Images have emerged of the ruins of a floating city that was home to an ancient Pacific Ocean civilisation which vanished 400 years ago. Nan Madol was the only city ever built entirely on water. The ...

It is the place “between the spaces” — a purgatory. At least, the locals on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia seem to think so. For centuries, restless spirits of dead Pohnpeians have lingered here ...

One of the oldest archaeological sites not on a heritage list, this Pacific state, like Easter Island, is an engineering marvel Christopher Pala Nan Madol is located near the southern side of the ...

Comprehensive, precision-laser surveys, conducted via aircraft over the tiny Pacific island of Temwen, have revealed just how advanced its lost city Nan Madol once was. Sometimes called 'the Venice of ...

Visiting the ruins of Nan Madol in the Federated States of Micronesia is like stepping into an Indiana Jones movie. Canals connect 92 man-made islets over 200 acres built on basalt and coral boulders ...

In January 2018, a joint World Heritage Centre / ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission took place at the World Heritage property “Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia” (Federated States of ...

The monumental tomb of the first ever chief of Nana Madol on the Pacific island of Pohnpei is helping shed light on how other, more ancient societies form. New techniques have allowed scientists to ...

The Second Consultation Workshop on the Safeguarding of Nan Madol will be held in Ponhpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) by the Ponhpei State Government in cooperation with FSM National ...

Nan Madol is located near the southern side of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is the only ancient city ever built atop a coral reef. Christopher Pala We zigzag slowly in our skiff around the ...