World MysteriesLost Civilization

Can you identify any world-renowned mysteries on the five continents?

The Nazca Lines

Location: Peru

Time: 200 B.C.~700 A.D.

Discovered by Paul Kosok, 1939

There are hundreds of individual figures, ranging in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, llamas and lizards.

Right: Spiral of Consciousness Left: The Monkey with a Spiraling Tail

Machu Picchu (Old Peak)Location: Peru, the Andean MountainTime: 1400 A.D. Incan CivilizationDiscovered by Hiram Bingham, 1911Invisible from below and completely self-contained, surrounded by agricultural terraces, Machu Picchu seems to have been utilized by the Inca as a secret ceremonial city. The cloud-shrouded ruins have palaces, baths, temples, storage rooms and some 150 houses, all in a remarkable state of preservation.

The Intihuatana StoneAstronomical Observatory

Chichen Itza(At the mouth of the well of the Itza)

Location: Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Time: Maya Civilization / the Toltec

Discovery: Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by

John Lloyd Stephens& Frederick Catherwood, 1843

Desire Charnay,1860

Augustus Le Plongeon,1875

Edward Thompson,1894

Sylvanus Morley,1913

El Castillo(Temple of Kukulkan)

Feathered Serpent

Temple of the Warriors

Chac Mool

Cenote

Great Ballcourt

Teotihuacan(Birthplace of Gods)

Location: Mexico

Time: 200 B.C.~750 A.D.

The original name of the place is unknown. Its current name was given by the Aztecs long after the city’s decline and abandonment.

Street of the Dead

The Pyramid of the Sun

The Pyramid of the Moon

Stonehenge

Location: Salisbury Plain, EnglandTime: Pre-historic monumentArthurian Legend:

Geoffrey of Monmouth said that Merlin the wizard directed its removal from Ireland, where it has been constructed on Mount Killaraus by Giants, who brought the stones from Africa.

Stonehenge in 1877

Stonehenge Now

The Moai Statues

Location: Easter Island, Southeastern Pacific Ocean, Chile

Polynesian

The statues are actually

complete torsos, the

figures kneeling on

bent knees with their hands

over their stomach.

Moai statues with heads and truncated torsos

Moai with Pukau

Scholars are unable to explain the function and use of Moai statues.

World Wonders

Besides world mysteries, there are famous seven or even more world wonders, please give a detailed presentation about at least one world wonder.Ex. 1 The Great Wall in ChinaEx. 2 Taj Mahal in IndiaEx. 3 Angkor Wat in CambodiaEx. 4 The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt