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Who Built This Unusual 1,300-Year-OldSiberian Palace… and Why?
This 1,300-year-old structure in Siberia could be a fortress, asummer palace, a monastery, or even an astronomical observatory.
(Gdehorosho.ru)
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Experts are still divided over a mysterious 1,300-year-old fortress-like structure located on an
island in the middle of a Siberian lake.
From The Siberian Times: ith its island location and to!erin" s#uare !alls that !ere once
impenetrable, it looks at first "lance to be an ancient fortress or kremlin to keep out enemies.
$thers believe the 1,300-year-old structure in rural Siberia has more mystical properties and
mi"ht have been a summer palace, monastery, or even an astronomical observatory.
hatever it is, more than a century after it !as first explored, archaeolo"ists are no further
for!ard in discoverin" the secrets of %or-&a'in.
(ost likely constructed in )*) +.., the complex has fascinated and frustrated experts in e#ual
measure since it !as found in the middle of ere-hol, a hi"h-altitude lake in uva, in the late
1/th century. irst explored in 1/1, !ith small-scale excavation !ork later carried out bet!een
1/*) and 1/23, it !as not until 00) that in-depth research took place at the site.
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+rchaeolo"ists found clay tablets of human feet and faded, colored dra!in"s on the plaster of
the !alls. hey found "iant "ates and fra"ments of burnt !ood. &ut nothin" yet has provided a
definitive ans!er as to !hy the structure !as built, and excavation !ork continues.
4%or-&a'in is le"ally treated as one of the most mysterious archaeolo"ical monuments of
5ussia,6 says the official !ebsite for the complex.
4+pparently it !as built at the period of the 7i"hur ha"ante nomadic empire 8)99-90 +..,
but it;s not clear !hat they built a fortress for in such a solitary place, far from bi" settlements
and trade routes. he architecture also raises many #uestions and it is reminiscent of a model of
an ideal
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8%or-&a'in ortress oundation
8=rina +r>hantseva
he main complex in the inner courtyard had a t!o-part central structure, one behind the other
linked by a covered !alk!ay. =t had a tiled roof and !as supported by 32 !ooden columns
restin" on stone bases.
!"#$ #ndurin ystery Surrounds the *ncient Site of +uma +unu
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+rchaeolo"ical !ork at %or-&a'in. 8%or-&a'in ortress oundation
hile debate continues about the use of %or-&a'in, "ro!in" evidence su""ests it !as a
community or palace complex centered around a &uddhist monastery.
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%or-&a'in in !inter, !ith the surroundin" lake fro>en over. 8=rina +r>hantseva
=f anythin", it su""ests that the complex !as only ever occupied for a brief period of time, or !as
used as a seasonal home in the !armer summer months. Some experts even say that the climate,
or other natural occurrences in the re"ion, brou"ht occupation of the site to an early end in the
/th century.
%or-&a'in sits on a bed of permafrost !ith evidence that the meltin" of this iceAas a result of
!armer temperatures over the past centuryAhas caused not only a destruction of the !alls, but
also a dramatic rise in the depth of the lake !ater.
hile debate on its ori"ins !ill no doubt continue for decades, those !ho have seen %or-&a'in
are all in a"reement about its beauty.
epublished with permission !rom The Siberian Times. ead the original.
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The *pocalypse 7omes, %ou8ll ish %ou 9ivedn This :ouse ;ortress
So this is a house... and there is their basement
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Just in case you didn't notice it is an underground fortress
It's located here
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In this secret area
It has it's own runway
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Looks like a normal house on the inside on the main oor
A! T"#.....
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The basement
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That basically an entire town could sur$i$e in
And it's stylish
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Who wouldn't want that as their basement?
A nice bathroom
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A cool s%iral staircase
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That leads to a scarier place
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This warehouse type part of the basement that will be good for when Zombies take over
the world
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:ouse 'uild *round the ;ull-Gro2n Tree s Gettin
as 7lose to
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2The main %ur%ose of this %ro3ect is to oer an alternati$e to the
bustle of city life*4 Almaso$ from A asow Architects
told !e,een.com. 25e wanted to combine the ca%abilities of modern
industrial design and the natural wealth and beauty.4
The glass walls re$eals s%iral staircase running around the tree* as
well as bathroom with a similar glass style shower.
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The studio is already dealing with in$estors* so we should soon beable to see this unusual house become a reality.
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