Unseen Perspectives: Unique Views of Iconic Landmarks


Worn steps of the Tower of Pisa

    At points where the Towers lean pulls you to the right, you see an 800-year wear mark on the right part of the stair. Then as you make your way up and around each floor, the wear mark moves to the center of the stair

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Backside view of Great Sphinx

    The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. Facing directly from west to east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt.

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Drone shot of Great Pyramid of Giza

    The Great Pyramid of Giza is a huge pyramid built by the Ancient Egyptians. It stand 18.4 km from Cairo, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain mostly intact.

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The Shanhai Pass

    Shanhai Pass or Shanhaiguan is one of the major passes in the Great Wall of China, being the easternmost stronghold along the Ming Great Wall that commands the narrowest choke point in the strategic Liaoxi Corridor, a crucial coastal landway between the North and Northeast China.

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Back panel of Mona Lisa

    The Back Panel of the ‘Mona Lisa’ CONTAINS ENCRYPTED Symbology: T “Double “T” and sideways horizontally oriented “H” in the decorative wooden inlays! as well as another “H” which appears to be deeply etched into the wood

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Taj Mahal

    The Taj Mahal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 for being “the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the worlds heritage”. It is regarded by many as the best example of Mughal architecture and a symbol of Indias rich history.

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Eiffel tower from below

    The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.

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Backside of Tutankhamun's burial mask

    A protective spell is inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs on the back and shoulders in ten vertical and two horizontal lines. The spell first appeared on masks in the Middle Kingdom, 500 years before Tutankhamun, and was used in Chapter 151 of the Book of the Dead.

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