5 mysterious monuments from around the world
Posted by staff / October 25, 2010For modern archaeologists, the ancient world continues to hold many secrets. Civilizations disappear, and thousands of years later, researchers are left to pick through the ivy-covered ruins of their cities.
The following are a list of awe-inspiring sights whose codes haven’t been cracked yet. Who built them? Why did they build them? Did humans even build them at all?
- Easter Island: Without materials for making rope or lumber, visitors wondered, how could the early inhabitants of Easter have mounted these enormous sculptures into place?
- The Yonaguni Monument: It could be a random pile of rocks, or it could be the Asian Atlantis. Located just off the shores of Yonaguni, one of Japan’s most southerly islands, the Yonaguni Monument is a vast collection of stone structures believed by some to be the sunken remnants of an ancient civilization.
Full list at HowStuffWorks.com.
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Awesome list of inspiring sights whose codes haven’t been cracked yet. Who built them? Why did they build them? Did humans even build them at all?