Absheron is a unique land famous for its large oil fields. There are interesting megalithic formations in this region, strangely reminiscent of the remains of ancient roads that cross the peninsula in different directions and sometimes even go into the depths of the sea. Outwardly, the long tracks look like a petrified track with a depth of 5 cm to half a meter, left by the wheels of large carts.
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Strange roads consist of a couple of three, and sometimes even more than 5 five parallel tracks. Some of them are seriously destroyed, and at first glance do not differ much from ordinary natural formations.
Normally preserved areas of more than a hundred meters were found in the vicinity of Baku, the villages of Hovsan, Dyubendi and Turkan.
Many versions have arisen around the origin of the Absheron stone roads. For example, the hypothesis about the construction of parallel canals for land reclamation in ancient times looks quite realistic. Scientists point to strictly vertical track walls. The wheels of old carts, after numerous passes, most likely would have left trapezoidal grooves in the ground. In addition, many roads have an odd number of furrows, and the distance between them is not always constant.
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Supporters of the existence of the oldest transport network also do not give up. In their opinion, the petrified highways were used to transport oil back in the prosperity of Babylon, Assyria and Sumer. The famous academician Emiliy Khristianovich Lenz, who visited Absheron in the 1830s, found such traces even far in the sea. In those days, they were laid along the rocky bottom, connecting the peninsula with the island of Boyuk Zira, but later they were erased during the creation of the lighthouse. Most scientific luminaries agree that stone roads are man-made objects, but their exact purpose is still a mystery.
By the way, similar megaliths are found in the Mediterranean region, Crimea, Germany, Mexico, and the Azores.