From "Memoirs" by the memoirist, historian and privy councilor F. Vigel, 1865: "I recall that among the ruins of this very Rome arose the papal authority, which spread throughout Christianity, and when the Vatican was built and the temple of the Apostle Peter began to rise to the surprise of the entire enlightened Christian world, most of its half was torn from it by Luther and Calvin ...".

Censorship falsifiers missed bits of truth among the denoscriptions of the architectural sites of St. Petersburg. The very notion of "Vatican City" (the one that is a state formation, not a hill) was well known at the beginning of the 19th century and the text directly mentions the emergence of the Vatican City along with the construction of the church of St. Peter. Officials and their supporters claim that no Vatican (except the hill) existed before 1929🤔

Calvin and Luther were religious figures of the 17th century and, following the logic of F. Vigil, the Vatican (the state) already existed at that time🧐

As everyone knows, it is believed that humans appeared 2.6 million years ago and the dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago. In other words, according to the official science, humans and dinosaurs could not meet, but the facts say otherwise

History itself states that ancient people did not do archaeology and excavations because they did not have the necessary knowledge, tools, etc.

But then how to explain many bas-reliefs, images and references to dinosaur species with the same appearance as if they had been seen in reality?

If ancient people did not see dinosaurs, and at the same time did not excavate to find their remains, recreating the exact appearance of the ancient creatures, how could they depict and describe them?🤔

In 2017, a structure about 1 square kilometer in size and a stone sculpture of a lion was found at a depth of 10 meters in Lake Van in Turkey. It was estimated to be 3,000 years old😱

Interestingly, the fortress stood for several thousand years, and went under water "because the water level in the lake has risen by 150 m in recent centuries.

I wonder what happened in the 18th and 19th century that raised the water level by a hundred and fifty meters?🤔

In 1710 the book "The History of the Great Genghis Khan, the first emperor of the ancient Moguls and Tartars" by the translator of the French Royal Court Francois Petit was published.

The Mongols, who according to official history were exclusively nomads, turned out to have a well-developed blacksmithing business. It is clear that historians are more interested in describing grandiose battles and numerous armies, but explaining where the nomadic army in the steppes got weapons for tens of thousands of warriors is not interesting at all.

Where did they get the raw material - iron ore, where did they locate the processing plant, how and where did they forge the metal, how did they organize the logistics - a longing! And after all, the scale of production should be impressive for the army of many thousands and the presence of wagon train smiths does not explain it🧐

The 16th Century Encyclopedia of Animals💭

A book by the botanical scholar Jan Johnston, "Denoscriptions of the Wonders of Nature. Amazing Animals."

In this book, in addition to our usual domestic animals, hippos, goats, horses, cows, monkeys, and lizards, there are unicorns, griffins, hybrids, and other mythical animals, as it should be😁

Carthage must be destroyed!🤔

Despite the success of the first and second Punic wars, in which Rome fought the Phoenician city-state of Carthage for supremacy in the Mediterranean Sea, the Romans suffered a series of humiliating defeats from Carthage and feared its revival, leading to a desire for total victory and revenge for all losses. In addition, Rome was very concerned that Carthage was recovering quickly and was still creating strong competition for Roman trade. This led to the insistently repeated cry of Carthago delenda est❗️

Eventually, as a result of the Third Punic War, the city of half a million people, Carthage, was completely destroyed and its survivors were sold into slavery. According to a later legend, the site of the city was filled with salt.

Before Our Time

How Napoleon lost the battle with rabbits😂

After the signing of the Peace of Tilsit in 1807, Napoleon decided to celebrate the event by hunting rabbits and entrusted the organization of the feast to Berthier. He purchased pet rabbits (some sources say a few hundred, others say 3,000).

But when the rabbits were released, they behaved unexpectedly - instead of running away, they lunged at Napoleon and his entourage because they were hungry and expected to get food.

Historian David Chandler described it this way: "Possessing a finer understanding of Napoleon's strategy than most of his generals, the horde of rabbits split into two wings and flanked Napoleon's party, heading straight for the Emperor.

Napoleon and his entourage had no choice but to board their carriages and depart.

Bohemian Grove, California, USA📓

The elite club by that name is the star of a conspiracy theory. The gated vacation club is located in an ancient California heirloom forest. Every year since 1899 the most influential people of the world (for example, American presidents also come here) supposedly meet here. To become a member of the club you have to wait - the queue is about 15 years, and you have to sign a non-disclosure agreement. What exactly is being discussed in the cages of the club can only be guessed. For example, it is assumed that the creation of the atomic bomb was discussed in the Bohemian Grove.

The Phantom of the Opera Garnier👻

In 1873, a talented young pianist lost his fiancée in a terrible fire and was disfigured by the flames. After these terrible events he took refuge in the cellars of the Opéra Garnier, where he died of grief some time later.

This beautiful and sad story inspired the French writer Gaston Leroux to write his novel The Phantom of the Opera.

To enhance the mystical beginning, Leroux used in the story strange phenomena that actually took place at the end of the nineteenth century in the premises of the Paris Opera. For example, in 1896, a chandelier fell there during a performance, killing the spectator who was sitting in chair number 13.

