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12
2008
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The Great Pyramid

Великая пирамида

What is the most ancient and grand building in the world, which is one of the seven wonders of the world, but still the only extant? Of course, all these epithets lavished her - the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu). Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu, as the Egyptians called it) was built for his burial, as ...


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10
09
2008
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Lighthouse of Alexandria

Александрийский маяк

Lighthouse of Alexandria (the first name "Faroese lighthouse" on the name of the island, where it is located) - is the world's first lighthouse built by man. He was elevated to 280g. BC in the vicinity of Alexandria, a port city founded by Alexander the Great. In the Mediterranean coast near Alexandria ...


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10
09
2008
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The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

Мавзолей в Галикарнасе

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus - a magnificent tomb of the royal couple Mausolus, the ruler of Caria. This region of 377 - 353gg. BC part of the Persian Empire. A Halicarnassus was the capital of this land (now the Turkish city of Bodrum). During his reign in Cary, found Mavsol true power and wealth ...


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10
08
2008
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Colossus of Rhodes

Колосс Родосский

Colossus of Rhodes - a statue of an enormous size, which was in the port city on about. Rhodes, located in the Aegean Sea. Called giants in mythology pervolyudey giants who lived before the creation of man-wise. These humanoid creatures were considered a huge growth demigods. The history of Colossus of Rhodes ...


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10
08
2008
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Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Статуя Зевса в Олимпии

Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a figure of a seated god on a throne decorated with ebony and precious stones. The very same statue was made not for the traditional materials of this kind of art. First it was made a wooden frame to which the plates were mounted in ivory and apparel ...


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10
06
2008
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Висячие сады Вавилона

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - this is included among the seven wonders of the complex of buildings erected by order of Nebuchadnezzar II (ruler of Babylon in the region of 600g. BC. AD). Of this great building we rasskkazyvayut many ancient Greek and Roman writers. The narrative says that the gardens were built for the wife of Nebuchadnezzar ...


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10
05
2008
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The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

Храм Артемиды в Эфесе

"The Temple of Artemis" - goddess of the moon, protector of young girls and animals was located in the Lydian city of Ephesus (founded in 1560g. BC. AD), the founders of which, if trust in the legends, were the tribes of warriors, women - the Amazons. Ephesus is located in the modern territorial limits of Turkey. The initiator of construction of the temple ...


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