The most unusual artifacts of antiquity. Ancient artifacts
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What real historical artifacts are fraught with still inexplicable mysteries?
Rat King
Several museums around the world contain strange, once-living exhibits representing a legendary beast from the Middle Ages called the "rat king." This kind of creation occurs when the tails of several rats are twisted together without the ability to untangle. The result is a knot of piles of rodents, forced to act henceforth as a single “creature”. The most extraordinary theories claim that in such a group of animals there is a leader who acts as the “head” and directs the movement of the entire rat horde. The monster turns out to be truly nightmarish; it represented a special horror for the inhabitants of the Middle Ages who feared the plague from everywhere.
The largest rat king ever discovered is made up of 32 now-dead rodents and is part of an exhibition at a museum in Altenburg, Germany.
Easter Island writing.
Easter Island writing. Almost everyone knows about the famous Easter Island statues, but there are other artifacts associated with this place, the mystery of which has not been solved until now. 24 wooden carved tablets were found that contain a system of symbols. These symbols are called "rongorongo" and are considered an ancient proto-writing form. To date, they have not been able to decipher them.
Codex Gigas ("Devil's Bible")
The 13th-century manuscript, so huge and heavy that it required several people to transport it, was said to have been written by a monk condemned to death who made a deal with the devil. With the help of the forces of the underworld, the book was created in one night (the illustrations were drawn by the devil himself). The writing in the book is surprisingly uniform, as if all the writing had actually been produced within a short period of time. However, according to experts, it should have taken at least 5, or even 30 years of continuous work.
Some argue that alien life forms have visited Earth throughout its history.
However, such claims are difficult to prove. Most cases of unidentified flying object sightings and abductions can be easily disproved,
as “ducks” or simple misunderstandings of what is happening.
But what about those times when the little green men actually left something behind?
Or what about those artifacts that people of ancient times built to honor what can only be called visitors from other planets?
There are a huge number of strange objects in the world, both mysterious and made by human hands,
which are supposedly evidence of visits of alien life forms to our Earth.
10. Russian UFO Tooth Wheel
A man from Russia found a strange piece of machinery in Vladivostok, the administrative capital of the Primorsky Territory. The object resembled a piece of a gear wheel and was in a piece of coal that the man had used to light the fire. Although discarded parts of old cars are not uncommon in Russia, the man became interested and showed his find to scientists. Testing revealed that the jagged object was composed almost exclusively of aluminum and was almost certainly man-made.
In addition, its age was 300 million years. In connection with this discovery, a number of interesting questions, since aluminum of such purity and form does not occur in nature and people did not know how to obtain it until 1825. It is also curious that the object also resembles parts used in microscopes and other delicate technical devices.
Despite the fact that conspiracy supporters did not fail to immediately declare that part of the spaceship aliens, scientists studying the object are in no hurry to draw conclusions and want to conduct a series of tests to find out more information about the mysterious artifact.
9. Guatemala Stone Head
In the 1930s, in the middle of the Guatemalan jungle, explorers found a huge, impressively crafted sandstone statue. The facial features of the stone carved did not resemble those of the Mayans or any other people who were known to inhabit these lands. Moreover, the elongated skull and delicate facial features were seemingly not found in history books at all.
Scientists said the statue's unique facial features depict a member of an ancient alien civilization, which was much more advanced than any of the pre-Hispanic races of America that we know of. Some have even suggested that the head may be just part of a much larger structure located at the bottom of the head (this has been determined not to be the case). Of course, there is a chance that the statue could be the work of a later artist or even a complete hoax. Unfortunately, we will probably never know for sure: the head was used as a target for training of revolutionary troops and its features were destroyed almost without a trace.
8. Williams Enigmalith
In 1998, a hiker named John J. Williams noticed a strange metal protrusion in the mud. He dug up a strange stone, which, after cleaning, was discovered to have a strange electrical component attached to it. Electrical device it was clearly man-made and looked a bit like an electrical plug.
Since then, this stone has become a well-known secret in UFO enthusiast circles. He was written about in UFO Magazine and (according to Williams) in the Fortean Times, the famous magazine dedicated to mysterious phenomena. Williams, an electrical engineer, says that electronic component, embedded in the stone was not glued or cut into the granite. In fact, the rock most likely formed around the device.
