Nan Madol is an archaeological site adjacent to the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei, now part of the Madolenihmw district of Pohnpei state in the...
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false starts, the two brothers successfully built an altar at megalithic Nan Madol, where they performed their rituals. In legend, these brothers levitated...
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Nan Madol is an album by Finnish jazz drummer and composer Edward Vesala, recorded over two days in April 1974 and released on ECM's JAPO imprint later...
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island in the FSM. Pohnpei is home to the megaliths and ruined city of Nan Madol, built of artificial islands off the island's eastern shore beginning...
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Pacific geography and archaeology have characterised Hancock's claims about Nan Madol as "incredibly insulting to the ancestors of the Pohnpeian [islanders]...
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as guests at Kalapuel, Nan Madol, offshore of the main island of Pohnpei. According to many versions, war broke out at Nan Madol after playing between...
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Temwen Island (section Nan Madol)
of Micronesia. It is best known as the location of the ruined city of Nan Madol, the capital of the Saudeleur Dyanasty until 1628, which consisted of...
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Pohnpeian nahnmwarki social system and the father of the Pohnpeian people. Nan Madol offshore of Temwen Island near Pohnpei, consists of a series of small...
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or megalithic structures erected in shallow waters (e.g. crannógs and Nan Madol discussed below). In modern times, artificial islands are usually formed...
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people. Construction of Nan Madol, a megalithic complex made from basalt lava logs in Pohnpei began as early as 1200 CE. Nan Madol is offshore of Temwen...
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