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.

Near Nan Madol is a rock art gallery with carvings that are almost identical to those in New Caledonia, 3,000km away. Yet the Lapita were not known for their advanced technology or sophisticated ...

Nan Madol: The City Built on Coral Reefs. One of the oldest archaeological sites not on a heritage list, ... One cornerstone is estimated to weigh 50 tons. I step down into the moss-encrusted tomb.

Nan Madol, whose name means “between spaces” in Pohnpeian (in reference to the canals), is a city built in the lagoon of an atoll on a set of 92 artificial islands, all interconnected by a series of ...

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 ...

What little we do know, though, suggests that Nan Madol in its heyday would have looked very different from the semi-submerged ruins that sit on the eastern shore of Pohnpei.

Nan Madol's protectors were taught 'how to use and maintain chainsaws, climb trees, prune branches, fell trees, and plant appropriate vegetation for the site,' the US Forest Service said.

There are also more believable (but unproven) theories that suggest Nan Madol was a royal complex meant to keep the island's elites separate from the commoners. 2. of 8. Skara Brae .

Nan Madol is often referred to as the Venice of the Pacific because of its canals. The site is 1.5 kilometers by .5 kilometers and encompasses a sea wall, 92 islets, canals, ...