Many believe that Williams' Enigmalite is a "duck" because Williams refuses to split the stone but agrees to sell it for $500,000. Additionally, the stone device is similar to the heating stones commonly used to keep tame lizards warm. Nevertheless, geological analysis, apparently determined that the stone is about 100,000 years old, and if this is true, then the structure inside it cannot be the work of man. Williams is so confident in his find that he agrees to allow Enigmalite to be researched under three conditions: he must be present during the research, the stone must remain intact and unharmed, and he will not pay for the research.
7. Ancient planes
The Incas and other pre-Columbian people left behind extremely mysterious trinkets. One of the strangest is probably the so-called Ancient Planes, these are small, golden figurines that resemble modern jet planes. It was initially believed that they were zoomorphic (meaning they were made in the shape of animals), but it was soon discovered that the figurines had strange features that were very similar to fighter jet wings, stabilizing tails, and even landing gear. The figures were quite aerodynamic and when people who believed in ancient astronauts (supposedly) made model airplanes according to the proportions of the figures, and equipped them with propellers and (again, presumably) jet engines, they flew great. All this has led to the assumption that the Incas most likely had contact with people (most likely of extraterrestrial origin) who were able to build modern jet aircraft, and who may even have had this technology themselves.
Well, there is also the option that these wonderful figurines simply could be artistic depictions of bees, flying fish, or other winged creatures. As always, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
6. Ubaid Lizard Men
The archaeological site of Al Ubaid is a cornucopia for archaeologists and historians. It was there that countless objects from pre-Sumerian times were found, a period known as the Ubaid period (5900 - 4000 BC). However, some of these items are quite scary. A number of statues from the Ubaid period depict strange, lizard-like humanoids in unique, mundane poses, which seems to indicate that these creatures were not gods (such as the animal-headed Egyptian gods) but rather a race of lizard people.
Of course, these statues have given rise to countless stories and theories about lizard aliens who once inhabited the earth (and, according to conspiracy theorists, still inhabit it). Although it seems unlikely, their true nature remains a mystery.
5. Remains of meteorites on the island of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka Meteorite Fossils)
After analyzing the remains of a meteorite that fell in Sri Lanka, researchers discovered that the object they found was something more than a simple piece of space rock. It was an alien artifact in the most literal sense: an artifact made up of real aliens. Two separate studies found that the meteorite contained fossils and algae that were clearly of extraterrestrial origin.
Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, who led the first study, said the remains provided compelling evidence for panspermia (the hypothesis that life exists in the universe and spreads through meteorites and other solid rocks). However, his statements, as expected, were criticized. Wickramasingha is an avid enthusiast of the panspermia theory, with a tendency to claim that almost everything he finds is of unearthly origin. Moreover, traces of life on the meteorite actually contained freshwater species commonly found on Earth, indicating that the remains were contaminated by organisms during their time on our planet.
4. Tapestry “Summer’s Triumph Tapestry”
The tapestry known as the "Summer Triumph" was created in Bruges (the capital of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium) around 1538. The tapestry is currently in the Bavarian National Museum (Bayerisches National Museum).
"Summer Triumph" is famous (or infamous) among conspiracy theorists because it depicts whole line characteristic objects flying in the sky that clearly resemble unidentified flying objects. Although their presence is puzzling, some people believe they may have been added to the tapestry (which depicts the rise of a victorious ruler to power) to link the UFO to the ruler as a symbol of divine intervention. This, of course, raises more questions than answers, such as: Why did 16th-century Belgians recognize flying saucers and mentally associate them with a deity?
3. “Glorification Of The Eucharist”
An Italian artist named Ventura Salimbeni painted one of the most mysterious altar paintings in history. "Disputa of the Eucharist", a 16th century painting, also known as "The Celebration of the Sacrament of the Eucharist" (Eucharist is a synonym for the term Holy Communion), consists of three parts. The lower two parts are relatively ordinary: they depict a number of clergy representatives and an altar. However, on the top there is a picture of the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and a dove representing the Holy Spirit looking down on them)... and in their hands they are holding what looks very similar to space satellite. The object is large and spherical in shape with a metallic coating, telescopic antennas and strange lights. In fact, it is very similar to the old Sputnik 1.
