The site’s 34 caves were carved from the stone face of the Charanandri hills between the 6th and 9th Century. “The intent of its builders was undoubtedly to mark the beginning of the New Year.”Ījanta and Ellora Caves, Maharashtra, IndiaĪbout 30km northwest from the city of Aurangabad, India’s Ellora Caves are considered the pinnacle of Indian rock-cut architecture. “As the sun rises higher… the whole room becomes dramatically illuminated,” Land said. The structure is aligned with the rising sun and its chambers are flooded with light during the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice (occurring on 21 December this year). This ancient structure's secret: it's a remarkably accurate time-telling device, wrote Elle Land. You wont get any tokens for these purchases, but youll receive total spent at a 1:4 ratio which goes towards your rank. Inside is a chambered passage that stretches for 19m, ending with three small chambers thought to be ancient burial sites. At 76m across, 12m high and covering 4,500sqm of ground, the Unesco World Heritage site is ringed with a facade of white quartz stone, added during a reconstruction in the 1970s. The structure itself is a huge grass-topped mound made of alternate layers of earth and stone. Located on Pohnpei, more than 3,600km east of the Philippines in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, it’s no surprise that the site is fairly unknown.
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Nan Madol, Federated States of Micronesiaīuilt around 1200, the mysterious floating Micronesian city of Nan Madol comprises a series of man-made basalt islets separated by a network of canals.
Travellers should be advised, however, that exploring the complex involves a lot of stairs. “It was large enough to shelter around 20,000 people with their livestock and food stores,” Quora user Trishla Prasad wrote.Ĭonsidering its age, the underground city is in excellent condition and is accessible today via numerous tours. Though it was intended as a temporary shelter, its amenities were impressive: some 600 above-ground doors from which someone can enter the underground city from, 15,000 ventilation ducts to provide fresh air, as well as multiple wineries, cellars and a complex network of passages, tunnels, and corridors. This ancient Anatolian wonder has all the trappings of a well-developed municipal centre, with schools, stables and churches – but rather than rising from the ground, Derinkuyu’s meeting places are carved from soft volcanic rock 60m to 85m beneath the surface.īuilt between the 7th and 8th Century BC, the underground complex was built to defend against attacks from marauding armies.
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