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 is a series of more than 100 islets off the south-east coast of Pohnpei that were constructed with walls of basalt and coral boulders. These islets harbour the remains of stone palaces, ...

Aside from Easter Island, Nan Madol is the main archaeological site in Oceania that is made up of huge rocks. But while Easter Island gets 50,000 visitors a year, Nan Madol sees fewer than 1,000.

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.

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 ...

Visiting the ruins of Nan Madol in the Federated States of Micronesia is like stepping into an Indiana Jones movie — and the man charged with its protection is looking for Australia's help to ...

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, ...

After he died, Nan Madol was largely abandoned, though religious ceremonies were occasionally held there until the late 19th century. As we continue, the channel gets narrower and shallower.