TRACES OF ABANDONED

  The Guru Roads, which once stretched out in every direction throughout Pettah, underwent a transformation during the British colonial era when they were adorned with elegant granite slabs. Historical accounts by English writers indicate that these streets were embellished with Suriya and other exotic trees. Kapiri Mudukkuwa, situated adjacent to the fort in the Pettah area, once boasted one of these beautiful streets. However, by 1900, the area became known as Kapiri Slum due to the presence of Kapiri people who had been brought from Africa. Presently, Kapiri individuals are no longer found in this locality. It's worth noting that people of African descent still reside in Puttalam and Batticaloa to this day. Back in 1630, the Portuguese were the first to bring Kapiri individuals, gathered from regions like Mozambique and Madagascar, to Sri Lanka to be used as laborers and, unfortunately, as slaves. With the British taking control of the coastal provinces of Ceylon in 1796, Kapiri...

  It has now been revealed that the people who lived in certain countries were somewhat civilized before the Mesopotamian civilization, which is considered the world's first civilization, began in or around 3200 BC.  As the people started to settle permanently in certain areas, they started building permanent residences, places of worship, and forts. The remains of several such constructions, made using very strong materials, still exist today.  Almost all of them are now sites of archaeological value and popular tourist destinations. This article is about some such constructions that are thousands of years old in different countries of the world. 1. 'Ġgantija' Church Complex- Malta                     'Ggantija' Church Complex Built between 3600-3200 BC, this church complex is one of the most important archaeological sites in Malta.  All the buildings in this complex are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List....

  In order to fulfill his needs in a short time after becoming civilized, man chose a suitable place in the surroundings where he lived and built his residences as well as other important shrines.  In course of time they became cities and then they became big cities.  Some of these great cities, where thousands of people gathered for a long time, are still active today.  However, some cities were destroyed for various reasons.  They are now covered with sand, leaving only its remains.  At that time, some of the biggest cities in the world also joined this. In this article, we bring to you about three Greek and Roman cities that were destroyed in this way.                              Timgard – Algeria The ancient city of Timgard is mentioned in ancient novels and other writings.  It is said that it belonged to the Trajan Empire, which was recorded as a very busy city near the Sa...

  Most people are familiar with aircraft carriers.  But have aircraft carrier submarines also been produced in the world?  After the end of World War II, the US discovered several such aircraft carrier submarines that Japan had secretly designed to the world.  In fact, they don't know what they are when they see them for the first time.  Because at that time, such a large aircraft carrier submarine had not been created in the world.  The Americans recognize that if this aircraft-carrying submarine called the "Torpedo Dive Bomber" had been used in World War II, the end of the war would have been different.  One question is why the Japanese did not use them in the war. In December 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on America's Pearl Harbor.  Thus, the American nation, which until then was not interested in another war, was annexed to the Second World War.  The day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, America declared war on Jap...

  It must be surprising that a train derailment that happened more than a century ago is still being talked about and even made movies based on it. If you've ever been to Paris, France, you must have visited Montparnasse Station.  Even if you haven't been to the station, you've probably heard of it.  This railway station is a special place because about 128 years ago a strange kind of train accident or derailment happened at that place. The Montparnasse derailment occurred at 16:00 on 22 October 1895 when the Granville-Paris Express overtook its buffer stop at the Gare Montparnasse terminus.  The train was several minutes late and with the driver trying to make up for lost time, it reached the station at such a high speed that the driver's application of the train's air brakes was ineffective.  After running through the buffer stop, the train went through the station and crashed through the station wall;  The locomotive fell onto the Place de Rennes below a...

  The Vorkuta Gulag was one of the largest camps in the GULAG system, with huge amount of prisoners at its peak in 1951, including Soviet and foreign prisoners, including prisoners of war, dissidents, political prisoners ("enemies of the state") and common criminals.  As forced labor in coal mining. Without proper food or wages, they performed a lot of work that an ordinary man could not afford, in unbearable environmental conditions, without any protection, and between 1931-62, their death toll was two hundred thousand (200,000).  ) is estimated to be about Some of the political prisoners in these camps, who had been there for over 20 years, were highly educated and had been sent here by the Stalinist government for Nazi ties and other crimes.  Others were sent here because of their anti-Stalin political views.  Those who raised their voices against the injustices of the Soviet government were also sent here, and some of them remained in this place even after t...

  We find several such cities in the Asian continent, which has a very long history.  The most important of these is information about three cities                   Mohenjo Daro – Pakistan The Mohenjo Daro civilization located in the Indus Valley is considered to be one of the oldest civilizations in the world.  It was contemporary with the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations and was just as advanced, and the people who lived there were busy engaged in writing, scientific research, craft, trade, religious practice and agriculture.  This peaked as early as 2000 BC. The ruins of the buildings of this civilization found in the Indus Valley prove how technologically advanced they were, and the building arrangements and complex aqueduct systems of Mohenjo Daro, the main city of the Indus Valley Civilization, were made with very high technology.  Another peculiarity here is that there are no ruins of special palaces an...