The most famous buildings and buildings of antiquity. Nabta Observatory, Nubia, Sahara. Pyramid in Cholula

It is generally accepted that Ancient world- a set of civilizations that existed on earth from prehistoric times to the beginning of the Middle Ages. The framework is very arbitrary - for the countries of the East they have their own, for America - their own (the beginning of the colonization of the continent by Europeans).

Amazing Legacy

In this time period, there were several civilizations with their own culture. Famous structures and buildings of antiquity have survived to this day. There are not so few of them, but the most striking heritage sites of the past include such as the “City in the Sky” or Machu Picchu in Peru, the temple of Jupiter Baalbek in Lebanon, the famous Egyptian pyramids Giza, a suburb of Cairo. The list of antiquities includes the aqueducts of the Roman Empire, the glazed windows of Alexandria that arose in the first century AD, the remains of Greek temples, the Jervan aqueduct in Iraq, the concrete domes of Roman temples.

Civilizations close to us

Every continent has ancient objects. But for the inhabitants of Europe (in the geographical sense of the word), the ancient world is associated primarily with Greece and Rome, with the Egyptian Cleopatra, since both Julius Caesar and Antony loved her.
In addition, they and other ancient Roman emperors dreamed of subjugating Egypt. Russian literature and art until the beginning of the 20th century are associated with the myths of Greece and Rome. And the Mediterranean civilizations are considered the cradle of mankind. Therefore, to consider in more detail the famous buildings and buildings of antiquity, you need to start with Greece and Rome.

Acropolis - the pearl of world architecture

In Greece, there are a lot of monuments from prehistoric times, and the whole country is dotted with the ruins of ancient Greek palaces and places of worship. It is rather difficult to count them, but there are objects that are considered symbols of the Ancient World. The most important of them is the Acropolis, located in the continental part of the country in the city of Athens. This is a kind of fortress standing on a hill, the height of which reaches 156 meters in height, it is 300 meters wide, 170 meters long. It is a well-fortified upper city, rising above the unprotected lower one. The Acropolis was the place where the temples of the gods, patrons this city, in which residents could hide during the war. Majestic athenian acropolis is a World Heritage Site. Its history is well studied.

Parthenon - dominant of the Acropolis

It should be noted that sculptures and statues from this Acropolis are in many museums around the world. There are 21 objects in it, the most significant of them is the Parthenon - business card not only in Greece, but throughout the ancient world.

Included in the list of "The Greatest Temples in the World", it was built on the foundation of more than ancient temple in the 5th century BC by the architects Kallikrat and Iktin. He rules over the whole area. This ideal, harmonious structure is richly unique features. But dozens of books have been written about every smallest detail of it. The only thing that can be noted is that it is surrounded by columns around the perimeter (this form is called a peripter). This is what makes the temple irresistibly beautiful.

Athens - a treasure trove of ancient architecture

Other structures Ancient Greece in the territory sacred center ancient Athens, the Acropolis are represented by such temples as the Erechtheion, dedicated to the legendary Athenian king Erechtheus, the Areopagus (authority), the temple of Athena Nike. On the territory of the entire capital there are ruins of many other temples, since all of Greece is a museum ancient culture under open sky. These are the temples of Olympian Zeus, Nike Aptera, Hephaestus, the temple of Apollo in Delphi, Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Hera on the Peloponnese, Demeter in Eleusis. These are the most famous structures and buildings of antiquity created in Greece.

Priority of places of worship

In a later period, one of the first meteorological structures was built in Athens - the Tower of the Winds, 12 meters high, with a base diameter of 8 m. The parameters of these ancient museums are perfect, they underlie all architecture and are studied by all architects of the world.

Of all the above objects of antiquity, only the Areopagus is an administrative building, all the rest are places of worship. The largest sanctuary is Olympia, which is located on the Peloponnese peninsula. It was dominated by the cult of Zeus.

The main visiting card of Rome

The Great Roman Empire is the oldest civilization in the Mediterranean, emerging from Ancient Greece. According to legend, the direct descendants of Aeneas, the hero of the Trojan War, the brothers Remus and Romulus, fed by a she-wolf, founded Rome and greatest empire who gave the world a great culture.

