The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched a global campaign to identify the 7 Contemporary Wonders of the World – inviting people to nominate modern landmarks built since 1801. View on eu ...

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The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched the search for the 7 Contemporary Wonders of the World, a global initiative designed to identify and celebrate the landmarks and buildings ...

The organization's newest campaign is seeking the public's input to name the world's seven contemporary wonders.

To the Ancient Greeks, the number seven held special meaning. They saw seven wandering objects, or planets, in the sky — the five visible with the naked eye alongside the sun and moon. They catalogued ...

How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world's most marvelous monuments The canonical Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were renowned for their size or splendor and—in all cases—the ...

The finding comes as part of a project to digitally reconstruct the legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria ...