Egypt forces the Great Pyramid out of the New7Wonders ballot
Egyptian officials reacted angrily to the inclusion of the Giza pyramids among the twenty-one finalists announced on 1 January 2006. The culture minister Farouk Hosni called the contest absurd and the antiquities chief Zahi Hawass called it a silly idea that risked commercialising irreplaceable heritage. Egypt demanded the pyramids' removal, and the foundation resolved the dispute by inventing the status of Honorary New7Wonders Candidate, after which no votes could be cast for them.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu) · pyramid tomb · Egypt
- New7Wonders Foundation · organisation · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Declaration of the New7Wonders of the World, Lisbon, 07.07.2007
The campaign's own account of the seven elected sites, the reported vote volume, and the special status given to the Great Pyramid after Egypt's objection.
New7Wonders Foundation · 2007-07-07 · Partly verified
New7Wonders Foundation, 'Declaration of the New7Wonders of the World', world.new7wonders.com/lisbon-on-07-07-2007/ ; with the foundation's own campaign record at about.new7wonders.com covering the 21 finalists announced 1 January 2006 and the Honorary Candidate status of the Giza pyramids
Recorded on Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu)
- The Great Pyramid is built as mass, not span
- Antipater of Sidon writes the earliest surviving list of seven wonders
- Egypt forces the Great Pyramid out of the New7Wonders ballot
- UNESCO publicly disowns the New7Wonders campaign
- The New7Wonders of the World are declared in Lisbon
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