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7 Wonders of ancientWorld


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7 Wonders

The original list of world wonders wascreated by tourists in Ancient Greece.

They chose only 7 wonders to be on the listbecause the number 7 had special meaning

for them.

7 represented perfection and plenty.


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The only Ancient Wonder

still standing today is


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The Great Pyramid at Giza


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Here are the Seven

Wonders of the AncientWorld.


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1. The Great Pyramid of Giza

Located in Giza, Egypt

Built from 2,584 2,561BCE

Tomb of Pharoah Khufu,

of the 4th EgyptianDynasty


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2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Was located inpresent-day Iraq

Built in 605 562 BCE

Built by KingNebuchadnezzar, II forhis homesick wife


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3. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Was located in Olympia,Greece

Built in 435 BCE

12 meters tall

Destroyed by fire circa500 CE


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4. The Temple of Artemis atEphesus

Was located in Turkey

Built circa 550 BCE

Took 120 years to build

Dedicated to Greekgoddess Artemis

Destroyed and rebuilt 3times (fire and attacks)


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5. The Mausoleum ofHalicarnassus

Was located in Turkey

Tomb of Mausolus (member of thePersian Empire)

Difficult existence:

Built in 351 BCE

Destroyed by flood

Rebuilt

Destroyed by Earthquake

Rebuilt

Disassembled by invaders


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6. The Colossus of Rhodes Built in 280 BCE

Located in Greece

Giant statue of Helios (Greek godof the sun)

115 135 meters tall (one of the

tallest structures on Earth

forcenturies)

Destroyed in 226 CE byEarthquake


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7. The Lighthouse of Alexandria

Built in 280 BCE

Located in Egypt on

Ph

aros Island

Pharos became the Latinword for lighthouse

Destroyed circa 1303 CE byearthquake


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Seven Wonders of the

Modern World


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Channel TunnelFrench: Le tunnel sous la Manche

English Channel between England and France


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During construction, both Britain and France raced to see who would reachthe midpoint first. Britain won.It created a ground link between Great Britain and the rest of Europe


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y The Channel Tunnel (or "Chunnel") is actuallymade of three tunnels: twohold traffic and a smallerservice tunnel serves as

an emergency escaperoute.


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y It is the longest undersea

tunnel in the world.

y It cost over $21 billion tocomplete the ChannelTunnel.

y Fastest way to get betweenLondon and Paris


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CN TowerToronto, Canada


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A communications and observation towerstanding 553.3 meters (1,815 ft.) tall.

The CN Tower signature icon of Toronto'sskyline, and a symbol of Canada

It remains the tallest free-standing structure inthe Western Hemisphere,


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Main Pod of the CN Tower

in Toronto, Canada


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Features:

CN Tower glass floor elevatorrideWorlds longest metalstaircase


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Empire State BuildingNew York City, USA


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Designed by the architectural firm of Shreve, Lamb, & HarmonAssociates, the Empire State Building stands at 102 stories above

ground.


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The tallest building in the world until the completion of thefirst tower of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan

in 1972.

LOCATION

350 Fifth Avenue, between 33rd and34th Streets, New York, NY 10001


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Golden Gate BridgeSan Francisco City, USA


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Why the "Golden Gate"?

y The entrance to the SanFrancisco Bay from thePacific Ocean is known as

the Golden Gate Strait. Atopographical engineernamed it in 1846. It remindedhim of a harbor in Istanbulnamed Chrysoceras, or

Golden Horn.


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The Golden Gate runs across the Golden Gate

Strait and it connects San Francisco to MarinCounty.


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The bridge was originallydesigned and built by engineer

Joseph B. Strauss


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Facts:

The two great cables extending from

the bridge contain 80,000 miles ofsteel wire, which is enough to circle

the equator three times.

The concrete poured to cement thebridge into the stormy waters below

could have also been used to pave afive-foot wide sidewalk from New York

to San Francisco.


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The Itaipu DamParan River, border of Brazil and Paraguay


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The true marvel of Itaip, though, is its powerhouse ... asingle building that puts out 12,600 megawatts -- enough

to power most of California.


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y The energy production of the dam has broken severalrecords (a new record will approximately reach the 80million MWh a year mark)


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y Took a great amount ofmaterials to build the dam

y The volume of iron and steelused would be enough tobuild 380 Eiffel Towers


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North Sea Protection WorksNetherlands


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Panama CanalPanama


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y Opened on August 15, 1914

y Saves a ship from traveling anextra 7872 miles around South

America

y The U.S. signed a treaty withPanama in 1903, allowing theU.S. to build a canal acrossthe Isthmus of Panama


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y The U.S. owned and operatedthe canal until December31,1999, when it gave it back toPanama

y Cost about $387 million tobuild


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y Helps a ship travel lessdistance and thus save timewhen traveling between the

Atlantic Ocean and thePacific Ocean

y The whole project took tenyears to complete.


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