Advanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 28 image entries Contest Directions: Move any famous landmark, building, statue or structure, to another location (ie, the Lincoln Memorial to Miami Beach) No paintings or works of art. Image submissions must be LANDMARKS. [ browse best gallery pictures ] Tags: landmarks Jackpot: 1st place: $5 Started: 3/8/2005 6:05:00 AM, Ended: 3/10/2005 6:05:00 AM
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Plans have been unveiled by the Egyptian government to move the granite statue of Pharaoh Ramses II. This will be a delicate task as the statue is 3,200 years old and weighs 83 tons. The want to move the statue from central Cairo to a new site that is located near the Great Pyramids. The statue has stood in Cairo for fifty some years. However, pollution and crowds have made it hard to see the statue from some angles and directions. The statue will be moved in one piece to a new museum southwest of the city center.
"If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage" - Speech at Cleveland, Ohio (February 15, 1861)
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