Situated on a rocky hill, about 90 kilometres (56 miles) southwest of Athens, and commanding over the surrounding plain as far as the sea 15 km away, the site of Mycenae covered 30,000 square metres and has always been known throughout history. From 1600 BCE there is evidence of an elite
Mysterious Monuments
MYSTERIOUS MONUMENTS – Great Zimbabwe Ruins
The site of the Great Zimbabwe Ruins is clearly distinguished from the other hundreds of such small ruins in southern Africa. Known as "Zimbabwes", the site of the Great Zimbabwe Ruins is spread across the Zimbabwe Highveld. There are 200 such sites in southern Africa, such as Manyikeni in Mozambique and
MYSTERIOUS MONUMENTS – The unfinished obelisk of Aswan
The unfinished obelisk of Aswan is the largest known ancient obelisk found till date. Though it was intended to be erected as an obelisk, It can be found exactly in the same place where it was once semi-carved from the solid bedrock. Unfortunately, the obelisk was never finished, probably due to the
MYSTERIOUS MONUMENTS – The Olmec Heads, Mexico
The Olmec heads, a collection of seventeen colossal heads of the Gulf Coast of Mexico, are amongst the most mysterious and debated artifacts from the ancient world. These enormous heads, weighing between 20 to 40 tons and reaching up to three meters in height, were carved from basalt rocks. All portray
MYSTERIOUS MONUMENTS – Sayhuite, Peru
MYSTERIOUS MONUMENTS – The Carnac stones
The Carnac Stones are a huge collection of more than three thousand standing stones around the French village of Carnac, in Brittany, a cultural region in the north-west of France.  More than 3000 standing stones were hewn from local rocks and erected here by the pre and/or proto-Celtic  people of
MYSTERIOUS MONUMENTS – Gobekli Tepe
Gobekli Tepe, the ruins of one of the most incredible monuments of the planet, is located near the border with Syria in southern Turkey. It is an archaeological site atop a mountain ridge in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of modern-day Turkey. The megalithic stone circles of Gobekli Tepe are considered to
MYSTERIOUS MONUMENTS – Stonehenge, UK
Located in the English county of Wiltshire, Stonehenge is one of  the most famous prehistoric and mysterious monuments on Earth. This ancient monument is surrounded by several hundred burial mounds and located far from the source of its megalithic stones. It was built in several stages. It is said that,
MYSTERIOUS MONUMENTS – Machu Picchu, Peru
Almost hidden in the Peruvian Andes high on a steep mountain with a flattened top, Machu Picchu escaped the notice of the Spanish conquistadors and was forgotten for centuries by the outside world. After it was rediscovered in 1911 by the American archeologist Hiram Bingham, the world became aware about