But what many people don’t know is the story of the land that lies below this white marble on which it was built on and it is just as interesting as the monument itself. While the Taj Mahal is ...

Every year for the past decade or so, more than three million travelers have visited India's Taj Mahal. The white marble monument—completed over some 15 years by the emperor Shah Jahan as a ...

In the evening, or if you’re lucky enough to be there during a full moon, the white-marble building ... first glimpse the Taj Mahal. Wide paths lead to the raised platform in the middle of ...

This also opens up a platform to ask ... to reconstruct the Taj Mahal today using the same degree of artistry, imported white marble, semi-precious inlay stones, and manual labor.

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 ...