10 Creepiest Necropolises

Here are the top 10 creepiest and most ancient burial grounds in the world from the mysterious Great Pyramids and Mount Timbac.

5. The Kushite Necropolis
This 2000 year old, underground city of the dead was discovered in Sudan near the Nile River and it’s here where they came across a few startling discoveries. The Kingdom of Kush flourished during this time and controlled a vast territory of Africa. They built hundreds of remarkable pyramids but in this case, all the monuments are underground. This culture shared a few similarities with the ancient Egyptians as you can see from this decorated box that was uncovered at the site. Archaeologists believe the large eye here is used as decoration but also to protect against evil spirits. This silver ring was also found at this remarkable site and depicts the ancient egyptian deity Amun who in this culture, was depicted with a ram’s head. They also came across this s keleton who is believed to have been an archer since his tomb was found with plenty of arrowheads.

4. Dahshur
Dahshur is one of ancient Egypt’s well-known necropolises, located in the desert just west of the Nile River about 20 miles south of Cairo and contains some of their most bizarre monuments. Here you’ll find three main pyramids. The Bent Pyramid was built 2600 BC by Pharaoh Sneferu and is basically an architectural blunder. The pyramid begins to incline at a 54 degree angle but engineers quickly realised that this angle was much too steep and it wouldn’t work. So about half way though, they decided to give it a 43 degree angle, explained its bent aspect.The next is the Red Pyramid which is largest of the main three pyramids at this necropolis. It gets its name for the rusty, reddish glow the pyramid gives, also built by king sneferu. It’s believed to be ancient Egypt’s first true smooth sided pyramid, leading to the construction of the Great Pyramids we are familiar with today. This was a great advancement from the step pyramid. And last of all is the Black Pyramid which is the least impressive of the three and suffers from structural damage. .

3. Kremlin West Wall
Located on the western wall of one of Russia’s most iconic buildings lies the country's most important necropolises where many where many were buried while under communist rule. Once the Bolsheviks seized control of Moscow, tombs were to created to contain the victims of the 240 victims who died during the October revolution. The Red Square quickly became a necropolis and it slowly beca me a tradition to bury soviet leaders, Joseph Stalin by the Kremlin’s wall. The Lenin Mausoleum serves as the final resting place for one of the most infamous Russian leaders, right along the Kremlin’s west wall. The creepiest part about this place is that Lenin’s body still remains preserved inside to this day.

2. The Varna Necropolis
Also known as the Varna Cemetery, this burial site in Bulgaria has been considered to be one of the most important archaeological sites ever discovered in the world's prehistory. Some of the gold found here actually dates back to 4,600 BC making it an extremely rare find. This man here was buried with some of the world’s oldest golden jewelery, showing that people from all periods of time enjoyed being a little blinged out This must have been the world’s wealthiest man about 7000 years ago. Over 300 objects were found here that were made of pure gold. Objects like axes, bracelets, scepters and other simply remarkable objects that would be difficult to recreate for even the finest modern jewelers.

1.Valley of the Kings
As pyramids became too noticeable and were often targeted by thieves, the pharaohs needed somewhere more concealed and incognito to spend eternity. The Valley of the Kings in Ancient Egypt houses some of the most elaborate tombs of Kings the world has ever seen. The valley is found on the west bank of the Nile and is situated not far from the former capital of Thebes. For 5 centuries between the 16th to the 11th century BC, this area served as the final resting place for some of Egypt’s most notable pharoahs. The tombs were decorated with hieroglyphics and remarkable works of artwork. Don’t forget about the priceless treasures and golden sarcophagi like where King Tut was discovered. Some even believe there’s even a curse put up upon those who dare to enter the tombs of the pharoah’s.

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Love this video:-):-):-):-) this is video is awesome I've seen some of these on Mysteries at the Museum that's on the Travel Channel you go into more detail and information than they ever do

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