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Are these more impressive than Angkor Wat?
Strange coincidence. I had never heard of Angkor Wat until my recent vacation. There were photos on the wall of the ship near the elevator, so I did a little googling.
Let me expand your knowledge of Cambodia then
In Battambang, Cambodian locals travel on bamboo trains on railway tracks as a form of transportation. Very humbled by their resourcefulness
I don't think it's about which is more impressive but about what's possible and they are showing us - building with rocks on a steep mountain without any fancy tools, and it just stands, thousand of years.
and it also gives us a glance at what the ancients think about afterlife.
True. I think it goes to show that if you just focus on one thing, you can accomplish a magnificent task. Multitasking is the bugbear of greatness
The Romans loved hills, but this is ridiculous. I've never seen photos of these tombs before.
there were built by the Lycians, said it's built around 350 BC.
Awesome shots! My gut is that civilisations were much more advanced than history lets on. And that perhaps they were set back many centuries. It just seems to me historians prefer not to share or delve into that theory, instead wishing to believe we are more advanced and intelligent.
So elegant, precise and intentional many historical sites were built. Many align with the rise of the sun, or are located in areas of abundant natural resources. Many structures hundreds of people tall and yet they have lasted millennia. We can't even make an ugly condo last 50 years these days 🤣
Wow! I thought they were Roman, and not as old.
one thing is for sure, those are not tombs :)
BEAUTIFUL!
I cannot imagine the hard work they've done!
I felt a bit scary looking down from there, so high up and steep, and then people BUILT things there? 🤯
How did you get up there? Is there a route access to walk or like a rope?
there are a few ones you can get close to easily, you just need to follow the path ( its already well made for you to visit ) but the other ones, I can't even see how to get closer, so how did the builders even do their work? 😂
These rock constructions have always fascinated me, and I also wonder how they did it. It's true that in many cases we don't know how they built them. One thing I've learned is not to underestimate our ancestors. I believe that there is a lot of lost knowledge in human history, because no one pick the book 😂 In the past, it was also common for knowledge to be kept secret, because it could be a weapon for the enemy.
I also wish that people lived more in harmony with nature, but I am aware that there are many more people today than there were a few centuries ago, and this makes it impossible, at least in the short term, for everyone to live that way. What I mean is that for most people, it is a matter of survival.
They had plenty of time, and cheap manpower.
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I'm still trying to think how they built them, and there are any of these in the mountains.
And WHY those mountains in specific.
Mountains have their own energy and particularities.
Those sculptures are for a specific reason there, in that place.
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