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In 2007, millions of people worldwide voted for the ‘New Seven Wonders of the World’: structures still standing today, from Machu Picchu and the Colosseum to the Taj Mahal. In this pack you recognise each from a photo and learn where it is and the story behind it. To finish, you name all seven at once: which also works in time mode via voice input. The new seven wonders are Chichén Itzá in Mexico, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, the Colosseum in Rome, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, the rock city of Petra in Jordan and the Taj Mahal in Agra. Good to know: Mexico's most famous Maya site, with the step pyramid ‘El Castillo’, which also served as a calendar in stone. At the equinox the staircase casts a shadow that looks like a serpent slithering down. The roughly 30-metre statue of Christ atop Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro, unveiled in 1931. It is repeatedly struck by lightning: its outstretched arms reach high into the sky. The largest amphitheatre of antiquity, where up to 50,000 spectators watched gladiator fights. Built in the 1st century AD.
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Chichen Itza
Mexico's most famous Maya site, with the step pyramid ‘El Castillo’, which also served as a calendar in stone.
💡 Did you know? At the equinox the staircase casts a shadow that looks like a serpent slithering down.
Foto: Dkoukoul · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Christ the Redeemer
The roughly 30-metre statue of Christ atop Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro, unveiled in 1931.
💡 Did you know? It is repeatedly struck by lightning: its outstretched arms reach high into the sky.
Foto: Silviomerci1971 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Colosseum
The largest amphitheatre of antiquity, where up to 50,000 spectators watched gladiator fights. Built in the 1st century AD.
💡 Did you know? The arena could even be flooded and turned into a basin for mock sea battles.
Foto: CTLiotta · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Great Wall of China
A fortification system thousands of kilometres long, built to protect China from attacks from the north.
💡 Did you know? Contrary to popular belief, it cannot be seen from space with the naked eye.
Foto: Pedro Szekely at https://www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosz/ · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Machu Picchu
A 15th-century Inca city high in the Andes, brought to the world's attention only in 1911.
💡 Did you know? The wall stones are fitted so precisely that not even a knife blade fits between them, without any mortar.
Foto: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Petra
An ancient city of the Nabataeans whose famous façades were carved directly into rose-red sandstone cliffs.
💡 Did you know? Its landmark, the ‘Treasury’ (Al-Khazneh), featured as a set in an Indiana Jones film.
Foto: Shikhar Sharma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Taj Mahal
A white marble mausoleum built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century for his late wife.
💡 Did you know? The marble shimmers in different colours depending on the light: pink in the morning, golden in the evening.
Mexico
Mexico's most famous Maya site, with the step pyramid ‘El Castillo’, which also served as a calendar in stone.
💡 Did you know? At the equinox the staircase casts a shadow that looks like a serpent slithering down.
Rio de Janeiro
The roughly 30-metre statue of Christ atop Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro, unveiled in 1931.
💡 Did you know? It is repeatedly struck by lightning: its outstretched arms reach high into the sky.
Rome
The largest amphitheatre of antiquity, where up to 50,000 spectators watched gladiator fights. Built in the 1st century AD.
💡 Did you know? The arena could even be flooded and turned into a basin for mock sea battles.
Peru
A 15th-century Inca city high in the Andes, brought to the world's attention only in 1911.
💡 Did you know? The wall stones are fitted so precisely that not even a knife blade fits between them, without any mortar.
Jordan
An ancient city of the Nabataeans whose famous façades were carved directly into rose-red sandstone cliffs.
💡 Did you know? Its landmark, the ‘Treasury’ (Al-Khazneh), featured as a set in an Indiana Jones film.
Agra
A white marble mausoleum built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century for his late wife.
💡 Did you know? The marble shimmers in different colours depending on the light: pink in the morning, golden in the evening.
Chichen Itza, Christ the Redeemer, Colosseum, Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Petra, Taj Mahal
The classic list of the seven wonders: all at once.
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