The architectural artifacts that have survived to our time give reason to believe that many millennia ago, developed civilizations existed on our planet, which were forgotten. In our review there are 10 archaeological finds, the secrets of which still remain unsolved.
1. Ancient devices
The lens of Nimrud from the capital of Assyria.
Ancient civilizations knew a lot more and were more advanced than scientists assumed 20 years ago. Archaeologists have discovered a number of ancient devices, from planispheres to prototypes of batteries. The most famous finds are the Nimrud lens and the Antikythera mechanism.
The lens of Nimrud, which is estimated to be approximately 3,000 years old, was discovered during excavations in the ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrud. Some experts believe that the lens was part of an ancient Babylonian telescope. This means that they had advanced knowledge in astronomy.
The famous Antikythera Mechanism (200 BC) was created to calculate the movement of the sun, moon and planets. Unfortunately, people can only guess why and how many ancient devices were created, and why ancient knowledge about them disappeared.
2. Empire Rama
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Evidence for the existence of the ancient Indian empire of Rama.
For a long time, it was believed that Indian civilization emerged only in 500 BC. However, discoveries made in the last century have pushed back the origins of Indian civilization by several thousand years.
In the Indus Valley, the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were discovered, which were perfectly planned even by modern standards. Harappa culture also remains a mystery. Its roots are hidden for centuries, and the language has not yet been unraveled by scientists. There are no buildings in the city that would indicate different social classes, there are no temples or other places of worship... No other culture, including Egypt and Mesopotamia, has had this level of urban planning.
3. Longyu Caves
Longyu Caves in China, built around the 2nd century BC
Longyu - the Chinese call another wonder of the world. The system of 24 caves was discovered by accident in 1992. The time of the emergence of the caves dates back to the 2nd century BC. Despite its titanic volume (about a million cubic meters of stone would have to be removed to carve out such caves in hard rock), no evidence of construction has been found. The carvings covering the walls and ceilings of the caves are made in a special manner and are full of symbols. According to officially unconfirmed information, the seven discovered grottoes repeat the location of the seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major.
4. Nan Madol
Nan Madol.
On an artificial archipelago in Micronesia, not far from Pohnpei Island, there are the ruins of the ancient prehistoric city of Nan Madola. The city is built on a coral reef made of basalt boulders weighing up to 50 tons. The city is crossed by many canals and underwater tunnels. Part of its streets are flooded. The scale of this structure can be compared with the Great Chinese wall or Egyptian pyramids... At the same time, there is not a single record of who built the city and when it was built.
5. Tunnels of the Stone Age
Tunnels of the Stone Age.
From Scotland to Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a vast network of underground tunnels beneath hundreds of Neolithic settlements. In Bavaria, some tunnels are up to 700 meters long. The fact that these tunnels have survived for 12,000 years is a testament to the extraordinary skill of the builders and the sheer size of their original network.
6. Puma Punku and Tiwanaku
Megalithic ruins of Puma Punku and Tiwanaku.
Puma Punku is a megalithic complex near the ancient pre-Incan city of Tiwanaku in South America... The age of the megalithic ruins is highly controversial, but archaeologists are unanimous that they are older than the pyramids. The ruins are believed to be 15,000 years old. The massive stones used in the construction were cut and fitted to each other so precisely that there is no doubt that the builders clearly had developed knowledge of cutting stones, geometry, and they had the tools to do this. The city also had a functioning irrigation system, sewerage and hydraulic mechanisms.
7. Metal mount
Metal mount.
Continuing the conversation about Puma Punku; it is worth noting that at this construction site, as well as in the Korikancha temple, ancient city Ollantaytambo, Yurok Rumi and in ancient egypt special metal fasteners were used to fasten the huge stones. Archaeologists found that the metal was poured into grooves cut in the stones, which means that the builders had portable factories. It is unclear why this technology and other megalith construction methods have been lost.
8. The riddle of Baalbek
Baalbek in modern Lebanon.
Archaeological excavations at Baalbek, Lebanon have unearthed some of the best-preserved Roman ruins in the world. The megalithic mound, on which the Romans built their temples, makes this place especially mysterious. The stone monoliths of this mound weigh up to 1,200 tons each and are the largest processed stone slabs in the world. Some archaeologists believe that Baalbek's history goes back about 9000 years.