The structures of ancient Rome in this article are presented by the 10 greatest architectural examples that many inhabitants of the Earth are familiar with, even far from scholarship. Who does not know the Colosseum - main character Rome? A half-destroyed outer three-tiered wall surrounds an oval arena. In ancient times, the total number of arches on the wall is 240, 80 of them are in the lower tier. In the arches of the first and second floors there were sculptures - the work of the best masters of Rome.

The brightest and most characteristic

The Appian Way is also familiar to many, because the sad death of the companions of Spartacus, chained alive to the pillars located along it, is known from the school bench. And the final shots of the cult American film touched film lovers in many countries of the world.

famous buildings and buildings of antiquity, located in ancient capital, adequately represents the Roman Forum, which already during the reign of Tarquikios the Proud became the center of the political, cultural and religious life of the Roman Empire. Here are the temples of Vesta, Vespasian and Saturn. Tragic or happy pages of ancient history are connected with each of them. The well-preserved Trajan Column belongs to the beginning of the 2nd century AD. 185 steps located inside, go to observation deck located at the 38th height. The sculptor Apollodorus of Damascus erected it in 114. It symbolizes the victory over the Dacians.

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The Roman Pantheon is unique - the temple of all the gods. Built in 126 AD, it dominates the Piazza della Rotonda.

You can find out what the famous buildings and buildings of antiquity looked like by looking at the marble Arc de Triomphe Titus. Erected it oldest building in 81 in honor of the capture of Jerusalem. An arch rises over Via Sacra. Single-span, it has a height of 15.4 meters, width reaches 13.5 m, the depth of the span is about 5 meters, its width is 5.33 meters. Any chariot, including a quadriga, could enter such a gate. Bas-reliefs depicting Titus with trophies have been preserved. The Jewish temple was completely destroyed by him, and the winners got its main shrine - the minor. All this can be seen on the bas-relief.

Famous Roman baths and unique temples

The Baths of Caracalla continue the list of masterpieces of ancient Roman architecture. Where did this name come from? Caracalla is the nickname of Marcus Aurelius, who lived in the 3rd century AD. The ancient Roman baths are special world where the elite of society had fun, went in for sports, conducted intellectual disputes, concluded contracts. The surroundings matched: the walls and the actual fonts were made of the best varieties of marble, sculptures stood everywhere, including the statue of Apollo Belvedere.

The seventh line in the list "Architectural structures ancient rome"is occupied by a composition of two temples of different configurations - rectangular and round. These temples were erected in honor of Portun (patron of ports) and Hercules. They are located on the left bank of the Tiber, in the very place where ships used to moor.

Mausoleum and catacombs

Under the eighth number is the Field of Mars - the left bank of Rome. Behind him is the Mausoleum of Hadrian - an architectural monument-tomb for the imperial family. On a square pedestal with a side equal to 84 meters, there is a cylinder with a diameter of 64 meters, crowned with a statue of the emperor in the form of the sun god, controlling a quadriga (team of 4 horses). This huge building was not used for its intended purpose, it became a strategic object.

Last on the list of the most important architectural masterpieces The Roman Empire go famous Catacombs. This is a network of buildings (60 in total), interconnected and intended for burials (about 750,000 burials), with a total length of 170 km. Most of them stretch along the Appian Way.

Masterpieces of the East

The great architectural structures of the world are adequately supplemented by another grandiose monument. This is the Great Chinese Wall, whose length from edge to edge is 21,196 kilometers. Erected by one-fifth (exactly one million) of the country's population in the 3rd century BC, it clearly fixed the borders of the state and made China impregnable. This unique monument antiquities. And the pagodas and Buddhist monasteries of India? These are also monuments of the ancient past.

The first Russian pearls of architecture

All of the above, as well as structures Ancient Rus', belongs to the great world heritage. Only our civilization is young compared to others. The most ancient in our country is the architecture of Novgorod, Pskov and Kyiv, in which from 989 to 996 the Church of the Tithes, destroyed by Batu, was erected.

The next oldest by our standards architectural monument Kievan Rus is the Transfiguration Cathedral in Chernigov, well preserved even now, then the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. The first cross-domed structures were always based on the cross, and the temple was crowned with a dome. Such churches are the main type of ancient places of worship in Rus'.

Byzantine masters and their offspring

The first stone temples were built by craftsmen invited from Byzantium. Russian places of worship did not blindly repeat Byzantine architecture. Our churches have a strong personality. Yaroslav the Wise actively and on a grand scale engaged in construction. He, concerned that a huge country had just adopted a new religion, wanted to approve it with a grandiose construction of temples. The largest, which at that time had no analogues anywhere, even in Byzantium, was the 5-nave 13-domed St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, founded in 1017.

