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Dec 13, 2021 · The Taj Mahal, image courtesy of Architectural Digest. India’s renowned Taj Mahal (Persian for Crown of Palaces) is the stunning white marble mausoleum on the bank of the Yamuna River in the city of Agra, and it has been selected as one of the seven wonders of the world.
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Petra - Jordan, Built In 312 BCE. Stunning view from a cave of the Ad Deir, Monastery in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. "This is impossible" is a common thought for those who stand beneath the carved red-rock mountains in Petra. Yet, there it is.
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- Taj Mahal — India. The New 7 Wonders of the World was an online popularity poll that began in 2000. Millions of people cast their votes from a shortlist of 21 monuments.
- Petra — Jordan. Nicknamed the Rose City, Petra features tombs and temples carved into pink sandstone cliffs. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage."
- The Great Wall — China. Known amongst the Chinese as the "Long Wall," this structure made of cement, rocks, bricks, and dirt was meant to protect the north of the Chinese empire from enemy attacks.
- Chichen Itza — Mexico. Located in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Chichen Itza is famed for its largely preserved massive step pyramid at its center. It was a religio-political hub of the Mayan empire, which explains the fusion of various architectural styles from different regions.
Created in 2006, the “7 New Wonders of the World” is a list of sites that includes the ancient and the new. The sites were selected through an online vote with over 100 million...
Apr 10, 2024 · Located on five different continents and erected anywhere from 2500 BC to the 1930s, the 7 Wonders of the World vary in size from a giant carving that’s half the size of the Statue of Liberty to...
May 28, 2021 · Travel. Explore the New Seven Wonders of the World. If you’re Indiana Jonesin’ to go big on adventure, look no further than these crowd-free destinations. Hanli Prinsloo swims through a kelp...
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (from left to right, top to bottom): Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (also known as the Mausoleum of Mausolus), Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria as depicted by 16th-century Dutch ...
