Six miles from the old Turkish city of Urfa is a number of massive, 11,000 -year -old hewn stones, which were manufactured and arranged by prehistoric people who have supposedly no metal tools or even pottery. The site, which was discovered in the 1960s and later excavated by German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt, is about ..."> Six miles from the old Turkish city of Urfa is a number of massive, 11,000 -year -old hewn stones, which were manufactured and arranged by prehistoric people who have supposedly no metal tools or even pottery. The site, which was discovered in the 1960s and later excavated by German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt, is about ...">

10 unknown architectural miracles

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We all know the great architectural miracles of the world: Petra, Gizeh, Angkor - but what about the hidden jewels that rarely appear on these omnipresent bucket lists? Here are 10 unknown architectural miracles that you can add to you.

Göbekli Tepe, Turkey

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Six miles from the old Turkish city of Urfa is a number of massive, 11,000 -year -old hewn stones made and arranged by prehistoric people who have supposedly no metal tools or even pottery.

The site, which was discovered in the 1960s and later excavated by German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt, is about 6,000 years ahead of Stonehenge and questioned what we believe about the development of hunters and collectors.

simply said, Göbekli Tepe with his complicated carvings and his sophisticated technology was not the work of simple cave people.

Hypogaum from Hal-Saflieni, Malta

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The hypoger is an underground structure that is at 3300-3000 BC. BC goes back. Originally intended as a sanctuary, it became a necropolis with more than 7,000 individuals found in his chambers in prehistoric times.

The strange thing about the hypoger is that men's voices can hall through the entire complex if the source is at a certain point. However, this only works if the voice is in the range of 95 to 120 Hz, so that women's voices usually do not sustain in the same way.

Buchara fortress, Uzbekistan

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The Buchara Fortress, generally known as "Arche", was originally built and occupied around the 5th century AD. It served not only as a military structure, but also as a "city in the city", in which various royal courtyards were housed, which ruled about the region around Buchara. The ark was occupied until it fell to Russia in 1920.

Today, 80% of them are in ruins in the middle of some remaining royal quarters and several museums.

giant Buddha of Leshan, China

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With a height of 233 feet, the fingernails of this huge Buddha are greater than that of an average person. The statue was built during the Tang dynasty around 713 AD and in a rock wall at the confluence of the rivers Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi in the southern part of the province of Sichuan.

It is the largest stone buddha in the world and by far the highest pre -modern statue in the world.

chand baori, India

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This incredible step fountain is located about 100 kilometers from Jaipur on the road to Agra and was built around 800 AD by King Chanda from the Nikumbha dynasty.

It comprises 3,500 narrow steps on 13 floors and extends about 100 feet into the ground, which makes it one of the deepest and largest step fountains in India. After completion, it was devoted to Hashat Mata, the goddess of joy and happiness.

Chan Chan, Peru

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Chan Chan is an archaeological site in the Peruvian region of La Libertad. Built around 1300, it extends over 20 square kilometers and is therefore the largest Precolumbian city in South America and the largest Adobe city in the world.

At the height of the Chimú empire, the 10 walled citadels of the city housed an estimated 60,000 inhabitants and contained enormous wealth of gold, silver and ceramic.

derawar continued, Pakistan

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Derawar rises from the Cholistan desert in the Pakistani region of Punjab and consists of 40 breathtaking bastions that are arranged in a huge square formation. The walls have a size of 1,500 meters and are up to 30 meters high.

The Fort, as it is today, was built in 1733 and is located next to one of the Moti Masjid mosque in the Red Fort of Delhi in India.

Mosque of Djenné, Mali

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Mali's large mosque of Djenné, built in 1907, is the largest clay brick building in the world. It is one of the largest attractions in Africa, but far less known on the world stage.

The mosque walls, which were built almost entirely from sun-burned clay bricks, mortar and plaster on sand and mud base, can tear during the long African summer. However, the local community takes on an active role in the maintenance of the mosque and even organizes an annual festival that is dedicated to new plastering.

Las Pozas, Mexico

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Las Pozas, near the Mexican village of Xilitla, is a surreal but breathtaking series of temples, pagodas, bridges, pavilions, sculptures and stairs that were built next to a series of idyllic waterfalls.

commissioned by the British poet Edward James in the 1960s, the facility was built as its very own version of the Garden of Eden. The construction cost more than $ 5 million that James financed by the auction of his collection of surrealistic art.

Bibi Ka Maqbara, India

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No, that's not the Taj Mahal. However, the similarity can be explained by the fact that it was built by the sixth Mogulkaiser Aurangzeb, the son of the emperor who built the Taj Mahal.

commissioned in the late 17th century, Bibi Ka Maqbara was built in memory of Aurangzebs first woman, Dilras Banu Begum. Unfortunately it will always stay in the shadow of the mausoleum that was built for his mother.

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