Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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Riddles in Stone

The giant statues of Easter Island, a speck of land in the southeastern Pacific have mystified scholars ever since they were discovered about three centuries ago.
There are about 1000 of these stone statues scattered over the island. Many weigh as much as 20 tonnes. The largest is 9.5 m. tall and weighs 90 tonnes!
Why the islanders should have spent so much time carving these gigantic statues (each must’ve taken them months to complete) remains a mystery.
Nobody as yet knows when the statues were carved or whom they represent though some scholars are of the opinion that they are images of chiefs or religious leaders.

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Last updated on :12/2/2003