An ancient city found in Peru at more than 4'000m altitude
The officials' verdict is perfect - this structure was built for defence. There is no water source on the cliff and it is useless to grow anything - it is not much of a shelter. A single narrow path leads to the fortress over a precipice and out onto the flat ground in front of the structure itself. Shooting enemies on a road with nowhere to run? Nah, the experts said that a separate structure on the edge of the town with an opening in the centre was made for defence. It makes sense: we wait for the enemy to walk along the path, enter the town, inflict damage and come within firing distance to the very edge of the town, that's when he'll be shot... Well, scientists are not tacticians, they are allowed to make such claims.
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The officials' verdict is perfect - this structure was built for defence. There is no water source on the cliff and it is useless to grow anything - it is not much of a shelter. A single narrow path leads to the fortress over a precipice and out onto the flat ground in front of the structure itself. Shooting enemies on a road with nowhere to run? Nah, the experts said that a separate structure on the edge of the town with an opening in the centre was made for defence. It makes sense: we wait for the enemy to walk along the path, enter the town, inflict damage and come within firing distance to the very edge of the town, that's when he'll be shot... Well, scientists are not tacticians, they are allowed to make such claims.
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A giant belted statue 150 metres high and 20,000 years old
The figure, named Dame of Mali, is located on the border between Guinea and Mali. It is carved into a granite mountain and lies 1.5 km above the ground - or rather, above an abyss.
What kind of Paleolithic civilization is this? Possessing the technology to create statues of such gigantic proportions?
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The figure, named Dame of Mali, is located on the border between Guinea and Mali. It is carved into a granite mountain and lies 1.5 km above the ground - or rather, above an abyss.
What kind of Paleolithic civilization is this? Possessing the technology to create statues of such gigantic proportions?
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This mermaid was a gift to the British Museum by Queen Victoria's grandson, and is said to have been caught in Japan in the 18th century.
The peculiar structure of this creature is surprising - literally two halves: the upper part of the body resembles a monkey, and the lower part resembles a fish tail. You involuntarily think of the old tales of underwater cities and their inhabitants, which may very well be real, judging by such findings.
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The peculiar structure of this creature is surprising - literally two halves: the upper part of the body resembles a monkey, and the lower part resembles a fish tail. You involuntarily think of the old tales of underwater cities and their inhabitants, which may very well be real, judging by such findings.
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The megalithic complex of fused granite called Bektua-Ata defies explanation
Experts claim that fused granite cannot exist in nature, otherwise it collapses into sand when heated strongly, but the rule does not seem to apply to this site.
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Experts claim that fused granite cannot exist in nature, otherwise it collapses into sand when heated strongly, but the rule does not seem to apply to this site.
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Unusual statues from an ancient Buddhist temple in Japan have suddenly failed to arouse the interest of scientists. Indeed, what is interesting about a human-lizard hybrid with obviously hypertrophied muscles. The most similar creatures were found in Iraq, where the reptiloid statuettes were recognised as the fantasy of a master. The striking resemblance of the fantasy at a distance of 8,000km.
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Sometimes, the processing of stones by our ancestors baffles modern science. Tambochai, Sigiriya are famous not only for their megaliths, but also for the unusual processing of them. Clear traces of stone melting, traces of rock flowing down do not fit the story of primitive peoples very well.
There is an interesting example at Machu Picchu, where both polygonal masonry and matching blocks, and a flat wall with no traces of machining, meet in one section.
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There is an interesting example at Machu Picchu, where both polygonal masonry and matching blocks, and a flat wall with no traces of machining, meet in one section.
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Saturn's rings were discovered back in Mayan times
Mayan artefacts with alien 'teachers' and flying vehicles are no longer surprising.
Pictured: image of planetary rings. What is interesting, the rings of Saturn were discovered by Galileo in 1610. The Mayans beat him to it.
Secrets of civilizationsSaturn's rings were discovered during the Maya
Maya artifacts with alien "teachers" and flying vehicles are no longer surprising.
Pictured: image of planetary rings. What is interesting, the rings of Saturn were discovered by Galileo in 1610. The Mayans beat him to it.
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Mayan artefacts with alien 'teachers' and flying vehicles are no longer surprising.
Pictured: image of planetary rings. What is interesting, the rings of Saturn were discovered by Galileo in 1610. The Mayans beat him to it.
Secrets of civilizationsSaturn's rings were discovered during the Maya
Maya artifacts with alien "teachers" and flying vehicles are no longer surprising.
Pictured: image of planetary rings. What is interesting, the rings of Saturn were discovered by Galileo in 1610. The Mayans beat him to it.
