Wonders Of The World by Lucas Indresano

Olduvai George skull

luindresano — 2024-09-09 15:09:00 UTC

The Olduvai George skull was found in Tanzania, 1979. Olduvai George skull was a early human, also known had homo habilis meaning "handy Man" these hominids where called this because they where one of the first hominids the use tools.

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Titanic

luindresano — 2024-09-09 19:11:52 UTC

The titanic was set for launch in 1912 and was headed out to sea. later the "luxury liner" on a moonless night had hit an iceberg. the ship had started to sink in the front causing the ship to flip vertically and split in half. sinking to the bottom of the ocean to only be found 73 years later.

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Otzi the iceman

luindresano — 2024-09-10 17:37:49 UTC

otzi was found perfectly preserved in ice in 1991. his body was visible behind all of the ice because of the massive loads of it melting. otzi was alive during the copper age, 3300 bce, his belongings scattered around his body also preserved in ice. his belongings included a bow and quiver with arrows, a complete copper-bladed axe, a flint dagger with a wicker sheath, two birch wood vessels clad with maple leaves.

_{https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/otzi-the-iceman/}

king tut mask

luindresano — 2024-09-10 17:47:19 UTC

Tutankhamun was 9 years old when he became the king of Egypt. the archaeologist found him in his tomb along with his treasure (including the tut mask) in 1922. Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus (a box-like stone container) had three cofins inside. one of them had the king Tutankhamun.

_{https://smarthistory.org/tutankhamuns-tomb-innermost-coffin-and-death-mask/}

The great wall of china

luindresano — 2024-09-10 17:56:51 UTC

ordered to be built by the emperor of the qin dynasty. This ambitious project took over 2500 years to complete. they built this wall to protect the Chinese Empire from foreign invaders, act as a barrier to protect the Silk Road Trade.

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Moai of Easter island

luindresano — 2024-09-11 14:34:01 UTC

Moai statues were built to honor chieftain and/or important people who passed away. the larger statues meant larger greatness and pride, vice versa with the smaller ones. eye holes would not be carved until the rock sculpture where at there destination

_{https://www.easterisland.travel/easter-island-facts-and-info/moai-statues/}

The Great Mosque

luindresano — 2024-09-11 14:49:05 UTC

The great mosque was a rather large mosque, covering a whopping 400 acres of land. it was also important for some of the Indian trade routes

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