Landmarks of Stone Hotlist

The following links provide information for each landmark such as:

location, description, history, and interesting facts.

1. Stonehenge

http://www.amherst.edu/~ermace/sth/sth.html

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMStonehenge.html

2. Petra: The City of Stone

http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/MiddleEast/Jordan/Petra/

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/petra/?src=h_h

3. Grand Canyon

http://www.kaibab.org/geology/gc_geol.htm

http://www.grand.canyon.national-park.com/

http://www.nps.gov/grca/

http://www.thecanyon.com/

4. Great Wall

http://www.chinavista.com/travel/greatwall/greatwall.html

http://abe.www.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/scengw.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/

5. Leaning Tower of Pisa

http://torre.duomo.pisa.it/index_eng.html

http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/ltpisa/ltpisa.html

http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/leaningtower.htm

6. The Roman Colosseum

http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/dbishop/rome/Colosseum.html

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Roman_Colosseum.html

7. Parthenon

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Parthenon.html

http://old.jccc.net/~jjackson/part.html

http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/Parthenon.html

8. Washington Monument

http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/washmon.html

http://www.nps.gov/wamo/

9. Lincoln Memorial

http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/linmem.html

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/memorial.htm

http://washingtondcmetroweb.com/lincolnmemorial.htm

10. Mount Rushmore

http://www.nps.gov/moru/

http://www.mtrushmore.net/

11. Easter Island

http://www.crystalinks.com/easter.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/

http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/rapanui.html

http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/Easter_Island/

12. Terra Cotta Warriors

http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/China/TerraWar.html

http://www.regenttour.com/chinaplanner/sia/xia-sights-pits.htm

http://www.warriortours.com/cityguides/xian/terra_cotta_army/index.htm

13. Bamiyan Buddhas

http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/relstds/religion_today_march_11.htm

http://www.e-greenstar.com/Afghanistan/bamiyan.htm

http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/afghanistan/bamiyanindex.htm

14. Abu Simbel

http://www.touregypt.net/abusimbel.htm

http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/abusimbe.htm

http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/abus.htm

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/abusimbel.html

15. Sphinx

http://www.guardians.net/egypt/sphinx/

http://www.touregypt.net/sphinx.htm

http://www.sis.gov.eg/sphinx/html/sphnx000.htm

http://www.sunship.com/egypt/articles/phototr3.html

16. Pyramids

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

http://www.touregypt.net/construction/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/

17. Macchu Picchu

www.ifip.com/Machupijchu1.htm

http://www.sacredsites.com/2nd56/21422.html

18. Taj Mahal

http://rubens.anu.edu.au/student.projects/tajmahal/home.html

http://www.taj-mahal.net/

http://cyberistan.org/islamic/tajmahal.html

19. Trevi Fountain

http://www.davidnemeth.com/trevi.htm

http://www.romeguide.it/MONUM/STORICI/trevi/trevi.htm

http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/images/AncientRome/index_trevifountain.htm

20. Aztecs sunstone

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/aztecs.htm

http://www2.truman.edu/~marc/webpages/nativesp99/aztecs/aztec_template.html

http://www.geocities.com/a1ma_mia/sunstone/

21. Hoover Dam

http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hoover/

http://www.sunsetcities.com/hoover-dam.html