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| 500 | Chavin de Huantar | Chavin
de Huantar resembles temples on |
| 1200 | Lalibela | The
subterranean churches of Lalibela in |
| 1250 | Nan Madol | The buildings are said to be erected about 1250 AD, however the water level indicates a much older age |
| 1513 | Piri Reis | PIRI REIS created
in 1513 his map showing Antarctica and South America, while |
| 1430 | Sandi Sukuh | The pyramid of Sandi Sukuh in Indonesia may have been built in 1430 |
| 1100 - 1400 | Pulemelei pyramid | The
Pulemelei
pyramid was probably constructed sometime between 1100-1400 AD. |
| 0 - 1000 | Amaru Muru | The
date of construction of Amaru Muru is unknown. |
| 0 - 1000 | Ollantaytambo Quenko Sacsayhuaman |
Archaeologists
place Ollantaytambo, Quenko and Sacsayhuaman in the first millennium,
however it is unknown when they were built. |
| 0 - 1000 | Machu
Picchu Pisac |
According
to Western science the Inca's built |
| 0 - 800 | Chitzen Itza | This Mayan city was developed during the first millennium but the first people to live here were already present a few hundred years BC. |
| 500 -1500 | Stone balls of Costa Rica | It
is not known how old the balls of |
| 1000 - 1200 | Erdstalle | The Erdstalle were probably built between 1000 and 1200 AD |
| 600 - 1000 | Ellora | About 4 centuries lasted the creation of the 34 temples of Ellora in India |
| 500 | Plane of Jars Laos | The
local inhabitants mention that the jars were made to celebrate a great
military victory 1,500 years ago, however there is no
valid
dating for the
jars. |
| 500 | Sete Cidades | How
old Sete Cidades might be is unknown. Without proof it is believed that
it is 1500 years old. |
| 500 | Masuda | The
period during which the Masuda boulder was carved is unknown. It is
estimated to be 1500 years old. |
| 500 | Golden airplanes | The golden airplanes of Colombia are at least 1500 years old |
| 500 | Cahokia | The Cahokia Mount is at least 1000 years old. |
| 450 | Eastern Island | As
far as is known, |
| 300 - 400 | Aksum | It is believed that the Aksum obelisks in Ethiopia were erected in the 4th century AD. |
| 0 BC | Chinese pyramids | The pyramids of China are
about 2000 years old. |
| 2000 BC - 1000 AD | Lore Lindu | The megaliths of Lore lIndu in Indonesia are possibly thousands of years old |
| 0 BC | Madain Saleh en Petra | The
rock cities may have been established more than 2000 years ago, but
some parts are probably much older. |
| 65 BC | Antikythera Mechanisme | The wreck where the Antikythera Mechanism was
found sank around 65 BC. It would appear that our 18th
century clockworks were already available almost 2000 years earlier. |
| 500 BC - 500 | Battery of Bagdad | The battery
of Bagdad is
dated around 1000 - 300 BC. |
| 1000 - 0 BC | Korea dolmens | The
dolmens in |
| 500 - 100 BC | Teotihuacan | This
pyramid city originates from a few hundred years before Christ, but it
is not known who built it. |
| 600 BC | Borsippa | Nebuchadrezzar
lived around 600 BC which implies that the vitrification of Borsippa
occured around that time or later. |
| 1000 BC | Tap O'Noth | Science
places Tap O’Noth around the Iron Age, but there is a lack of
convincing evidence. |
| 1200 - 1000 BC | Cocaine mummies | Ramses
II lived around 1200 BC and had access to tobacco that originated from |
| 1300 BC | Abydos Helicopter | The sculptures of the vehicles
are in the temple of pharaoh Seti I in Abydos in Egypte, which is dated
about 1300 BC. |
| 1400 BC - 500 AD | Nasca | Ceramics and textiles found in these areas suggest, that the lines were created in the period between +/- 1400 BC and 500 AD. |
| 1450 BC | Aswan Obelisk | It is
unknown when the Aswan obelisk was carved. The general opinion is that
it was around 1450 BC |
| 1500-400 BC | Olmec heads | The mysterious Olmec people lived between 1500 and 400 BC and then disappeared miraculously. |
| 1500-1200 BC | Knossos | There is little doubt Knossos developped during the Bronze Age; however, the presence of huge megalithic stones betray an even earlier timeframe. |
| 1500-1200 BC | Mahram Bilqis | Archaeologists date Mahram Bilqis at 1500 BC, though the Biblical queen Sheba who is believed to have lived here, lived much later. |
| 1500
- 1000 BC |
Externsteine | The earliest signs of human occupation are believed to be 3500 years old |
| 1600 BC | Rudson Monolith | It is
believed that the largest monolith of Great Britan was erected around
1600 BC. |
| 1700 BC | Serapeum | The Serapeum consists of several corridors which are constructed in distinguishable epochs. The oldest part dates back to 1700 BC |
| 2000 BC | Marib dam | The Marib dam in Yemen is at least 4000 years old |
| 2000 BC | Caucasian dolmens |