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About the "caves of heaven"
Mustang Kingdom is an isolated area of the Himalayan mountains. Some of the grottoes near the Tibetan plateau are made to the height of a ten-storey house. That the caves were used by humans is confirmed by the finds inside: household objects, hearths, cult objects and burials.
How did people climb to such heights? There had been no mountaineering equipment.
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Mustang Kingdom is an isolated area of the Himalayan mountains. Some of the grottoes near the Tibetan plateau are made to the height of a ten-storey house. That the caves were used by humans is confirmed by the finds inside: household objects, hearths, cult objects and burials.
How did people climb to such heights? There had been no mountaineering equipment.
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A figure from a museum in Peru
While most of the figures can be explained by the abstract depiction of animals, in this particular case it is much more complicated.
Here we clearly see a man holding nothing more than a steering wheel, with something resembling a dashboard in front of him.
Surprisingly, scientists are in no hurry to explain this artefact and for the most part simply ignore it.
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While most of the figures can be explained by the abstract depiction of animals, in this particular case it is much more complicated.
Here we clearly see a man holding nothing more than a steering wheel, with something resembling a dashboard in front of him.
Surprisingly, scientists are in no hurry to explain this artefact and for the most part simply ignore it.
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A map of the lost land of Wales - Welsh Atlantis - may have been found
Plato's account of Atlantis is the best known of its genre, but many cultures have their own legends of lost lands, and their many similarities lend plausibility to the idea. While we have many texts, there are very few ancient pre-Flood maps to help find lands lost to the rains. An example is the legendary lost kingdom of Cantr'r Gwaelod, the 'Lost Land of Wales', which has a beautiful mythical history and several reports of underwater sightings of its remains, but with no maps to pinpoint the land for modern searchers. That changed recently when two explorers studying the earliest surviving complete map of the British Isles discovered a couple of islands that are no longer on modern maps, and which may be the location of Cantr'r Gwaelod. I wonder what will happen next? Will we also be remembered as inhabitants of a lost land?
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Plato's account of Atlantis is the best known of its genre, but many cultures have their own legends of lost lands, and their many similarities lend plausibility to the idea. While we have many texts, there are very few ancient pre-Flood maps to help find lands lost to the rains. An example is the legendary lost kingdom of Cantr'r Gwaelod, the 'Lost Land of Wales', which has a beautiful mythical history and several reports of underwater sightings of its remains, but with no maps to pinpoint the land for modern searchers. That changed recently when two explorers studying the earliest surviving complete map of the British Isles discovered a couple of islands that are no longer on modern maps, and which may be the location of Cantr'r Gwaelod. I wonder what will happen next? Will we also be remembered as inhabitants of a lost land?
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How were the fashionable Religious Miniature Samshite figurines made?
These wooden figurines were created during a short period of time between 1500 and 1530 in Flanders or the Netherlands. They are so miniature that we had to use a microscope and X-ray to study them.
Using micro-computer tomography and 3D scans, the researchers found out just how complex these miniature altars really are. The inner layers are connected by hidden joints, which can only be detected by microscopy or X-ray. The individual fragments are attached to one another by tiny connecting pieces.
Much of the manufacturing process still remains unsolved.
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These wooden figurines were created during a short period of time between 1500 and 1530 in Flanders or the Netherlands. They are so miniature that we had to use a microscope and X-ray to study them.
Using micro-computer tomography and 3D scans, the researchers found out just how complex these miniature altars really are. The inner layers are connected by hidden joints, which can only be detected by microscopy or X-ray. The individual fragments are attached to one another by tiny connecting pieces.
Much of the manufacturing process still remains unsolved.
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Saw cuts in Peru's Ollantaytambo show that the Indians knew how to saw
Today according to the official version it is considered that Indians did not know how to saw. This hypothesis is confirmed only by the fact that during all archaeological excavations not a single saw was found. What did they leave such marks on the stones with then?
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Today according to the official version it is considered that Indians did not know how to saw. This hypothesis is confirmed only by the fact that during all archaeological excavations not a single saw was found. What did they leave such marks on the stones with then?
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Is Vesuvius a volcano or a terricone?
Terricones are man-made waste rock dumps. Chemical reactions take place inside them. Excessive pressure inside them also causes an explosion, although it doesn't make them volcanoes.
To anticipate whether you are looking at a volcano or a waste rock, you can look down into the cavity at the top where the explosion or lava flow has occurred. The walls of the basin at the volcano should be melted, covered with liquid lava and the walls of the waste heaps should be composed of crumbly layers.
Vesuvius has no sign of molten lava.
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Terricones are man-made waste rock dumps. Chemical reactions take place inside them. Excessive pressure inside them also causes an explosion, although it doesn't make them volcanoes.
