Nan Madol
Nan Madol nyɛla binkura biɛhigu sheei  din baɣi wulinpuhili polo teeku noli din nyɛ kosunsuuni tiŋgbani zaŋ ti Pohnpei, din pa be Madolenihmw yaɣili din be Pohnpei polo Federated States of Micronesia wulinpuhili polo Pacific Ocean. Nan Madol daa nyɛla Saudeleur dynasty tiŋ'zuɣu zaŋ chaŋ yuuni 1628. Tiŋ ŋɔ malila biɛŋ, ka mali artificial islands din gabibkosoya pam ni .Yaɣili ŋɔ mini di kuɣilibdeeibpolo ka mani 1.5 km waɣilim ni  0.5 km yɛliŋ ka mali kamani 100 artificial islets—stone ni  coral fill platforms—ka di tarisi ni kɔgbana.

Di yuli ŋɔ (Nan Madol) gbunni nyɛla  "polo ŋan be di sunsuuni" ka di wuhiri ko'soya din saɣim. Di yu' maŋli n-nyɛ Soun Nan-leng (Reef of Heaven), Gene Ashby ni yɛli shɛm o buku din nyɛ Pohnpei, An Island Argosy. Ti ni ʒi saha shɛli ŋɔ lala tiŋgbani din saɣim ŋɔ n-nyɛ bin'kura biɛhigu shee yɛlimaŋli ka be tooi lahi booni li "Atlantis", the "eighth wonder of the world," bee "Venice of the Pacific".

Taarihi

Nan Madol daa nyɛla laɣingu mini siyaasa tali  yɛltɔɣa shee zaŋ ti Saudeleur Dynasty, ka di laɣim Pohnpei's ninvuɣi biɛlim kalinli shɛli be ni buɣisi ka di ni paai 25,000 zaŋ kana 1628. Gbaai yihi Pohnpei kosunsuni tiŋgbani mini Temwen Island, di daa nyɛla ninsala nima tuma shee yuun kɔbigu min yuun kɔbishii AD. Zaŋ chaŋ 8th bee 9th century, islet mɛbu daa piligiya, di daa pili mi nimegalithic architecture n pili ni yuma din gbaai 1180–1200 AD.

Yɛltɔɣa biɛla n ni tooi dihitabili ni megalithic mɛbu. Pohnpeian kali wuhiya ni ŋun daa mɛ Leluh archaeological site tam Kosrae (likewise composed of huge stone buildings) daa yi mi labi Pohnpei, ka be ti zaŋ mɛ baŋsim mɛ  Nan Madol zaɣi maŋli. Radiocarbon dating wuhiya ni Nan Madol daa pun daŋ mi wuhi Leluh; di wuhiya, ni din tooi nyɛ Nan Madol wuhi Leluh.

Yɛltɔɣa din yi Pohnpeian legend sani na wuhiya ni, ni jabihi n daa mɛ Nan Madol,  Olisihpa mini Olosohpa,daadaa lahiʒibu din nyɛ Western Katau, bee Kanamwayso. Lla niriba ay ŋɔ daa kpɛla ŋariŋ titali paai tiŋa  ŋɔ ni  nti bori soli ni be mɛ binbini din yɛn chɛ ka bɛ tooi jɛmdi  Nahnisohn Sahpw, duuma zaŋti pukparilim. Be ni daa ŋmari ʒiri maa n-ti naai, be daa nyɛ nasara mɛ binbini Temwen ko'sunsuni tiŋgbani zuɣu, ni ka be daa maani be maliŋ. Taarihi puuni, ʒɛriga (dragon) ŋun yiɣiri daa soŋla niriba ayi ŋɔ ka be wuɣi kuɣi titali din daa niŋ ka Olisihpa kpi o ninkurilim ni , Olosohpa n daa niŋ Saudeleur tuuli. Olosohpa daa bola paɣa ka ka doɣi bihi pia nI ayi, ka daa lahi lee Saudeleur nanima pia ni ayɔbu zaŋti Dipwilap ("Great") clan.

Ban daa pili li ŋɔ daa gbubi li viɛnyɛla, ka ban daa doli be nyaaŋa daa zaŋ ʒiya pam ʒili be sulinsi zuɣu. Isokelekel n daa kana ka be nam kpai, ŋun gba daa ʒini Nan Madol, amaa doli o nyaaŋa daa yila nimaani yɛla ni. John Stanislaw Kubary n-nyɛ tuuli ninvuɣi so ŋun buɣisi Nan Madol viɛnyɛla yuuni  1874.

Daliri mini Nahingbana 

Di tuuli biɛhigu shee ŋɔ daa nyɛla tiŋgbani kpamba ni be shɛli. Di ninvuɣi biɛlim kalinli ni ku paai tuhili ( 1000)  ka ni tooi lahi pɔri n-gari di pirigili. Ban daa biɛni pam daa nyɛla nanima, ka ban lee galisi nyɛ tarimba. Nan Madol daa nee la soli ti Saudeleur nanima ni be laɣim ka tooi gu ka taɣi ban ti yɛn kariba yihi be tiŋgbani ŋɔ ni ka chɛ be yinsi, be tuma ni tumbu ni di yɛliŋ niŋ tɔm luɣishɛli polo.

Madol Powe, ashibiti ni kpiimba yaɣili, mali la  58 islets din be northeastern yaɣili, Nan Madol polo. Islets pam daa nyɛla nabihi biɛhigu shee. Ka islets shɛŋa mi mali bukaata gahinda: bindirigu duɣibu, ŋarim malibu, ni abe kpam malibu shɛhi. Goon waɣila din gili ba la bela Peinkitel, Karian, ni Lemenkou, amaa din gaŋdu di puuni nyɛla nanima 

Nan Madol zuɣu, ko palli bee bindiri palli kani ; be vɔrila kom ka kɔri bindira tiŋgbani din be teeku nyaaŋa.  Saudeleur ʒɛmana saha, Pohnpeians daa zaŋdi la shitima ʒiri bindiri gahinda ni kom chani ni.  Saudeleur daa deeri la bindirigu ŋɔ ni islet  shɛli ni— first Peiniot, ni din miri the Usennamw.

