Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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The Golden Shrine

The Shwe Dagon, or the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar (Burma) is the principal shrine of Buddhism. It is built of brick in the form of a cone and stands over a chamber which is said to contain eight of the Buddha's hairs.
The 112 m (368 ft) high pagoda stands on a hill overlooking Yangon (Rangoon), the capital of the country and presents a dazzling sight, covered as it is with 8868 thin sheets of gold!
The beautiful pagoda is said to have been built in the late 13th or early 14th century.

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Last updated on :8/11/2004