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The Giza Necropoli
s is an archaeological site
on the Giza
Plateau, on the
outskirts of Cair, Egypt.
The sculptor Hares was creating Colossus for 12 years. Colossus of Rhodes stood on a white marble pedestal, slightly leaning back. A
statue of the god rose at the entrance to the harbour of Rhodes, and was
visible from nearby islands.
The Colossus stood for sixty-five years. In 222
BC. the earthquake destroyed the statue.
In November 2008 it was announced about the reconstruction of the statues in the form of lighting installations.
The construction of the amphitheater
was started by Emperor Vespasian, after his victories in
Asia in 72 AD.
COLOSSEUM
In the year of 405 AD The
Colosseum had fallen into
disrepair and was destroyed before 1740.
It is an interesting fact that in the Colosseum the
shooting battles of Bruce Lee and
Chuck Norris from the movie "The Return of the
Dragon“ took place.
The city of ancient America is located in Peru, at the top of the ridge at an altitude of
2450 meters.
There is some controversy as to
whether the Hanging Gardens
were an actual construction or a poetic creation,
owing to the lack of documents in
modern Babylonian sources.
There is only a mention of
Nebuchadnezzar’s wife Amyitis about Hanging Gardens.
However, it is possible that
cuneiform texts on the Hanging Gardens
may yet be found.
Today archaeological evidence hasn't been found at Babylon for
the Hanging Gardens. It is
possible that this evidence exists
beneath the Euphrates, which
cannot be excavated safely at present.
The river flowed east of its current
position during the time of
Nebuchadnezzar II, and therefore little is known
about the western portion of Babylon.
Modern scientists believe that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were actually constructed
by the Assyrian king Sennacherib for his palace at Nineveh.
Was built between 280 and 247 BC on the island of Pharos at Alexandria
in Egypt. Its purpose was to guide sailors into the harbour at night. Its height was 450 meters.
By the XII century Alexandrian harbour silted up, the ships
could not use it. The lighthouse went into
decline.
In the XIV century, the
lighthouse was destroyed by an
earthquake.
In the V century BC.
the citizens of Olympia
decided to build the temple of Zeus. The majestic
building was errected
between 466 and 456 years BC It was built of huge stone blocks, and
surrounded by massive columns.
The architect Phidias was
sculpting the statue of
Zeus in the temple for 21 years. It was beautiful &
magnificent. It was made
of gold, diamonds
and emeralds!
The Earthquake destroyed the statue almost completely in the II century BC.
The temple was built in the middle of the VI century BC. A statue of the goddess Artemis was made of gold
and ivory.
The temple was a financial and business centre
of Ephesus.
But in 356 BC. Herostratus burnt
the temple, wishing to become famous
such a way.
The Monument of carian ruler Mausolus. Artemisia II ordered
to build it in the middle of the IV
century BC in Halicarnassus.
The Mausoleum was constructed by the
great Greek architects, such as
Satyr, Pytheas, Leohar, Scopas, Timotheus and
Briaksid.
In the XIII century the mausoleum was destroyed by an
earthquake.
In 1846 the expedition of the British Museum explored the ruins.
The construction of the first wall began in the III
century BCThe length of
the wall is 9800 kilometers long .
The wall was built to protect China's
borders from attacks of
the barbarians
Until the 20th century the wall was gradually being
destroyed by sandstorms.However, on June 25, 1899
there appeared a rumour about demolition of the Great Wall of China in American newspapers.
After this event the reconstruction of the wall
began.
There is a legend that the foundation of the walls was
made of a mixture of builders’ bodies and rice porridge with a mixture of
slaked lime.
Petra was an ancient city, the
capital of Idumea, and
later the capital of the
Nabataean kingdom. Located in
Jordan.
Petra was located at the crossroads of the
two major trade routes. Hundreds of
years of trade brought great wealth
to Petra.
But when the Romans discovered the sea routes to the East,
overland spice trade came to naught, and Petra was gradually exhausted, lost in the
sands.
Taj Mahal is a mausoleum-
mosque, located in Agra, India, on the banks of the river Yamuna.
Built on the order of Mughal
emperor Shah Jahan in the
memory of his wife Mumtaz
Mahal, who died in child-birth.
Taj Mahal is considered to be the best example
of Mughal architecture style,
which combines the elements of Persian, Indian
and Islamic architectural
styles.
In 1983, the Taj Mahal was named a «pearl of Muslim art in India, one of the
recognized masterpieces of
heritage, which is admired throughout
the world» by UNESCO.
Chichen Itza was a political and cultural centre of the Maya in
the north of the Yucatan Peninsula
(Mexico).
The holy city of the itza people is located 120
kilometers east of the city of Merida.
The city was founded in the VII century AD.
At the time of the Spanish conquest of Chichen Itza it was a
ruin.The remains of the city can be divided into two
groups. The first includes
buildings, dating from the VI-VII centuries and relating to the period of
Mayan culture. The second group of
buildings relates to the period of Toltec X-XI
centuries.
The Statue of Christ the
Redeemer is the famous statue of
Christ with outstretched
arms at the top of Corcovado
mountain in Rio de Janeiro. It is a symbol of Rio de
Janeiro and Brazil. The
statue is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.
In 1921 the approaching centenary of national independence inspired Brazil's city fathers to build a monument of Christ the
Redeemer. The magazine "O Cruzeiro" announced a fundraiser for a subscription to the construction of the monument. As a
result of the campaign there were collected 2.2 million reals.
The construction of the statue went on for about nine years - from 1922 to 1931.
October 12, 1931 is the date of the grand opening and consecration of the
monument
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