Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is the place “between the spaces” — a purgatory. At least, the locals on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia seem to think so.

Nan Madol is located near the southern side of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is the only ancient city ever built atop a coral reef. Christopher Pala We zigzag slowly in our skiff around the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Satellite images are shedding new light on a mysterious city built on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Some locals in ...

THE discovery of a mystical island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has sparked hope that fictional island Atlantis is REAL. Archaeologists have used new technology to explore the ancient city of ...

In the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, in the Caroline Islands archipelago, lies one of the most enigmatic and fascinating archaeological sites in the world: Nan Madol. This complex of ruins, ...

New uranium series analysis of chief's tomb suggests island's monumental structures are earliest evidence of a chiefdom in the Pacific -- yielding new keys to how societies emerge and evolve New ...

The ancient complex of Nan Madol on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia has fascinated visitors for centuries. Now, thanks to satellite technology, researchers have captured the ruins from a ...

Images have emerged of the ruins of a floating city that was home to an ancient Pacific Ocean civilisation which vanished 400 years ago. Nan Madol was the only city ever built entirely on water. The ...