9. Giza plateau
The Giza Plateau is a mysterious and iconic place.
Great pyramid in Egypt is ideal in terms of geometry. How the ancient Egyptians achieved this is unknown. It is also interesting that the erosion of the Sphinx, as scientists have proved, occurred due to precipitation, and this area of the camp was only 7,000 - 9,000 years ago as a desert. The pyramid of Mikerin also belongs to the pre-dynastic period. It was also built from limestone blocks and has exactly the same erosion marks as the Sphinx.
10. Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe temple complex.
Dating from the end of the last ice age (12,000 years ago) temple complex in the southeastern part of Turkey was named the most important archaeological discovery of our time. Ancient ceramics, writing, the already existing wheel and metallurgy - its construction implies a level of development that goes far beyond the development of Paleolithic civilizations. Göbekli Tepe consists of 20 circular structures (so far only 4 have been excavated) and skillfully carved columns up to 5.5 meters high and weighing up to 15 tons each. No one can say with certainty who created this complex and where its creators had advanced knowledge of masonry from.
There are ancient artifacts that testify to the highly developed culture and technological development of ancient people. Some of these finds not only surpassed stone tools in complexity, but were located in geological formations much older than one might imagine.
Information about the found artifacts came from both scientists and people far from science. Some of the artifacts were not transferred to museums, and it is impossible to establish where they may be located now. To give a fuller picture, I will give you a few of these examples.
In his book Mineralogy, Count Bournon speaks of mysterious find made by French workers in the second half of the 18th century. Workers, while mining limestone in Aix-en-Provence, went through 11 layers of limestone, separated by layers of sedimentary rocks. In the clayey sand on top of layer 19, “they found fragments of columns and fragments of semi-finished stone - the very one that was mined in the quarry. Coins, hammer handles, other wooden instruments or their fragments were also found right there.
Wooden tools have turned to fossils. This excerpt is taken from an article that was published in 1820 in the American Journal of Science and Arts; in our time, however, you will not find such descriptions in the pages of scientific journals. Scientists simply don't take such findings seriously. The limestone from Aix-en-Provence dates back to the Oligocene, which means that the objects found in the limestone are 24–36 million years old.
1830 - In a quarry near Norristown, Pennsylvania, 20 km northwest of Philadelphia, a massive marble block with lines resembling letters was found. This marble block was raised from a depth of 18–20 m. This was reported in 1831 by the same American Journal of Science and Arts. The marble in the quarries around Norristown is related to the Cambrian-Ordovician period, in other words, it is about 500-600 million years old.
1844 Sir David Brewster reports the discovery of a nail embedded in a block of sandstone from the Kingudy Quarry (Milnfield, Scotland). Dr. A. Medd of the British Geological Survey wrote to my research assistant in 1985 that it was a "Late Lower Red Sandstone" (Devonian, 360 to 408 million years ago). Brewster was a renowned Scottish physicist. He founded the British Association for the Advancement of Science and made important discoveries in optics.
1844, June 22 - The Times (London) published a rather interesting article: “Workers hired to mine stone near Tweed, a quarter mile from Rutherford Mill, discovered a few days ago a golden thread that was embedded in a block of stone at a depth of eight feet. " Dr. A. Medd wrote that this stone belongs to the early Carboniferous period (320-360 million years).
April 1862 - Published in The Geologist English translation a fascinating report by Maximilian Melville, Deputy Chairman of the Academic Society of Laon (France), describing a ball of chalk found at a depth of 75 m in a Tertiary lignite deposit near Laon. If the ball was made by a man, it means that people lived in France 45–55 million years ago.
Melville notes: “Long before the discovery of the find, quarry workers informed me that they had more than once come across pieces of petrified wood ... with traces of human influence. Now I really regret not asking them to show me those old finds. In my defense, I confess that then I thought they were simply incredible. "
1871 - William Dubois of the Smithsonian Institution reports the discovery of several man-made objects deep in Illinois. One such item was a copper coin found in Lone Ridge, Marshall County. She was found at a depth of 35 m while drilling a well. Based on the drilling log, the Illinois Geological Survey determined the age of the sediments at a depth of 35 m. The sediments were formed during the Yarmouth interglacial period, that is, "approximately 200-400 thousand years ago."
