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Ajanta Caves: reclining Buddha Yosemite National Park Geiranger Fjord, southwestern Norway; example of a natural World Heritage site (designated 2005). Aboriginal rock painting, Kakadu National Park, northern Australia; example of a mixed cultural and natural World Heritage site (designated 1981; extended 1987, 1992). Aswān, Egypt: Abu Simbel Abu Simbel
Travel down the Nile to discover important ancient Egyptian cultural sites such as the Pyramids of Giza
Nubia Abu Simbel, Egypt: Great Temple Roman Kiosk, Nile River
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India. UNESCO World Heritage Site (minarets; Muslim, architecture; Islamic architecture; marble; mausoleum)
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Colosseum, Rome, Italy. (Flavian Amphitheatre, arena)
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Queen Victoria's coronation, 1837. The Archbishop of Canterbury placing the crown on Victoria's head in Westminster Abbey.
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Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris, France.
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Aswān, Egypt: Abu Simbel
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Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris, France.
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Queen Victoria's coronation, 1837. The Archbishop of Canterbury placing the crown on Victoria's head in Westminster Abbey.
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Colosseum, Rome, Italy. (Flavian Amphitheatre, arena)
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India. UNESCO World Heritage Site (minarets; Muslim, architecture; Islamic architecture; marble; mausoleum)
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