(MULTI!) 3,000-year-old Hidden Mega-Fortress Found In The Mountains

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A fortress has just been uncovered in the Caucasus, and it’s nothing like we’ve ever seen before. Imagine a wall stretching a full kilometer, built over 3,000 years ago, standing as proof of a civilization that thought on a mega scale. This isn’t just another Bronze Age site—it’s a mystery fortress that could rewrite the history of how people lived, traveled, and defended themselves at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Why build something this massive in such a remote place? Archaeologists think it might have been used seasonally by nomadic groups, but the full story is still buried in the stones.   Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/   Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV   Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official   Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.

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00:00Take cover! Hundreds of arrows are flying down from the sky.

00:05A group of enemies is chasing you on the ground.

00:08A huge wave is coming from the sea.

00:10Oh, and you're in the Middle Ages.

00:12It would be cool to hide in an underground bunker from all these problems.

00:16But in the distant past, people didn't make bunkers.

00:20Instead, they used to build...

00:22Fortresses!

00:24Large, sturdy structures where locals could hide,

00:27fend off enemies, and wait out natural disasters.

00:31Let's take a look at some of the coolest ones.

00:34Some fortresses on this list are ancient,

00:37and almost nothing remains of them.

00:39But many still exist and amaze people.

00:43So the first fortress on our list is one of the largest by area in history.

00:48The only problem is that it hasn't survived intact.

00:51Last year, archaeologists excavated a 3,000-year-old fortress

00:55in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia.

00:59This Bronze Age fortress was a massive structure.

01:02However, specialists didn't fully grasp the scale of their discovery

01:06because of the tall grass at the excavation site.

01:10They did realize they had found something big.

01:13But when the cold weather set in and the grass disappeared,

01:17that something turned out to be 40 times larger.

01:21Archaeologists launched drones into the sky and took over 10,000 photos.

01:28After that, they assessed the full scale of their discovery.

01:32Then, they combined those images to create a digital model of the terrain and the entire area.

01:37All this data allowed them to create maps of the fortress,

01:42including its walls, towers, and the surrounding settlement.

01:46They found out that the fortress had protected people living nearby

01:50with a massive wall stretching 0.62 miles.

01:54It was located between two gorges in southern Georgia.

01:58Many years ago, this place was at a crossroads between Europe,

02:02the Middle East, and the Eurasian Steppe.

02:05Some people lived there, others came to trade goods,

02:08and some used it as a transit point.

02:12The settlement around the fortress expanded and shrank depending on the season.

02:17Archaeologists also found numerous pottery fragments, tools, livestock bones, and other artifacts,

02:24showing that a thriving society lived there 3,000 years ago.

02:28Now, we move to sunny Italy,

02:31where the impressive fortress of the Orsini was built in the 14th century.

02:36This building was installed on a cliff,

02:39and such a location helped people to protect their territory from enemies.

02:44It looks beautiful,

02:46but imagine how difficult it was to build it without modern technologies.

02:50A couple of hundred years after its construction,

02:53the fortress was renovated.

02:56Thanks to the professional skills of builders and architects,

02:59as well as high-quality materials,

03:01the fortress looks magnificent, even today.

03:05Despite enemies trying to destroy it many times,

03:08it still exists.

03:10The Italians equipped the fortress with a windmill and rainwater collection cisterns,

03:14allowing people to live autonomously inside the fortress for long periods.

03:19Additionally, the building has five underground levels

03:23that were used to move secretly in and out of the fortress.

03:27Take a look at these majestic fortifications,

03:30located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.

03:34Just imagine how hard it was to deliver construction materials there.

03:38Builders really put in the effort.

03:41Welcome to Gibraltar, a British overseas territory.

03:45People started building fortifications in this place in the 11th century.

03:49And then upgraded it over the centuries,

03:52digging tunnels and reinforcing the cliff's summit.

03:55Thanks to relentless work and its unique location,

03:58these fortifications have survived numerous siege attempts.

04:03Now let's move to India,

04:05to one of the largest forts in the country,

04:08called Chittagar.

04:09It was built on a hill about 600 feet high

04:12and covered around 700 acres of land.

04:16That's about one-third the size of Newark Liberty International Airport in New York.

04:21Many towers and defensive walls have stood here since the construction in the 7th century,

04:27almost 1,500 years ago.

04:28To enter Chittagar Fort,

04:31you had to walk along a winding road one mile long

04:35and then pass through seven gates with iron spikes on the doors.

04:40The gates were also guarded by a watchtower,

04:43making the fortress nearly impregnable.

04:46India is a hot country,

04:48and the builders took this into account.