The discovered coin makes it possible to assume that at least 200 thousand years ago in North America civilization already existed, which conflicts with the modern notion that beings intelligent enough to make and use coins (Homo sapiens sapiens) could not have appeared earlier than 100,000 years ago. In accordance with generally accepted views, metal coins first entered circulation in Asia Minor in the 8th century BC. NS.
1889 - An elaborately crafted small figurine that depicts a man is discovered in Nampa, Idaho. The statuette was recovered while drilling a well from a depth of more than 90 m. In response to a request from my research assistant, the US Geological Survey responded that “shales of clay at depths of more than 300 feet appear to be from the Glenn's Ferry Formation, Upper Idaho Group , the age of which is usually determined by the Plio-Pleistocene. " This means that the find could be 2 million years old. This suggests that culturally developed people lived in North America at that time.
June 11, 1891 - The Morrisonville Times (America, Illinois) published the following note: “An interesting find was reported to us on Tuesday morning by Mrs. Culp. Splitting a lump of coal to put the pieces into a box, she noticed a circular indentation that contained a small fine antique gold chain, about 10 inches long. " According to the Illinois Geological Survey, the coal seam in which the chain was discovered is estimated to be between 260 and 320 million years old. This shows that culturally advanced people already inhabited North America at that time.
And here is an article titled "A Relic of Bygone Times" was published in Scientific American (June 5, 1852): guest house the Reverend Mr. Hall, a resident of Dorchester, blasting was carried out. As a result of the powerful explosion, there was a huge release of rock. Boulders - some of which weighed several tons - were scattered in different directions.
A metal jug was found among the fragments, which was torn in half by the explosion. Put together, the halves made up a bell-shaped vessel ... The walls of the vessel were decorated with six images of flowers in the form of a bouquet, magnificently inlaid with pure silver, and its lower part, also inlaid with silver, a vine, or a wreath ...
Thrown out by the explosion, a mysterious vessel, embedded in the rock, was at a depth of 15 feet ... This subject deserves the most careful study, because in this case there can be no question of any mystification. " According to a recent map of the Boston-Dorchester area by the US Geological Survey, the local rock, now called the Roxbury clastic rock, belongs to the Precambrian era, i.e., its age is more than 600 million years.
The Daily News of Omaha, Nebraska, in its April 2, 1897 issue, published an article titled "Carved Stone Buried in a Mine" describing an interesting item found near Webster City, Iowa ). The note said: “One miner who was mining coal in the Lehigh mine, at a depth of 130 feet today, came across a strange piece of stone, it is not known how it ended up at the bottom of the mine.
It was a dark gray block of stone, about 2 feet long, 1 foot wide, and 4 inches thick. The surface of the stone, it should be noted that it was very hard, was covered with lines that formed polygons, very reminiscent of perfectly cut diamonds. In the center of each diamond was a clear image of the face of an elderly person. " The coal seams of the Lehigh mine were formed during the Carboniferous period.
1949, January 10 - Frank L. Marsh, of Andrews University in Burryn Springs, Michigan, was sent by Robert Nordling a photograph of an iron mug with the caption: “Not too long ago, I visited a friend's private museum in South Missouri. Among the rarities stored there was this iron mug, a photograph of which I am attaching. "
Next to the mug on display in the museum was the text of a testimony written under oath by a certain Frank D. Kenwood in Sulfur Springs, Arkansas on November 27, 1948. This is what it said: “In 1912, when I was working for at the Thomas, Oklahoma Municipal Power Plant, I discovered a large lump of coal. It was quite large and I had occasion to smash it with a hammer. This iron mug fell out of the block, leaving behind a notch in the coal. An employee of the company named Jim Stoll was a witness of how I broke the block and how from it the mug was taken. I managed to find out the origin of coal - it was mined in the mines of Wilburton, Oklahoma. "
According to Robert O. Fey of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, coal from the Wilburton mines is 312 million years old.
1922, October 8 - The New York Sunday American magazine published a sensational article by Dr. W. Ballou under the heading "Events of the Week in America" under the heading "The Mystery of the Petrified Sole of a Shoe."
