THE Great Pyramid of Giza,EGYPT (Honorary Candidate)

(Honorary Candidate)
Bulit more than 4000 years ago,they are the oldest of the ancient wonders and the only one still surviving.30 times larger than the Empire State Building, the Pyramid's features are so large they can be seen from the Moon.Its base covers 13.6 acres,each side being greater than five acres in area.It is the sole remnant of the Seven Wonders of the World.

PETRA,JORDAN

Petra is the treasure of ancient world, hidden behind an almost impenetrable barrier of rugged mountains.The most memorable structure and carved out of the red stone cliff during the first century BC.Petra sights are at their best in early morningand late afternoon, when the sun warms the multicolored stones.The Petra basin boasts over 800 individual monuments, including buildings, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples, arched gateways, and colonnaded streets, that were mostly carved from the kaleidoscopic sandstone.

MACHU PICCHU,PERU

Machu Picchu,an altitude about 8000 feet,built Machu Picchu in the mid-15th century.The Incan Emperor Pachacútec built a city in the clouds on the mountain known as "old mountain" i.e.,Machu PicchuIt appears to have been a sacred, ceremonial city and astronomical observatory.The largest peak in Machu Picchu, called Huayna Picchu, is known as "hitching post of the Sun".

GREAT WALL OF CHINA,CHINA

The history of Great wall of China goes back to the 3rd century BC.It was built between the 3rd and 16th century to protect the northern borders of the
Chinese Empire.The great Wall is the worlds longest building structure 6,400 km (4,000 miles)and a height of 6 to 15meters.

COLOSSEUM,ROME,ITALY

The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome,Italy. The largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is greatest works of
Roman architecture and engineering.Its construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus.The buliding
was 615 x 510ft.

CHRIST THE REDEEMER, Brazil

The statue of Christ the Redeemer on top of the Corcovado mountain(hunchback), which is situated in the heart of Tijuca National Park in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.Looming 100-feet high, arms outstretched.the massive statue which is 125 ft tall and weighs 700 tons. The distance between his two arms is 28mts.

TAJ MAHAL,INDIA

Taj Mahal is in the city of Agra,on the banks of the Yamuna River.It was built in the memory of the beautiful Arjumand Bano Begum,who won the heart of a
Mughal prince,Shaha Jehan.The momument is in mausoleum(white marble) .Its construction was started in 1631 and completed in 1653.The most skilled architects, inlay craftsmen, calligraphers, stone-carvers and masons came from all across Indian and lands as distant as Persia and Turkey.

CHICHEN ITZA,MEXICO

The best known construction on the site is Kukulcan's Pyramid.a square-based, stepped pyramid that is 75 feet tall. This pyramid was built for astronomical
purposes. This causes seven isosceles triangles to form imitating the bodyof a serpent 37 yards long that creeps downwards until it joins the huge serpent's
head carved in stone at the bottom of the stairway.