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TexasTowelie

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Tue Nov 14, 2017, 07:01 AM Nov 2017

Satellite images show ancient mysterious city in middle of ocean [View all]

Historians and archaeologists are scratching their heads over an ancient and mysterious remote city built in the middle of the ocean - nearly 100 years after it was first discovered.

Renewed interest in the island has been sparked by satellite images, which have revealed the full extent of the region, and subject of a new documentary.

The virtually uninhabitable Nan Madol, located just off the main island of Pohnpei in Micronesia in the Pacific, is reportedly thought to have been built in the first or second century.

Nan Madol, which means “the space inbetween”, is 1,600 miles from Australia and 2,500 miles from Los Angeles.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/video/nan-madol-ancient-mystery-island-satellite-images-science-channel-documentary-miconesia-ponhnpei-a8041081.html

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