Ancient megalithic ruins from around the world

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Turkey
Derinkuyu

China

Guyaju

 

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A lot of these sites get turned into a church

Romania

Mănăstirea Corbii de Piatră

Stone Ravens Monastery

Similar to Yangshan quarry in China

 

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Georgia

Vardzia Cave Monastery,

 

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Something really odd about this monastery. Looks like it was built upon a megalithic site.

Armenia

The Monastery of Geghard

 

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Mentioned in the op but Lalibela in Ethiopia is a good example of a heathen site being turned into a church.

 

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Acropolis of Amelia Italy

 

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Portugal

 

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France

Church of Saint-Jean

 

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Guzelyurt, Turkey cave church

 

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Spanish colonial church built on top of megalithic ruins in Peru.

Vilcashuamán - Wikipedia

Another church in Peru built on top of a megalithic site that God destroyed.

 

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Mexico

Milta Church
Mitla - Wikipedia

Uncharted Ruins: The Megalithic Ruins of Ancient Mexico - Part III

 

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Germany

Might not be a church but there is a cross carving there so close enough

Speaking of Germany, now it makes sense why this is there:

Giant Column in Felsenmeer Germany

 

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The whole island of Malta was turned into the home base for the Knights Hospitaller

Fort Saint Michael - Wikipedia

Fort St. Angelo - Wikipedia

Fort Saint Elmo - Wikipedia

Collegiate Church of Saint Lawrence, Vittoriosa - Wikipedia

Spiral carving at the one of the megalithic temples on Malta

 

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Got any other examples?

The cradle of Civilization is widely stated to be Sumer. Sumer got invaded by the Semitic Akkadians who gradually wiped them out . No evidence the Sumerians were exterminated, but what likely happened is gradual assimilation into Semitic culture such that Sumerians ceased exsisting. The Semites were less advanced than the Sumerians, and unlike the Sumerians didn't have a civilization.

Oldest European civilization was Minoan, they got invaded by Indo-European tribes who were pastoralists and were far less advanced than the Minoans. The Minoans got wiped out and were supplanted by the Mycenaens and Greeks (both Indo European tribes).

Egyptian civilization is much older than Nubian, Greek, Persian and Arab but Egypt was invaded and controlled by all these cultures and Arabs ended up imposing their language and religon.

Indegenous Indian SubContinent civilization (Indus Valley Civ) was one the most advanced early civilizations but they were invaded and got taken over by far less advanced Indo-Europeans who were pastoralists.

China was more advanced than Mongol society when the Mongols invaded and controlled parts of China.

Indo-Europeans invaded and gradually wiped out the Elamites in what is present day Iran, through gradual assimilation. Elam was far more advanced than any Indo-European society when they were taken over.

Turkic and Mongol tribes were technologically far less advanced than cultures in the MidEast and Iran, but they still smashed through the area , and up into South Eastern Europe.

The Aztecs conquered the far more advanced Toltec civilization. While Toltecs had built pyramids and temples, the Aztecs were just a wandering tribe.



History is full of barbarian tribes conquering and wiping out far more advanced cultures.

 

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Great thread

 

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The cradle of Civilization is widely stated to be Sumer. Sumer got invaded by the Semitic Akkadians who gradually wiped them out . No evidence the Sumerians were exterminated, but what likely happened is gradual assimilation into Semitic culture such that Sumerians ceased exsisting. The Semites were less advanced than the Sumerians, and unlike the Sumerians didn't have a civilization.

Oldest European civilization was Minoan, they got invaded by Indo-European tribes who were pastoralists and were far less advanced than the Minoans. The Minoans got wiped out and were supplanted by the Mycenaens and Greeks (both Indo European tribes).

Egyptian civilization is much older than Nubian, Greek, Persian and Arab but Egypt was invaded and controlled by all these cultures and Arabs ended up imposing their language and religon.

Indegenous Indian SubContinent civilization (Indus Valley Civ) was one the most advanced early civilizations but they were invaded and got taken over by far less advanced Indo-Europeans who were pastoralists.

China was more advanced than Mongol society when the Mongols invaded and controlled parts of China.

Indo-Europeans invaded and gradually wiped out the Elamites in what is present day Iran, through gradual assimilation. Elam was far more advanced than any Indo-European society when they were taken over.

Turkic and Mongol tribes were technologically far less advanced than cultures in the MidEast and Iran, but they still smashed through the area , and up into South Eastern Europe.

The Aztecs conquered the far more advanced Toltec civilization. While Toltecs had built pyramids and temples, the Aztecs were just a wandering tribe.



History is full of barbarian tribes conquering and wiping out far more advanced cultures.

What makes you think the Akkadians were primitive and weren't Sumerized just like how the Germanic tribes were Romanized?

They were Minoanized and had the technology to sail to Crete

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Minoan-civilization
By about 1580 BCE Minoan civilization began to spread across the Aegean to neighbouring islands and to the mainland of Greece. Minoan cultural influence was reflected in the Mycenean culture of the mainland, which began to spread throughout the Aegean about 1500 BCE.

By the middle of the 15th century the palace culture on Crete was destroyed by conquerors from the mainland.


Those cultures that invaded Egypt weren't primitive.


The Mongols were tacticians and the Mongol bow was better than the Manchu bow. Horse archers dominated the battlefield.

What makes you think the Aztec weren't Tolecinized? The Toltec were inspired by what they found. Those megalithic statues in Mexico are holding that "hand bag".

These weren't primitive groups of incompetent uncivilized people.

No one wiped out the megalithic builders.

 

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Nubia

 

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