Nan Madol is a ruined city located in the remote island of Pohnpei. The ancestors of Micronesians called these basalt ruins Soun Nan-leng, meaning the Reef of Heaven. The site consists of vast numbers of fallen temples, ancient tombs and bath houses which come towering out of the water. T...
The article discusses the damage inflicted by rising sea levels to Nan Madol, a series of artificial islands in Micronesia. Commentary is provided by archaeologist William Ayres on the manner in which residents of the island of Pohnpei first started...
“The Nan Madol settlement complex is built on artificial islets extending across a shallow reef platform within the fringing reef of the adjacent small island of Temwen on the south-east coast of Pohnpei. Navigable tidal canals were created between the islets which were constructed with walls of...
The Mystery of Nan Madol. a Pacific Island Adventure.作者: Christine Mason 页数: 166 ISBN: 9781611700251 豆瓣评分 目前无人评价 评价: 写笔记 写书评 加入购书单 分享到 推荐 我来说两句 短评 ··· 热门 还没人写过短评呢 我要写书评 The Mystery of Nan Madol. a Pacific Island Adventure...
oday Nan Madol forms an archaeological district covering more than 18 km and includes the stone architecture built up on a coral reef flat along the shore of Temwen Island, several other artificial islets, and the adjacent Pohnpei main island coastline. The site core with its stone walls enclos...
南马都尔:东密克罗尼西亚庆典中心(Nan Madol:Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia),是位于密克罗尼西亚联邦波纳佩东部海岸的一座废弃的古城,这座城市直到1500年之前都是绍德雷尔王朝(Saudeleur Dynasty)的首都。南马都尔建于泰蒙岛(Temwen Island)附近的珊瑚礁和几个人工岛上,以及波纳佩岛(Pohnpei)的海岸线上,占地...
The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.
The hard part about visiting Nan Madol is getting to the island of Pohnpei. Micronesia gets very few visitors as it is far away from any major population center, and there is only really one way to get to the island. The only way to get to the island is via the “island hopper” fl...
as was being done by their contemporaries throughout the Pacific Islands. Nan Madol is not a unique site. We find nearly identical structures on the island of Leluh, 550 kilometers to the east; and other types of megalithic works on islands throughout the region bounded by Hawaii, New Zeal...
Nan Madol is an archaeological site adjacent to the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei, now part of the Madolenihmw district of Pohnpei state in the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean.Map Directions Satellite Photo Map...