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- Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu) · sole_survivor_of · The canon of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
It is the only entry on the ancient canon that still stands, and it predates the other six by roughly two thousand years.
- Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre), Rome · postdates · The canon of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Colosseum opened in AD 80, roughly two centuries after Antipater's epigram, so it could not have been a candidate for the ancient canon.
- New7Wonders Foundation · proposed_replacement_for · The canon of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The foundation's stated purpose was to elect a new set of seven by global public vote, explicitly framed against the inherited ancient canon.
- Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre), Rome · elected_by · New7Wonders Foundation
Declared one of the New7Wonders at Lisbon on 7 July 2007.
- Petra · elected_by · New7Wonders Foundation
Declared one of the New7Wonders at Lisbon on 7 July 2007.
- Machu Picchu · elected_by · New7Wonders Foundation
Declared one of the New7Wonders at Lisbon on 7 July 2007.
- Taj Mahal · elected_by · New7Wonders Foundation
Declared one of the New7Wonders at Lisbon on 7 July 2007.
- Great Wall of China · elected_by · New7Wonders Foundation
Declared one of the New7Wonders at Lisbon on 7 July 2007.
- Chichen Itza · elected_by · New7Wonders Foundation
Declared one of the New7Wonders at Lisbon on 7 July 2007.
- Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro · elected_by · New7Wonders Foundation
Declared one of the New7Wonders at Lisbon on 7 July 2007.
- Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu) · withdrawn_from_ballot_of · New7Wonders Foundation
Egypt objected to the pyramids' inclusion among the 21 finalists and the foundation removed them from voting, designating them an Honorary New7Wonders Candidate.
- Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu) · listed_in · The canon of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Named in Antipater's epigram and in every subsequent version of the ancient canon.