Ballou wrote: “Some time ago, the eminent mining engineer and geologist John T. Reid, while prospecting for fossils in the state of Nevada, unexpectedly came across a piece of stone that left him in indescribable amazement. And it was from what: on the stone lying at Reid's feet, the imprint of a human sole was clearly visible! As it turned out on closer examination, it was not just a bare footprint, but, as you can see, the sole of a shoe, which time turned into stone. And although the front part of the sole was absent, at least two-thirds of its area was preserved, and clearly distinguishable thread stitches ran along its perimeter, which probably fastened the welt to the sole ”.
The Triassic period, in which the base was petrified, ranges from 248 to 213 million years ago.
W. McCormick of Abilene, Texas, has a documented account of his grandfather's story of a concrete wall found at great depths in a coal mine: “In 1928, I, Atlas Elmon Mathis, worked at coal mine # 5, two miles away. north of Heavener, Oklahoma. The shaft was vertical, and we were told it went two miles deep. " One evening, Mathis placed an explosive charge in Hall 24 of the mine.
“The next morning,” he recalled, “in the hall, they found several cubic concrete blocks with a side of 12 inches, so smooth, literally polished, that the surface of any of the six faces of such a block could be used as a mirror.”
“And when I started installing fasteners in the hall,” Mathis continued, “the rock suddenly collapsed and I could barely escape. Returning there after crumbling rocks, I saw a whole wall of exactly the same polished blocks. Another miner, working 100-150 yards below, stumbled upon the same or exactly the same wall. The coal mined in this mine belonged to the Carboniferous period, that is, its age is at least 286 million years.
Astronomer M. Jissup described another case of the discovery of a wall inside a coal mine: “It is reported ... in 1868, James Parsons and his two sons found a wall made of shale in the Hammonville coal mine, Ohio. A huge smooth wall was revealed after the massive block of coal that hid it collapsed. The surface of the wall was covered with several rows of relief hieroglyphic images. "
William D. Meister, a draftsman and amateur trilobite collector, reported in 1968 of a shoe print found in a shale bed near Antelope Springs, Utah. An imprint similar to that of a shoe was discovered by Meister by splitting a piece of shale. Inside it, the remains of trilobites, an extinct marine arthropod, are clearly visible. The shale with fossilized trilobites and a footprint in a shoe dates from the Cambrian period, ranging from 505 to 590 million years old.
In an article in the Creation Research Society Quarterly, Meister described the ancient shoe print as follows: “Where the heel should be, there is a notch that is eighth of an inch (3 mm) deeper than the rest of the print. This is definitely a trace of the right foot, because the shoe (or sandal) is very characteristically worn on the right. "
1984 Richard L. Thompson meets Meister in Utah. Careful examination of the print did not reveal any obvious reasons for not recognizing the authenticity of the human footprint. Not only a visual examination made by Thompson, but also a computer analysis showed that the print found by Meister almost completely coincides with the outlines of modern shoes.
Over the course of several decades, South African miners have found hundreds of metal balls with one, two, or three parallel notches encircling them, as it were, along the equator. Rulf Marks, curator of the museum in the South African city of Klerksdorp, where several of these balls are kept, said: “These balls are a complete mystery. They look as if they were made by man, but at the time when they were embedded in this rock, no intelligent life on Earth yet existed. I've never seen anything like it. "
In the absence of a compelling case for the natural origin of these finds, we believe that South African knurled metal balls found in mineral deposits that are 2.8 billion years old are the product of intelligent creatures.
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The architectural artifacts that have survived to our time give reason to believe that many millennia ago, developed civilizations existed on our planet, which were forgotten. In our review of 10 archaeological finds, the secrets of which still remain unsolved.
1. Ancient devices
The lens of Nimrud from the capital of Assyria.
Ancient civilizations knew a lot more and were more advanced than scientists assumed 20 years ago. Archaeologists have discovered a number of ancient devices, from planispheres to prototypes of batteries. The most famous finds are the Nimrud lens and the Antikythera mechanism.
The lens of Nimrud, which is estimated to be approximately 3,000 years old, was discovered during excavations in the ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrud. Some experts believe that the lens was part of an ancient Babylonian telescope. This means that they had advanced knowledge in astronomy.
