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Historyof Christianity in the lands of My Toil

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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE LANDS OF MY TOIL: PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />

The Machu Pichu <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pacific <strong>of</strong> Micronesia<br />

Nan Madol, sometimes called "<strong>the</strong> Machu Pichu <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pacific," is a great ru<strong>in</strong>s on <strong>the</strong> island <strong>of</strong><br />

Pohnpei, capital <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Federated States <strong>of</strong> Micronesia. This lost city, constructed around 200 B.C., is<br />

made up <strong>of</strong> hundreds <strong>of</strong> stacked stone logs, each about 18-feet-long and several feet <strong>in</strong> diameter. The<br />

logs, stacked like cordwood, constitute walls that are 40 feet high and 18 feet thick. Each stone log is<br />

estimated to weigh about 2.5 tons. How <strong>the</strong>y were moved and lifted <strong>in</strong>to position is unknown.<br />

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