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7 Wonders of the ancient World

7 Wonders of the medieval World

ASTROLOGICAL BIRTH SIGNS
SYMBOL	BIRTH SIGN	PLANET	DATE	BIRTH STONE
	Aries	Mars	March 21-April 19	Diamond
	Taurus	Venus	April 20-May 20	Emerald
	Gemini	Mercury	May 21-June 20	Agate
	Cancer	Moon	June 21-July 22	Pearl
	Leo	Sun	July 23- Aug. 22	Ruby
	Virgo	Murcury	Aug. 23-Sept. 22	Red Jasper
	Libra	Venus	Sept. 23- Oct. 22	Sapphire
	Scorpio	Pluto	Oct. 23- Nov. 21	Opal
	Sagittarius	Jupitar	Nov. 22-Dec. 21	Topaz
	Capricorn	Saturn	Dec. 22-Jan. 19	Garnet
	Aquarius	Uranus	Jan. 20-Feb 18	Aquamarine
	Pisces	Neptunes	Feb. 19-March 20	Amerthyst

CHINESE CALENDAR
Rat	Born in 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020, 2032. 2044
Ox	Born in 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021, 2033, 2045
Tiger	Born in 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022, 2034, 2046
Rabbit	Born in 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023, 2036, 2047
Dragon	Born in 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024, 2036, 2048
Snake	Born in 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2015, 2037, 2049
Horse	Born in 1942, 1954,1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026, 2038, 2050
Sheep	Born in 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027, 2039, 2051
Monkey	Born in 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028, 2040, 2052
Rooster	Born in 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029, 2041, 2053
Dog	Born in 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030, 2042, 2054
Pig	Born in 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2020, 2031, 2043


SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
The Great Pyramid of Giza. A gigantic stone structure near the ancient city of Memphis. The monument was built by the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu of the Fourth Dynasty around the year 2560 BC to serve as a tomb when he dies. It is the only structure of the ancient wonders still standing today.
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. Although the foundation of the temple dates back to the seventh century BC, the temple was was built around 550 BC. Referred to as the great marble temple, or temple D, it was sponsored by the Lydian king Croesus and was designed by the Greek architect Chersiphron.
The Colossus of Rhodes The construction of the Colossus took 12 years and was finished in 282 BC. For years, the statue stood at the harbor entrance, until a strong earthquake hit Rhodes about 226 BC. The city was badly damaged, and the Colossus was broken at its weakest point -- the knee.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Built on the east bank of the River Euphrates, about 50 km south of Baghdad. Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) is credited for building the legendary Hanging Gardens.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus In the city of Bodrum (f.k.a. Halicarnassus) on the Aegean Sea, in south-west Turkey. Built by king Mausollos the Mausoleum was completed around 350 BC, three years after his death,
The Lighthouse of Alexandria Built on the ancient island of Pharos, now a promontory within the city of Alexandria in Egypt. The project was conceived and initiated by Ptolemy Soter around 290 BC, but was completed after his death, during the reign of his son Ptolemy Philadelphus. Sostratus, a contemporary of Euclid, was the architect. iThe structure was destroyed between1303 and 1323 by two stronger earthquakes.
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia At the ancient town of Olympia, on the west coast of modern Greece, about 150 km west of Athens. The magnificent temple of Zeus was designed by the architect Libon and was built around 450 BC. For the years that followed, the temple attracted visitors and worshippers from all over the world. In the second century BC repairs were skillfully made to the aging statue. In the first century AD, the Roman emperor Caligula attempted to transport the statue to Rome. However, his attempt failed when the scaffolding built by Caligula's workmen collapsed. After the Olympic games were banned in AD 391 by the emperor Theodosius I as Pagan practices, the temple of Zeus was ordered closed. Olympia was further struck by earthquakes, landslides and floods, and the temple was damaged by fire in the fifth century AD. Earlier, the statue had been transported by wealthy Greeks to a palace in Constantinople. There, it survived until it was destroyed by a severe fire in AD 462. Today nothing remains at the site of the old temple except rocks and debris, the foundation of the buildings, and fallen columns.


SEVEN WONDERS OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
Stone Henge. Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and is one of the mostfamous prehistoric sites in the world. Archaeologists think the standing stones were erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC although the surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC.