Although UFO enthusiasts and ancient astronaut theorists have often cited the Celebration of the Eucharist as evidence to support their theories of extraterrestrial life (or perhaps travel), experts have quickly dismissed such claims. According to them, the sphere is the "Sphere of the World" (Sphaera Mundi), a spherical representation of the universe that was often used in religious art. The strange lights on the "satellite" are just the sun and moon, and its antennas are actually scepters that symbolize the power of the Father and the Son.
2. Mexican Government’s Maya Artifacts
The story goes like this: In 2012, the Mexican government released a series of Mayan artifacts that they had kept secret for 80 years as state secrets. These items were taken from an unexplored pyramid that was found underneath another pyramid at Calakmul, the site of one of the most powerful ancient Mayan cities. IN documentary film, sanctioned by the Mexican government and produced by Raul Julia-Levy (son of famous actor Raul Julia) and financier Elisabeth Thieriot (ex-wife of the former publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle), published a number of these findings, most of them which clearly depict UFOs and aliens.
This case may seem quite intriguing, but once you take a closer look, a strange scam pattern begins to emerge. It seems that both documentarians are lying about something. Julia-Levy does not seem to be who he claims to be, and Raul's widow Julia publicly called the man a fraud named Salvador Alba Fuentes. According to her, Salvador is trying to use the fame of her late husband and tells everyone that his real name is Raul Julia-Levy. Meanwhile, Thierieu shut down production on the documentary and sued her partner, accusing Julia-Levi of stealing her documentary and abusing filming equipment (which Julia-Levi resents). Moreover, there appears to be very little scientific evidence to support the authenticity of the artifacts, and photographs that have surfaced online provide less than conclusive evidence.
Perhaps the artifacts were cheap fakes made by a local artisan. Perhaps the officials changed their minds about the documentary and ordered Thierier to stop filming it at all costs. Whatever the truth behind these strange artifacts, their authenticity is far from conclusive.
1. Betz Mystery Sphere
As the Betz family surveyed the aftermath of a strange fire that had destroyed 35.6 hectares of their forest, they found strange object: a silvery sphere, about 20 centimeters in diameter, completely smooth except for a strange, elongated triangle symbol. Thinking that it might be a NASA instrument or even a Soviet spy satellite, they eventually decided that it was most likely just a souvenir. Without thinking twice, they decided to take him with them.
Two weeks later, their son was strumming his guitar in the same room where the sphere stood. Suddenly, the sphere began to respond to his melodies, producing strange pulsating sounds and resonance that greatly alarmed the family's dog. The family soon discovered that the orb had other strange qualities. She could stop and change direction as she was sent rolling across the floor, eventually returning to the man who pushed her like a faithful dog. It seemed that it was powered by solar energy, becoming noticeably more active on sunny days.
It began to seem that something (or someone) was controlling the sphere: from time to time it emitted low-frequency vibrations and noises, as if a motor was working inside it. She avoided falling or hitting anything at all costs, as if protecting what was inside her. She was even able to completely defy gravity by climbing up an inclined table to avoid falling.
Naturally, these messages were followed by a madness in funds mass media. Respected and serious newspapers such as the New York Times and the London Daily sent reporters to see the miracle sphere in person as it repeated its tricks in front of countless crowds. Even scientists and military personnel were impressed, although the Betz family did not allow them to take the sphere for more detailed study. However, this soon changed when the sphere began to misbehave. She began to exhibit poltergeist-like behavior: at night the doors of the house would slam shut and strange organ music would suddenly fill the house. At that moment, the family decided to find out what the sphere really was. Navy analyzed it and discovered that it was... a completely ordinary (albeit high-quality) ball of of stainless steel.
To this day, this alien sphere and its purpose remain a mystery. However, there were many theories with which people tried to explain its nature. By the way, the most likely of them is the most common explanation: three years before the Betz family discovered the sphere, an artist named James Durling-Jones was passing through the area where it was found. In the roof rack of his car were several stainless steel balls for a sculpture he was making. Some of these balls fell out while the car was driving over potholes. These balls fit the exact description of the Betz sphere, and were balanced enough to roll at the slightest provocation (the Betz family lived in an old house with an uneven floor, so such a ball would appear to behave erratically). These balls could even make a rattling sound, thanks to tiny pieces of metal shavings stuck inside during the manufacturing process.
