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**1) Stonehenge Pictures** []

Stonehenge was a place of sun **worship**, a healing sanctuary, a sacred **burial site**, or something different altogether! Erected between 3,000 BC and 1,600 BC, a number of the stones were carried hundreds of miles over land and sea:

**2) Hadrian's Wall Video** []

media type="custom" key="25175912" [] World Heritage Sites Are Treasures

==World Heritage Sites represent our world's most precious natural and cultural places. Each one has "outstanding  universal value" for you and me – and for everyone around the world. ==

==In other words, the World Heritage Sites are so special that we want to make sure that when you grow up and have grandchildren, they will be able to see them in the same condition you can see them today. ==

==Because World Heritage Sites are important to all of us, all of us are responsible for taking good care of  them. ==

==Each one has special characteristics. The swamps of the Everglades. The ancient structure of the Great Pyramid. The huge tortoises of the Galapagos Islands. Old Faithful in Yellowstone. The symbol of freedom of the Statue of Liberty. ==
 * Swamps Everglades**




 * Old Faithful in Yellowstone**




 * Tortoise Galapagos**

Here's the list of the World Heritage Sites. Can you find the ones in your country? Are any of them near where you live?




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=**The capital of the Old ………………………..of Egypt has some extraordinary funerary monuments, including rock ………………….., ornate mastabas, temples and pyramids.**= =**In ancient times, the site was considered one of the Seven……………….. of the World.**=

=http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/egypt/pyramids.htm=

The pyramids are the stone ………… of Egypt's kings - the Pharaohs and one of the world's greatest historical mysteries. They have stood for thousands of years, ………… with many ………….. secrets: clues about what life (and death) was like in Ancient Egypt. The Egyptians believed that if the pharaoh's body could be mummified after death t…………………………The tombs were designed to protect ………………………………... Most of the pyramids can be found on the western side of the Nile River, just into the dry desert. __ How does the dry desert help? __ The dry desert heat worked to keep the Pharaohs's body and his ………………………………. __ Why did they build pyramids next to the Nile? __ The reason they built the pyramids next to the Nile River was …………………………………………………. The stones could be brought nearer to the pyramid building site by boat. The Great Pyramid is the largest and most famous of the pyramids. It was built for the Pharaoh Khuf. …………………………………………. The Sphinx stands in front of all the pyramids in Giza………………………………………………………………….
 * __ What are pyramids? __**
 * __ Why did the Ancient Egyptians build pyramids? __**
 * __ Where were they built? __**
 * __ What was is the name of the most famous pyramid? __**
 * __ What guards the pyramids? __**

How do pyramids help us know so much about life in Ancient Egypt? Ancient Egyptians were buried with their …………..and the tomb walls were…………………………………………. By examining the objects (artifacts) and paintings in the tombs, we ………………………..to understand a lot more about life in Ancient Egypt.We can learn about how the Egyptians lived by looking at the ……………………..in pyramids ready to be used in the…………………….

1)[] __ The Great Wall of China __



The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest………………. of the world, was enlisted in the World Heritage by UNESCO in …………... Just like a gigantic dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down across …………., grasslands,……………. and plateaus, stretching approximately …………………..(4,163 miles) from east to west of China. With a history of more than…………. years, some of the sections of the great wall are now in …………………….. or even entirely ………………..

2) [] __ The Great Barrier Reef __ The Great Barrier ……………. is a ……… of remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east coast of Australia. It contains the world’s…………………………., with 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of ………… and 4,000 types of mollusc. It also holds great scientific interest as the habitat of species such as the …………….(‘sea cow’) and the large green turtle, which are …………………. with extinction. = =

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Seventy-five million years ago, what is now eastern Alberta was a low-lying coastal………… at the edge of a large shallow sea. The climate was subtropical, similar to northern Florida today. Countless creatures ……………there — fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, primitive …………..and about 35 species of dinosaur. When some of these animals died, they ………….in river channels and …………… flats so their…………….. were ……………………. in new layers of sand and mud. Over time, a combination of pressure, ………………….. of oxygen and deposition of minerals produced fossils — **impressions of the bones, teeth and skin** of those creatures that once roamed ancient Alberta. Over more time, new …………….. of sediments …………………….the fossils and preserved them.