The Votes Continue

for the new Seven Wonders of the World.

Not everybody is happy:

The new campaign has generated controversy in Egypt, where Culture Minister Farouk Hosni called it "absurd." Zahi Hawass, head of the country's Supreme Council of Antiquities, demanded that the 4,500-year-old pyramids at Giza be removed from the competition, saying they "don't need a vote to be among the world's wonders," according to the state-run Middle East News Agency.

Viering said the pyramids could not be removed because the competition is a purely democratic process, driven by Internet voting (and to a lesser extent phone balloting). "It's the people of the world who are making this list. It's not our decision," she said.

The pyramids will probably be on the final list. One of these days I'd like to see them.