While it doesn't explain all the phenomena people have reported, this explanation certainly casts a shadow over all the "mysterious ghostly orb from space" rhetoric.
Fragments of meteorites with the remains of unknown life forms, metal parts made of alloys unknown to science, spheres of unknown purpose with unique physical properties– how to explain the appearance of all these amazing artifacts on our planet? Many scientists are inclined to a completely logical explanation and believe that such finds are of extraterrestrial origin, and they came to earth during another visit of aliens. Others find such explanations frivolous and regard them as an attempt to “hide behind the aliens” out of despair. Disputes about whether representatives visited our planet extraterrestrial civilizations, have been going on for hundreds of years. Amazing discoveries that ordinary people discover in different parts of the world increasingly make us think that we are not alone in the universe.
Stone head from Guatemala, Guatemala
The impenetrable jungles of Guatemala, which have been inhabited by Mayan tribes since ancient times, hide one of the most mysterious artifacts on earth. Here, among dense thickets of exotic trees, rests a huge sandstone statue, which was discovered by researchers in the 30s of the last century. The impressive size of the head is unremarkable at first glance and resembles the surviving part of a statue of some ancient deity, but is not such at all.
The fact is that the facial features of the statue are strikingly different from the classical Mayan appearance; the statue is absolutely unlike those stone sculptures that were discovered in the nearby territories of Guatemala. A more detailed study revealed that the area in which the statue was found had never been inhabited. In addition, it is much older than the Mayan sculptures discovered nearby.
Discussing the version of the origin of the statue, the researchers disagreed; some of them hastened to note that the head could depict the face of an alien creature. A worthy alternative to this version is the assumption that the statue could have been created by more ancient peoples who inhabited the jungles of Guatemala even before the Mayans. A few years after the discovery of the unique monument, its location became known to the general public. The troops used the stone head as a target for shooting, and therefore the unique monument was almost completely destroyed.
The mysterious Williams enigmalitis has been troubling the minds of modern researchers for more than 15 years. The find was named after its discoverer, electrical engineer and traveler John J. Williams. In 1998, he managed to discover an unusual stone with a built-in element of unknown purpose, which appearance reminds me a little of the classic plug from an electrical appliance. Photos of the mysterious stone were published in UFO Magazine and Fortean Times, and the find itself was carefully examined.
One of the most amazing mysteries of the 20th century remains the metal sphere, which is owned by the Betz family. In March 1974, a severe fire occurred on the lands owned by the Betz family, destroying more than 35 hectares of forest. When the family went to inspect the damaged farm area on March 26, they discovered a strange silver ball. The diameter of the sphere was about 20 cm, and the weight turned out to be quite impressive for modest in size– 9.6 kg.
An amazing scientific discovery was made by one of the residents of Vladivostok. In a piece of coal that he wanted to use to start a fire, the man noticed a strange metal object that looked a bit like a gear wheel. The nature of the unusual metallic element found in a piece of coal still remains a mystery. Initially, the man mistook his find for another part from a car, of which many can be found in the ground.
Each meteorite that falls to earth is unique, not only in its outline, but also in its composition. The latter is assessed especially carefully by researchers, because the elements contained in the meteorite may be evidence of extraterrestrial life forms. An excellent confirmation of this theory is a meteorite found on the island of Sri Lanka, in which the fossilized remains of real alien algae were discovered.
In the 19th century scientific world The discovery of the famous physicist Friedrich Adolf Gurlt shocked him; in 1885 he discovered a “strange metal meteorite” shaped like a parallelepiped. What made it stand out from the rest was its unusual shape; there were deep cuts on the four sides of the parallelepiped.
In Azerbaijan, not far from Baku, there is a miniature island called Bulla, also known to locals as Khyarya Zira. It was on this island in the 70s of the last century that geologist Konstantin Mamedov discovered mysterious spherical formations. In total, scientists discovered 21 balls, all formations had the same structure - they were clearly demarcated into two equal halves with a deep cut.
