![]() What the pilot had found appeared to be the oldest artificial structure ever discovered. The site, discovered after a plane crash, consists of three monolithic dolomite boulders, standing next to a giant circle made out of stone. If you thought the Bakoni ruins were strange, one site in particular known as “ Adam’s Calendar” invites all sorts of wild and unexpected theories. Others, believe the site could be evidence of a far older culture which radically backdates the agricultural revolution in paleolithic humans, suggesting the structures many have been built as much as 250,000 years ago. Some identify the stone enclosures as relatively recent, dating them to no more than a few centuries ago. Structurally, Great Zimbabwe appears to be a medieval African city near Masvingo in Zimbabwe, with a large conical tower and circular curtain wall, occupied from about 1100 to 1600 AD. Either Djado is unique in the Kanuri culture, or it is even older and more mysterious. But the Kanuri are not known for such monumental construction: they may have inherited a city built far earlier by an unknown culture. The Kanuri people of the mid Saharan desert were the last known inhabitants of this city. Mokele-Mbembe: A Dinosaur Hidden in the Jungles of Africa?.(In Pics) Ten Great Lost Civilizations of Peru that aren’t the Inca.Here amid the sand-choked canyons on a high plateau lies the ruins of a great fortified city known as Djado, abandoned to the desert. Any traveler heading south from the Mediterranean coast is faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles.īut, for those who penetrate to the harsh interior of the great desert, a seeming miracle waits to be found. The deep central Sahara, in the African country of Niger, is a land almost beyond human reach. Sometimes it can seem that, when it comes to Africa, the Egyptians have the lion’s share of attention, and while this may be justified given their extraordinary and enduring ancient architecture, there are other treasures out there. Who built these structures, these lost cities and confusing, looping fortresses? What silent civilizations survive only in these dusty stones? Strange constructions which defy understanding, and which puzzle us to this day. Strange ruins can be found in the vast plains and jungles of the continent. Between these much of the land remains uninhabited, mysterious and home to much we cannot explain. Yet much of the continent remains empty, with population centers heavily concentrated in three bands, the Mediterranean, the sub-Saharan, and the extreme south. Roughly the same amount of people live in the continent as do in North America and Europe combined, but the total landmass is some 4.5 million square kilometers (1.7 million square miles) smaller. Africa is truly enormous, but surprisingly populated.
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