It is also rumored that the contract of the director of the Opéra Garnier allegedly included a clause stating "not to sell tickets in box number 5". This seat was reserved by the Phantom of the Opera, who transferred 20,000 francs (about 3,000 euros) each month to the institution's account in order to have the exclusive right to use the box.

The longest fossilized tree in the world (Thailand)🪵

It is 72.2 meters long and can be seen by anyone at Amphoe Ban Tak National Geological Park.

This park fossils were found by accident, just 10 years ago. Surprisingly, the process of replacing woody tissue with minerals takes an incredibly long time. The well-known moraine oak (in fact, the initial phase of fossilization) takes 1-1.5 thousand years to mature in water. For the transformation of a tree into stone in the ground, the time frame starts from 200 thousand to 2 million years.

But if you look at the photo, you can clearly see that the depth of the trees is ridiculous, literally a couple of meters. It would be more logical to think that the tree would rot, exposed to the air. Either the timing of the transformation of the tree into stone is different from the canonical and the official science is a little bit wrong, dating such findings📜

The Eiffel Tower was conceived as the entrance arch to an exhibition held in 1889. The exhibition showcased advances in energy and the latest inventions.

The 1900 photo of the tower shows structures that have not survived to this day. At the same time, the structure gave off illumination no worse than in the days of Catherine the Great from "ether" electricity.

Greek fire🔥

A combustible mixture used for military purposes during the Middle Ages. It was first used by the Byzantines in naval battles. The Greek fire apparatus was a copper pipe, a siphon, through which the liquid mixture was spewed out with a rumbling noise. Compressed air was used as the ejecting force, or bellows like forges.
Presumably, the maximum range of the siphons was 25-30 m, so initially Greek fire was used only in the navy, where it was a terrible threat to the slow and clumsy wooden ships of the time. Moreover, according to the testimonies of contemporaries, Greek fire could not be extinguished because it continued to burn even on the surface of the water.

Was the sinking of the Titanic planned in advance?🤔

There is a theory that the Titanic did not sink at all. Robin Gardiner and Dan Van Der Watt, experts in studying the causes of the wreck, put forward the theory that the wreck is the Titanic's twin brother, called the Olympic.

Allegedly, the owners of the ship "Olympic" in 1911 suffered serious losses: their ship collided with another, but the damage was not enough for the insurance payments. Then the owners of the "Olympic" deliberately directed the ship to the area of possible ice and even persuaded the captain not to reduce the speed so that the ship was seriously damaged when it collided with a block of ice, and they got the money.

At first, the version had evidence. The fact is that nothing was found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean at the site of the disaster that bore the name "Titanic".

What secrets does the Bimini Road hold?

In May 1968, divers discovered thousands of enormous flat limestone blocks in the sea off the coast of Bimini, Bahamas. All of them were neatly stacked, forming a road more than one kilometer long. Agree, nature itself without human intervention could not have created anything like this. Interesting...🤔

Why did they make big doors?

One of the official versions is to make people feel great.

A door on the right is good, but on the left, where is the greatness gone?

Maybe it was much simpler, and people were of different heights?:)

Napoleon was buried without a penis

It is believed that in 1821, during an autopsy, the organ was stolen by a doctor and given to a priest who...

Widely known Egyptian Ankh sign and a picture of a Tesla coil type device with a flat inductor and top mounted inductor.

From this point of view, the Egyptians did not draw abstract symbols of life or power to the gods, but gave very real technical devices in their hands🤔

Unusual stone formations, in the form of spiral columns, were found on the shore of Lake Crowley in California.

What do they remind you of? Foundation piles? Reinforcements? You can see that the formation is not homogeneous, the columns are separate from the rock. You know what the scientists said? It's volcanic ash that melted the ice and that's what it was 🤔

Well, well, that's what we believed...

Did the ancient Peruvians have the technology to soften stone?📜

Archaeologists and scientists are racking their brains as to how the mysterious Sacsayhuaman fortress in Peru was built.
The giant stones used to build this unusual ancient fortress are so heavy that they would have been difficult to transport and install even with modern technology.

According to some researchers, the granite used to build the walls of the fortress in Cusco was exposed to very high temperatures, so that its outer surface became glassy and smooth.
Scientists have concluded that the stones were softened with some kind of high-tech equipment and then each block was ground according to the notches of the adjacent stone, which is why they fit together so tightly🧐

Feodosia earrings - an artifact of the past, which cannot be recreated📜

In 1853, the famous artist I. Aivazovsky organized excavations of burial grounds near Crimea. In one of them was found this unusual artifact 2500 years old. When the earrings were examined by jewelers, it became clear that the artifact was unique. No jeweler in the 19th century was able to recreate it, as the miniaturization and detailing of the product is at the highest level.

With what tool were they created?🤔

A Sumerian statue from the city of Uruk, which existed as early as 3,000 B.C., is now preserved in the Pergamon Museum in Germany. The unique statue, highly unusual, depicts a man inside a sphere with a broken beam🤔

And to the right are the flying machines in the frescoes of the monastery of Vysokie Dečani in Serbia (1350).

The interesting similarity is complemented by a time gap - where are the Sumerians and where are the medieval Serbs? Did someone borrow the idea or did the nations capture what they saw?📜