The impenetrable jungles of Rwanda also hide many secrets; it was here that Swedish scientists discovered the so-called alien cemetery. Initially, archaeologists mistook the find for the ruins of another ancient settlement, but very soon realized that they were mistaken. The ancient cemetery had nothing in common with people; in its mass graves the remains of strange creatures were discovered, whose height “during life” was at least two meters.
A crystal sarcophagus with a mummy of an alien creature, discovered by Turkish speleologists, is another unique artifact that has caused a lot of controversy in the circles of researchers and ordinary people. The opinion that the transparent sarcophagus was made of crystal turned out to be erroneous; scientists were unable to accurately determine the composition of the highly durable and transparent material. According to rough estimates, the age of the mummy was more than 10,000 years; the height of the creature, whose body was kept in the sarcophagus, during life was about 120 centimeters.
On the border of China and Tibet is the inaccessible mountainous region of Bayan-Kara-Ula, which began to attract the first explorers in the early 20th century. The scientists’ efforts were not in vain; in 1937, in the mountain range, they discovered a complex of miniature caves, the structure of which was a bit like a honeycomb. beehive. The strange caves turned out to be not empty, they contained the skeletons of unknown people. modern science creatures
The Narada River is located near the eastern border of the Ural Mountains and has been attracting gold prospecting enthusiasts for many years. In 1991, another group of researchers subject to the “gold rush” managed to discover a unique artifact - miniature tungsten springs and other metal elements unknown origin and purpose. At first glance, microscopic “garbage” is of no interest, unless you take into account their more than impressive age - more than 200,000 years. Candidate of Historical Sciences reports facts that are carefully hushed up
We continue the theme of artifacts that break out of the usual paradigm. The information was received from a candidate of historical sciences, famous archaeologist Andrei Zhukov.
Colombia is a country with a rich archaeological past. But the most famous to the general public are works of gold created by ancient Indian craftsmen. The richest collection of such artifacts is presented in the Gold Museum in the capital of the country, Bogota. This is the only gold museum in the world, with a collection of about 24,000 ancient gold and precious stones. Archaeological research of the monuments of Colombia was not carried out as intensively as in Peru. Accordingly, there are a lot of “blank spots” and mysteries in the history of ancient Colombia.
However, attempts to explore these “blind spots” are met with a painful reaction from representatives of science who work within the framework of an established paradigm. As an example, I’ll tell you about the famous collection of Indian antiquities by Columbia University professor Hame Lehi. For decades, Lega collected artifacts, and in 1997 his collection of finds attracted the attention of Austrian researcher Klaus Dona. Together with his colleague Habeck, he organized an exhibition in Vienna in 2001 called “Unsolved Mysteries.”
Among the exhibits were unique instruments, executed with amazing skill and having no analogues in other ancient cultures of South America. Among the instruments there are those with a clear obstetric purpose. For example, a knife with a shaped handle carved in the shape of a stylized female figure and a baby’s head entwined with an umbilical cord.
Another instrument is a spoon, the shaped handle of which depicts a woman with a baby’s head emerging from it. The obstetric purpose of this item is also obvious.
The functions of other tools are much more difficult to determine. These objects vary in shape, but most of them are small and sometimes miniature in size.
Klaus Dona consulted with various specialists, all of whom emphasized the extremely high degree of ergonomics of these tools. They were made in such a way that, regardless of the size of a person’s hands, they fit into it “like a glove.” All experts agreed that these were surgical instruments.
It is noteworthy that all these objects, as determined by Austrian mineralogists, were made of lydite. According to experts who examined these instruments, modern technologies It is not possible to make such artifacts from this type of stone precisely because of the specific structure of the mineral.
The set of objects that Lega gave to Klaus Dona for the exhibition included two truly unique pieces. One is a small figurine of a man sitting in a chair. The very shape of this chair is amazing – it is completely modern.
The second artifact was called the “genetic disk.” This is a lidite disk with a diameter of 27 cm and a thickness of 2 cm. It weighs about 2 kg. Both sides of the disk are covered with relief images (using the low-relief technique); there is a through hole in the middle. Analogues of the expansate were not found either in America or in other cultures of the Ancient World. The fact that the images on the disc are dedicated to the processes of human conception and the evolution of the embryo is clear at first glance. That is why the disc got its name.