The Caucasian dolmens are at leats 4000 years old |
| 2500 BC | Hunebedden | There are tens of mysterious
megalithic building in The Netherlands, however, the age is unknown. |
| 2500 BC | Marayoor | The dolmens of Marayoor in India originate from the Stone Age, however some of them are from the Iron Age |
| 2500 BC | Menga | Tourist
brochures state that Menga was built around 2500 BC. It was excavated
in 1842 and human remains were found. However, exactly how old
the construction is, and who built it, remains unknown. |
| 2500 BC | Osirion | The
semi-subterranean |
| 1700 BC | Asini,
Mycene, Tiryns |
Asini, Mycene and Tiryns were built sometime between 2600 BC and 1100 BC |
| 2500 BC | Bimini megaliths | It is possible that the Bimini megaliths are more than 4500 years old. |
| 2600 BC | Great Pyramid and the Sphinx | The
Great Pyramid is assigned to pharaoh Cheops (Khufu) who ruled somewhere
between 2604 BC and 2528 BC. However, the age determination by the
C14-method points at an earlier date of about 300 years. The Sphinx may
even be much older because of the extreme erosion. |
| 2500 - 3300 BC | Hagar
Qim Mnajdra |
These temples are attributed to the 3500 - 2500 BC epoch. However, no scientific proof validates this assumption. |
| 2700 - 400 BC | Hellenikon | It
is unknown when the |
| 3000 BC | Abydos boats | The
mysterious desert boats of |
| 3000 BC | Baalbek | There
is no scientific data that reveals the age of the |
| 3000 - 3300 BC | Hypogeum Hal Saflieni | This
underground temple on |
| 3000 - 3600 BC | Clapham Junction cart ruts | It is not known when or how
the 'cart ruts' on Malta were made. One assumes that they are related
to megalithis temples. |
| 3000 - 3600 BC | Ggantija Tarxien |
This temple of Ggantija and
Tarxien on Malta are assigned to the epoch 3600 - 3000 BC. However, no
scientific proof validates this assumption. |
| 3100 BC | Stonehenge | The construction is dated from 3100 BC – 2000 BC, but it also could have originated from 8000 BC. |
| 3150 - 3250 BC | Great Flood | The last Great Flood may have happened between 3250 - 3150 BC. |
| 3500 BC | Caral | Recently it has been confirmed that Caral is at least 5500 years old, perhaps even older. |
| 3600 BC | Stone Vases | There are stone vases of
granite and diorite that are older than 3600 BC. However, how they fashioned
such beautiful vases from rock materials without iron tools
remains a mystery. |
| 5000 BC | Sea Level | 7000
years ago the sea level was a few meters higher than today. |
| 5000 BC | Fort Walsh | Little
is known about the origin of the stone formation of |
| 5000 BC | Carnac | The
megaliths of |
| 6000 BC | Sphinx | The
Sphinx is conveniently placed in the same (uncertain)
timeframe as the construction of the pyramids by traditional
Egyptologists.
But considering its erosion patterns, the Sphinx may
be thousands of years older and could have been built in 6000
BC. |
| 6000 - 7100 BC | Extreme volcanism | The period between 7910 en 6000 BC was a period of extreme vulcanice violence. |
| 7000 BC | Catal Huyuk | Catal Huyuk is more than 9000 years old |
| 7910 BC | Atlantis | The year 7910 may have been the year of the destruction of Atlantis |
| 9000 BC | Jericho |
The oldest city in the world. The earliest human habitation took place in about 9000 BC, though the first permanent settlers came in 8000-7000 BC. |
| 9500 BC | Gobleki Tepe |
According to carbon dating is the Göbekli Tepe site is more than 11500 years old. |
| 9640 BC | Akropolis | According to Plato, Athens was founded in 9640 BC by the goddess Athena. The table like mountain of Acropolis came into existence due to vast devastation which washed away the previously fertile soil. |
| 9650 - 10990 BC | Younger Dryas |
The Younger Dryas is a sudden cold period that lasted about 1300 years between 10990 BC and 9650 BC. |
| 10050
- 16050 BC (end of Ice Age) |
Shift of earth crust | According to
Hapgood an earth crust displacement occured between 16050 BC and 10050
BC. |
| 15000
v.Chr (end of Ice Age) |
Tiahuanaco Puma Punke |
Remains
of human habitation originiate from the early middle ages, though
astronomical calculations of Tiahuanacu, linked to Puma Punke,
reveals that those sites are 17000 years old. |
| 25000
v.Chr (Ice
Age)
|
Yonaguni | It is
unknown when ever Yonaguni was built. About 27000 years ago the sea
level was low enough for the site to be at dry ground. |
| 34541
v.Chr (Ice
Age)
|
Great Sumerian Flood | Until
the Great Sumerian Flood in 34541 BC the godes ruled period of
multiples of 3600 years. |
| 275741
v.Chr (Ice
Age)
|
Sumerian gods came to Earth | According to the Sumerian King list, the gods came to earth in 275741 BC and the god Alulim was the first ruler on earth and lived in Eridu (Iraq) |