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Roughly 3,000 years after their settlement, a new culture arrived and constructed substantial urban centers: Nan Madol on Pohnpei and Leluh on Kosrae. Both sites feature similar construction.
Giorgio Tsoukalos, a key figure in the History Channel's 'Ancient Aliens' series, recently visited WISH-TV's Felicia Michelle on her podcast, where they discussed his theories on ancient monuments ...
On the island of Pohnpei, Micronesia rest the remarkable ruins of Nan Madol, the only ancient city ever constructed on top of a coral reef.Referred to as an “engineering marvel” by the ...
Archeologists have long been in general agreement that Nan Madol rose to prominence from 1100 to 1628 AD, collapsing with the fall of the local Saudeleur monarchs in the 17th century.
Nan Madol is a monumental complex, built from stone and coral rubble on the Pacific Island of Pohnpei. Nan Madol was the administrative and cultural center of the Saudeleur Dynasty.
The ABC visited Nan Madol with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop as she led a bipartisan delegation to the Federated States of Micronesia and two other North Pacific island countries last week.
Nan Madol, which means “the space inbetween”, is 1,600 miles from Australia and 2,500 miles from Los Angeles. It was described as the Eighth Wonder of the World by early European explorers, ...
Nan Madol was the ceremonial and political seat of the Saudeleur dynasty which united Pohnpei's estimated 25,000 people. Set apart on the main island of Pohnpei, it was the scene of human activity ...