The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa Alexandria, Egypt, represented a melding of cultures in the late first century A.D. Traditions of Greece and Rome overlay the city, the cult of Christianity was gaining ground, and memories of ancient Egypt's great kingdoms still lingered. It was a place where people seemed to have a talent for combining rather than destroying cultures. Little of that "Paris of Antiquity" has survived above the ground. Below it, however, are haunting reminders of a culture that existed 1,900 years ago: the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, "Mound of Shards." Carved out of solid rock, three levels burrow into the ground near the sites of the ancient stadium, and the long- vanished temple to Serapis, a Greek and Egyptian god. Many such catacombs once filigreed Alexandria's underground, but earthquakes and construction projects destroyed or obscured them. Only in 1900 was Kom el Shoqafa rediscovered after centuries - by a donkey that fell through a hole in the ground and into its access well. The animal, it soon became clear, had made an extraordinary archeological find.
The Hagia Sophia In A.D. 326, Constantinople was laid out on the shores of the Bosporus by Emperor Constantine. Thirty years later, his successor built its first great church - eventually called Hagia Sophia - but it stood only 172 years before rioting crowds burned it to the ground. This event, in 532, was perhaps auspicious: It occurred during the reign of Justinian the Builder, who would give the world the sublime "tent of the heavens" that still stands and in whose creation "God has surely taken part." Reconstruction started just 39 days after the destruction of the original church. The gigantic structure was modeled loosely on the Roman Pantheon. Measuring 220 feet by 250 feet along its main floor, it was laid out as a rectangle, at whose center was a square. Soaring 180 feet above the square was a dome supported by four massive pendentives on equally massive piers. At the east and west ends of the dome square were two have domes serving as the apse and entrance bay. The engineering feat was even more incredible considering that only brick, mortar, and stone were used. Although the earlier Romans knew how to make concrete, these Eastern builders did not. Justinian embellished the interior with riches. Four acres of gold mosaics shimmered from the ceiling, and multicolored marble gleamed from the floors, columns, and wall panels.
The Colosseum The Colosseum is the most famous monument of Ancient Rome. Its original name is Flavian Amphitheatre. It was started by the Emperor Vespasian between 70 and 76 AD, and completed by his son Titus in 80 AD. The Colosseum was dedicated the year after Vespasian's death by Titus. They celebrated the opening by holding 100 days worth of games there. It was built on the site where Nero had had a huge villa for himself. Vespasian wanted to build something for the people rather than for himself. It got its popular name, the Colosseum, because it was built near where Nero had erected a huge statue, or colossus of himself. It showed him as the god of the sun. It was 100 feet high, and it was the largest gilded bronze statue in antiquity. It was later moved away. It took 24 elephants to move it!
Great Wall of China. Chinese fortification built from the end of the 14th century until the beginning of the 17th century, during the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect the Ming Empire from raids by Mongol, Turkic, and other nomadic tribes coming from areas in modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria.The Wall stretches over a formidable 6,352 km (3,948 miles), from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Sea in the east, at the limit between China proper and Manchuria, to Lop Nur in the southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
The Leaning Tower of Pisa The Tower of Pisa is the bell tower of the Cathedral. Its construction began in the august of 1173 and continued (with two long interruptions) for about two hundred years, in full fidelity to the original project, whose architect is still uncertain. In the past it was widely believed that the inclination of the Tower was part of the project ever since its beginning, but now we know that it is not so. The Tower was designed to be "vertical" (and even if it did not lean it would still be one of the most remarkable bell towers in Europe), and started to incline during its construction.
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing The people of China called it Bao'ensi, the "Temple of Gratitude." European visitors who beheld the structure called it the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing and labeled it one of the wonders of the world. But warfare and subsequent destruction overtook it in the 19th century, and this remarkable structure was almost lost to history, virtually forgotten by the world. Still, for many people who had known the tower firsthand, it was a sublimely elegant example of a Buddhist pagoda. "The best contrived and noblest structure of all the East," wrote Le Comte, the French mathematician who had made a visit to China in the early 19th century. From an octagonal base about 97 feet in diameter, the tower's nine stories rose pyramidally to a height of about 260 feet. According to information obtained by an American missionary who journeyed to Nanjing in 1852, the original plan for the tower had called for 13 stories and a total height of about 330 feet. Although those ambitious dimensions were never realized, the smaller size made little difference, because size was not what made the structure so memorable for visitors. The brilliant white porcelain bricks that faced the tower were what made it so unforgettable. By day, the bricks glittered in the sun, and at night they were illuminated by perhaps as many as 140 lamps hanging around the exterior of the pagoda. Worked into the porcelain panels were colorful stoneware tiles with green, yellow, white, and brown glazes forming images of animals, landscapes, flowers, and bamboo.


