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Stacked by Hand as Early as the 12th Century by a People without Wheel or Draught Animal, a Pacific City Still Holds on Blocks Heavier than a Truck

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How could a people without metal, without wheel and without trait animals move blocks of stone heavier than a truck, to build an entire city in the middle of the Pacific? This is the question that still haunts archaeologists and geologists when they set foot on the ruins of Nan Madol, in [...]
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How could a people without metal, without wheel and without trait animals move blocks of stone heavier than a truck, to build an entire city in the middle of the Pacific? This is the question that still haunts archaeologists and geologists when they set foot on the ruins of Nan Madol, in [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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