It has not yet been possible to fully decipher the meaning of the message on the disk, although some things are quite obvious. Thus, in the upper part of the front side (here the choice of sides is arbitrary) there is a number of images illustrating the process of evolution of the human embryo. The last figurine already depicts a fully formed baby.
At the bottom of the disk there are schematic images of a man and a woman with clearly defined genitals, and above these figures there is an embryo. A sperm is depicted next to a man. It is noteworthy that the style of the human images corresponds to what we saw on the Lydite obstetric instruments and the figurine of a seated man.
In European science, spermatozoa were first described in 1677 by the Dutch naturalist, founder of scientific microscopy, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. And the development processes of the human embryo were studied much later. On the other side of the disk there are figures of people, embryos, sperm and eggs in various stages of development.
It is worth mentioning another interesting artifact from the Lehi collection - a small (30 cm) anthropomorphic figurine made of porous rock, similar to the giant statues of Fr. Easter. There is a hypothesis that representatives of the ancient cultures of Peru and Bolivia had contacts with the population of this island. But Colombia is located from about. Easter is another thousand kilometers further.
How did the scientific community react to the collection? Dr. Hammer, a specialist at the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, having examined the disk, clearly stated that this is a modern craft.
At the same time, the results of any special analyzes were not published, for example, traceological analysis, with the help of which one can detect microparticles of the tool with which the stone was processed. However, the expert's verdict has been made, the issue can be considered closed.
Although even from the point of view of common sense, a logical question arises: what kind of hoaxer would create the most complex, in fact, jewelry works in order to pass them off as Indian antiquities? Counterfeiters make objects of known archaeological cultures, styles, artists, etc., since only in this case the fakes have commercial value. But to produce extremely labor-intensive products of types unknown to science and in a completely original style...
To date, many artifacts have been found indicating that in ancient times people lived on Earth highly developed civilizations. Scientists cannot find an explanation for themselves, because it does not fit into their recognized and fanatically replicated Darwin’s theory of the origin of man from apes... so they simply do not recognize these findings, and keep silent about their existence, so as not to rewrite the history books.
MECHANICAL COMPUTING ARTIFACT
A shocking discovery was found at the bottom of the sea in 1901! A mechanical computing artifact estimated to be approximately 2,000 years old...
The study of this artifact completely erases our ideas about the past of humanity.
A mechanical computing artifact estimated to be 2,000 years old was found on a Roman ship that sank in the Aegean Sea in 1901. Scientists were able to restore the original image of the mechanism and suggest that it was used for complex astronomical calculations. The mechanism contained a large number of bronze gears in wooden case, on which dials with arrows were placed, and was used for mathematical calculations and calculations. Other devices of similar complexity are unknown in Hellenistic culture. The differential gear involved in it was invented in the 16th century, and the miniature size of some parts is comparable to what was achieved only in the 18th century by watchmakers. Approximate dimensions of the assembled mechanism are 33x18x10 cm.
If we look at this artifact from a modern perspective accepted history, then the problem is that at the time when this mechanism was invented, the laws of gravity and motion of celestial bodies had not yet been discovered. In other words, the Antikythera mechanism has functions that neither a common person I would not have understood that time, and no goals of that era (for example, ship navigation) can explain the unprecedented functions and settings that this device has at that time.
If we take into account that in ancient times people had knowledge, then there is nothing surprising in this. After all, humanity develops cyclically, and not linearly as we are taught in school. And before our civilization, there were already developed civilizations on Earth that had knowledge, understood and studied the sky.
FIGURES FROM ECUADOR
Figures very reminiscent of astronauts were found in Ecuador, their age is more than 2000 years.
STONE PLATE FROM NEPAL
The Loladoff plate is a stone dish whose age exceeds 12 thousand years. This artifact was found in Nepal. Images and clear lines embossed on the surface of this flat stone, many researchers were led to believe that it was of extraterrestrial origin. After all, ancient people couldn’t process stone so skillfully? In addition, the “plate” depicts a creature that is very reminiscent of an alien in his well-known form.
