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Three Medieval Wonders of the World
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The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa Location: Alexandria, Egypt. History: Alexandria, Egypt, represented a melding of cultures in the late first century A.D. Traditions of Greece and Rome overlay the city, the cult of Christianity was gaining ground, and memories of ancient Egypt's great kingdoms still lingered. Description: An ancient circular staircase leads down into the catacombs. In the late second century, when Kom el Shaqafa was an active burial site, bodies were lowered by rope down the well formed by the spiraling stairs. The staircase ends at a landing vestibule, where two benches are carved into wall niches overarched by the cockleshell motif often found in classical designs.
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Colosseum Location: The Colosseum is located in Rome, Italy Description: The Colosseum is made out of Trertine on the outside and tufa and brick on the inside. It had Greek colunms decorating the outside; but these did not support the architecture. The Colosseum had a circumference of 527m and it was 50m high. Interesting facts The Colosseum can hold over 50 000 people. The Colosseum was 100 feet High It took 24 elephants to move the Colosseum Built The Colosseum was made between 70-80 BC
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Stonehenge Location: untied kingdom Construction: 2200 BC Destruction: N/A Interesting Facts: There are more than one Stonehenge Stonehenge is used for telling time
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