Monthly Archives: October 2013

CONGO BASIN* – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea GREAT RIFT VALLEY – Stretches from Dead Sea to Mozambique Coast Lake Malawi. The Great Rift Valley holds 3 of the world’s largest lakes: Malawi, Tanganyika and Victoria. … Continue reading →

ALBANIA Unesco: 1. Butrint (Greek, Roman and Christian towns) 2. Historic Center of Berat and Gjirokastra Natural: 1. Butrint NP (on peninsula protruding into Ionian Sea facing Corfu, ruins, ecological with lakes, marshes, wildlife) 2. Lake Prespa, Albania/Macedonia/Greece 3. Lake … Continue reading →

The Temple of Artemis, also known less precisely as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis and was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was located in Ephesus (near the … Continue reading →

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 13 m (43 ft) tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias in circa 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus … Continue reading →

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, who was both his wife … Continue reading →

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria was a lofty tower built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280 and 247 BC and between 393 and 450 ft (120 and 140 m) tall, it was one of the … Continue reading →

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one whose location has not been definitely established. Traditionally they were said to have been built in the ancient city of Babylon, … Continue reading →

The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It is considered one of … Continue reading →

The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the … Continue reading →

ARGENTINA Unesco: 1. Cueva de las Manos, Rio Pinturas 2. Iguazu NP* 3. Ischigualasto / Talampaya NPs 4. Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Senora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao … Continue reading →