the jewel of India, the far-famed Taj Mahal. Pearly pink at dawn and opalescent by moonlight, Mumtaz Mahal's tomb is so delicately ethereal that it threatens to disappear during Agra's white-heat ...
The Taj Mahal is a marble mausoleum that was commissioned in 1631 as a tomb for the wife of then Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. The black and white worked particularly well. Base: “Taj Mahal India ...
It took Shah Jahan 22 years to construct the Taj Mahal and 20,000 men toiled ceaselessly to fulfill his dream. Built of the finest white marble and inlaid with precious stones, the Taj Mahal is ...
The stunning monument - built with brick, red sandstone and white marble and ... Jahan's plans to build the "black Taj" opposite the present monument; and that Taj Mahal was built by a European ...
A newly completed white marble structure in Agra, which took over a century to build, is now drawing a substantial number of ...
Serious air pollution surrounding these sites has led to the deterioration of the white marble, stone inlays and sandstone ... The planned construction of a new industrial complex near the Taj Mahal ...
You see the Taj Mahal flat on. In the evening, or if you’re lucky enough to be there during a full moon, the white-marble building glistens and shimmers. Once children see the Taj Mahal ...
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The expectation vs reality of visiting the majestic Taj Mahal, one of the New Seven Wonders ... it is most likely to blame for the Taj's beautiful white marble's discolouration.
To commemorate their undying love for one another, the Shah built the Taj Mahal as an elaborate tomb. The tomb is made up entirely of white marble and features jade, crystal, lapis, turquoise and ...