The Colosseum
The Colosseum or Coliseum (/ˌkɒləˈsiːəm/ KOL-ə-SEE-əm), also called Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium; Italian: Anfiteatro Flavio (aɱfiteˈaːtro ˈflaːvjo) or Colosseo (kolosˈsɛːo)), giant amphitheatre built in…
History
The Christ The Redeemer Statue
Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: (ˈkɾistu ʁedẽˈtoʁ), local pronunciation: ˈkɾiɕtŭ̻ xe̞dẽ̞ˈtoɦ), is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro,…
The Alhambra In Granada
The Alhambra (/ælˈhæmbrə/, Spanish: (aˈlambɾa); Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء, romanized: Al-Ḥamrāʾ, pronounced (alħamˈraːʔ), lit. “The Red One”), is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs of…
Acropolis Of Athens
The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most famous ancient archaeological sites in the world. It is an ancient citadel located on a rocky…
Ancient City: Petra
“Petra” (Arabic: ٱلْبَتْرَاء, romanized: Al-Batrāʾ; Ancient Greek: Πέτρα, “Stone”), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu, ancient city, centre of an Arab kingdom in Hellenistic…
Persepolis: The Capital Of The Persian Achaemenid Empire
Persepolis (/pɝˈsepəlɪs/, Old Persian: Pārsa) modern Takht-e Jamshīd or Takht-i Jamshīd (Persian: “Throne of Jamshīd,” Jamshīd being a character in Persian mythology), was the capital…
The Tower Of London, England
The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London is a 900-year-old castle and fortress in central London…
Book Of The Dead
The “Book of the Dead” is an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom (around…
The Olmec Heads, Mexico
The ‘Olmec Colossal Heads’ are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. These heads are aptly named of the 17 uncovered in…
Ggantija Temple, Malta
“Ġgantija” (Maltese pronunciation: [dʒɡanˈtiːja], “Giantess”) is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic on the Mediterranean island of Gozo. The Ġgantija Temples exceed 5 meters…
Gobekli Tepe, Turkey
“Göbekli Tepe” (Turkish: ɟœbecˈli teˈpe; Turkish for “Potbelly Hill”), which is actually a complex comprised of many temples, may have been the first temple in…
Pyramids
A pyramid (from Greek: πυραμίς pyramís) is one of the most amazing and riveting structures of both ancient and modern history. It was a really…
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