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The original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is a list which has annoyed travelers for a long time. Six of the seven structures on the list haven't existed (19) centuries, so they can only be imagined and not seen. Some historians even doubt (20) one of the wonders, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, ever existed.

Herodotus created the original list in the 5th century B.C., (21) it is not surprising that those architectural marvels are no longer around. However, they have listed a new list of wonders, which is modern and more are structures (22) visitors can see.

The New Seven Wonders of the World were chosen through a popular vote over a period of six years. A nonprofit group (23) this vote and it was led by a Swiss adventurer whose name was Bernard Weber. In 1999, Weber started gathering suggestions from people around the world through the Internet. The list went through several rounds of (24), from over 200 nominations to 70, then to 21, and finally to 7. The group received over 100 million votes through the Internet and cell phone messages, making it the largest poll ever conducted if their claims are true.