The Banaue Rice Terraces (Tagalog: Hagdan-hagdang Palayan ng Banawe) are 2000-year old terraces

     that were carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ancestors of the indigenous people. The

     Rice Terraces are commonly referred to by Filipinos as the "Eighth Wonder of the World".It is commonly

     thought that the terraces were built with minimal equipment, largely by hand. The terraces are located

     approximately 1500 meters (5000 ft) above sea level and cover 10,360 square kilometers (about 4000 square

     miles) of mountainside. They are fed by an ancient irrigation system from the rainforests above the terraces.

           It is said that if the steps are put end to end it would encircle half the globe.