The triumph of Orthodoxy

It was followed by the Sophia cathedrals of Novgorod (1045-1050) and Polotsk (1060). They were also considered 5-nave, although most Russian churches are 3-nave. The dome was supported by internal pillars - hence the names: 4-, 6-, or even 8-pillar.

In 1073-1079, the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was built by specially invited Greeks. This temple, called the "Great Church", has become a model for Orthodox buildings being built throughout the country. Such religious buildings as the Vydubetsky Monastery in Kiev (1070-1081), Spas-on-Berest (1113-1125) belong to a new type of cathedrals, since they all had an extension (nartesque) with a staircase. The most ancient temples had no vestibules at all.

From the moment of the construction boom launched by Yaroslav the Wise, all the Grand Dukes were engaged in active urban planning. Except architectural monuments, the descendants were masterpieces of applied art and literature. The Tale of Bygone Years is first mentioned in 852.

According to experts, architecture structures appeared long before our era. The ancient structures preserved on our planet are amazing, they amaze the imagination. We will find out which buildings are the oldest in the world. The structures of the ancient world that have come down to us are completely different from the structures of modern architecture.

Legendary buildings of the ancient world

Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Egypt)

Mamertine Dungeon (Rome)

Pyramid of Djoser in Sakar

Greater Zimbabwe

The height of the ancient ruins reaches eleven meters. All structures were erected using the dry masonry method - granite slabs are laid in rows. This is surprising, since the standard material of Africa of that period was wood and clay.

Skara Brae Settlement

The oldest buildings in Russia

Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (Pereyaslavl-Zalessky)

Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (Pskov)

Dormition Knyaginin Monastery

Church of Boris and Gleb (Kideksha village)

The oldest surviving building in the world

The necropolis consists of five megalithic burial mounds dating back to the Neolithic era. As a result of the excavations, it turned out that the oldest building of this complex was built in 4800 BC. e.

And the most Old city in Russia it is Derbent. The website site has a detailed and their history.
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“Well, here we are. Well, let's take a dip. Well, let's have a cocktail. So, what is next? What do we do?" Familiar? If yes - congratulations, you belong to the same type of people who can not sit still. Well, if, besides, limp reclining in deck chairs inspires you as little as strong-willed surfing, then you are completely one of their small, but elite class of aesthetes, greedy for art and architecture.

Admit it, you simply cannot look at Dali's creations without trembling in your knees, the Acropolis brings you into a state close to prayerful ecstasy, and the streets of old Prague almost drive you crazy. Congratulations, you are an "excursion-oriented, ordinary tourist."

All salt excursion tourism lies in the fact that it quietly coexists with beach holiday, and with skiing, as, indeed, with any other. One does not exclude the other, rather, it complements.

However, there are also whole tours dedicated to sightseeing of cities and capitals, antiquities and natural wonders all five continents. Such trips are usually chosen by individuals who are married to art or simply greedy for it in a good way, and people who want to see the world on vacation, and not just a couple of paradise, but completely identical atolls.

But, in order to be as honest with yourself as possible, it is still necessary to say that a “naked” excursion will not give you much pleasure - only a messy cocktail of porticoes and rotundas, dozens of museum halls and thousand-year-old ruins will remain in your head.

When choosing a program, do not chase the number of attractions - in the end, go on a trip again. Choose a moderate pace - richly sprinkle excursions with rest, and get the most vivid and fresh impressions.

Leisure destinations

Classic: Europe. The main impact of the excursion element usually falls on Mother Europe with its Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, and other ancient medieval joys. Tours in Europe, which, as you know, are not so great, often cover more than one country. Sometimes tours include visiting world-famous attractions - such as, for example, Versailles in France, the Colosseum in Italy, the Acropolis in Greece. Sometimes there are guided tours exclusively little known places, sometimes - highly specialized tours are organized, for example, in baroque architecture or in temple construction.

ancient civilizations. The second number in the popularity rating are countries that grew up on the ruins of ancient civilizations - Egypt, India, China, Chile, Peru, Mexico. Obviously, such tours take second place not in terms of tourist interest, but in terms of remoteness, expressed not so much in geographical terms as in terms of money. Ancient civilizations that have monuments that take us not even centuries, but millennia, are surprisingly mysterious and therefore alluring. The further into the dust of time - the more secrets, to which, as you know, no one can remain indifferent.

