Wonder

Location

Image

Year

Taj Mahal

Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

AD 1632

Giza Necropolis
(honorary title)

Giza, Egypt

2589 BC

Petra

Al-Batr

Ma'an Governorate, Jordan

312 BC

Colosseum
Colosseo

Rome, Italy

AD 70

Chichen Itza
Chi'ch'en itsha'

Yucatn, Mexico

AD 600

Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu

Cuzco, Peru

AD 1438

Great Wall of China

China

Wnl Chngchng

700 BC

Christ the Redeemer

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cristo Redentor

AD 1931

The Giza Necropolis in Egypt, the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World, was granted an
honorary site.
1 The Taj Mahal (/td mhl/, more often /t/;,[2] from Persian and Arabic,[3][4] "crown of
palaces", pronounced [tad ml]; also "the Taj"[5]) is a white marble mausoleum located in
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third
wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India
and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage".[6]
2 he Giza Necropolis (Arabic:
, IPA: [hmt eliz], "pyramids of Giza") is an
archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient

monuments includes the three pyramid complexes known as the Great Pyramids, the massive sculpture
known as the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex. It is located
some 9 km (5 mi) inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 km (15 mi)
southwest of Cairo city centre. The pyramids, which have historically loomed large as emblems of
ancient Egypt in the Western imagination,[1][2] were popularised in Hellenistic times, when the Great
Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is by far the
oldest of the ancient Wonders and the only one still in existence.
3 Petra (Arabic: , Al-Batr; Ancient Greek: ) is a historical and archaeological city in the
southern Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit
system. Another name for Petra is the Rose City due to the color of the stone out of which it is carved.
4 The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium;
Italian: Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy.
Built of concrete and stone,[1] it was the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and is considered
one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. It is the largest amphitheatre in the
world.[2]
5

Chichen Itza (/titn its/,[1] Spanish: Chichn Itz [titen itsa], from Yucatec Maya:

Chi'ch'en itsha' [tte i tsa];[2] "at the mouth of the well of the Itza") was a large preColumbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic. The archaeological site is
located in the municipality of Tinum, in the Mexican state of Yucatn.[3]
6 Machu Picchu (in hispanicized spelling, Spanish pronunciation: [matu piktu]) or Machu Pikchu
(Quechua machu old, old person, pikchu peak; mountain or prominence with a broad base which ends in
sharp peaks,[1] "old peak", pronunciation [mtu pixtu]) is a 15th-century Inca site located 2,430
metres (7,970 ft) above sea level.[2][3] It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province,
Machupicchu District in Peru.[
7

The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and
other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China
in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic
groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces. Several walls were being built as early
as the 7th century BC;[3] these, later joined together and made bigger and stronger, are now collectively
referred to as the Great Wall.

8 Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [kistu
edto], local dialect: [kitu edjto]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da
Silva Costa, in collaboration with the French engineer Albert Caquot. It is 30 metres (98 ft) tall,
not including its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal, and its arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide.[1]