The Iranian city of gnomes

2018-01-23 11:31

The Iranian city of gnomes
Makhounik village in the Iranian province of South Khorasan is a reality, and inhabited it a century ago, people increase of one meter is about 50 cm lower than the Iranian average growth of the time.

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Just a century ago the growth of the village residents Machanic does not exceed one meter, reports Rus.Media. Some still believe that in this remote corner of Iran, where, in addition to Mounika another 12 settlements once stood the ancient City of dwarfs.

In the first part of the famous book by Jonathan swift “Gulliver’s Travels” the ship’s doctor Lemuel Gulliver in a shipwreck, falls in lilliput, the growth of which barely more than 15 cm.

But Lilliput is a fantastic country, which swift invented to satirize the vices of mankind. But Makhounik village in the Iranian province of South Khorasan is a reality, and inhabited it a century ago, people increase of one meter is about 50 cm lower than the Iranian average growth of the time.

The village Machanic approximately 1500 years, it is just 75 km from the border with Afghanistan. In 2005, in its vicinity found the mummified body length of 25 cm, which further strengthened the belief of the Iranians that once there was an ancient City of dwarfs.

Although most of the 700 inhabitants of the modern Mounika now normal growth in the village is easy to find a confirmation of what their ancestors were.

Of the approximately two hundred are built of stone and clay houses 70-80 particularly low – height from half to two meters. The ceilings in the rooms with a height of 1.4 m.

Wooden door is located on the South side, to the only room in the house was protected from the strong Northern winds. The area of these rooms – from 10 to 14 square meters, they have separate space for the storage of grain, is a slab of clay and a place to sleep.