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Rachael’s Wonders
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Stonehenge On the Salisbury Plains in England Built around 2600 B.C.
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Merlin’s wizardry or UFO’s A sacred hunting ground An elite burial ground A unification project Massive bells
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Great Wall of China 5,500 miles long NOT visible from space Built as early as 476 B.C.
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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
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The Terra Cotta Army Also built by Emperor Qin Greatest archeological find of the 20 th century 1,900 soldiers and horses
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Built around 200 B.C. Took 38 years and 720,000 people to build Represents victorious army For glory and remembrance Rediscovered in 1974
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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
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The Great Pyramid built in 20 years Workers were willing villagers Khafre built the Sphinx after the Eygptian sun god
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Random tidbit: Napoleon’s soldiers used the nose for shooting practice till it fell off.
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