The famous Antikythera Mechanism (200 BC) was created to calculate the movement of the sun, moon and planets. Unfortunately, people can only guess why and how many ancient devices were created, and why ancient knowledge about them disappeared.
2. Empire Rama
Evidence for the existence of the ancient Indian empire of Rama.
For a long time, it was believed that Indian civilization emerged only in 500 BC. However, discoveries made in the last century have pushed back the origins of Indian civilization by several thousand years.
In the Indus Valley, the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were discovered, which were perfectly planned even by modern standards. Harappa culture also remains a mystery. Its roots are hidden for centuries, and the language has not yet been unraveled by scientists. There are no buildings in the city that would testify to different social classes, there are no temples or other places of worship. No other culture, including Egypt and Mesopotamia, has had this level of urban planning.
3. Longyu Caves
Longyu Caves in China, built around the 2nd century BC
Longyu - the Chinese call another wonder of the world. The system of 24 caves was discovered by accident in 1992. The time of the emergence of the caves dates back to the 2nd century BC. Despite its titanic volume (about a million cubic meters of stone would have to be removed to carve out such caves in hard rock), no evidence of construction has been found. The carvings covering the walls and ceilings of the caves are made in a special manner and are full of symbols. According to officially unconfirmed information, the seven discovered grottoes repeat the location of the seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major.
4. Nan Madol
Nan Madol.
On an artificial archipelago in Micronesia, not far from Pohnpei Island, there are the ruins of the ancient prehistoric city of Nan Madola. The city is built on a coral reef made of basalt boulders weighing up to 50 tons. The city is crossed by many canals and underwater tunnels. Part of its streets are flooded. The scale of this structure can be compared with the Great Wall of China or the Egyptian pyramids. At the same time, there is not a single record of who built the city and when it was built.
5. Tunnels of the Stone Age
Tunnels of the Stone Age.
From Scotland to Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a vast network of underground tunnels beneath hundreds of Neolithic settlements. In Bavaria, some tunnels are up to 700 meters long. The fact that these tunnels have survived for 12,000 years is a testament to the extraordinary skill of the builders and the sheer size of their original network.
6. Puma Punku and Tiwanaku
Megalithic ruins of Puma Punku and Tiwanaku.
Puma Punku is a megalithic complex near the ancient pre-Incan city of Tiwanaku in South America. The age of the megalithic ruins is highly controversial, but archaeologists are unanimous that they are older than the pyramids. The ruins are believed to be 15,000 years old. The massive stones used in the construction were cut and fitted to each other so precisely that there is no doubt that the builders clearly had developed knowledge of cutting stones, geometry, and they had the tools to do this. The city also had a functioning irrigation system, sewerage system, and hydraulic mechanisms.
7. Metal mount
Metal mount.
Continuing the conversation about Puma Punku; It is worth noting that at this construction site, as well as in the Korikancha temple, the ancient city of Ollantaytambo, Yurok Rumi and in ancient Egypt, a special metal fastener was used to fasten the huge stones. Archaeologists found that the metal was poured into grooves cut in the stones, which means that the builders had portable factories. It is unclear why this technology and other megalith construction methods have been lost.
8. The riddle of Baalbek
Baalbek in modern Lebanon.
Archaeological excavations at Baalbek, Lebanon have unearthed some of the best-preserved Roman ruins in the world. The megalithic mound, on which the Romans built their temples, makes this place especially mysterious. The stone monoliths of this mound weigh up to 1,200 tons each and are the largest processed stone slabs in the world. Some archaeologists believe that Baalbek's history goes back about 9000 years.
9. Giza plateau
The Giza Plateau is a mysterious and iconic place.
The Great Pyramid of Egypt is geometrically perfect. How the ancient Egyptians achieved this is unknown. It is also interesting that the erosion of the Sphinx, as scientists have proved, occurred due to precipitation, and this area of the camp was only 7,000 - 9,000 years ago as a desert. The pyramid of Mikerin also belongs to the pre-dynastic period. It was also built from limestone blocks and has exactly the same erosion marks as the Sphinx.
10. Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe temple complex.
