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1,000 Elephants

  • June 5, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

About 1,000 elephants were used in building the Taj Mahal. Located in Agra, India, the huge white marble tomb was made for Mumtaz Mahal by her husband, emperor Shah Jahan, in the 17th century. It took 20 years and 22,000 workers to complete!

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