Niagara Falls! stupendous, beautiful, enduring monument of
power divine.
Thy white foam pillars ever moving stand, and ever standing move
harmoniously
to the rough music of the dashing spray. Wallpaper in 1024, 1280, and
1680
widescreen sizes. Matching desktop theme, screensaver, Winamp and ICQ
skins
available separately. When did thy swift but solemn march begin? When
was
thou first heaved o’er those heights sublime? You stand alone,
unmatched,
unrivaled Falls.
Athens was the leading city in Greece during the greatest
period of
Greek civilization during the 1st millennium BC. During the "Golden
Age"
of Greece, roughly 500 BC to 300 BC, it was the Western world's leading
cultural, commercial and intellectual center, and indeed it is in the
ideas
and practices of ancient Athens that what we now call "Western
civilization"
has its origins. Original wallpaper by houseofthemes.com
Over the last century, the Republic of Cuba has been one of
the most
controversial countries in the world. Although Cuba has been one of the
most isolated countries in Latin America since 1959, its citizens are
still
thriving intellectually, artistically and spiritually. Original
wallpaper
by houseofthemes.com
Easter Island, Rapa Nui or "navel of the world", an
island in
the south Pacific Ocean is the most isolated inhabited island in the
world.
The island is famous for its numerous moai, the stone statues now
located
along the coastlines.
These colossal
statues in front of
the Great Temple of Aboo-Simbel are the most extraordinary work that
remains
to us of the age of Remeses II. No other monuments in existence strike
the observer with such an impression of vastness except the Sphynx near
the Pyramids of Geezeh. Original wallpaper by houseofthemes.com
On October 3rd 1990, millions of German people witnessed the
reunification
of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic
Republic
(GDR). As millions counted down the last few seconds to midnight, the
new
black, red and gold German flag was unfurled and fluttered in the cold
night air. Ein Prosit, ein Prosit, Der Gemütlichkeit. A toast, a toast,
to happiness. Original
wallpaper by
houseofthemes.com
During the Qin Dynasty, Meng Jiangnu's husband, Fan Qiliang
was caught
by federal officials and sent to build the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnu
heard
nothing from him, so she went to the Great Wall and discovered that her
husband had died. Hearing the bad news, she began to wail loudly and
hit
the wall causing a huge chunk of the Great Wall to collapse. Wallpaper
in 1024, 1280, and 1680 sizes. Matching theme, XP bootscreen, Winamp
and
ICQ skins available separately.
The majestic
Inca city of Machu Picchu
attracts millions of visitors from around the world each year. Oh
mighty
condor, take me home, up into the Andes, to be with my Inca brothers.
