The most ancient buildings on Earth serve for modern man as a memory of those who erected them many centuries ago.
Most of the structures are built of huge stone slabs, many of them are located in areas that are not currently inhabited. Despite persistent research, their age is also determined only approximately.
Modern people, looking at such buildings and structures, are only surprised how in ancient times such things could be created without improvised tools.
The following article presents a list of the 10 most ancient buildings in the world that help to find out what life was like thousands of years ago.
10. Royal Tomb (Sweden)
The Royal Grave in Sweden was discovered by an archaeologist named Hallstrom Gustav during excavations that have been conducted since 1931. The building is located 320 meters from the coast of the eastern coast of the province of Scania.
Researchers suggest that the structure was erected in the Bronze Age, at least 3,000 years ago. After the discovery of the Royal Grave and the restoration of the interior, various images, such as ships, birds, animals and fish, were seen on its walls.
9. Naveta des Tudons (Spain)
The tomb is located in the city of Minorca, which is located in Spain. Scientists believe that her age is more than 3200 years. The building was used for its intended purpose in the period from 1200 to 750. BC.
Its shape is quite interesting, outwardly it looks like an inverted boat, stone blocks served as the material for its construction. The burial place was found in the 1975 century, the remains of more than a hundred people and their things, for example, bracelets from bronze, buttons from ceramics, were discovered in it.
Today, anyone can visit the tomb, it is open and is one of the main attractions of the city of Minorca.
8. Treasury of Atreus (Greece)
This place has another name - "Tomb of Agamemnon", it is located in the city of Mycenae in Greece. It is believed that the treasury was erected more than 3250 years ago, in the Bronze Age. It is one of the most impressive monuments of ancient architecture, has monumental sizes. Previously, the treasury also had the largest and widest dome among the greatest buildings in the world.
7. Caral (Peru)
Caral is the oldest settlement in Peru. Its territory was about 60 hectares, a large number of pyramids were built on it. People inhabited the city over 4,600 years ago.
During archaeological excavations, scientists found many musical instruments, stone jewelry, household items, but did not find weapons. Because of this, the researchers considered that the population of the city that lived in it from 2600 BC to 2000 AD was quite peaceful and engaged in trade without wars.
6. The Djoser Pyramid (Egypt)
The pyramid is the oldest surviving stone structure in the world. It was erected by Imhotep for the burial of the Egyptian pharaoh Djoser in about 2650 BC. The height of the structure is more than 60 meters, and the dimensions are 125 * 115 meters.
The pyramid is a six-step building, which has been perfectly preserved to this day, only a little bit covered with sand. It became the first pyramid in ancient Egypt and served as a prototype for the construction of others.
The core of the structure consists of limestone blocks. The tomb was erected not only for the pharaoh, but also for all members of his family, 11 burial chambers were discovered by archaeologists, the body of Joser was not found. The tomb was subjected to numerous robberies in ancient times.
5. Hulbjerg Jættestue (Denmark)
The tomb is located on the island of Langeland, located in Denmark. The structure was erected more than 5000 years ago from 13 stone blocks that fit snugly together. During archaeological excavations in the tomb were found the remains of at least 400 people.
The scientists' interest aroused the teeth of one of the buried, they were clearly treated. The level of the most ancient “dentists” impressed modern researchers, since the filling was inserted very well into the tooth.
4. Newgrange (Ireland)
Newgrange is a corridor tomb located in Ireland. Scientists date its origin 2500 BC The construction is located about 40-45 km from Dublin. The height of the structure is more than 13 meters and a diameter of about 85 meters. A corridor of 19 meters leads into the burial chamber.
Inside the tomb was a ritual chalice; niches decorated with stone carvings were punched in its walls; all this has survived to the present day. The construction was discovered in 1699, but its full-scale research began in 1962.
3. Monte d'Accoddi (Italy)
The oldest temple is located in Sardinia, was erected more than 5000 years ago. By the Bronze Age, the building was abandoned, until this period it served as a place for religious ceremonies.
During the Second World War, the temple was severely destroyed, since the 1950s. It began to be restored; at present it is a tourist attraction that tourists can visit.
2. Knap of Howar (Scotland)
The stone house is located in Scotland, its age is at least 5500 years, the building belongs to the Neolithic era. It is considered one of the oldest stone houses in Northern Europe, which have survived to this day.
The building was a farm, which consisted of two buildings adjacent to each other, it had low doorways, there were no windows, light penetrated the house through a smoke hole on the roof. Today, the walls of the stone estate have remained stone furniture, such as stoves, beds, shelves for things.
1. Megalithic temples of Malta
Maltese temples were erected no less than a thousand years before the Egyptian pyramids were built. Most of the monolithic stone slabs that make up the structure weighed more than 50 tons.
Researchers still have not figured out the secret about how it was built without special equipment. No similar structures were found anywhere in the world, so scientists were also unable to find out which civilization erected temples and where it disappeared.