Braves' Andruw Jones hits Petco Park's longest homerun. Andruw Jones hit the longest homer ever at Petco Park, a 453-foot shot that went deep into the second deck in left-centre field, and three other Atlanta Braves connected in an 11-3 rout of the NL West-leading San Diego Padres in July 2006.
Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt. The Great Pyramids, located at Giza on the west bank of the Nile River north of Cairo, are the only wonder of the ancient world that has survived to the present day. The three pyramidsâKhufu (Cheops), Khafra (Chephren) and Menkaura (Mycerimus)âwere built between 2700 B.C. and 2500 B.C. as royal tombs.
An exception was the 100-foot high Colossus of Rhodes - a huge statue of the god Helios, built on the island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos about 280 BCE, during the era of Hellenistic Greek sculpture. Deemed one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was made from stone (and earth) decorated with bronze plates.