http://www.all-in-travel.com Travel to the Wonders of the World Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:37:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a 14,500 ton tower with 294 steps and leans at 5.5 degrees, meaning it has moved more than 4 meters from where it originally stood.  It began construction in 1173, and soon after the ground under it began to sink in one softer area, ... http://www.all-in-travel.com/leaning-tower-of-pisa This massive tower was constructed in the 1400's and was located in Nanjing China, with the original calling of it being the Bao'ensi (Temple of Gratitude).  However when the Europeans saw it they gave it their own name that has stuck in our culture, they called it the Porcelain Tower.   It ... http://www.all-in-travel.com/porcelain-tower-of-nanjing The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa is a massive complex that was used from the 100's to the 300's AD, and held many corpses and burials of many people.  It has Egyptians who were buried there, along with Romans and Greeks, and is one of the few catacombs that is ... http://www.all-in-travel.com/catacombs-of-kom-el-shoqafa After Alexander the Great died at the young age of 33, his general Ptolemy I declared himself king of Egypt and commissioned the Lighthouse of Alexandria on the small island of Pharos.  The island is just off the coast of the city of Alexandria and was ideal for the placement ... http://www.all-in-travel.com/lighthouse-of-alexandria The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek God Helios, the sun god of the Greeks who was the personification of our home star. The rooster and the white horse were sacred to this god and his small cult which was primarily located at Rhodes.   The statue they built ... http://www.all-in-travel.com/colossus-of-rhodes The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was a temple made for the god Artemis which took one hundred and twenty years to complete.  Previous temples and sites had inhabited the same grounds with excavations revealing previous structures and settlements; however the most famous is the actual Temple of Artemis at ... http://www.all-in-travel.com/temple-of-artemis-at-ephesus The Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the walls of Babylon are considered to be one of the most ancient and original Seven Wonders of the World having been built around 600 BC and lasting for six hundred years.  They were commissioned by Nebuchadnezzar II who wished to please his wife.   Greek ... http://www.all-in-travel.com/hanging-gardens-of-babylon It has already started... After the great success of the New 7 Wonders of the World, a new contest as started! The New 7 Wonders of Nature. Check out the news and participate! We'll try to keep you informed over time. ;)   http://www.all-in-travel.com/new-7-wonders-of-nature The Tomb for the king Mausolus was constructed to be a large grand structure for himself after his death, and subsequently he commissioned it to be built in his new capital city which was thought to be safe from capture as he had moved it to a prime location that ... http://www.all-in-travel.com/mausoleum-of-maussollos-at-halicarnassus The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is one of the original classical Seven Wonders and was carved around the middle of the fifth century in Olympia.  The actual statue was twelve meters tall made out of ivory and gold plating, with the base, which was the throne chair, consisting of ... http://www.all-in-travel.com/statue-of-zeus-at-olympia