19 Feb 2023, 12:00 UTC≈10,900 views52 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
The Phaistos disk
This artifact not only does not reveal its secrets, but even the opposite, as if leading researchers by the nose. In fact, every discovered detail about the Phaistos disk only adds to the questions, the answers to which are not yet available. The find was made in 1908 by members of the Italian archaeological expedition, who worked in the southern part of Crete on the excavations of the royal palace…
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18 Feb 2023, 12:00 UTC≈8,420 views24 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
The Roman dodecahedron
The history of research of these artifacts is truly amazing: the objects united by the common name "Roman dodecahedron" for two hundred years of archaeological activity on the territory of the empire were found more than hundred, but scientists still know nothing about them: about their use, by the way, as well as about their origin, still only speculations are made.
The artifacts are small h…
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17 Feb 2023, 12:00 UTC≈6,650 views27 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
A column that won't rust for centuries
Delhi is home to an ancient temple, the highlight of which is the Iron Column, or Pillar of Indra, whose history strikes the minds of both ordinary laymen and experienced scholars. The artifact is a column just over seven meters high, about 1600 years old. According to the record in Sanskrit, the column was made during the reign of Emperor Chandragupta II (376-415). But the mos…
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16 Feb 2023, 12:00 UTC≈5,950 views45 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
What race were the ancient Egyptians?
There are several hypotheses of the racial origin of the ancient Egyptians. According to the first theory, they were Negroes. This is supported by the fact that in the mummies of pharaohs scientists found a large amount of the substance melanin, which is responsible for the dark color of the skin. The more of it, the darker the skin. But this argument is not valid, because in th…
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15 Feb 2023, 12:01 UTC≈5,340 views33 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
The oldest cave paintings in the Sahara
In southeastern Algeria, in the middle of the Sahara, there is a large mountain plateau Tassilin-Adjer. Local caves keep the memory of the times when Sahara was not yet the boundless sands. Scientists have discovered here the oldest existing rock paintings on Earth. These paintings are more than 12 thousand years old! This is the early Neolithic period and the time near the en…
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14 Feb 2023, 12:00 UTC≈4,740 views37 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
A hole in the water in California - and it's not an optical illusion
Prophecy has it that when the skies in California's Napa Valley open up, a water portal to Hell will open up! In other words, if the water level in the Lake Berryessa Reservoir above Monticello Dam rises too much, the excess volume will begin to drain into a huge gutter installed above the water surface. This is a culvert built in the 1950s to repl…
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13 Feb 2023, 12:00 UTC≈4,610 views27 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
A RHODESIAN SKULL. 300,000-YEAR-OLD FIREARMS
According to experts, when a projectile with a low velocity, such as an arrow or a spear, hits the skull, of course, it can pierce it, but radial cracks will necessarily remain. The Rhodesian skull has no such features. This allows us to conclude that the victim was hit by an object flying at a much higher speed than a spear.
Of course, there were gloomy skeptics. They b…
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12 Feb 2023, 12:00 UTC≈4,820 views32 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
This strange mummified creature has the upper part of the human body and the lower part of the fish body, but no one really knew what it was. Is it an unknown species, a real mermaid, similar to those mentioned in myths and legends, or something else?
The mermaid mummy has been kept in the temple for hundreds of years, where believers worshipped her, hoping that the mysterious creature would bring them good luck, ha…
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11 Feb 2023, 12:00 UTC≈5,900 views41 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
In many Mayan drawings, the following plot can be traced: the Mayan pyramid, the steps and at the very top there is or hangs a UFO.
Many experts suggest that the ancient Maya civilization was visited by aliens. Quetzalcoatl may have been a galactic visitor who taught the Maya agriculture, mathematics, medicine and astronomy. How else can we explain the Mayan calendar, which to this day can accurately predict every l…
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10 Feb 2023, 12:00 UTC≈6,430 views52 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
Skeleton of a giant from Pennsylvania: a 5-meter warrior.
West Hickory, Pennsylvania, 1870 — 5.5 meter skeleton.
The archaeologists ' report stated: "The bones of the skeleton are surprisingly white. The teeth are all in their places, and they are all double and of an unusual size"
The find was reported to have been buried 12 feet deep under the mound, so this may indicate a great antiquity, no matter how high it w…
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9 Feb 2023, 12:00 UTC≈4,920 views48 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
In the 1950s, archaeologist George Carter discovered in San Diego, on Texas Street, a parking lot of ancient inhabitants of America, whose age was 8O-9O thousand years. Hundreds of objects belonging to people of that time were recovered.
But the scientist was only ridiculed by representatives of the official hypothesis about the first inhabitants of America, who allegedly appeared no more than 3 thousand years ago. …
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8 Feb 2023, 12:00 UTC≈4,450 views22 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
Easter Island Idols
These grandiose stone sculptures, moai, the mysterious remains of a little-known ancient civilization, are different from those found on other islands of the Pacific Ocean. The Easter residents themselves have long forgotten about their purpose. For the first time they were seen by the Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen, who landed on this island on Easter day. In 1955. Thor Heyerdahl managed to rai…
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