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    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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    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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