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SEAN CONNERY	GEORGE LAZENBY	ROGER MOORE	TIMOTHY DALTON	PIERCE BROSNEN	DANIEL CRAIG
DOCTOR NO STARING Sean Connery��James Bond Ursula Andress .... Honey Ryder Joseph Wiseman .... Dr. No Jack Lord .... Felix Leiter Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny MUSIC The James Bond Theme...John Barry		FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE STARING Sean Connery��James Bond Daniela Bianchi .... Tatiana Romanova Lotte Lenya .... Rosa Klebb Robert Shaw .... Donovan 'Red' Grant Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny MUSIC From Russia With Love....Matt Monroe		GOLDFINGER STARING Sean Connery��James Bond Honor Blackman.... Pussy Galore Gert Frobe ...Auric Goldfinger Shirley Eaton.....Jill Masterson Harold Sakata....Oddjob Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny MUSIC Goldfinger.....Shirley Bassey
THUNDERBALL STARING Sean Connery��James Bond Luciana Paluzzi....Fiona Volpe Adolfo Celi.....Largo Rik Van Nutter.....Felix Leiter Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny MUSIC Thunderball.....Tom Jones		YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE STARING Sean Connery��James Bond Aki.....Akiko Wakabayashi Kissy Suzuki.....Mie Hama Ernst Stavro Blofeld.....Donald Pleasence Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Tiger Tanaka � Tetsuro Tamba Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC You Only Live Twice..... Nancy Sinatra		ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE STARING James Bond.....George Lazenby Tracy di Vicenzo.....Diana Rigg Ernst Stavro Blofeld.....Telly Savalas Marc-Ange Draco.....Gabriele Ferzetti Sir Hilary Bray � George Baker Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC All The Time in The World... Louis Armstrong
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER STARING James Bond.....Sean connery Tiffany Case...Jill St. John Ernst Stavro Blofeld.....Charles Gray Felix Leiter.....Norman Burton Willard Whyte.....Jimmy Dean Plenty O'Toole.....Lana Wood Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC Diamonds are Forever.....Shirley Bassey		LIVE AND LET DIE STARING James Bond....Roger Moore Felix Leiter.....David Hedison Solitaire.....Jane Seymour Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big.....Yaphet Kotto Sheriff J.W. Pepper.....Clifton James Tee Hee Johnson.....Julius Harris Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC "Live and Let Die.....Paul McCartney & Wings		THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN STARING James Bond.....Roger Moore Francisco Scaramanga.....Christopher Lee Mary Goodnight.....Britt Ekland Andrea Anders.....Maud Adams Nick Knack.....Herv� Villechaize Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC The Man With The Golden Gun.....Lulu
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME STARING James Bond....Roger Moore Major Anya Amasova.....Barbara Bach Naomi.....Caroline Munro Karl Stromberg.....Curd J�rgens Jaws.....Richard Kiel Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC Nobody Does it Better".....Carly Simon		MOONRAKER STARING James Bond....Roger Moore Jaws.....Richard Kiel Dr. Holly Goodhead.....Lois Chiles Sir Hugo Drax.....Michael Lonsdale Corinne Dufour.....Corinne Clery Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC Moonraker.....Shirley Bassey		LIVE AND LET DIE STARING James Bond....Roger Moore Major Anya Amasova......Barbara Bach Karl Stromberg......Curd J�rgens Jaws.....Richard Kiel Naomi......Caroline Munro Fredrick Gray (Minister of Defence)...Geoffrey Keen Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC "Live and Let Die.....Paul McCartney & Wings
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN STARING James Bond....Roger Moore Felix Leiter.....David Hedison Solitaire.....Jane Seymour Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big.....Yaphet Kotto Sheriff J.W. Pepper.....Clifton James Tee Hee Johnson.....Julius Harris Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC The Man With The Golden Gun.....Lulu		THE SPY WHO LOVED ME STARING James Bond....Roger Moore Felix Leiter.....David Hedison Solitaire.....Jane Seymour Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big.....Yaphet Kotto Sheriff J.W. Pepper.....Clifton James Tee Hee Johnson.....Julius Harris Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC Nobody Does it Better......Carly Simon		MOONRAKER STARING James Bond....Roger Moore Jaws.....Richard Kiel Dr. Holly Goodhead....Lois Chiles Sir Hugo Drax.....Michael Lonsdale Corinne Dufour....Corinne Clery Dolly (Jaws's Girlfriend)....Blanche Ravalec Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC Moonraker....Shirley Bassey
