Are there any ancient ruins currently unexplored by Anthropologists due to inaccesibility?

Question

For example, ruins noted by pilots perhaps while flying over large tracts of jungle, or GoogleEarth images whereby ruins/structures are noted with no correlating academic research identifying them.

Is there a list, discussion forum or similar providing infomation on sites such as these? I have for example heard mention of temples/structures sighted within Brazils Matto Grosso.

Answers welcome, let me know what you think :-)

- Justin

Answer 1

Yes, the chambers under the Sphinx.This was predicted by nostradamus and recently scientist have eveidence that there are chambers under the Sphinx.The egyptian government is not allowing for the escavation becasue they claim it was built by an Egyptian farrow.However scientists believe it was built long before the Egyptians, some 9500 BC.It is said that in these chambers there will be evidence found of the creators of the Sphinx which are of non Egyptian origin.

Answer 2

Well, many years ago some explorers photographed and mapped the location of what they were sure is Noah's Ark, and since then the Turkish government has refused to allow any further exploration of the site. My theory: If in fact the Ark were there, just as it is described in the Old Testament, that would threaten the validity of Islam, and the Middle East doesn't want that.

Answer 3

There are plenty of instances of ancient cities, where only the approximate regoin it was in is known. The most interesting for me would be the city of Akkad, capital of the Akkadian Empire from around 4500 years ago. It is known to be somewhere north of Babylonia, and generally believed to be under Baghdad, so it is unlikely we'll find out for quite some time.

Answer 4

Yeah, I heard about that too.. apparently the US had some satellite that had some kind of 'xray' ability that enabled it see various tunnels/chambers underground.. but as yet (as far as we common folk know) these chambers havent been examined... in central america there would be many temples that are now overgrown with vegetation, who knows, maybe the natives of that land hid certain items of cultural significance during the invasion led by the spanish conquistadors.. interesting topic.

Answer 5

accessability is not waht keeps some ruins unexplored. it is finances and the will of the public to pay for such endeavors that makes it so.we do not have enough financing to explore all the accessible sites there are. ( for example: The Chinese government has recently covered up THOUSANDS of sites of ancient historical treasures to build their big three gorges dam.)
our presnt civilization values other things more than knowledeg of past cultures and so forth. we want ELECTRICITY for our TVs etc.

Answer 6

Of course, especially in Iraq. There are hundreds of archaeological sites that have still not been "discovered".