SEVEN WONDERS OF THE

WORLD
SUBMITTED BY
J. SUSHIL THEUNIS
VI-`A’
KV-CBE
THE GREAT PYRAMID - EGYPT
• The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as
the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is
the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the
Giza Pyramid Complex bordering what is now
known as El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to
remain largely intact.

• It was constructed from 2580 – 2560 BC

(4th dynasty).

• It remained the tallest Man-made structure in the

world for over 3,800 years.
THE PETRA - ISRAEL

• Carved directly into vibrant red, white, pink, and

sandstone cliff faces, the prehistoric Jordanian city
of Petra was "lost" to the Western world for
hundreds of years.
• Located amid rugged desert canyons and mountains
in what is now the southwestern corner of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Petra was once a
thriving trading center and the capital of the
Nabataean empire between 400 B.C. and A.D. 106.
• The city sat empty and in near ruin for centuries.
Only in the early 1800s did a European traveler
disguise himself in Bedouin costume and infiltrate
the mysterious locale.
• It was built as early as 5th Century BC.
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA - CHINA

• Though the beginning of the Great Wall of China

can be traced to the third century B.C., many of the
fortifications included in the wall date from
hundreds of years earlier, when China was divided
into a number of individual kingdoms during the so-
called Warring States Period.
• Around 220 B.C., Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor
of a unified China under the Qin Dynasty, ordered
that earlier fortifications between states be
removed and a number of existing walls along the
northern border be joined into a single system that
would extend for more than 10,000 li (is about one-
third of a mile) and protect China against attacks
from the north.
• Still its length is unknown!!
THE COLOSSEUM - ROME
• Even after the decadent Roman emperor Nero took
his own life in A.D. 68, his misrule and excesses fueled
a series of civil wars. No fewer than four emperors
took the throne in the tumultuous year after Nero’s
death; the fourth, Vespasian, would end up ruling for
10 years (A.D. 69-79). The Flavian emperors, as
Vespasian and his sons Titus (79-81) and Domitian
(81-96) were known, attempted to tone down the
excesses of the Roman court, restore Senate authority
and promote public welfare. Around 70-72, Vespasian
returned to the Roman people the lush land near the
center of the city, where Nero had built an enormous
palace for himself after a great fire ripped through
Rome in A.D. 64. On the site of that Golden Palace, he
decreed, would be built a new amphitheater where
the public could enjoy gladiatorial combats and other
forms of entertainment.
CHRIST THE REDEEMER - BRAZIL

• Christ the Redeemer, Portuguese Cristo

Redentor, colossal statue of Jesus Christ at the
summit of Mount Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro,
southeastern Brazil. It was completed in 1931
and stands 98 feet (30 metres) tall, its
horizontally outstretched arms spanning 92
feet (28 metres). The statue, made
of reinforced concrete clad in a mosaic of
thousands of triangular soapstone tiles, sits on
a square stone pedestal base about 26 feet (8
metres) high, which itself is situated on a deck
atop the mountain’s summit. The statue is the
largest Art Deco-style sculpture in the world
and is one of Rio de Janeiro’s most
recognizable landmarks.
THE TAJ MAHAL - INDIA
• The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum complex
commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor
Shah Jahan to house the remains of his beloved
wife. Constructed over a 20-year period on the
southern bank of the Yamuna River in Agra, the
complex is one of the most outstanding
examples of Mughal architecture.
• The mausoleum was constructed of white
marble inlaid with semi-precious stones
forming intricate designs in a technique known
as pietra dura.
• Its central dome reaches a height of 240 feet
(73 meters) and is surrounded by four smaller
domes; four slender towers, or minarets, stood
at the corners.
THE MACCHU PICCHU – SOUTH AMERICA
• Tucked away in the rocky countryside northwest of
Cuzco, Peru, Machu Picchu is believed to have
been a royal estate or sacred religious site for Inca
leaders, whose civilization was virtually wiped out
by Spanish invaders in the 16th century. The site
stretches over an impressive 5-mile distance,
featuring more than 3,000 stone steps that link its
many different levels. Historians believe Machu
Picchu was built at the height of the Inca Empire,
which dominated western South America in the
15th and 16th centuries. It was abandoned an
estimated 100 years after its construction,
probably around the time the Spanish began their
conquest of the mighty pre-Columbian civilization
in the 1530s. Machu Picchu is made up of more
than 150 buildings ranging from baths and houses
to temples and sanctuaries.
A VIDEO ON THE MACHHU PICHHU
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