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New 7 Wonders of The World. Contents. The Pyramid at Chichen Itza Christ Redeemer The Roman Colosseum The Great Wall of China Machu Picchu Petra The Taj Mahal. Chichen Itza (Mexico). 800 AD The most famous temple city Center of the Mayan civilization An extraordinary composition. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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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