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The Seven Wonders Things that can never be explained.

Things that can never be explained.. ◦ The classic seven wonders were: Great Pyramid of Giza Hanging Gardens of Babylon Statue of Zeus at Olympia

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Page 1: Things that can never be explained.. ◦ The classic seven wonders were:  Great Pyramid of Giza  Hanging Gardens of Babylon  Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The Seven Wonders

Things that can never be explained.

Page 2: Things that can never be explained.. ◦ The classic seven wonders were:  Great Pyramid of Giza  Hanging Gardens of Babylon  Statue of Zeus at Olympia

◦The classic seven wonders were: Great Pyramid of Giza Hanging Gardens of Babylon Statue of Zeus at Olympia Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Colossus of Rhodes Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Classic Seven Wonders

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The only wonder that still exist in the world. 146.5 metres. The tallest man-made building without

technology.

Great Pyramid of Giza

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Stonehenge Colosseum Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa Great Wall of China Porcelain Tower of Nanjing Hagia Sophia Leaning tower of Pisa

Seven Wonders After Civilisation

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Had up to 165 stones originally. Contains 92 stones now. The missing stones are still a mystery.

StoneHenge

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 Can contain up to 80,000 spectators.

it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by earthquakes and stone-robbers

Colosseum

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 a mass burial chamber for the humans and animals.

consist of three levels.

 the third level being now completely underwater.

Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa

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Made up of 6,259 km of actual wall.

359 km of trenches.

2,232 km of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers.

The entire wall is  21196 km.

Great Wall of China

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30m in diameter. 79m high.

The tower was built with white porcelain bricks that were said to reflect the sun's rays during the day.

At night 140 lamps were hung from the building to illuminate the tower.

Porcelain Tower of Nanjing

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The building was a church.

Famous for its large and unique roof

it is considered a kind of Byzantine architecture.

Hagia Sophia

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Angle of slant:3.97degrees

56m high.

It was designed by famous architects.

An interesting building.

Leaning Tower Of Pisa

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