The Temple of Artemis, also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, localized form of the goddess Artemis. Inside the Temple of Artemis were many works of art. The temple was decorated with paintings, columns gilded with gold and silver, and religious works by the famous Greek sculptors […]
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The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was a tomb built for King Mausolus and his wife Artemisia II of Caria. after 24 years as Satrap of Persia, Mausolus is thought to have planned the tomb in detail before his own death. Mausolus began construction in 355 BC, probably during his own rule. After his death (353 BC), […]
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World or known as the Seven Wonders of the World. It is a list of seven important buildings that existed in classical antiquity. They are extraordinary ancient monuments, all built by human beings. The first known list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which is considered valid […]
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and have been described as a remarkable feat of engineering. The gardens are depicted as a series of tiered gardens that rise up to resemble a great green mountain built of mud bricks. This magnificent structure, which includes a wide […]
Mount Everest is the world’s highest mountain above sea level and has an altitude of over 8848 m. It is located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-region of the Himalayas. The summit of Mount Everest crosses the border between China and Nepal. The Nepalese side of Everest is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Sagarmatha […]
Sigiriya, also known as Sinhagiri, is an ancient rock fortress. It is located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is dominated by a massive granite column about 180 m (590 ft) high. According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle Cūḷavaṃsa, what was once […]
It is a market in Damnoen Saduak District of Ratchaburi Province, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. in 1866, by order of King Rama IV, the 35-kilometer-long Damnoen Saduak Canal was built to connect the Mae Klong and Tha Chin Rivers. After the completion of the canal, many merchants […]
The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the Yamuna river in Agra, India. The fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658) built this mausoleum in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631 while giving birth to their 14th child, Gauhara Begum. The mausoleum is the […]
The Great Wall is a series of fortifications built by the ancient Chinese states and is the longest border wall in the world. It stretches along China’s historic northern borders. Its Chinese name is “10,000 Li Long Wall” (萬里長城 / 万里长城, Wànlǐ Chángchéng). “Li” is literally a Chinese unit of length. However, the wall is […]
Cappadocia is a popular tourist destination in Turkey with unique geological, historical, cultural and religious features. It was formed by the erosion of the soft layers formed by the lava and ashes of Erciyes, Hasandağı and Göllüdağ, which were volcanoes erupted 60 million years ago, by rain and wind for millions of years. These different […]