Wonders Not Included in the Seven Wonders Trivia Game

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1. The City of Petra is carved out of rock, on the slope of a mountain. Where in the Middle East is Petra located (it is about 4 hours from the country's capital, Amman)?

Answer: Jordan

Petra, built 300 years before the birth of Christ, is also called the Red Rose City because of the color of the rock from which it was built. Water was brought to the city by water pipes. This monument was used in the movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade".

2. This monument was built in a large country in Asia, to protect the country from enemy invasions, to control inmigration and to protect the merchants of the silk trade. What is its name?

Answer: The Great Wall of China

The building of the Great Wall started hundreds of years before the birth of Christ. It is said that Emperor Qin Shihuang, who was the first emperor of China, added many miles to already existing portions of protective walls.

3. This building is a temple to goddess Athena, represented in the statue Athena Parthenos. What is the name of this temple?

Answer: The Parthenon

The Parthenon, or what remains of it, is in the Acropolis, a hill in the city of Athens. It was built in 447 B.C. You can still admire the beauty and symmetry of this temple today. The statue of Athena Parthenos, which does not exist any longer, was a huge statue made of ivory and gold.

The artist who made the statue was Phidias. Athena was the goddess of wisdom and military victory and the patroness of Athens. The Parthenon was built to celebrate the triumph of the Greek city-states against the Persians.

4. This emperor's tomb was discovered in the 20th century and it has over 6000 soldiers, each with a different face, life-size chariots and horses, all made of terracota. In what country is this marvel located?

Answer: China

This is the tomb of the first emperor of China, the ruler reputed to have built the Great Wall, Qin Shi Huang. It was built during ancient times, around 209 B.C. The army of terracotta soldiers with weapons and war chariots were buried with the emperor to protect him in his afterlife.

5. This huge stadium, located in Rome, was the site of games, gladiator battles and the place where Christians were killed by wild animals. What is its name?

Answer: The Colosseum

The Colosseum was built by Emperor Vespasian in 72 A.D., but he did not see it complete as it was not finished until after his death.

6. Ramses II was a pharaoh who lived during the 13th century B.C. His most famous monument is a temple called Abu Simbel, carved out of rock. In what country is this temple located?

Answer: Egypt

This temple is located in the south of Egypt, and is a temple to the the sun-gods, where Ramses built four statues of himself. Ramses was a very powerful pharaoh, who won land for his country in his battles with the Hittites and other neighbors of Egypt. He also built many monuments and reigned for over 66 years.

7. The Temple of Hatshepsut is in Egypt, near the Valley of the Kings. It was built around 1400 years before Christ. Who was Hatshepsut?

Answer: A woman pharaoh

Hatshepsut, born 1508 B.C., was married to a pharaoh, Thutmose II. Upon his death, she served as regent during the years her nephew, Thutmose III, was a child, but she did not give him the throne when he was of age and continued to be pharaoh. After her death, Thutmose III tried to have her forgotten and erased from Egyptian history.

He damaged her statues and destroyed her carvings. This temple, built by architect Senenmut, is a two story building with many columns in the front of the temple. It was built beneath a cliff on the West Bank of the river Nile and still remains in good condition.

8. The Romans extended their control beyond the area of the city of Rome and built many aqueducts to transport water from their source into different cities. In what European country, of which the capital is Madrid, is the aqueduct of Segovia?

Answer: Spain

The Aqueduct of Segovia was built by Emperor Domitian, who ruled from 81 to 96 A.D. Segovia is a city located about an hour from Madrid.

9. The Walls of the City of Babylon is another construction that deserves to be mentioned. In what present day country was Babylon?

Answer: Iraq

The Walls of Babylon were built by King Nebuchadnezzar, who is reputed to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. These walls extended for forty-one miles. The Greek historian, Herodotus, said that these walls were 80 feet wide, although other historians have a different opinion.

10. The palace of Xerxes at Persepolis in Persia, is said to have been a kilometer long. Xerxes, a Persian King, attacked the Greek city-states and lost. What the country of Persia known as today?

Answer: Iran

This palace had a hall that was 82 feet long and private apartments communicating to different courts and corridors. It had an Audience Hall and a Throne Hall, the Palace of Darius plus other buildings. It was built of brick. Unfortunately, after Alexander the Great conquered Persepolis, the main city in Persia, the palace was destroyed.

Source: Author Babilonia

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Wonders Not Included in the Seven Wonders Quiz

The Seven Wonders of the World is a list made by Herodotus, a historian who lived during ancient times. The ones in this quiz are monuments which were not included in the list of the Seven Wonders.

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