Interior view of the ruined basalt walls within one of Nan Madol's islet enclosures, revealing the construction technique of stacked prismatic basalt colum
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Interior view of the ruined basalt walls within one of Nan Madol's islet enclosures, revealing the construction technique of stacked prismatic basalt columns. The open roofless chambers once served as royal tombs, ceremonial spaces, and administrative centers for the Saudeleur rulers who governed Pohnpei from approximately 1100 to 1628 CE.
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