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September 24, 2009 / jordan, mid-east

Petra, The Stone City

Petra, The Stone City

Petra is an archaeological site in Jordan. They are the remains of the Nabatean capital of ancient kingdom, founded c. 300 BC. His most famous remains are the buildings carved out of solid stone walls

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September 14, 2008 / mid-east

Great Pyramid, The Only Remaining Seven Wonder

Great Pyramid, The Only Remaining Seven Wonder

140 years before century, Antipater of Sidon wrote a poem about the list of Seven Wonders of The Ancient World. He probably copied the thought of some writer before (Philo of Byzantium, Strabo, Hero

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