Exotics and ecology. Ancient civilizations are followed by countries with exotic landscapes and landscapes - the Australian Great barrier reef, US lakes, Nigerian waterfalls, fantastic nature Galapagos. All this is really unusual. Amazing. Almost unrealistic.

Way of life. Next come countries with an unusual way of life - that is, any place on the planet whose existence is different from our multi-story panel existence. Tunisian Berbers living in caves Arab countries with its unconditional and bewitching adherence to the laws of the Koran, Japanese culture and American Indian culture. For a civilized person, which, obviously, is the whole excursion-amateur tribe, such differences cause only admiration - at least from an understanding of how diverse the life of people on this planet can be.

Excursion Russia. Well, native Russia closes the top five directions-leaders. The expanses of our country are huge: 9 climatic zones and the same number of time zones mountain ranges, hills, full-flowing rivers, dozens and hundreds of natural wonders - Avacha Bay, Kungur ice cave, Krasnoyarsk pillars, Uzon caldera... it would be impossible to list them all. And then, there is also the magnificent architecture of our cities - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, the luxury of folk crafts - Suzdal, Semenov, Gus-Khrustalny. Russia is inexhaustible, great and magnificent, besides, in comparison with all of the above, it is quite budgetary.

People began to build from stone in time immemorial, which is quite understandable: nature itself gave this building material to mankind! Today we admire the monumental creations of bygone generations: we admire stone castles and residences, mysterious temples and tombs, do not mind going to distant lands to take a selfie against the backdrop of some ancient miracle. The Geomaster company has compiled its own rating of buildings that cannot but impress.

1. The Great Pyramids at Giza.

​The three main pyramids (Cheops, Mykerin and Khafre), guarded by the Great Sphinx, are only part of a huge necropolis located on a desert plateau near Cairo. Monuments are surrounded not only by attention from tourists, but also by numerous mysteries. For example, how did people manage to build such gigantic objects without modern technical devices? The construction of the pyramid of Cheops alone took 2.5 million stone blocks, most of which weigh about 2.5 tons. every .

2. Machu Picchu

L a legendary city nestled in the heart of the Andes, at an altitude of 2450 meters above sea level. The settlement of the Inca civilization, founded in the middle of the 15th century, like the Egyptian pyramids, keeps many secrets. One of them is the sudden disappearance of all the inhabitants in 1532. Centuries later, we admire the clear layout of the city, which contained palace buildings, temples, storage facilities and other common facilities. The buildings are made of carefully processed stone, slabs closely fitted to each other. And the Inca builders knew a lot about terracing.

3. Stonehenge

Located 130 kilometers from London, Stonehenge is an ideal composition from a geometric point of view. In this connection, the researchers believe that the place was not only a platform for performing rituals, but could also serve as an ancient observatory and calendar. The monument is a complex of ring and horseshoe-shaped stone and earth structures. The largest blocks of Stonehenge weigh up to 50 tons each.

4. Stone circles of Gobekli Tepe

The "bellied hill" (this is how the name Gobekli Tepe is translated from Turkish) is the oldest of the large megalithic buildings peace. Its age is 12 millennia. Temples in the form of circles located at the top mountain range in the southeast of Turkey, built from polished and densely packed stones. The diameter of the circles is 30 m, inside each there is a T-shaped stone sculpture with drawings of animals and birds carved on it.

5. Newgrange Mound

The majestic mound, 11 meters high and reaching 85 meters in diameter, is located in Ireland. The age of the monument is 5000 years. The walls of the object are made of large quartz, the roof is earthen. Having required some reconstruction work on the outside, the mound is perfectly preserved inside. The only entrance leads to a room with large monoliths, an altar and walls decorated with patterns of rings and spirals. Newgrange is famous for the fact that during the winter solstice, the dawn rays of the sun pass into the inner room through a narrow gap. The builders calculated everything to the millimeter: the beam falls directly on the altar, and then illuminates wall niches.

