We begin our tour of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in Egypt. The
oldest Wonder and the only one still standing is the Great Pyramid of Khufu,
built in 2560 B.C. presumably to serve as a tomb for the Pharaoh. This
Wonder is often thought of as a sandy golden color, but for the first 3,000
years of its existence it was white. In 820 A.D. the Arab Caliph Abdullah
Al Manum decided to search the pyramid for the fabled treasure of Khufu, and
when he did not find it his men stole the limestone covering instead. When
it was built, the Great Pyramid was 145.75 m (481 ft) high. It ranked as
the tallest structure on Earth for more than 43 centuries, only to be
surpassed in height in the Nineteenth Century A.D.. It was covered with a
casing of limestone to smooth its surface. The sloping angle of its sides
is 51 degrees and 51 minutes. Each side is carefully oriented with one of
the cardinal points of the compass -- North, South, East, and West. The
horizontal cross section of the pyramid is square at any level, with each
side measuring 229 m (751 ft) in length. The maximum error between side
lengths is astonishingly less than 0.1%. It has been said that even today
it would not be possible to rebuild the Great Pyramid to this level of
precision.


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The Anglican Cathedral of Christchurch is in the center of
Christchurch because the city was established as an Anglican settlement and its leaders wished to have a Cathedral at its heart. The foundation stone was laid in 1864 and the Cathedral opened in 1881, after 23 years of planning and building.
You can download and print this free paper model from Canon: http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3152/christchurch/index.html
Number of parts: 80
Parts list(pattern): ten A4 sheets
Assembly Instructions: nine A4 sheets

The Wat Phra Kaew (English Temple of the Emerald Buddha), is located in the historic center of Bangkok and is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand.
You can download this free paper craft from Canon: http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3152/emerald-temple/index.html
Number of parts: 209
Parts list(pattern): 21 A4 Pages
Assembly Instructions: Five A4 Pages

This massive stone structure was once the home of
Gideon Darc, a tremendously unpopular individual.
In fact, his entire family was feared and shunned by
everyone. Of course, they've all been gone a very
long time. And the mansion has been waiting silently
for a new owner to come along. Interested?

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Construction on the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, the bell tower of the Pisa Cathedral, began in 1173. However, construction was halted numerous times as the tower began to lean as its weight began to destabilize the ground beneath. It took some 200 years to complete the tower. With a lean that continued to progress even after its completion, the tower underwent thorough repairs from 1990 through 2001, which are intended to keep it from falling over for the next 200 years.

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Built in the days of ancient Greece, the Parthenon has looked over the citizens of Athens from atop the Acropolis for more than 2,000 years. Constructed using the Grecian Doric order of architecture, with a structure surrounded by columns with no column foundation, it is said that even in its day the Parthenon was the only structure in the world that combined Doric-order columns with the Ionic-order columns visible in the rear.

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Constructed as a great circular tower surrounded by castle walls, Castel Sant'Angelo is the only castle located within the city of Rome. Built by Roman Emperor Hadrian XIV as his own mausoleum, the structure later came to be used as a castle. Contrary to its name, which means "Holy Angel," this castle also had a dark side, serving as a prison for political and ideological criminals. Giordano Bruno, a thinker who espoused the heliocentric theory, was imprisoned here for seven years and then burned at the stake. A secret passage connected the castle to the Vatican, and the castle has been used as a place of refuge for the Pope. Today it serves as a military museum.

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