BOOT TRAIL WITH TRILOBITE
"... On our Earth, archaeologists have discovered a once-living creature called a trilobite. It existed 600-260 million years ago, after which it died out. An American scientist found a fossil of a trilobite, on which a trace of a human foot is visible, with a clear imprint of a shoe. Doesn’t Is this the subject of a joke among historians? evolutionary theory Darwin, how could man exist 260 million years ago?”
IKI STONES
"In the museum of the State University of Peru there is a stone on which a human figure is carved. Research has shown that it was carved 30 thousand years ago. But this figure, dressed in clothes, wearing a hat and shoes, holds a telescope in his hands and observes the celestial body. Like 30 thousand years ago, people knew how to weave? How can it be that people even then wore clothes? It is completely incomprehensible that he holds a telescope in his hands and observes a celestial body. This means that he still has certain astronomical knowledge. It has long been known to us that he is a European. Galileo invented the telescope just over 300 years ago. Who invented this telescope 30 thousand years ago?”
Excerpt from the book "Falun Dafa".
Jade discs: a puzzle for archaeologists
IN Ancient China around 5000 BC, large stone discs of jade were placed in the graves of local nobles. Their purpose, as well as the manufacturing method, still remains a mystery to scientists, because jade is a very durable stone.
Disc Sabu: unsolved mystery Egyptian civilization.
The mystical ancient artifact, believed to be part of an unknown mechanism, was found by Egyptologist Walter Bryan in 1936 while examining the tomb of Mastaba Sabu, who lived around 3100 - 3000 BC. The burial place is located near the village of Sakkara.
The artifact is a regular round thin-walled stone plate made of meta-silt (metasilt in Western terminology), with three thin edges curved towards the center and a small cylindrical sleeve in the middle. In places where the edge petals bend towards the center, the circumference of the disk continues with a thin rim of circular cross-section about a centimeter in diameter. The diameter is approximately 70cm, the circle shape is not ideal. This plate raises a number of questions, both about the unclear purpose of such an item, and about the method by which it was made, since it has no analogues.
It is quite possible that five thousand years ago the Saba disk had some important role. However, at the moment, scientists cannot accurately determine its purpose and complex structure. The question remains open.
Vase 600 million years old
The report about the extremely unusual find was published in scientific journal in 1852. It was about a mysterious vessel about 12 cm high, two halves of which were discovered after an explosion in one of the quarries. This vase with clear images of flowers was inside rock, 600 million years old.
Corrugated Spheres
Within a few last decades, miners in South Africa dug up mysterious metal balls. These balls of unknown origin are approximately an inch (2.54 cm) in diameter, and some of them are engraved with three parallel lines running along the axis of the object. Two types of balls were found: one consisting of a hard bluish metal with white spots, and another empty from the inside and filled with a white spongy substance. Interestingly, the rock in which they were discovered dates back to the Precambrian period and dates back 2.8 billion years! Who made these spheres and why remains a mystery.
Fossil giant. Atlant
The 12-foot fossilized giant was found in 1895 during mining operations in English city Antrim. Photos of the giant are taken from the British magazine "The Strand" for December 1895. His height is 12 feet 2 inches (3.7 m.), chest girth is 6 feet 6 inches (2 m.), arm length is 4 feet 6 inches (1.4 m.). It is noteworthy that on his right hand 6 fingers.
The six fingers and toes resemble the people mentioned in the Bible (2nd book of Samuel): “There was also a battle in Gath; and there was one tall man there, who had six fingers and six toes, making a total of twenty-four.”
Giant femur.
In the late 1950s, during road construction in the south-east of Turkey in the Euphrates valley, a number of burials with remains were excavated giant size. In two, femurs about 120 centimeters long were found. Joe Taylor, director of the Fossil Museum in Crosbyton, Texas, USA, carried out the reconstruction. The owner of a femur of this size had a height of about 14-16 feet (about 5 meters) and a foot size of 20-22 inches (almost half a meter!). When walking, his fingers were 6 feet above the ground.
A huge human footprint.
This footprint was found near Glen Rose, Texas in the Palaxy River. The length of the print is 35.5 cm and the width is almost 18 cm. Paleontologists say that the print is female. The study showed that the person who left such a print was about three meters tall.
Nevada giants.
