The mysterious prehistoric city that has baffled scientists for years

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The mysterious prehistoric city that has baffled scientists for years​

In a remote region of the western Pacific Ocean lies a stunning and spooky unsolved mystery: the ruins of the ancient city of Nan Madol.
Located next to the eastern shore of Micronesian island Pohnpei, this once-great, prehistoric city is comprised of nearly 100 geometrically shaped man-made stone islands, and it’s the only ancient city built atop a coral reef.
No one is sure of the origins, nor why anyone would want to build a city far from food and water, and yet its ruins are rife with stories and spirits. Check out the gallery for a brief tour of the space and travel back in time.

 

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"Venice of the Pacific"​

The ruin consists of 92 artificial islets built on top of coral reefs, which are linked by a network of canals, giving it the nickname “Venice of the Pacific.”

 

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The meaning of the real name​

"Nan Madol" means "the space in between," which references the canals, yes, but it also calls upon the city’s history and reputation of hosting ghosts.

 

[UltimaOnline]

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[jw5]

The million dollar question​

Why would someone build a city in the middle of the ocean, so far away from any other known civilization?

 

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One thing is for certain​

It’s an engineering wonder, built entirely of giant basalt slabs in a time where there was nothing close to our modern tools.

 

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Impressive scale​

The massive basalt walls are reportedly 25 ft (7.6 m) tall and 17 ft (5 m) thick in some places.

 

[tanwahtiu]

Who cares? Move on.... talk sex...

 

[Linglinglonglong]

Ancient aliens it must be

 

[blackmondy]

I'm more intrigued by the city of Atlantis. It seems many civilizations were wiped overnight, like the Maya, Angkor, Easter Island and Egypt.

 

[jw5]

Megalithic architecture​

Carbon dating indicates that some of the structures are around 900 years old, but the islets themselves date even further back to the 8th and 9th centuries CE.

 

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Humans were there earlier​

Evidence of the earliest human activity dates back to the first or second century BCE, according to Atlas Obscura. Little is known about the ancient race who inhabited the area.

 

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Where did all that basalt come from?​

The basalt stones are reported to have come from the opposite side of Pohnpei, from a volcanic plug where magma had hardened within the vent of an active volcano.

 

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How was it transported?​

Modern archeologists have no idea how the massive stones were moved from one side of Pohnpei to the other, then stacked so high, considering the primitive technology that would have been available at the time.

 

[jw5]

It rivals the work of the pyramids​

The effort required to build the megalithic structures would have rivaled that of the Egyptian pyramids, Oddity reports, as the rocks had an estimated total weight of 750,000 metric tons.

 

[syed putra]

Polynesians normally do not build stone structures
But those on Easter islanders built huge statues.
Possible inca, mayan or Aztec influence. If polynesians can reach easter islands,they could have landed in South American shores. Almost similar in skin colour.

 

[jw5]

Theories of transportation​

Experts have suggested that rafts may have been used to transport the huge rocks to the reef, but there are still no theories for how they were originally moved from their far quarries or how they became those impressive structures.

 

[jw5]

The location alone is baffling​

Why would anyone choose a location so far from civilization, on a coral reef, to drag all of those rocks to?

 

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The strange islets​

The 92 islets are very similar to each other and geometrically shaped, but no one knows why.

 

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Mythology enters​

Myth filled the gap that science can’t explain, and Pohnpeian legend says the city was constructed by twin sorcerer brothers, Olisihpa and Olosohpa.