04:50Forty percent of Chittagar's space was covered in water.

04:55There were 84 reservoirs here,

04:57but only 22 remain today.

05:00These reservoirs, along with rain collection,

05:03could provide water for about 50,000 people for four years.

05:08For a thousand years,

05:10this castle was home to the British royal family.

05:13Built in the early 11th century by William the Conqueror,

05:17Windsor Castle remains an official royal palace

05:20to this day and attracts millions of tourists.

05:23But almost a thousand years ago,

05:25it was an important strategic fortress built along the Thames.

05:30Windsor Castle was essential for Britain

05:31to guard the western approach to London.

05:34Its sturdy stone fortifications allowed the castle

05:37to survive numerous attacks.

05:39Today, walking through this architectural masterpiece,

05:43it's hard to believe that large-scale battles

05:45took place here centuries ago.

05:47Welcome to the largest preserved castle complex in the world.

05:53It's called Prague Castle

05:54and is located in the Czech Republic.

05:57This is not just a strategically important fortress,

06:00but also a true work of art.

06:03Gothic palaces and cathedrals

06:05still attract thousands of tourists from around the world.

06:09Now imagine how cool it would be

06:11to play hide-and-seek inside this fortress.

06:13Although it would probably be a pretty creepy experience.

06:18Despite being built in 880,

06:20the complex still looks impressive and well-fortified.

06:24It seems it could easily remain intact

06:26for several more centuries.

06:28How many modern buildings do you think

06:30can survive for thousands of years?

06:33Let's move on to more modern structures.

06:36Fort Knox in Kentucky was built in 1918,

06:39but several years later, in 1936,

06:43builders added the U.S. Bullion Depository to it

06:46as an adjacent construction.

06:49Engineers have been improving the security system

06:51of this modern fortress.

06:54This is where the largest portion

06:55of America's official gold reserves is stored.

06:59The walls of this building

07:00consist of layers of granite,

07:03concrete, and steel.

07:05The vault itself is an ultra-secure safe.

07:08Constant digital surveillance,

07:10security, and the newest guard technologies

07:13make Fort Knox one of the most impenetrable fortresses

07:16in the world,

07:18and arguably the most secure safe

07:20in the United States.

07:22And of course,

07:23almost no one knows exactly how much gold

07:26and other precious metals they keep there.

07:29Perhaps the most unusual fortress on our list.

07:33Massive, rusty structures rise above the estuaries

07:36of the Thames and Mercy Rivers.

07:38The Monsell forts in the United Kingdom

07:40were built to monitor enemy submarines.

07:43But since the 1950s,

07:45they have no longer been in use.

07:47Now, seven rusty towers attract tourists.

07:51Would you like to visit them?

07:53We started this video with an ancient fortress,

07:56so let's end on a similar note.

07:58This is probably the oldest fortress in the world.

08:01An international team of archaeologists

08:04discovered the remains of ancient fortifications

08:07in Siberia.

08:09The fortress they found was 8,000 years old.

08:12It belonged to hunter-gatherers

08:14who lived in this cold region.

08:17Scientists and archaeologists

08:18previously thought that settlements

08:20with complex architectural structures

08:22appeared after the advent of agriculture.

08:25Now, this claim is being questioned.

08:28The hunter-gatherers of western Siberia

08:31fished, hunted elk and deer

08:33and used spears with stone and bone tips.

08:36They made ceramic vessels to store fat and meat.

08:40There was no agriculture,

08:42no wheat farming,

08:43no digging of garden beds.

08:45They lived a mostly nomadic lifestyle.

08:48But it turns out they could also unite

08:50and build large settlements.

08:52To date, there are about 10 similar sites

08:55from the Stone Age period in Siberia.

08:58However,

08:59don't think that this fortress

09:00looked like medieval castles.

09:02People of that time

09:03created houses out of dirt.

09:05The walls were reinforced

09:06with wooden fences.

09:09But why did people start

09:10building a fortress there?

09:12The Siberian taiga

09:13is rich in rivers and lakes

09:15full of fish.

09:17Many large animals inhabit the area.

09:20Obviously, those were resources

09:21that competing groups fought over.

09:23To gain control of territories

09:25and increase their population,

09:27people began building

09:28defensive structures.

09:30Previously,

09:31scientists assumed

09:32that there were no major conflicts

09:33or competition

09:34among hunter-gatherers.

09:37But the discovery

09:38in western Siberia

09:39shows us that

09:40even 8,000 years ago,

09:42people weren't so different

09:43from modern humans.

09:44That's it for today.

09:47So hey,

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