There is a Native American legend about 12-foot (3.6 m) red-haired giants who lived in the Nevada area. It talks about American Indians killing giants in a cave. During the excavation of guano, a huge jaw was found. The photo compares two jaws: a found one and a normal human one.
In 1931, two skeletons were found at the bottom of the lake. One was 8 feet (2.4 m) high, and the other was just under 10 feet (about 3 m).
Ica stones. Dinosaur rider.
Figurine from the collection of Voldemar Dzhulsrud. Dinosaur rider.
1944 Acambaro - 300 km north of Mexico City.
Aluminum wedge from Ayud.
In 1974, an aluminum wedge coated with a thick layer of oxide was found on the banks of the Maros River, which is located near the city of Ayud in Transylvania. It is noteworthy that it was found among the remains of a mastodon, which are 20 thousand years old. Usually they find aluminum with admixtures of other metals, but the wedge was made of pure aluminum.
It is impossible to find an explanation for this find, since aluminum was discovered only in 1808, and began to be produced in industrial quantities only in 1885. The wedge is still being studied in some secret place.
Piri Reis Map
Rediscovered in a Turkish museum in 1929, this map is a mystery not only because of its amazing accuracy, but also because of what it depicts.
Painted on the skin of a gazelle, the Piri Reis map is the only surviving piece larger map. It was compiled in the 1500s, according to the inscription on the map itself, from other maps of the year 300. But how is this possible if the map shows:
-South America, exactly located relative to Africa
-West coasts of North Africa and Europe, and east coast of Brazil
-Most striking is the continent partially visible far to the South, where we know Antarctica is, although it was not discovered until 1820. Even more puzzling is that it is depicted in detail and without ice, even though this land mass has been covered in ice for at least six thousand years.
Today this artifact is also not available for public viewing.
Ancient springs, screws and metal.
They are similar to items you would find in any workshop's scrap bin.
It is obvious that these artifacts were made by someone. However, this set of springs, loops, spirals and other metal objects was discovered in layers of sedimentary rock that are one hundred thousand years old! At that time, foundries were not very common.
Thousands of these things - some as small as a thousandth of an inch! - were discovered by gold miners in the Ural Mountains of Russia in the 1990s. Unearthed at depths of 3 to 40 feet, in layers of earth dating back to the upper Pleistocene period, these mysterious objects may have been created some 20,000 to 100,000 years ago.
Could they be evidence of a long-lost but advanced civilization?
Shoe marks on granite.
This trace fossil was discovered in a coal seam in Fisher Canyon, Nevada. According to estimates, the age of this coal is 15 million years!
And lest you think that this is a fossil of some animal whose shape resembles the sole of a modern shoe, studying the footprint under a microscope revealed clearly visible traces of a double seam line around the perimeter of the shape. The footprint is about a size 13 and the right side of the heel appears more worn than the left.
How did the imprint of a modern shoe 15 million years ago end up on a substance that later became coal?
Mysterious finds of Elias Sotomayor: The oldest globe.
Large treasure ancient artifacts managed to discover an expedition led by Elias Sotomayor in 1984. In the Ecuadorian La Mana mountain range, 300 stone artifacts were discovered in a tunnel at a depth of over ninety meters.
One of the oldest globes on Earth, also made of stone, was also discovered in the La Mana tunnel. On the far from perfect ball, the craftsman may have simply spared effort in making it, but the round boulder bears images of continents familiar from school days.
But if many of the outlines of the continents differ little from modern ones, then from the coast of Southeast Asia towards America the planet looks completely different. Huge masses of land are depicted where now only a boundless sea splashes.
The Caribbean islands and the Florida peninsula are completely absent. Just below the equator in Pacific Ocean there is a gigantic island approximately equal in size to modern Madagascar. Modern Japan is part of a giant continent that extends to the shores of America and extends far to the south. It remains to add that the find in La Mana is apparently the oldest map of the world.
Ancient jade service for 12 people.
Sotomayor's other findings are no less interesting. In particular, a “service” of thirteen bowls was discovered. Twelve of them have perfectly equal volume, and the thirteenth is much larger. If you fill 12 small bowls with liquid to the brim, and then pour them into a large one, then it will be filled exactly to the brim.