{"id":45,"date":"2020-03-15T17:16:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T17:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2023-06-02T13:33:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T12:33:02","slug":"our-terraced-past-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Our Terraced Past (Part 1) &#8211; Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are remains of many terraced structures worldwide.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Click the images for ultra high-resolution original versions)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We start this journey in&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ireland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In County Clare in Ireland the following can be seen on Google Maps\/Bing Maps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-29-00-10-08.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-29-00-10-08-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-29-00-10-32.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-29-00-10-32-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These structures are ostensibly &#8216;mountains&#8217;. However, on closer inspection it can be seen that they are not mountains, but remains of huge artificial structures built in a terraced\/pyramidal style. Observations on the ground support this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google provide &#8216;StreetView&#8217; images of a coastal path running around the edge of a similar structure in the vicinity (marked in red):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-03-10-00-53-42-REDLINE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-03-10-00-53-42-REDLINE-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The footpath where the following images were taken is marked in red<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-29-00-21-43.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-29-00-21-43-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Obviously the dry stone wall is modern, but what about the background?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-29-00-21-58.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-29-00-21-58-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-03-10-01-01-40.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-03-10-01-01-40-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">What looks like a door in the background on the left, one can only presume is a modern addition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-03-10-01-09-47.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-03-10-01-09-47-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are the remains of similar structures across the world. Let&#8217;s take a look at some:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Central Northern Siberia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-23-24-38.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-23-24-38-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Putoranskiy Gosudarstvennyy Prirodnyy Zapovednik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Zapovednik is a Russian protected nature reserve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This area is literally in &#8216;the middle of nowhere&#8217;, huge, and looks like a mountain range. But on closer inspection it is the remains of an area of giant terraced superstructures. Let&#8217;s take a closer look (please note the scale):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-23-03-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-23-03-14-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The large terraced semi-circular formations (at least 3km long) leave little doubt we are looking at the remains of artificial structures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-23-02-49.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-23-02-49-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Note the symmetrical pattern on the terracing (5km wide gap)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-23-08-52.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-23-08-52-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sharp right angles on the apparent &#8216;platform&#8217;\/roof at the top approximately 1km wide <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-22-26-53.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-22-26-53-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ditto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-22-35-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-22-35-03-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Raised triangle near the centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-22-11-54.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-01-28-22-11-54-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Circular feature\/hole approximately 2km wide to the north-east of the region<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/saudi_arabia_mountain-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/saudi_arabia_mountain-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Excellent example of the remains of a terraced structure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shandong Province, China<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-02-02-23-31-33.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-02-02-23-31-33-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-02-02-23-32-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-02-02-23-32-11-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96\" width=\"580\" height=\"318\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The areas marked in green are mountainous areas today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-02-02-23-38-20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-02-02-23-38-20-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-03-11-23-57-25.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-from-2020-03-11-23-57-25-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Turkmenistan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image5.jpg 750w, https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image5-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> A day tripper to the mountains probably does not realise that he is actually stood on the remains of giant structures <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faroe Islands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Faroes_Pyramid-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Faroes_Pyramid-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Faroe Islands pyramid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The pyramid on the Faroe (pharaoh?) Islands is just the most obvious feature. In reality all of the islands are remains of structures built in a terraced style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his seminal work, <em>Britain &#8211; The Key To World History<\/em>, Comyns Beaumont informs the reader that the original land of Egypt was located in the vicinity of what is today known as the British Isles. The North African Egypt that we know today as the only Egypt was, according to him, a later colony or continuation of the earlier civilisation that was destroyed in a cataclysm. He believed the Flood of Noah and the fall of Atlantis to have been the same event.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Faroes8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Faroes8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Faroes8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Faroes8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Faroes8-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Huge pyramidal structure remains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Faroes2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/realancienthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Faroes2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The snow accentuates the terraced effect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a huge topic with many examples worldwide so this is just Part 1 with more to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are remains of many terraced structures worldwide. (Click the images for ultra high-resolution original versions) We start this journey in&#8230;. Ireland In County Clare in Ireland the following can be seen on Google Maps\/Bing Maps: These structures are ostensibly &#8216;mountains&#8217;. 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