What are the World Heritage Sites?

The world's most famous World Heritage Sites are mainly:

1, Egyptian Pyramids

The pyramids are mausoleums built by ancient Egyptian kings for themselves. The pyramids of Giza in Egypt are known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. In Egypt's large and small pyramids, the vast majority of them were built in Egypt from the third to the sixth dynasty, these pyramids with a history of more than 4,000 years are mainly distributed in the capital city of Cairo and the west bank of the upper reaches of the Nile River in Giza and other places, Giza pyramid on the left belongs to the king of Kafra, the right belongs to the king of Kufu, near the sphinx is connected to a sphinx, the main building materials for the limestone, part of the granite.

2, the Statue of Zeus

Zeus is the god of the Greek gods, for the worship of the table and the construction of the Statue of Zeus was the world's largest indoor statue, the Statue of Zeus where the Zeus Temple is the birthplace of the Olympic Games, part of the Olympic program was once held in this site is located in the west bank of the Greek city of Olympia, the site of the ancient city.

3, Pharos Lighthouse Pharos

Los Lighthouse Xing the rest of the six wonders is definitely different from the other, because it does not have any religious colors, purely for the people's practical life and built, Pharos lighthouse light in the evening shines throughout the port of Alexandria, to protect the ships on the sea. It was also the tallest building in the world at the time.

4, Babylonian Sky Garden

The Sky Garden, also known as the Hanging Gardens, is one of the Seven Wonders of Antiquity. Legend has it that in the 6th century BC by the Babylonian Kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar II in the city of Babylon for its homesickness consort An Mei Yidisi built, now does not exist. The Garden of the Air is said to have been constructed using a three-dimensional gardening technique, placing the garden on top of a four-tiered platform built of asphalt and bricks, which is supported by 25-meter-high pillars and has an irrigation system. The garden is planted with a variety of flowers, plants and trees, and from a distance it looks as if the garden is suspended in mid-air, thus earning it the name Sky Garden.

5, Artemis Temple

Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, the Arabs called her Lat, the Egyptians called her Isis, and the Romans called her Diana, the goddess of Artemis in ancient Greece was y respected, and therefore built one of the seven wonders of Artemis Temple.

6. The Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes is one of the most mysterious of the Ten Wonders, because it fell down in just fifty-six years, and archaeologists have not been able to determine even its exact location and appearance. The Colossus of Rhodes is located in the harbor of the Greek island of Rhodes, which leads to the Mediterranean Sea. In 305 B.C., there was a war between the Commonwealth of Rhodes and the Antigonus of Malta, in which the victorious Commonwealth of Rhodes received a large amount of booty, and in order to commemorate the victory, they sold the booty to build the Colossus of Rhodes.

7, Mausolus Tomb Temple

Mausolus Tomb Temple is located in Halicarnassus, in the southwest of Turkey, the bottom of the building for the rectangular, the area is 40 meters by 30 meters, 45 meters high, of which the piers wall is 20 meters high, the columns are 12 meters high, the pyramid is 7 meters high, the top of the wagon statue is 6 meters high building was surrounded by the piers wall, next to the stone statues for decoration, the top of the statue was Four horses pulling an ancient two-vehicle war.

8, Pharos Lighthouse Outreach of Alexandria port

332 BC, the Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great in Egypt, west of the mouth of the Nile to establish an ancient city - Alexandria, after the death of Alexander the Great, the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty began to rise, Alexandria became the capital of the Ptolemaic dynasty and thus prospered. capital of the Ptolemies and prospered as a result.

9, Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors

The discovery of the Terracotta Warriors pit, not only in China, but also in the history of the world's archaeology, can be said to be the world's eighth miracle, which can be compared with the Egyptian pyramids and sculpture of Ancient Greece, is recognized as a valuable asset of the world's human culture.

10, China's Great Wall

One of China's great ancient projects, was built in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States (770 ~ 476 BC), those who survive today for the Ming Dynasty was built, the west from the Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu Province, the east of Dandong, Liaoning Province, on the banks of the Yalu River in the Tiger Hill mouth, stretches across Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi Province, Shanxi Province, Mongolia, Hebei Province, Liaoning Province, and other places along the route of the dangerous or transportation hubs are equipped with passes, such as the Shanhaiguan, Juyongguan, the Yalu River, the Yalu River, the Yalu River, the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River, and other places. Shanhaiguan, Juyongguan, Niangziguan, etc., referred to as the Great Wall, the initial construction of the Great Wall is the Warring States period of Yan, Zhao and other countries, the purpose is to defend the north of the invasion of foreigners.