6. Megalithic temples Malta

One of the favorite vacation spots for tourists has long been known as an area of ​​concentration of monuments. world heritage. In Malta, 23 sanctuaries built from local limestone have been discovered. Best save There were Hagar Kvim, Jgantia, Tarshien and Mnaidra. Over this splendor withtroitel began to work in the Maltese archipelago 7000 years ago and worked They conscience. The ancient temples would have come down to us in a better condition if the peasants had not subsequently dismantled them “pebble-by-pebble” for agricultural purposes.

7. Treasury of Atreus

The Treasury of Atreus (aka the Tomb of Agamemenon) is a beehive-type domed tomb, located in Greek Mycenae. The building was built from big stones without the use of mortar. Presumably, the tomb was used for the burial of King Atreus or his successors. The Greeks believed that the tomb contained countless treasures of the rulers, which is why it began to be called the treasury. It is not known what riches there were in reality, since the place was plundered in ancient times.

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It is not for nothing that ancient buildings are called portraits of the civilizations that built them. Moreover, these portraits conceal the mysteries of entire cultures. After all, these structures stood for thousands of years after their builders disappeared from the face of the earth. It has strange burials to cities unknown until recently - all these architectural artifacts sometimes reveal ancient secrets, and sometimes even more confuse scientists.

1 Teotihuacan Tunnels

Mexico
In 2017, a restoration project was launched to renovate one of the most famous places Mexico - the pre-Aztec city of Teotihuacan. During work on central square archaeologists used a non-invasive technique to view underground voids. Scanning with electrical impedance tomography showed the unexpected - under the area there was a tunnel leading to a neighboring pyramid. Scientists are still wondering why the Pyramid of the Moon, which is a colossal feat of ancient architecture, could be connected to something else by an underground tunnel.

So far, it is impossible to explore it, and one of the reasons is the depth at which the tunnel passes - 10 meters. Curiously, this tunnel is very similar to another, previously discovered in one of the temples of Teotihuacan. Given that they were built by people who lived 2,000 years ago, it is difficult to say today whether the tunnels served a practical or mystical purpose.

2. Tungundzhi barrows

Australia
For over 60 kilometers along Western Cape York, coastal zone Australia, you can see a number of large burial mounds. Researchers have been discussing the specifics of this phenomenon for years. They apparently did not take the local Aboriginal community seriously (the Tungunji people claimed that their ancestors were buried in mounds). Not surprisingly, a number of strange theories have emerged. For example, some have suggested that these 250 mounds were created by ... birds.

In 2018, when the mounds were illuminated by radar, it turned out that locals and the archaeologists who thought the mounds were artificial were right. Eleven sand structures were scanned, and many of them still contained human remains. The juxtaposition of the interior also showed how burial procedures changed over time. But even in different time various things were placed in all the tombs, such as flowers, spears and corals. The age of the burial mounds is not yet known, but some may be around 6000 years old, i.e. they were created around the same time that the Egyptians were building the pyramids.

3. Tel Edfu urban complex

Egypt
In 2018, during excavations in Egyptian Tel Edfu, a 4,000-year-old two-story complex was found, which was one of the earliest among the many large ruins in the region. Archaeologists have identified rooms that were used for storage, copper smelting, beer production and bread production. However, the purpose of the other premises has not been determined. Appearance the facade of the building was typical of ancient egypt but it was very well built. Another mystery is why people abandoned the complex after it was built.

Usually such abandoned places were taken apart for bricks for other construction projects. The same complex not only retained its walls 1.5 - 2 meters thick, but also the entrance doors. Given that they were made from extremely rare wood in Egypt, the doors must have been stolen a long time ago. This brewery-bakery is different from any other that has been preserved since ancient kingdom. Scientists believe that ancient city Edfu was an important settlement and was the starting point for expeditions to distant places.

4. Villa in Warwick

England
IN English city Warwick recently decided to relocate the high school. The builders who dug the foundation pit discovered a large Roman villa. Its size was 28 meters long and 14.5 meters wide. In their own words, this villa was "the size of a medieval church." Carved from local sandstone, it was probably part of a vast estate in the second century AD.

The villa itself was a very imposing building. In addition to being the largest structure in the region, it was connected to a Roman road. The discovery of corn drying chambers showed that the building, in addition to being someone's home, was used for agriculture. The one who lived in the villa left it about 200 years later.

