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Underwater Stonehenge rewrote the history of mankind
Study Italian oceanographers has revolutionized among archaeologists. The site explains the details.
Underwater expedition that worked this summer in the Mediterranean, came to a surprising conclusion: scientists slept era when our civilization was born.
"Archaeologists have quite rightly suggested that the Mediterranean Sea is the cradle of civilization, - says the professor of the Italian National Institute of Oceanography in Trieste Emmanuel Lodolo. - At the same time, in spite of the enormous scope of work, they did not have any chance to find traces of the most ancient settlements. Why is that? Because of 12-15 thousand years ago, the coastline was held completely different. Traces of the first civilizations can not be found on the coast and on the seabed ».
ends - in the water! Oceanographers came from a completely clear and simple thought
Many offshore seas did not exist: the Baltic Sea is a lake. From Eurasia to Alaska you could walk across the Bering land bridge without wetting his feet. Mediterranean while splashing in the tens of kilometers from the present coastline. A width of the strait between Sicily and Tunisia was not 160, as it is today, a total of 50 kilometers.
"It was a shallow sea area with many islands. It is obvious that there was a road that connected Africa and Europe - explained Lodolo. - So we decided to comb the seabed in the area with sonar. On the shelf near the island of Pantelleria found a surprising discovery: tower height of 12 meters, is broken down into two parts. It lay at a depth of 40 meters, so it was convenient to use divers and a small submarine. After careful study, we realized that found the remains of the giant port facilities that are 6, 5 thousand years before Stonehenge was built by representatives of an unknown civilization ».
The scientists determined that the column has an artificial origin
The ancestors were smarter than us with you «This stone column - killer argument in a dispute with the traditional historians, - rubbing his hands professor Lodolo. - In science dominates idea of hunter-gatherers, as people with a primitive technological thinking. Imagine - 11 thousand years ago! Not yet invented pottery, there is no animal husbandry and agriculture. I'm not talking about the metal tools. And suddenly we find this column, which proves that our ancestors were not backward people. After all, a kind of lump I had somehow cut down in the rock, arrange transportation, and then install the new location. It is only by people who have developed technological skills ».
And, of course, they were experienced sailors, traders and fishermen. Their society flourished, if they could afford such grandiose construction for its port arrangement.
But the idyll did not last long. People were forced to leave the port in about 9200 BC, when the water level due to the melting of glaciers has risen by 40 meters and almost flooded the island.
Study Italian oceanographers has revolutionized among archaeologists.
Arrangement port The monolith is located in the upper right corner between the figures 8A and 2A. The pier, which protects the harbor consists of two mounds and designated as INNER RIDGE and OUTER RIDGE.
Scientists have determined that this column has an artificial origin. Moreover, they found a place where he carved this giant pillar
TTX megalithic - Weight - 15 tons. Length - 12 meters. For comparison, the main "avenue" Stonehenge built of stones that weigh 25 tons, with a height of 4, 1 meter. The average weight of the stone blocks of the pyramid of Cheops - 2, 5 tons. On the surface, clearly visible three man-made hole. One of them, a diameter of 60 centimeters - Through. Located on the top. The other two (50 cm diameter) are drilled to half and on the sides of the monolith. Date of production - more than 10 000 years ago. Maybe column served as a port lighthouse.
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And, of course, they were experienced sailors, traders and fishermen. Their society flourished, if they could afford such grandiose construction for its port arrangement.
But the idyll did not last long. People were forced to leave the port in about 9200 BC, when the water level due to the melting of glaciers has risen by 40 meters and almost flooded the island.
Study Italian oceanographers has revolutionized among archaeologists.
Arrangement port The monolith is located in the upper right corner between the figures 8A and 2A. The pier, which protects the harbor consists of two mounds and designated as INNER RIDGE and OUTER RIDGE.
Scientists have determined that this column has an artificial origin. Moreover, they found a place where he carved this giant pillar
TTX megalithic - Weight - 15 tons. Length - 12 meters. For comparison, the main "avenue" Stonehenge built of stones that weigh 25 tons, with a height of 4, 1 meter. The average weight of the stone blocks of the pyramid of Cheops - 2, 5 tons. On the surface, clearly visible three man-made hole. One of them, a diameter of 60 centimeters - Through. Located on the top. The other two (50 cm diameter) are drilled to half and on the sides of the monolith. Date of production - more than 10 000 years ago. Maybe column served as a port lighthouse.
via m.kp.ru/daily/26452.4/3321782/
- Weight - 15 tons. Length - 12 meters. For comparison, the main "avenue" Stonehenge built of stones that weigh 25 tons, with a height of 4, 1 meter. The average weight of the stone blocks of the pyramid of Cheops - 2, 5 tons. On the surface, clearly visible three man-made hole. One of them, a diameter of 60 centimeters - Through. Located on the top. The other two (50 cm diameter) are drilled to half and on the sides of the monolith. Date of production - more than 10 000 years ago. Maybe column served as a port lighthouse.
via m.kp.ru/daily/26452.4/3321782/