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Article: New Seven Wonders sent to space.(NEWS)
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- Swiss News
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- September 1, 2007
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More than 100 million voters chose seven new 'world wonders' after a six month, worldwide vote to update the original list drawn up around 200 B.C.--of which only the pyramids of Giza remain today.
And Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber, who launched the New Seven Wonders campaign in 1999, says he will next launch 3-D photos of the new wonders into outer space on a compact disc or an iPod. Although he hasn't divulged any details, he says the images will float in space to be discovered if, one day, the Earth no longer exists.
The new Seven Wonders include the Great Wall of China; India's Taj Mahal; the centuries-old pink ruins of Petra in Jordan; the Colosseum in Rome; the ...