The Great Wall of China is a collection of fortifications built across various historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China, meant as protection against diverse nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.
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Petra, Jordan
Petra is an ancient city that had been the capital of the Arab kingdom in Hellenistic and Roman times. Its ruins are located in southwest Jordan. It houses tombs and temples carved into pink sandstone cliffs, which is why Petra was referred to as the "Rose City."
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Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, carved out by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and constructed by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in close association with the French engineer Albert Caquot.
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Machu Picchu, Peru
The Incan citadel of Machu Picchu is set high within the Andes Mountains above the Urubamba River valley in Peru. In 1983, Machu Picchu was one of the few major pre-Columbian ruins found nearly intact, and it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Chichen Itza, Mexico
Chichén Itzá is an ancient ruined Maya city that occupies 4 square miles (10 square km) in south-central Yucatán state, Mexico. It is believed to have been a religious, military, political, and commercial center that would have housed 35,000 people at its peak.
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Roman Colosseum, Italy
The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre within the center of the capital city of Italy, called Rome, situated just towards the east of the Roman Forum. It is a huge ancient amphitheatre and was built during the era of the Flavian emperors of the Roman Empire; it attracts millions of people every year.
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Taj Mahal, India
The Taj Mahal is a white marble tomb on the right side of the Yamuna river bank in Agra, the Uttar Pradesh of India. It was commissioned by Shah Jahan, who became the fifth Mughal emperor, in 1631 as a monument of love to place in Mumtaz Mahal's tomb.