In this world there are so many Ancient Highways. On this occasion I will write about TOP 10 Ancient Highways scattered in various parts of the world.
1. The Khmer Highway, Cambodia
Constructed when: late 12th to early 13th century - Constructed by: King Jayavarman VII
Religion: Buddhist - Architectural style: Bayon
Location: present day Cambodia and Thailand
The Ancient Khmer Highway was a 225 km roadway going northwest between Angkor (in Cambodia) and Phimai (now in Thailand). While it was not the only such road built by the Khmer, it was the most important one. The road has been proven to exist in the 12th and 13th century, but it is quite certain that it existed earlier. Most of the buildings along the road date from the reign of King Jayavarman VII.
This former 140-mile (225 km) road from Angkor, Cambodia, and Phimai, Thailand, and was sacred to the Cambodian empire "god-king" who traveled the road visiting temples and religious ceremonies with fire, water and linga (phallic sculptures of stone). Most are now covered with jungle, but you can still visit many temples and drive an area close to Phimai.
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The Dharmasala Route from Angkor to Phimai. The road used the Ta Muen Thom pass over the Dongrek mountains, and the first major stop was the Phanom Rung temple. The only part of the road which is still driveable is at the entrance to the town of Phimai (state route 2163). |
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Preas Vihea Temple |
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The Dahrmasala site chapel at Ta Muan. Few of the rest house chapels or hospital chapels survive (only the chapels remain as they were the only buildings built of sandstone or laterite, and all wooden constructions rotted away long ago). |
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A satellite view of the Ta Muan Dharmasala site. Most of the road is overgrown by the jungle, and only visible today on aerial photographs. |
2. The Old North Trail, North America
Blackfoot Indians traveled along the Old Northern Road, which originally extended about 2,000 miles (3220 km) from Canada to Mexico, along the "backbone of the world" that the Americans later called the Rockies. It took four years Blackfoot to get from one end to the travel industry, travel to the sacred, or find a wife. You can visit the fragments are still visible in Glacier National Park in Montana.
3. The Nakasendo Highway, Japan
This narrow, 17th-century highway linking Kyoto and Edo (modern Tokyo) was built along the route of an older trail. Running for 310 miles (500 kilometers) along the shores of Lake Biwa, across mountain ranges and down onto the Kanto Plain around Edo, it was meant for horses and pedestrians—the Japanese did not use carts. Parts of the tranquil route have been preserved and restored, which means that you have to walk them, as most of its original travelers did.
4. The Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail, Hong Kong, China
For centuries, people traveled along this rugged footpath between Yuen Long and Tsuen Wan in what is now Hong Kong’s New Territories. Today, both ends of the trail are embedded in a thoroughly urban sprawl of malls and traffic jams, but the middle remains a delicious haven of peace.
5. The Old Great North Road, Australia
The famous masterpiece of the 19 st century technology, the road is also a sad but condemn the use of employees, some strains, to build it. It 'started in Sydney and ended in Newcastle in New South Wales Hunter Valley. Some sections follow the ancient indigenous songs.
6. The Persian Royal Road, Turkey to Iran
Darius the Great of Persia developed this road linking the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf, the career of Sardis northwestern Turkey through Mesopotamia to Susa in Iran. King Midas, the prophet Daniel, Queen Esther, the historian Herodotus, and conqueror Alexander the Great found in the call of those who traveled along it.
7. The King’s Highway, Egypt to Syria
It was one of the great trade routes of the Middle East in biblical times, from Egypt through the Sinai to the Gulf of Aqaba, and then north of Syria. He spent several pilgrimage sites such as Mount Nebo, Jordan, where Moses saw the Promised Land.
8. The Via Egnatia, Albania to Turkey
The Romans, Greeks, Byzantines, Crusaders, Venetians, Ottomans and Austrians have all used this way on the stunning mountains of the Balkan Peninsula. Roman proconsul Cn Egnatius he built in the first century BC connecting the Adriatic Sea to the Aegean Sea and the Bosphorus.
9. The Amber Road, Russia to Italy
Since ancient times, gold amber "North" was changed in this way from the Baltic to the Adriatic. Today is a fascinating journey to follow in St. Petersburg through Central and Eastern Europe in Venice.
10. The Via Augusta, Spain
Follow the road is named after the Emperor Augustus, Cadiz in Andalusia on the north by modern Coll Panissars in Catalonia in the Pyrenees. There he joined the Domitian, and goes to Rome, where all roads.
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