SECRETS behind great wonders of

world
 Taj Mahal,Agra, India

 Legend has it that Mughal ruler Shah Jahan ordered the hands of the Taj Mahal
 builders to be chopped off after it was completed, to prevent them from ever building
anything so beautiful again - although no written evidence supports this story. The
elegance of the mausoleum can be attributed to clever engineering. To make the Taj
Mahal appear perfectly straight from ground level, the architect designed the minarets
to slant slightly outward, which also ensured that in the event of an earthquake they
would fall away from the mausoleum's precious dome.
 Burj Khalifa,Dubai,UAE

 This ethereal tower in the Arabian Desert cost US$1.5 billion to construct. At 828m, 2.5
times higher than the Eiffel Tower, the Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest building. To
withstand high winds and earthquakes, this superscraper is designed with a 'buttressed
core' – three wings set at 120 degrees to each other, anchored around a central hub.
Each wing supports the others, so when the wind blows on two of the wings, the third
resists the force.
 Moai, Easter island(rapa nui).polynesia

 These ancient statues (among other theories) have been blamed for the demise of the
Easter islanders. Transporting them on logs would have devastated forests, and
without trees the soil would have washed away, causing failed harvests, famine, war
and cannibalism. But satellite images of Easter Island, taken in 2005, show dirt
tracks radiating from the quarry where these mysterious 10m-tall statues were
carved. After attaching ropes to the head of the moai, small teams could have moved
the statues by 'walking' them along.
 Stonehenge,England

 Aliens, druids and everyone in between have been proposed as the builders of Stonehenge. But
why was it built? Recent evidence suggests it was constructed to celebrate midwinter, not
midsummer as previously thought. Most of the monuments in the area are aligned on sunrise and
sunset at midwinter and, by dating pig teeth found at nearby settlements, it's now known that
more pork was eaten then to celebrate days getting longer.
 And how was it built? Around 2600BC, bluestones were (most likely) floated on river rafts from
the Preseli Hills in west Wales. Radioactive dating proves glaciers couldn’t have swept them to
Salisbury Plain 40,000 years ago, as once thought. On site, the foot of each stone was levered
into a pit, and lintels lifted into place using scaffolding.
 Eiffel tower,paris,france

 Built for the 1889 World's Fair, Monsieur Eiffel himself was the first to climb the
tower’s 1710 steps to the summit. (Having funded most of the construction, he raked in
US$1 million in ticket sales in the first year alone.) At 324m, the Eiffel Tower was a
useful radio antenna from which the Germans sent coded signals to their forces during
WWII. Today, 50 tons of paint are used to resurface the tower every seven years.
 Great wall of china,china

 Initially built out of rocks and mud, 16th-century Emperor Jiajing developed the 
Great Wall into a formidable stone dragon. Millions of workers were recruited from the
army or press-ganged into signing up, and worked around the clock, extending the wall
and constructing the forts. Records claim that a 3km section was completed in 600 days
by just 3000 men. And despite frequent billing as the only man-made object visible from
space, the Great Wall can actually be seen only with a hefty camera lens from low
Earth orbit.
 Angkor wat,cambodia

 This empire of temples for a city of 1 million people took more than 300,000 workers
just 35 years to build (with the help of 6000 elephants). Most temples take centuries to
build, let alone one this size: Angkor Wat is believed to be the largest religious complex
in the world. Indeed, Angkor Wat's moat is so vast that it can be seen from space. Each
one of more than 3000 seductive nymphs (apsaras) carved on the temple walls is unique
and has one of 37 different hairstyles.
 Machu picchu,peru

 Clinging to a remote ridge high in the Andes, the ancient city of Machu Picchu was
built, lived in and deserted in fewer than 100 years – then lost to civilization for
centuries. During construction, the Inca didn't use wheels to transport the blocks.
Instead it's thought they hauled them up the slopes by hand, as protrusions have been
found on a few stones (suggesting grips for workers' hands). Ingenious engineering
solutions were used to counteract earthquakes: L-shaped blocks anchored corners
together, doors and windows tilted inward, and no mortar was used between stones so
that, if shaken, they could move and resettle without collapsing.
 Khazneh,petra,Jordan

 Immortalized in films like Indiana Jones, the 2000-year-old Khazneh was the jewel of
the ancient city of Petra. A nearby unfinished tomb suggests the Khazneh was probably
carved from top down. So the holes running up either side of the façade are misleading
– they were probably created later by vandals to use as footholes to deface sculptures.
 Great pyramid of giza,egypt

 The goliath Great Pyramid of Giza, the sole survivor of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World, was the tallest construction in the world until the Eiffel Tower was
built in 1889. It was built to hold just three burial chambers, but required a
workforce of around 30,000. Intriguingly, analyses of the living arrangements,
bread-making technology, animal remains and ancient graffiti suggest the workers
were not slaves as previously thought, but skilled laborers.
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