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The man who created the idea to have 7 wonders of the world was the Byzantine Mathematician Philon. When not creating amazingly complicated math formules he would travel the lands in search for monuments of beauty. He traveled nearly, all the lands that were known at that time. He wrote on a piece of paper “De Septem Orbis Spectaculis”(the seven wonders of the world).  Here were his seven. This was around 150 years before the birth of Christ.

1.The Great Pyramid Of Cheops, the oldest of all the wonders and yet still ever intact till this day. The biggest and largest of all the other 80 pyramids of Egypt. It was made out of 2.3 million blocks of stone. It’s located outside of Cairo near the Pyramid of Giza.

2. The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon (Iraq), Nebuchadnezzar married a princess from Medes. She liked the mountains and lush gardens of her homeland. So her husband made her a friggin mountain/garden. It was a square that went upwards with streams of clean water and beautiful grass. Because all of the conflicts in that area the gardens have been reduced to nothing.

3.The Statue of Zeus (Greece), the statue of the Gods of All Gods, Zeus. It was made by Phidias who made the statue of Athena in Athens. This one was 40 foot tall with ivory, gold covering Zeus’s body. The Statue was there until 2 years after J.C but after that it vanished. This too might have been caused by war.

4.Temple of Diana Of  Ephesus(Turkey), what Philon said about this temple might just show it’s amazingness “when I saw the Ephesus rising from the clouds it put all the other wonders in shade”. It was 225 feet long, was supported by a large number columns. When Paul of The Bible said “the temple of the great goddess Diana, should be despised and destroyed whom all the world worship.” It was destroyed once but rebuilt. But it was destroyed yet again by the Goths, for ever. Until a English Archaeologist discovered one of the original columns.

5.The Tomb Of King Mausolus At Halicarnassus(Turkey), The king was the conqueror of Rhodes, he was a fearsome leader. But when he passed, his wife missed him alot. She even drank his ashes with wine. She decided to build a monument guarding his tomb. She called on the most competent architects of Europe to build it. It lasted the for a thousand years but it got destroyed by an earthquake.

6.The Colossus Of Rhodes on The Isle Of Rhodes(Aegean Sea), it was an statue that was a gateway to the harbor of Rhodes. It was a nude statue that had an entrance between it’s two legs. It too got destroyed by an earthquake, the remains were sold off to a Jew merchant.

7. The Lighthouse Of Alexandria(Egypt), it was the first kind of it’s lighthouse in the ancient times, it was 400 feet long. It could see 300 miles out in the sea. It was half destroyed by Arabs, who thought there was gold inside. Later in the 14th century it was completely destroyed by an earthquake.

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There are wonders all around the world. Be it man made or natural. These are a few of the most impressive natural sites in the Oceania continent.

Ayers Rock, referred as the Uluru by the Australian aborigines, this huge piece of rock is the destination of many nature savvy people. In the middle of a plain land this big rock is just stunning. You can go as far as climbing it, but need some patience and good fitness ( though that might be banned now). The local tribes don’t want strangers coming and playing around their sacred rock…So they have banned pictures of it from certain angles. Kinda weird, but the climbing part I understand, since the start of the tourism climbing there has been 35 deaths.

Pinnacles Desert, a series limestone pillars in the middle of the desert. The pillars and the sand surrounding them are shiny as real gold. What makes it even more interesting is that each picture you take has a unique vibe to it. Cause each series of pillars have different dimension, each picture looks different. The photographers dream place, when the conditions are right this may seem like heaven on earth.

Bungles Bungles, a great section in the national park in western Australia. This series of caves, natural tropical pools, oddly formed bee hives, make for great sightseeing. All the series of deep caves, odd rock formations, amazing beehives make for a wonderful scenario.

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Some places are just damn gorgeous, one could say Picaso had draw it himself. There aren’t many places like this in the world but there are more then three for sure. But as of right now I will only list 3.

Tottori Sand Dunes, never heard of it ? Don’t worry these sand dunes next to a beautiful sea of japan, surrounded by beautiful mountains and clear blue sky all the time, is a must visit for anyone. It is too small to be considered a desert but lets let geologist’s mess with that, while we enjoy this piece of heaven on earth.

Amazon Rainforest, is the largest forest of it’s kind in the world. Covering nearly a third of the south americas, this big boy covers upto 1.7 billion acres of land. It has some of the most fascinating ecology system in the world. Each year researches go in the same part of the amazon and find hundreds of new species and sub species. This place is a must visit for any nature loving person.

Mud Volcano’s, these are so impressive and beautiful. Not as big and tall as their counterparts the mountain volcano’s but very alluring. There are many in Europe, some in Canada, some in Russia. But those only release gases. But the ones  in Azerbaijan are the highest, 200meters, and release fire. Witnessing one once in your lifetime, must be a spectacle I daresay.

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