Kamani 1628 yuuni, di ni daa niŋ ka Isokelekell ni ŋmɛ n yiɣisi Saudeleurs ka pili Nahnmwarki Saha,  Nahnmwarkis daa bela Nan Madol, amaa ka voori be maŋ maŋ kom kori be bindira. Ka di daa chɛ ka be yi Nan Madol biɛhigu yɛla ni ka yi n-labi be ya nima.

Archaeology

Zuŋɔ Nan Madol pahi la binkura yaɣili ni kuɣa  mɛ shɛli baɣili shore of Temwen Island. Lala yaɣili ŋɔ mini di kuɣa dikpuna ŋɔ deei la yaɣili din miri  100 artificial islets—stone and coral fill platforms—bordered, ka kogbana gooni nima gilli.

Carbon dating wuhiya ni megalithic mɛbu Nan Madol pili la  AD 1180 bɛ ni daa yihi basalt kuɣa  volcanic plug din be ohnpei polo la.  Bɛ ni mɛ shɛŋa tuuli Pohnpei daa nan tooi nyɛ  AD 1 saha di mini radiocarbon dating wuhiya ni ninsalinima tuma pili la AD 80–200.

Yuuni 1985,  Nan Madol saɣimbu nyɛla bɛ ni daa yɛli shɛli National Historical Landmark.

Hali n ti naan yi kpari  yuuni 2012, binyɛra din daa yina yaɣili ŋɔ daa zaŋ mi wuhi salo Lidorkini Museum.

Lost continent theories

Shɛba buɣisila Nan Madol ni  "lost continents" of Lemuria be Mu. Nan Madol nyɛla James Churchward  ni daa lihi shɛli ka di be  lost continent of Mu ni, din piini o buku din nyɛ  1"926 book The Lost Continent of Mu Motherland of Man".

O buku din yuli nyɛ  Lost City of Stones (1978), sasabira Bill S. Ballinger yɛliya ni Greek sailors c. 300 BC n daa mɛ tiŋa ŋɔ. David Hatcher Childress, ŋun sabiri ka yihiri buku nima, buɣisimi ka Nan Madol pahi lost continent of Lemuria.1999 buku The Coming Global Superstorm din nyɛ  Art Bell min Whitley Strieber dini, din buɣisi ni global warming tooi tahi tingbani tulim ni maasim barina na.

In popular culture

Television 
 Destination Truth puni ja saɣimbu ŋɔ mali muɣisigu.
 Ancient Aliens season 6 episode 9 niŋ la zaɣa ni extraterrestrial piligu.
 Yɛlizuɣu zaŋ ti episode 2 of the National Geographic TV series Lost Cities With Albert Lin.
 Featured on "What On Earth?" season 4 episode 1 dini boli  Victor Berg yuli, ŋun yooi kosunsuni tiŋgbani gbala ka yɛli ni o nyɛla tiyaawumya nima kɔba.

Litiricha/Bukunima mini Lahabaya sabbu
 Nan Madol saɣimbu nyɛla bɛ ni da zaŋ shɛli  lost race kpɛrigu shɛli A. Merritt, The Moon Pool ni daa sabi yuuni (1918),din ni ka bɛ daa boli kosunsuni tingbana la ni Nan-Tauach ka boli di saɣimbu mi Nan-Matal.
 Nan Madol  mini di taarihi nyɛla  bɛ ni zaŋ shɛlibpili Deep Fathom (2001) lahabali shɛli James Rollins ni daa sabi.
 In the comic Nameless by Grant Morrison mini Chris Burnham,  Nan Madol tiŋ'karili  ka  mythical Dream Key of Nan Samwohl be .
 Medusa buku puuni, Clive Cussler mini Paul Kemprecos ni sabi shɛli, Nan Madol nyɛla buɣili malibu sheei ka bɛ booni li The Cult of the Healing Priests, bɛ ni daa zamasuri mini jellyfish ban be kasi ka ni tooi tibi barinima luɣishɛli.

Yila
Nan Madol (1974) nyɛla Edward Vesala ni laɣim yili gansi shɛŋa ŋmɛ.
Nan Ma Dol nyɛla yili Endura ni sabi ka yihi li na Liber Leviathan yila din daa laɣim yina yuuni  (1996).
Ruins of Nan Madol (2014) nyɛla  audiomachine ni ŋmɛ yili shɛli.

Diɛma ni yiɣijam
 Nan Madol nyɛla tiŋ zuɣu be Civilization VI game.  A yi ti bɛ linjimajima lampoo, bɛ yɛn ti a la binshɛɣu din yuli booni "The Army of Cthulhu".

Bibliography 
 Ayres, William S. Nan Madol, Pohnpei. SAA Bulletin. Vol. 10, Nov. 1992. Society for American Archaeology.
 Ayres, William S. Pohnpei's Position in Eastern Micronesian Prehistory, Micronesica, Supplement 2: Proceedings, Indo Pacific Prehistory Association, Guam, 1990, pp. 187–212.
 Ayres, William S. Mystery Islets of Micronesia. Archaeology Jan-Feb 1990, pp. 58–63.
 Ratzel, Prof. Friedrich The History of Mankind Book II, London 1896. Races of the Pacific and their migrations pp.  159-60. Includes a drawing entitled `Sepulchral monument in Ponapé, Caroline Islands. (From a photograph in the Godeffroy Album.)'

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