PYRAMIDS OF GIZA, EGYPT
The  only surviving structures of the original seven wonders, the three  pyramids were built as tombs for 4th dynasty pharaohs about 4,500 years  ago. The largest of the three pyramids, the 452-foot-high Great Pyramid,  was built for King Cheops. Nearby is the Great Sphinx, a limestone  statue with the face of a man and the body of a lion.
COLOSSEUM,  ITALY
The giant amphitheater in Rome was inaugurated in  A.D. 80 by the Emperor Titus in a ceremony of games lasting 100 days.  The 50,000-seat Colosseum, which has influenced the design of modern  sports stadiums, was an arena where thousands of gladiators dueled to  the death and Christians were fed to the lions.
GREAT WALL OF  CHINA
The 4,160-mile barricade running from east to west in  northern China is the longest man-made structure in the world. The  fortification, which largely dates from the 7th through the 4th century  B.C., was built to protect the dynasties from invasion by the Huns,  Mongols, Turks and other nomadic tribes.
TAJ MAHAL, INDIA
The  white marble-domed mausoleum in Agra was built by Mogul Emperor Shah  Jahan between 1632 and 1654 for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who  died in childbirth. The complex - an example of Mughal architecture  combining Indian, Persian, and Islamic styles - houses the graves of the  emperor and his wife, as well as those of lesser royalty.
PETRA,  JORDAN
The ancient city of Petra in southwestern Jordan,  built on a terrace around the Wadi Musa or Valley of Moses, was the  capital of the Arab kingdom of the Nabateans. It also flourished under  Roman rule after the Nabateans were defeated in A.D. 106. The city is  famous for its water tunnels and numerous stone structures carved in  rock, the most impressive of which is probably Ad-Dayr, an uncompleted  tomb facade that served as a church during Byzantine times.
CHRIST  THE REDEEMER STATUE, BRAZIL
The 125-foot-tall statue of  Christ the Redeemer with outstretched arms overlooks Rio de Janeiro from  atop Mt. Corcovado. The statue, which weighs more than 1,000 tons, was  built by Polish-French sculptor Paul Landowski in pieces in France  starting in 1926, then shipped to Brazil. The pieces were carried by  cogwheel railway up the mountain for assembly. The statue was  inaugurated in 1931.
MACHU PICCHU, PERU
Built by  the Incan Empire in the 15th century, the giant walls, palaces, temples  and dwellings of the Machu Picchu sanctuary are perched in the clouds at  8,000 feet above sea level in the Andes mountains. It remains a mystery  how the huge stones were moved into place for the construction of the  remote city.
PYRAMID AT CHICHEN ITZA, MEXICO
This  step-pyramid surmounted by a temple survives from a sacred site that  was part of one of the greatest Mayan centers of Mexico's Yucatan  peninsula. Built according to the solar calendar, it is placed so that  shadows cast at the fall and spring equinoxes are said to look like a  snake crawling down the steps, similar to the carved serpent at the top.
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