5 Stonehenge Construction Camp

England
Within walking distance of Stonehenge there are military base in Larkhill. During preparations for new military exercises in 2018, the remains of an ancient fence were discovered. It is believed that ancient trade and meetings took place in such places. Nine wooden pillars stood exactly in the same position as the dolmens in the stone ring of Stonehenge.

This showed that Larkhill was a sort of design center for an overhaul. famous temple, which was also once also a modest ring of wooden poles. The original version of Stonehenge was erected around 3000 BC, but archaeologists believe that the fence is six to seven centuries older than it. It was probably a construction camp.

6. Hardnott Pass Fort

England
During the reign of the Roman emperor Hadrian (AD 117-138), part of Britain was part of the empire. Several forts were built to protect this frontier. One fortress stands near Hardnott Pass in Cumbria. It wasn't until 2015 that scientists noticed that its gates align perfectly with the Sun during the solstices. Located in a square building, the gates face each other in two pairs.

On the longest day of the year (summer solstice), at sunrise, the Sun shines through the northeast gate, and at sunset, into the southwest gate. On the shortest day (winter solstice), the process repeats, but in reverse. Why this particular fort was made the way it is is unknown. It is also not clear why the four towers of the fort were built perfectly in accordance with the cardinal directions. One plausible idea is that the fort is linked to religion (several ancient religions).

7. Ritual Hall and Moche Throne

Peru
In 2018, the news of a remarkable find appeared in the press after Peruvian archaeologists examined the monument of Huaca Limon de Ucupe. They found two rooms of the mysterious culture. Long before the Incas, the Moche culture flourished in Peru. Existing for many centuries until 700 AD. this magnificent culture left behind monuments, golden artifacts and advanced agricultural techniques. Any new findings may help explain mysterious disappearance given culture, or at least provide more knowledge about it.

In one room there was a beautiful ritual hall. Unlike the geometric and mythical paintings found elsewhere, the walls of the hall were decorated with realistic sea scenes. One painting was 10 meters in size. Over 100 tables once held plates, hinting at large and varied banquets. The two stepped thrones faced each other. The taller one was intended for the ruler, while the other was probably intended for the patron of the holiday. Next to the door of another room was a podium, perhaps for making announcements during meetings.

8. An ominous Stone Age burial

Sweden
In 2009, a strange grave was found in Sweden that puzzled even experts. In it, on a huge limestone platform measuring 12 by 14 meters, 11 skulls without jaws rested. Moreover, when this burial was created 8000 years ago, it was at the bottom of the lake. The skeleton of a newborn and animal bones were also found. Why they were "buried" underwater is just one of the grave's mysteries. Seven skulls were found to have blunt trauma marks. Men were hit from above or in front, and women from behind.

The sacrifice was unlikely. All injuries were clearly treated, and people lived for some more time. The bones were also oddly laid out. Human skulls were in the middle, and two of them were pierced with stakes. In the south were the bones of bears. Wild boar, deer and elk "decorated" southeastern part. In addition, most of the bones were taken from the right side of the body. In truth, researchers cannot figure out the location or meaning of the ritual.

9. Religious objects in the mountains of Eilat

Israel
In 2015, about 100 ritual objects were discovered in the Israeli mountains of Eilat. In the Negev desert, dense groups were located stone circles and phallic structures. On an area of ​​80 hectares, archaeologists counted 44 places of worship. Although little is known about what took place in these places, themes of abundance and death were especially common. About 8000 years ago, male symbols were created on these objects, such as stone phalluses, indicating "female" stone circles with a diameter of 1.5-2.5 meters.

As the locations of the objects, flat areas with good view to the neighborhood. Given the small population and the desert around, the huge number of monuments is a mystery. In addition, similar finds continue to be made in other places. Only during one study found 349 ritual sites outside the mountains of Eilat.

10 Maya Archeology

Guatemala
During a recent aerial survey of northern Guatemala, more than 60,000 unknown Mayan archaeological sites were added to the map. Under the dense cover of forests, pyramids, walls, city fortifications, dams and fortifications- all this within 2100 square kilometers. The study revealed entirely new places to explore, but also prompted immediate clues about other aspects of civilization.

The sheer number of private homes suggested that the Maya outnumbered those who live in the area today. They avoided deforestation and fell forests for agriculture like modern day farmers, proving that large populations can thrive without deforestation. One fortress was strong enough that it could be argued that the Maya fought serious wars. Although most of the new structures are houses, the number of roads is just as amazing.

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