Most Mysterious Ancient Structures That Remain Unexplained

[sam5971]

Archaeology has solved many of the mysteries of the ancient past. However, the evidence that sometimes explains the existence of ancient structures simply does not exist. Here are some mysterious ancient structures that continue to confound the experts today.


Puma Punku
Puma Punku is part of a large temple complex near Tiwanaku, in western Bolivia. According to experts, the city was already abandoned when the Incas conquered the area in 1470. Deserve to be mentioned is the technical skill and precision shown on these stones are amazing. The finely cut doorways and remaining stone blocks bear no chisel marks and many interlock with very fine precision. However, nobody really knows who build puma punku, and even its age is a matter of debate. Some scientists say the buildings date back to about 500 BC, but other believe that the mysterious site is much older.

Nan Madol
This city of Nan Madol is built on a reef just off the shore of Pohnpei Island in Micronesia. Instead of foundations, the city's buildings are built on artificial stone and coral platforms. The city consists of nearly 100 artificial islands of coral fill and stone separated by a narrow canal and protected by an external seawall. Archaeologists believe that part of the city has existed for more than 1,000 years and was once the ceremonial, political and residential center of the local Saudeleur people. Little is known about how its builders were able to move such massive amounts of stone without levers, pulleys, or metal.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The foundation stones at Baalbek, Lebannon

 

[gipper]

Some believe much of our ancient past has been distorted by archaeologists. For example, some believe the pyramids weren’t built by Egyptians and are much older than what establishment archaeologists claim.

 

[occupied]

Is this one of those things were it ends up aliens had to have helped our ancient ancestors do all this stuff? It's chauvinism to think we are so advanced and our ancestors were too stupid to do great things.

 

[esalla]

Archaeology has solved many of the mysteries of the ancient past. However, the evidence that sometimes explains the existence of ancient structures simply does not exist. Here are some mysterious ancient structures that continue to confound the experts today.


Puma Punku
Puma Punku is part of a large temple complex near Tiwanaku, in western Bolivia. According to experts, the city was already abandoned when the Incas conquered the area in 1470. Deserve to be mentioned is the technical skill and precision shown on these stones are amazing. The finely cut doorways and remaining stone blocks bear no chisel marks and many interlock with very fine precision. However, nobody really knows who build puma punku, and even its age is a matter of debate. Some scientists say the buildings date back to about 500 BC, but other believe that the mysterious site is much older.

Nan Madol
This city of Nan Madol is built on a reef just off the shore of Pohnpei Island in Micronesia. Instead of foundations, the city's buildings are built on artificial stone and coral platforms. The city consists of nearly 100 artificial islands of coral fill and stone separated by a narrow canal and protected by an external seawall. Archaeologists believe that part of the city has existed for more than 1,000 years and was once the ceremonial, political and residential center of the local Saudeleur people. Little is known about how its builders were able to move such massive amounts of stone without levers, pulleys, or metal.

What I find impressive are not so much the pyramids themselves, but the fact that they were built before a proper written language existed, and no hieroglyphics are not a true language or the builders would have recorded the method of construction

 

[Picaro]

Is this one of those things were it ends up aliens had to have helped our ancient ancestors do all this stuff? It's chauvinism to think we are so advanced and our ancestors were too stupid to do great things.

I agree, mostly; some of the specualtion is clearly just weird, but that doesn't make a lot of the mystery any less awesome and admirable. It's proof of what cultures can achieve if they had long enough perioods of peace and weren't having to worry about being invaded and looted by foreign warlords all the time. The only thing in modern history that approaches that sort of peace for many countries, especially in the West, has been technological advances and nuclear weapons holding outsiders and degenerate cultures at bay.

 

[esalla]

Is this one of those things were it ends up aliens had to have helped our ancient ancestors do all this stuff? It's chauvinism to think we are so advanced and our ancestors were too stupid to do great things.

I agree, mostly; some of the specualtion is clearly just weird, but that doesn't make a lot of the mystery any less awesome and admirable. It's proof of what cultures can achieve if they had long enough perioods of peace and weren't having to worry about being invaded and looted by foreign warlords all the time. They only thing in modern history that approaches that sort of peace for many countries, especially in the West, has been technological advances and nuclear weapons.

