Baghe Melli in East Azarbaijan

  about Baghe Melli or EL Goli in East Azarbaijan province

(in IRAN)

 Before you leave Tabriz, do not miss EL Goli or the National Park (former Shah Goli, il goli), a pleasant hillside garden and park around an artificial lake to the area of 54,675 square meters in the style of the much smaller Bagh-e Takht north of Shiraz or the Qasr-e Qajar north of Tehran.

EL Goli, only 4 km south of downstream Tabriz, is so lovely a place that it deserves an illustration. It is a popular weekend resort for the locals.

A hill in the eastern side of the park leads down to the pool with steps, and a fountain from top of the hill flows down to the pool.
In the center of the pool there is a grand hexagonal building.
The pool itself is said, have been built during the reign of Aq Qoyunlu kings. However, it was extended by the Safavids.
During the rule of Qahraman Miraza, son of Abba Mirza of Qajar dynasty, it was fundamentally repaired. Recently a big park has been built on the Airport Road, which attracts many visitors.

...YES! IRAN IS BEAUTIFUL

Pyramid of Khufu Egypt

about Pyramid of Khufu Egypt

Why this ancient Seven Wonders pyramid is special
The pyramid of Khufu (Cheops in Greek) is the largest, oldest and only true surviving member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built in the 26th century BC.

Interesting tidbits about
the pyramid of Khufu
It held the world's tallest man-made structure title for over 4400 years until 1889 when the Eiffel Tower was built.
The base area of Khufu's pyramid is equal in size to that of six big-city blocks. Most of the chiseled stones used to build this pyramid are as big as small pickup trucks.
The rugged exterior we see today on Pharaoh Khufu's tomb was originally covered by a beautiful smooth limestone surfacing. That valuable material was subsequently filched by later rulers for use on their own buildings. This lowered the height of the pyramid by about 5% to its current height of 138 meters (456 feet). It also shortened its base width.
It was once legal to climb Khufu's pyramid (as I and many other travelers did years ago). Today, the government prohibits climbing out of concern for visitor safety and possible vandalism.

Khufu's pyramid has three burial chambers - the upper (where he was put to rest), the middle (called "Queen's Chamber") and the lower .carved out of the solid rock below the pyramid