The Great Sphinx of Giza +Wallpapers HD

The Great Sphinx of Giza is a statue of a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head.

The lion was not only a symbol of power in general, it is also very common throughout the Ancient Near East as a symbol of the solar cult and of royalty. The combination with the head of the king makes the latter a powerful symbol of royalty and divinity.

The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the face of the Pharaoh Khafra.

With a height of 20m, it is not only the oldest but also the greatest sphinx and one of the biggest statues ever to have have been built in Ancient Egypt.

The Sphinx was built in about 2530 BC by the pharaoh Khafre, the builder and occupant of the second Giza pyramid. 

The sphinx's face is a portrait of the king and the sphinx continued to be a royal portrait type through most of Egyptian history.

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Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow, Russia + Wallpapers HD

One of the visually most surprising buildings in the world!

The St. Basil Cathedral is located at the end of the Red Square opposite the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin.

This legendary building is officially called "The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin by the Moat".

St. Basil’s Cathedral was built in 1555 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. It was completed in 1561. That's pretty much all the genuine history that's known about this celebrated landmark.

The church was dedicated to the protection and intercession of the Virgin, but it came to be known as the Cathedral of Vasily Blazhenny (St. Basil the Beatified) after Basil, the Russian holy fool who was “idiotic for Christ’s sake” and who was buried in the church vaults during the reign (1584–98) of Tsar Fyodor I.

The church was designed by two Russian architects, Posnik and Barma.

In 1918, St. Basil Cathedral was among the first Russian buildings to be taken into custody of the Soviet Government as the monument of Russian and world heritage. It opened as a museum in May 1923, and for the six more years regular church services were held in the Cathedral. Four major renovation works have taken place since 1920s and the Cathedral has been restored to its original shape.

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HOOVER DAM - AN ENGINEERING MARVEL

HOOVER DAM - BLACK CANYON, COLORADO RIVER

Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. 

It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives.

Hoover Dam was originally known as Boulder Dam, but was renamed in 1947 in honor of Herbert Hoover, who as U.S. secretary of commerce and the 31st U.S. president proved instrumental in getting the dam built.

At 726 feet high and 1,244 feet long, Hoover Dam considered to be the world’s largest dam and an engineering marvel at the time of its construction in the 1931s. One of the largest man-made structures in the world at the time of its construction, and one of the world's largest producers of hydroelectric power.

  Hoover Dam brings much-needed water and power to the Southwest.

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Great Pyramid of Giza - The Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) + Wallpapers HD

Pyramid of Cheops: the oldest of the Seven Wonders

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. 

It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built as a tomb for fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek) over a 10 to 20-year period concluding around 2560 BCE. 

Initially at 146.5 metres (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years. 

Originally, the Great Pyramid was covered by casing stones that formed a smooth outer surface; what is seen today is the underlying core structure. 

Some of the casing stones that once covered the structure can still be seen around the base. There have been varying scientific and alternative theories about the Great Pyramid's construction techniques. 

Most accepted construction hypotheses are based on the idea that it was built by moving huge stones from a quarry and dragging and lifting them into place.

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Statue of Jesus Christ - Christ the Redeemer - Cristo Redentor

Statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

The Cristo Redentor is a statue of Jesus of Nazareth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

It is considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world and the 5th largest statue of Jesus in the world. It is 30.1 metres (99 ft) tall, not including its 6 metres (20 ft) pedestal, and 19 metres (62 ft) wide.

It weighs 635 tonnes (625 long,700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city.

A symbol of Brazilian Christianity, the statue has become an icon for Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was constructed between 1926 and 1931.

In the 1850s the Vincentian priest Pedro Maria Boss suggested placing a Christian monument on Mount Corcovado to honour Isabel, princess regent of Brazil and the daughter of Emperor Pedro II, although the project was never approved.

In 1921 the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro proposed that a statue of Christ be built on the 2,310-foot (704-metre) summit, which, because of its commanding height, would make it visible from anywhere in Rio. Citizens petitioned Pres. Epitácio Pessoa to allow the construction of the statue on Mount Corcovado.

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