To anticipate whether you are looking at a volcano or a waste rock, you can look down into the cavity at the top where the explosion or lava flow has occurred. The walls of the basin at the volcano should be melted, covered with liquid lava and the walls of the waste heaps should be composed of crumbly layers.
Vesuvius has no sign of molten lava.
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The Marcus Aurelius Column in Rome dates from 193
Apparently, workers and craftsmen at all times have been known to build something with a hammer and chisel...
Moreover, the details on the column are minuscule, and its preservation is excellent, as if works of art completely ignore water and wind erosion, and about the life span of various rocks they have never heard of.
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Apparently, workers and craftsmen at all times have been known to build something with a hammer and chisel...
Moreover, the details on the column are minuscule, and its preservation is excellent, as if works of art completely ignore water and wind erosion, and about the life span of various rocks they have never heard of.
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John Sevier described a conversation in 1783 with a Cherokee chief, Oconomotas: "The mounds closest to them were created by white men whom the Cherokees had driven from their land. These white men were called "moon-eyes" by the Indians, and were responsible for the creation of the city of Cahokia and Fort Mountain Park, which the Cherokees then took over.
On a tip from the Chiefs, the Moon-Eyes were credited with a connection with the 2,500-year-old Adena barrows.
The chiefs were not mistaken: the mounds did find tall, white, red-haired people who once lived in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Finding out who the first American landowners were and where they disappeared to is impossible.
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On a tip from the Chiefs, the Moon-Eyes were credited with a connection with the 2,500-year-old Adena barrows.
The chiefs were not mistaken: the mounds did find tall, white, red-haired people who once lived in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Finding out who the first American landowners were and where they disappeared to is impossible.
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In the west of the Sahara lies the Eye of the Earth.
These enormous circles, drawn by an unknown force, do resemble an eye.
The Rishat structure is the oldest geological formation and one of its rings is about 600 million years old. "The eye is perfectly visible from space and is used as a reference point in orbit.
There are various theories about the nature of the formation. For instance, that it is a crater from a meteorite falling or a place where a huge aircraft landed. But the most scholarly hypothesis is that it is the mouth of an extinct volcano or the result of erosion on a rising section of the earth's crust - only this does not explain the nature of the phenomenon.
What would have to happen to form such a vortex, I wonder, is how strong the explosion would have to be🧐
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These enormous circles, drawn by an unknown force, do resemble an eye.
The Rishat structure is the oldest geological formation and one of its rings is about 600 million years old. "The eye is perfectly visible from space and is used as a reference point in orbit.
There are various theories about the nature of the formation. For instance, that it is a crater from a meteorite falling or a place where a huge aircraft landed. But the most scholarly hypothesis is that it is the mouth of an extinct volcano or the result of erosion on a rising section of the earth's crust - only this does not explain the nature of the phenomenon.
What would have to happen to form such a vortex, I wonder, is how strong the explosion would have to be🧐
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The perfect masonry of the megaliths of Monrepo🤔
The official version is that the stones were dragged here by a glacier. Aha! Mounted one on top of the other and bent into a rectangle.
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The official version is that the stones were dragged here by a glacier. Aha! Mounted one on top of the other and bent into a rectangle.
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What techniques were used to create the terracotta army?🤔
Researchers have found that each sculpture was first shaped, then fired, glazed and painted. But researchers have not found any kilns for firing. But the production of 8,000 statues would have required an entire production facility.
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Researchers have found that each sculpture was first shaped, then fired, glazed and painted. But researchers have not found any kilns for firing. But the production of 8,000 statues would have required an entire production facility.
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In 2002, the ruins of a town with canals, buildings and detailed decorations were discovered in the Gulf of Cambay at a depth of 20m. The city was explored using sonar, examined by divers and dated 9,500 BC from pieces of carbonised wood. Mesolithic and Paleolithic stone tools, semi-precious stone beads and human remains were recovered from the seabed.
They were dated and slowed down because the known cultures of the time were not capable of building with such magnitude and finesse.
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They were dated and slowed down because the known cultures of the time were not capable of building with such magnitude and finesse.
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An ancient ship at the bottom of a lake🤔
In Italy, a large-scale archaeological expedition was carried out on Lake Nemi at the beginning of the 20th century.
A ship 60 metres long and 20 metres wide was discovered. It had marble columns, floors and statues, and ceramic pipes installed to heat the floors.
Amazingly, the hull was triple skinned with lead. And this in 54 AD! Scientists said it was a floating temple😂
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In Italy, a large-scale archaeological expedition was carried out on Lake Nemi at the beginning of the 20th century.
A ship 60 metres long and 20 metres wide was discovered. It had marble columns, floors and statues, and ceramic pipes installed to heat the floors.
Amazingly, the hull was triple skinned with lead. And this in 54 AD! Scientists said it was a floating temple😂
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