The Castle of the Knights Templar.
Tomar, Portugal.
Convento de Cristo) is the main stronghold of the Portuguese Templars and their successors, the Order of Christ. It was founded as a castle of the Order in the twelfth century, later converted into a monastery. Over the years, the city of Tomar grew under the shadow of the fortress. In 1983 the monastery of Christ was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Surely these were built by men?
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Tomar, Portugal.
Convento de Cristo) is the main stronghold of the Portuguese Templars and their successors, the Order of Christ. It was founded as a castle of the Order in the twelfth century, later converted into a monastery. Over the years, the city of Tomar grew under the shadow of the fortress. In 1983 the monastery of Christ was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Surely these were built by men?
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I was reminded of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" (upper left picture). It's a funny fairy tale for children, quite famous, and I think most people have heard of it.
Except that it was about 20-25 years ago when I was a kid. Now I see huge doors, engravings of giants, majestic buildings, and the thought creeps in, "Did the author really make up this fairy tale or was it all real?" Also in the story there is a line "We thought it best to stick to the old direction, rather than deviate more to the north, as in doing so we could be carried to the northwestern regions of the Great Tataria (!!!) or the Arctic Sea. So, think now...
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Except that it was about 20-25 years ago when I was a kid. Now I see huge doors, engravings of giants, majestic buildings, and the thought creeps in, "Did the author really make up this fairy tale or was it all real?" Also in the story there is a line "We thought it best to stick to the old direction, rather than deviate more to the north, as in doing so we could be carried to the northwestern regions of the Great Tataria (!!!) or the Arctic Sea. So, think now...
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In 1928, a Soviet history teacher, Anatoly Stolbunov, discovered mammoth bones 30,000 years old in the Chersonesos Cave near Simferopol. On the scapula was a drawing of dots and lines, which was similar to a map of the starry sky. Astrophysicists copied the map onto a computer and confirmed that this is what the sky looked like 30,000 years ago.
Now the details - almost all of the stars from the drawing on the bone have "survived" to this day, but some can only be seen through a telescope. How could ancient people see them without optics?
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Now the details - almost all of the stars from the drawing on the bone have "survived" to this day, but some can only be seen through a telescope. How could ancient people see them without optics?
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The door to the Lateran Basilica is more than 2,000 years old.
The central bronze doors were installed in 1656 by F. Borromini; they were transferred from the Curia of Julius in the Roman Forum.
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The central bronze doors were installed in 1656 by F. Borromini; they were transferred from the Curia of Julius in the Roman Forum.
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In 1936, workers near Baghdad, while excavating the ruins of the 2,000-year-old village of Qujut Rabu, discovered a strange artifact.
The artifact looked like a 13-centimeter clay pot, with a cylinder of copper sheet measuring about 5 inches by 1.5 inches embedded within it. Inside this cylinder, an iron rod was placed in the center, sealed at the top with resin resembling bitumen. The rod appeared to have been corroded by some kind of acidic composition similar to electrolyte. This battery has been dated between 248 BC and 226 AD and what it may have been designed for remains a mystery.
Many archaeologists are convinced that these artifacts are batteries, but the Parthians themselves used them not for their intended purpose, but inherited them from the Sumerian civilization.
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The artifact looked like a 13-centimeter clay pot, with a cylinder of copper sheet measuring about 5 inches by 1.5 inches embedded within it. Inside this cylinder, an iron rod was placed in the center, sealed at the top with resin resembling bitumen. The rod appeared to have been corroded by some kind of acidic composition similar to electrolyte. This battery has been dated between 248 BC and 226 AD and what it may have been designed for remains a mystery.
Many archaeologists are convinced that these artifacts are batteries, but the Parthians themselves used them not for their intended purpose, but inherited them from the Sumerian civilization.
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The Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Munich, built in the 18th century by the Asam brothers.
Just look at this work of art. And they used to be able to build like this❗️
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Just look at this work of art. And they used to be able to build like this❗️
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Dragon Trees on Socotra Island
Arriving on the island of Socotra and seeing huge trees, shaped like mushrooms, a tourist might think that he found himself on another planet. Indeed, the appearance of dragon-trees reminiscent of a frame from the space saga. Why such an unusual name?
All because of the red resin that flows from the trees.The inhabitants of Socotra believe that this is what the blood of the dragons that inhabited our planet many millions of years ago looked like. There is an old Indian legend, which says that in ancient times on Socotra lived a bloodthirsty dragon. It attacked elephants and drank their blood.
But one day an old elephant fell on him and crushed the beast. Their blood mingled and soaked the earth, where later on unusual shaped trees with red resin grew.