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY STARING James Bond....Roger Moore Melina Havelock.....Carole Bouquet Milos Columbo....Topol Bibi Dahl.....Lynn-Holly Johnson Aristotle Kristatos.....Julian Glover Jacoba Brink.....Jill Bennett Bernard Lee .... M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC : For Your Eyes Only....Sheena Easton		OCTOPUSSY STARING James Bond....Roger Moore Maud Adams.....Octopussy Louis Jourdan....Kamal Khan Kristina Wayborn....Magda: AVijay Amritraj....Vijay: Kabir Bedi....Gobinda Robert Brown.....M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC All Time High....Rita Coolidge		A VIEW TO A KILL STARING James Bond....Roger Moore Max Zorin....Christopher Walken Stacey Sutton....Tanya Roberts May Day....Grace Jones Sir Godfrey Tibbett....Patrick Macnee Venz....Dolph Lundgren Robert Brown.....M Lois Maxwell .... Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC A View to a Kill.....Duran Duran
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS STARING James Bond....Timothy Dalton Felix Leiter....John Terry Brad Whitaker....Joe Don Baker Kara Milovy....Maryam d'Abo SKamran Shah....Art Malik General Leonid Pushkin....John Rhys-Davies Robert Brown.....M Miss Moneypenny....Caroline Bliss Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC The Living Daylights....a-ha		LICENCE TO KILL STARING James Bond....Timothy Dalton Pam Bouvier....Carey Lowell Franz Sanchez....Robert Davi Lupe Lamora...Talisa Soto Felix Leiter....David Hedison Sharkey- Frank McRae Robert Brown.....M Miss Moneypenny....Caroline Bliss Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC Licence to Kill....Gladys Knight		GOLDENEYE STARING James Bond....Pierce Brosnan Sean Bean....Alec Trevelyan Izabella Scorupco....Natalya Simonova Famke Janssen....Xenia Onatopp Joe Don Baker....Jack Wade Robbie Coltrane....Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky Judi Dench....M Samantha Bond....Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC GoldenEye...Tina Turner
TOMORROW NEVER DIES STARING James Bond....Pierce Brosnan Sean Bean....Alec Trevelyan Izabella Scorupco....Natalya Simonova Famke Janssen....Xenia Onatopp Joe Don Baker....Jack Wade Robbie Coltrane....Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky Judi Dench....M Samantha Bond....Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC GoldenEye...Tina Turner		THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH STARING James Bond....Pierce Brosnan Sophie Marceau....Elektra King Robert Carlyle....Renard Denise Richards....Dr. Christmas Jones Robbie Coltrane....Valentin Zukovsky John Cleese....R Judi Dench....M Samantha Bond....Miss Moneypenny Q.....Desmond Llewelyn MUSIC The World is Not Enough....Garbage.		DIE ANOTHER DAY STARING James Bond....Pierce Brosnan Halle Berry....Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson Toby Stephens....Gustav Graves Rosamund Pike....Miranda Frost Rick Yune....Zao Will Yun Lee as Colonel Moon Judi Dench....M Samantha Bond....Miss Moneypenny John Cleese....Q MUSIC Die Another Day....Madonna.
CASINO ROYALE STARING James Bond....Daniel Craig Eva Green....Vesper Lynd Mads Mikkelsen....Le Chiffre Jeffrey Wright....Felix Leiter Giancarlo Giannini....Rene Mathis Caterina Murino as Solange Dimitrios Judi Dench....M Simon Abkarian as Alex Dimitrios MUSIC You Know My Name....Chris Cornell		QUANTUM OF SOLACE STARING James Bond....Daniel Craig Olga Kurylenko ... Camille Mathieu Amalric ... Dominic Greene Jeffrey Wright....Felix Leiter Giancarlo Giannini....Rene Mathis Gemma Arterton ... Strawberry Fields Judi Dench....M Jesper Christensen ... Mr. White MUSIC Another Way To Die....Jack White & Alicia Keys		SKYFALL STARING James Bond....Daniel Craig Director....Sam Mendes Helen McCrory... Clair Dowar B�r�nice Marlohe... S�v�rine Ben Whishaw... Q Ralph Fiennes... Gareth Mallory Javier Bardem... Raoul Silva Naomie Harris... Eve Judi Dench... M Albert Finney... Kincade MUSIC SKYFALL....Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
SPECTRE STARING James Bond....Daniel Craig Director....Sam Mendes L�a Seydoux... Dr. Madeleine Swann Christoph Waltz ... Ernst Stavro Blofeld Ben Whishaw... Q Ralph Fiennes... M Dave Bautista... Mr. Hinx Naomie Harris... Eve Moneypenny Monica Bellucci... Lucia Sciarra Andrew Scott... Max Denbigh MUSIC Writing's on the Wall....Sam Smith		NO TIME TO DIE STARING James Bond....Daniel Craig Director....Cary Joji Fukunaga L�a Seydoux... Dr. Madeleine Swann Ana de Armas...Paloma Christoph Waltz ... Ernst Stavro Blofeld Rami Malek...Safin Ben Whishaw... Q Ralph Fiennes... M Naomie Harris... Eve Moneypenny Jeffrey Wright...Felix Leiter Andrew Scott... Max Denbigh MUSIC No time to die... Billie Eilish