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

This is the equivalent of a brilliant computer tech sitting in a sandbox in their office trying to build a better microchip

 

[Picaro]

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

Exactly. Good point.

 

[Taz]

 

[Taz]

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

Exactly. Good point.

Because they aren't going to bring building materials trillion of miles to a place that has the raw materials.

 

[occupied]

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

Exactly. Good point.

Because they aren't going to bring building materials trillion of miles to a place that has the raw materials.

If aliens ever came here it would be to evict us and move in.

 

[Taz]

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

Exactly. Good point.

Because they aren't going to bring building materials trillion of miles to a place that has the raw materials.

If aliens ever came here it would be to evict us and move in.

They already altered us from being apes-like creatures for 5 million years to what we are today, starting around 100000 years ago.

 

[esalla]

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

Exactly. Good point.

Because they aren't going to bring building materials trillion of miles to a place that has the raw materials.

Why would the aliens build with rocks when the Earth has plenty of better building materials

 

[esalla]

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

Exactly. Good point.

Because they aren't going to bring building materials trillion of miles to a place that has the raw materials.

If aliens ever came here it would be to evict us and move in.

Not certain because they would likely know of at least millions of other places many of which better or at least better suited to their needs

 

[esalla]

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

Exactly. Good point.

Because they aren't going to bring building materials trillion of miles to a place that has the raw materials.

If aliens ever came here it would be to evict us and move in.

They already altered us from being apes-like creatures for 5 million years to what we are today, starting around 100000 years ago.

Nah they created all life and evolution both as DNA is a self evolving code, keeps on evolving when we move it elsewhere

 

[occupied]

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

Exactly. Good point.

Because they aren't going to bring building materials trillion of miles to a place that has the raw materials.

If aliens ever came here it would be to evict us and move in.

They already altered us from being apes-like creatures for 5 million years to what we are today, starting around 100000 years ago.

With the vastness of space and the almost unimaginable expenditure of energy to travel even a few light years there can be only one reason for aliens to travel here. They want our planet. Even that is kind of ludicrous. If aliens had the ability to live in space permanently they would not even need a planet.

 

[Taz]

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

Exactly. Good point.

Because they aren't going to bring building materials trillion of miles to a place that has the raw materials.

Why would the aliens build with rocks when the Earth has plenty of better building materials

They needed to teach humans how to mine and process first, which was too long, and they weren't going to do it by themselves. And they seemed to have had some kind of laser to cut rock with, and some way to move them easily.

 

[Taz]

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

Exactly. Good point.

Because they aren't going to bring building materials trillion of miles to a place that has the raw materials.

If aliens ever came here it would be to evict us and move in.

They already altered us from being apes-like creatures for 5 million years to what we are today, starting around 100000 years ago.

With the vastness of space and the almost unimaginable expenditure of energy to travel even a few light years there can be only one reason for aliens to travel here. They want our planet. Even that is kind of ludicrous. If aliens had the ability to live in space permanently they would not even need a planet.

I'm not sure what their reasons are for doing what they're doing, but lately, with all the abductions, it would seem like they are making a hybrid species between them and us. But that's a guess...

 

[occupied]

LOL why would aliens that just traveled from a trillion miles away build with rocks?

Exactly. Good point.

Because they aren't going to bring building materials trillion of miles to a place that has the raw materials.

If aliens ever came here it would be to evict us and move in.

They already altered us from being apes-like creatures for 5 million years to what we are today, starting around 100000 years ago.

With the vastness of space and the almost unimaginable expenditure of energy to travel even a few light years there can be only one reason for aliens to travel here. They want our planet. Even that is kind of ludicrous. If aliens had the ability to live in space permanently they would not even need a planet.

I'm not sure what their reasons are for doing what they're doing, but lately, with all the abductions, it would seem like they are making a hybrid species between them and us. But that's a guess...

I don't guess. I really wanted there to be aliens but nothing I have seen so far approaches confirmation. We have a lot of secret projects and the government is all to happy to let you think it's aliens. It's not that exciting but that is the most plausible explanation.

 

[gipper]

Damn this thread sure went south fast.

Who started the alien bull shit?