Rachael’s Wonders

Stonehenge On the Salisbury Plains in England Built around 2600 B.C.

Merlin’s wizardry or UFO’s A sacred hunting ground An elite burial ground A unification project Massive bells

Great Wall of China 5,500 miles long NOT visible from space Built as early as 476 B.C.

Segments connected under Emperor Qin Built by criminals, soldiers and common folk 400,000 died building it due to heavy work load and conditions Has been extensively repaired

The Terra Cotta Army Also built by Emperor Qin Greatest archeological find of the 20 th century 1,900 soldiers and horses

Built around 200 B.C. Took 38 years and 720,000 people to build Represents victorious army For glory and remembrance Rediscovered in 1974

Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx Built around 2500 B.C. West Bank of the Nile in Northern Eygpt Built by Khufu 2 nd ruler of the 4 th dynasty

The Great Pyramid built in 20 years Workers were willing villagers Khafre built the Sphinx after the Eygptian sun god

Random tidbit: Napoleon’s soldiers used the nose for shooting practice till it fell off.