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The one and only Ten Random Facts presents ten facts about the popular amphitheatre, the Colosseum!

The Colosseum opened in AD 80 and took 10 years to be built.
The Colosseum seated an amazing 50,000 people.
5,000 animals were killed for the Colosseum’s opening ceremony.
The Colosseum was badly damaged by a major fire in 217 AD and then was damaged by an earthquake in 443 AD.
The Colosseum went into repairs in 240, 250, 252, 320, 484, 508 and around 443 AD. The Colosseum is about to undergo major restoration.

The Colosseum is a theatre and arena and has been used for other interesting purposes like a cemetery, quarry and church.
The outer wall of the Colosseum was estimated to contain over 100,000 square meters of travertine stone which is held together by 300 tons of iron clamps.
The Colosseum arena is 83m by 48m (272ft by 157ft).
The Colosseum starred many animals including rhinoceros, hippopotamuses, elephants, giraffes, aurochs, wisents, Barbary lions, panthers, leopards, bears, Caspian tigers, crocodiles and ostriches.
Since 1643 AD, 684 species of plants have been recorded at the Colosseum.

Ancient Egypt is a dazzling place with 10 dazzling facts!

Ancient Egypt was established in 3100BC and fell to the Romans in 30BC.
The Ancient Egyptians invented Hieroglyphs, a symbolic language, around 3100BC.
The Karnak temple is the largest religious structure, which is still standing inEgypt, in the world. The full structure measures 80ha/200acres/809371m2 and took 500 years to complete.
The biggest pyramid in the world is the largest pyramid of Giza. It’s base measures 53,000m2.
The pyramids of Giza contain approximately 2,300,000 stone bricks.

Pyramids in Egypt

Each stone brick in an Egyptian pyramid weighs about 2.5t/2500Kg.
The Rosetta stone, a slab of granite found at Rashid (Rosetta), contains the language of the Ancient Egyptians – hieroglyphs, demotic script and Ancient Greek. You can find the stone at the British Museum.
Ancient Egyptian pharaohs where known as sons of the gods, with royalty and power.
The Ancient Egyptians mastered ship building around 3000BC.
Slaves were never used to construct the Ancient Egyptian pyramids.

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