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The Pyramid at The Pyramid at Chichen ItzaChichen Itza

Christ RedeemerChrist Redeemer

The Roman ColosseumThe Roman Colosseum

The Great Wall of The Great Wall of ChinaChina

Machu PicchuMachu Picchu

PetraPetra

The Taj MahalThe Taj Mahal

Chichen Itza Chichen Itza (Mexico)(Mexico)

800 AD800 AD

The most famous The most famous temple citytemple city

Center of the Center of the Mayan Mayan

civilizationcivilization

An extraordinaryAn extraordinary

compositioncomposition

Christ Redeemer Christ Redeemer (Brazil)(Brazil)

19311931

40 m. tall40 m. tall

Weighs 700 tonsWeighs 700 tons

At the peak of At the peak of 700 m.700 m.

Heitor da Heitor da

Silva CostaSilva Costa

Paul LandowskiPaul Landowski

The Roman Colosseum The Roman Colosseum (Italy)(Italy)

70-82 AD70-82 AD

Gladiatorial Gladiatorial showsshows

Type of show:Type of show:

Munera – Munera – individual showindividual show

Venation Venation – the – the animal huntanimal hunt

The Great Wall of The Great Wall of ChinaChina

220 BC and 220 BC and 1368-1644 AD1368-1644 AD

4000-5000 m4000-5000 m.. longlong

Height: 6-10 m.Height: 6-10 m.

5–6 m5–6 m. . widewideKeeps Mongol Keeps Mongol tribes invadingtribes invading

Machu Picchu (Peru)Machu Picchu (Peru)1460-14701460-1470

Incan EmperorIncan Emperor

Lies deep in Lies deep in the Amazon the Amazon jungle above jungle above the Urubambathe Urubamba

RiverRiver

Classical Inca Classical Inca stylestyle

Petra (Jordan)Petra (Jordan)

9 BC-40AD9 BC-40AD

On the edge of On the edge of the Arabian the Arabian DesertDesert

Glittering Glittering capital of the capital of the Nabataean Nabataean empireempire

Water Water chamberschambers

The Taj Mahal (India)The Taj Mahal (India)1630 AD1630 ADTo honor wife To honor wife of Shah Jahanof Shah JahanThe white The white marble tombmarble tombAn arch-An arch-shaped shaped doorwaydoorwayTopped by a Topped by a large domelarge dome

ReferencesReferenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Taj_Mahalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Taj_Mahal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Colosseum_in_RomeImage:Colosseum_in_Rome ItalyItaly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ElCastillohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ElCastillo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeirohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzcohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt

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