What if I told you that Machu Picchu is considered an engineering feat? Machu Picchu was built by Inca Pachacuti. Machu Picchu was abandoned after the Spanish Invasion for unknown reasons.
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The Historic City of Ayutthaya
The Historic City of Ayutthaya, founded in 1350, was the second capital of the Siamese Kingdom which was later renamed Thailand. It flourished from the 14th to the 18th centuries, during which time it grew to be one of the world’s largest and most cosmopolitan urban areas and a center of global diplomacy and commerce.
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Easter Island was the first Pacific island to be registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Easter Island lies 3,700 km to the west of Chile and it is one of the most remote islands in the world.
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Petra is one of the oldest cities in the world. Petra is one of the new 7 wonders of the world. It’s also a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Amanirenas (also spelled Amanirena) was a fierce queen or Kandake of the Kush Kingdom located in current Sudan and Egypt and was contemporary with Cleopatra. She was the queen of the Kingdom of Kush from 40 BC to 10 BC.
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Angkor is a complex of archeological sites in Cambodia and Vietnam which were built by the Khmer Empire. Many of the temples at Angkor, all of which gave expression to Indian cosmological and mythical themes, were built to provide a site for cults through which could be assured of immortality by becoming identified with Shiva or other preeminent gods.
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Was Nefertiti a Black Queen? Nefertiti was a true beauty who changed the way people looked with respect to beauty and fashion during her time.
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What if we bring to life an Egyptian mummy from its DNA? Ancient Egyptians believed firmly in the afterlife, and can we accomplish their belief with modern genetic cloning capabilities using their DNA?
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What if I told you that Tutankhamun was a queen? Let me explain. Scholars cannot explain why Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb that was meant for a queen.
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The Olmec colossal heads are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. They are found in Mexico. They range in height from 1.17 to 3.4 meters or 3.8 to 11.2 ft.
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