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Arriving on the island of Socotra and seeing huge trees, shaped like mushrooms, a tourist might think that he found himself on another planet. Indeed, the appearance of dragon-trees reminiscent of a frame from the space saga. Why such an unusual name?
All because of the red resin that flows from the trees.The inhabitants of Socotra believe that this is what the blood of the dragons that inhabited our planet many millions of years ago looked like. There is an old Indian legend, which says that in ancient times on Socotra lived a bloodthirsty dragon. It attacked elephants and drank their blood.
But one day an old elephant fell on him and crushed the beast. Their blood mingled and soaked the earth, where later on unusual shaped trees with red resin grew.
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A group of researchers can influence history more than venerable scientists.
Thus, enthusiasts have shown that ancient peoples were able to build a real network of tunnels, under the mountain systems: Altai, Sayan, Himalayas, Urals, Caucasus, Carpathian Mountains, under the plains and going under the rivers and seas. The tunnels go tens and hundreds of kilometers underground and this is only a part that we know of.
To shift the origin of tunnels on natural reasons does not turn out - labyrinths and traps are not created by water that once again confirms the developed skills of ancient people.
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Thus, enthusiasts have shown that ancient peoples were able to build a real network of tunnels, under the mountain systems: Altai, Sayan, Himalayas, Urals, Caucasus, Carpathian Mountains, under the plains and going under the rivers and seas. The tunnels go tens and hundreds of kilometers underground and this is only a part that we know of.
To shift the origin of tunnels on natural reasons does not turn out - labyrinths and traps are not created by water that once again confirms the developed skills of ancient people.
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Dragon Trees on Socotra Island
Arriving on the island of Socotra and seeing huge trees, shaped like mushrooms, a tourist might think that he found himself on another planet. Indeed, the appearance of dragon-trees reminiscent of a frame from the space saga. Why such an unusual name?
All because of the red resin that flows from the trees.The inhabitants of Socotra believe that this is what the blood of the dragons that inhabited our planet many millions of years ago looked like. There is an old Indian legend, which says that in ancient times on Socotra lived a bloodthirsty dragon. It attacked elephants and drank their blood.
But one day an old elephant fell on him and crushed the beast. Their blood mingled and soaked the earth, where later on unusual shaped trees with red resin grew.
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Arriving on the island of Socotra and seeing huge trees, shaped like mushrooms, a tourist might think that he found himself on another planet. Indeed, the appearance of dragon-trees reminiscent of a frame from the space saga. Why such an unusual name?
All because of the red resin that flows from the trees.The inhabitants of Socotra believe that this is what the blood of the dragons that inhabited our planet many millions of years ago looked like. There is an old Indian legend, which says that in ancient times on Socotra lived a bloodthirsty dragon. It attacked elephants and drank their blood.
But one day an old elephant fell on him and crushed the beast. Their blood mingled and soaked the earth, where later on unusual shaped trees with red resin grew.
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Museum of Gold in Bogotá. Figurine "God from heaven".
The material is extremely hard, very approximate official age is 6000 years. In the figurine, clothing similar to a space suit sits in an "anatomical" chair.
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The material is extremely hard, very approximate official age is 6000 years. In the figurine, clothing similar to a space suit sits in an "anatomical" chair.
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Giants existed after all
Indian legend says that real giants once lived in Nevada, but they were killed in one of the caves. In 1911, archaeologists found a human jaw that was much larger than the jaw of the average person on Earth.
Twenty years later, in 1931, two skeletons were found at the bottom of a lake, one of which was 2.4 meters long and the other almost as much as 3.
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Indian legend says that real giants once lived in Nevada, but they were killed in one of the caves. In 1911, archaeologists found a human jaw that was much larger than the jaw of the average person on Earth.
Twenty years later, in 1931, two skeletons were found at the bottom of a lake, one of which was 2.4 meters long and the other almost as much as 3.
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The largest of the ancient stone blocks in Lebanon.
An enigma greater than the pyramids of Egypt, it is a massive block of granite weighing 1,650 tons, perfectly carved and polished.
Granite is the strongest rock next to a diamond. What did they use to do this?
Laser machines? It appears to be polished and ready for transport, but it's impossible to lift it with all the technology we have today, no crane in the world can lift a block of 1,650 tons.
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An enigma greater than the pyramids of Egypt, it is a massive block of granite weighing 1,650 tons, perfectly carved and polished.
Granite is the strongest rock next to a diamond. What did they use to do this?
Laser machines? It appears to be polished and ready for transport, but it's impossible to lift it with all the technology we have today, no crane in the world can lift a block of 1,650 tons.
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