Towers of Tibet

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The Science Channel aired an intriguing documentary on September 2, 2008, "The Secret Towers of the Himalayas". The hour long documentary chronicled the mapping and dating of an estimated 600 stone towers
scattered throughout Tibet by Frederique Darragon and Michel Peissel between 1998 and 2003. Carbon dating showed that the towers are between 500 and 1,200 years old.

Who built these towers and why is it a mystery.

The ancient manuscripts of the Buddhist monks in the area do not mention the towers. The indigenous people of the region have no written history and, because of their isolation, there is little communication between villages. Often the dialects from one valley to the next is so diverse as to be a different language. Darragon and Peissel assume that this isolation and the lack of a written language may have been a major factor in the lost of the towers' history.

There are mentions of the towers, however, by Chinese scholars late in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in descriptions of kingdoms that were thought to be only legends. Darragon found that many of the villages where the towers are located bear the same names as these kingdoms.
www.associatedcontent.com/article/1011664/ancient_towers_...