’s Colosseum, India’s Taj Mahal, Jordan’s Petra, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Brazil’s Statue of Christ Redeemer and Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid.
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