Jordan's ancient city a candidate for new seven wonders of the world


	Jordan's ancient city a candidate for new seven wonders of the world

arifsali

1-26-2007 7:51 AM

456 views

tags:

world, jordan, contest, life

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

View the Top Clips from January 26, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/04311c98-8c03-4f80-ad4e-799d3ec5015a/11325C87-62CB-4DDF-B17D-32F405A92B38/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/17/petra_hum.html?category=human&guid=20070117091500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/17/petra_hum.html?category=human&guid=20070117091500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/17/petra_hum.html?category=human&guid=20070117091500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><SPAN class="primeColor">Petra Is New Seven Wonders Candidate</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/17/petra_hum.html?category=human&guid=20070117091500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P><B>Jan. 17, 2007</B> — Jordan's ancient city Petra was officially declared a candidate Tuesday in the contest to name the new seven wonders of the world at a ceremony amid its rose-colored stone buildings.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/17/petra_hum.html?category=human&guid=20070117091500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P>Contest founder Bernard Weber presented Jordan's Queen Rania with Petra's official candidacy at the event that included a presentation on the way the city's first inhabitants lived.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/17/petra_hum.html?category=human&guid=20070117091500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P>The New 7 Wonders of the World contest was launched in 2001 by Weber's Geneva-based NewOpenWorld Foundation, which aims to promote cultural diversity by supporting, preserving and restoring monuments. It relies on private donations and revenue from selling broadcasting rights. Twenty-one sites around the globe are vying to be declared wonders of the world.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/17/petra_hum.html?category=human&guid=20070117091500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/9FC170DF-F51A-4E40-A18F-44E550F6E3D2" alt="On the List" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/17/petra_hum.html?category=human&guid=20070117091500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><DIV class="caption%20shim5"><B>On the List</B> <IMG width="25" height="20" border="0" align="right" alt="video" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/common/sgallery/icons/photo.gif" /> <A href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/media/slideshows/7wonderslide.html"> <B>See other candidates for the new seven wonders.</B></A></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/11325C87-62CB-4DDF-B17D-32F405A92B38/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from arifsali

Today's Top Clips