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- 100 million people voted for these 7 wonders in 2007
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
- Built in the early 400s A.D by the Mayan civilization
- Was once a powerful city and trading center for cloth, honey and salt
- Multiple temples and pyramids
- 'El Castillo' - largest pyramid
- Spring/Fall equinox light show
- Astronomical observatory
- Climb the steps? (91)
Peru
- Built in the mid-1400s by the Incan Empire
- built houses, temples and fields by cutting the rock
- Sacred archaelogical center
- Unknown until 1911
- Very difficult to get to - high and
protected
- By Foot, Train or Helicopter
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
- Built in 1931
- Stands on top of Corcovado Mountain
- 130 ft tall
- Built to celebrate the 100 year
anniversary of Brazil's independence
- but also.. a miracle
- Damaged by lightening...
twice!
Rome, Italy
- Built between 72 - 81 A.D
- It took 60,000 slaves, 9 years to build!
- Used for 500 years
- 50,000 people could sit inside
to watch gladiators, battle reenactments, and animal hunts
- There are tunnels and chambers under the arena floor
- Earthquakes and stone robbers have ruined it
Jordan
- Built as early as 5th Century BC by the Nabataean empire
- maybe 9000 BC
- A city carved into a mountain - known as the Rose City
- Masters of manipulating water technology, created tunnels and water chambers
- Unknown until rediscovered in 1812
Agra, India
- Built between 1632 - 1653 for the wife of Empire Shah Jahan
- It's a mausoleum for the empress, she died giving birth to their 14th child
- 20,000 workers over 20 years to build
- Building materials came from all over Asia - needed about 1000 elephants to transport it all!
- Surrounded by gardens, pathways and a reflecting pool - it sits on 55 acres
- Nearly 10 million tourists visit every year!
- In 2007 it was selected as one of the Man Made Wonders of the World
- Damage from pollution and acid rain
China
- Built between the 5th and 16th century
- Created to protect the borders
of the Chinese Empire
- Over 21,000 km long, the worlds longest man made structure
- 7000 watch towers
- 19 separate walls were built - very little of the 1st is left - Thieves!
- Thousands of workers died from giant falling stones, exhaustion, disease, animal attacks, and starvation - myth...