1、世界八大奇世界八大奇迹迹The Worlds Eight Wonders The Terracotta Army 兵马俑 Taj Mahal 泰姬陵The Pyramids of Egypt 埃及金字塔 Colosseum 罗马斗兽场Chichen Itza,Mexico玛雅神殿Petra,Jordan 约旦佩特拉城Christ the Redeemer,Brazil 巴西耶稣雕像Great Wall of China 万里长城The Terracotta Army 兵马俑 The terracotta figures were buried with the first Emperor of
2、 Qin(Qin Shi Huang)in 210-209 BC.Consequently,they are also sometimes referred to as Qins Army.Taj Mahal 泰姬陵It was Shah Jehan who ordered the building of the Taj,in honor of his wife.So great was the Emperor love to his wife that he ordered the building of the most beautiful mausoleum on Earth for h
3、er.The Pyramids of Egypt 埃及金字塔built 4,000 years ago,the three great pyramids at giza,in the egyptian desert remain the most colossal buildings ever constructed.The pyramids were built by egyptians under the orders of the egyptian leader.How ancient builders managed to build these massive structures
4、has never been fully answered but the effort clearly required brains and brawn.Colosseum罗马斗兽场Colosseumremained in use for nearly 500 yearstraditional gladiatorial gamesmany other public spectacles:mock sea battles,animal hunts,executions,re-enactments of famous battles,and dramas based on Classical
5、mythology.Chichen Itza,Mexico玛雅神殿built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Mexico.a major regional center.architectural styles,Petra,Jordan 约旦佩特拉城a rose-red city half as old as time Petra is an archaeological site in Jordan,lying in a basin among the mountains which form t
6、he eastern flank of Arabah,the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.Christ the Redeemer,巴西耶稣雕像is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil.The statue stands 39.6 meters(130 feet)tall,weighs 700 tons and is located at the peak of the 700-m(2296-foot)Corcovado mountain i
7、n the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city.A symbol of Christianity,the statue has become an icon of Rio and Brazil.Great Wall of China 万里长城The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China,built,rebuilt,and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties.