Dating from the end of the last ice age (12,000 years ago), a temple complex in southeastern Turkey has been named the most important archaeological discovery of our time. Ancient ceramics, writing, the already existing wheel and metallurgy - its construction implies a level of development that goes far beyond the development of Paleolithic civilizations. Göbekli Tepe consists of 20 circular structures (so far only 4 have been excavated) and skillfully carved columns up to 5.5 meters high and weighing up to 15 tons each. No one can say with certainty who created this complex and where its creators had advanced knowledge of masonry from.
Science has long argued that humans misrepresent their origins on Earth. As if everything is there: there is a monkey, and ancient man... But only there is no transitional link between them.
But there are still others, more Interesting Facts... Few people know that wheat, which man has been growing since the era of the pyramids, does not have wild varieties in nature. It turns out that someone gave it to people.
And there is evidence of this. For example, the hexoploid wheat that exists today is a complex hybrid that has existed on the planet for about 8,000 years. Someone with his invisible hand crossed three varieties and got this variety, because this could not happen spontaneously. Biologists are convinced that it was completely impossible to create species-free breeding from complex cereals thousands of years ago.
The most ancient cultivated plant on our planet is considered to be corn. Mexican archaeologists excavated 50,000 years of maize pollen. But this plant also does not have a wild-growing ancestor in nature. Moreover, it cannot grow without human help: an ear that is not torn off in a timely manner simply falls and rots.
However, scientists say that primitive man appeared only 40,000 years ago. But who, then, could have grown corn long before the appearance of Homo sapiens, and the genetic code of soybeans and other legumes artificially changed millions of years ago?
Nowadays, scientists have also learned how to create genetically modified organisms, but even they cannot yet cross two varieties and get viable offspring. Nature has a secret that has not yet been revealed, and it is possible that its key is hidden in nanotechnology, which should be used in genetic engineering.
But who could have known about nanotechnology thousands of years ago?
It turns out that he could, and the found in the Urals proves it. On the Naroda River, archaeologists have discovered tens of thousands of tiny spiral-shaped artifacts. The largest of them is three centimeters in size. Found that these artifacts are composed of fairly rare metals - tungsten and molybdenum. But the most big surprise, which was confirmed by the examination, was their age. They were about 300,000 years old!
A logical question arises: who could create these artifacts, if our most distant ancestors did not walk at that time, but ran on the Earth, covered with wool. Moreover, the ratio of the thickness of the coil to the core is in the proportion of the "golden section". To this day, it is not known how these parts could get to Earth. However, there is a version that seems the most probable: - these are parts of a certain technical device, because in the same place geologists discovered a large number of quartz lenses. Therefore, experts have developed a hypothesis that all finds are elements of an antenna device. According to their theory, the find had the same properties as the so-called "smart glass" - these are touch screens of tablets and phones, auto mirrors and windshields, in which filamentary heating elements are used, which are made of tungsten with the addition of other rare earths metals.
At the same time, quartz glass is generally considered the material of the future. More recently, scientists from the University of Southampton have invented storage media that are capable of storing data in five dimensions of nanostructured quartz. A high frequency laser is required to record data. And this is not science fiction at all, but reality.
But for what reason only microscopic fragments remained from the ancient device, scientists easily explain: high-tech artifacts in the ground cannot be stored for a long time, they rust. It turns out that millions of years ago there were people on Earth who used computers or smartphones? Believe it or not, there is other evidence that the ancients knew high-level metallurgy very well.
In Delhi, near the Qutb Minar mosque, there is a metal column, which was called the "pillar of Indra". For many millennia, it resisted atmospheric precipitation, and does not have a hint of rust. The column is made of atomic iron without any sulfur or carbon impurities at the molecular level. Nowadays, such ideally pure iron can be obtained only by sputtering in space conditions, and even then only in small quantities. Presumably, the column was melted under vacuum. Iron with similar chemical composition was found in another place, however, not on Earth, but in samples of the lunar soil.
Another amazing and incomprehensible artifact was discovered in India - an ancient ritual caste dagger made of alloyed metal, which, by definition, should not exist on Earth. In addition, duralumin was found in the dagger, which mankind began to receive relatively recently: a little less than half a century ago. The conclusion is unambiguous: this dagger was not made on Earth.
Indian historical documents speak of the existence of a civilization that lived on the planet millions of years ago. She had spaceships - vimanas, weapons similar to nuclear weapons, huge cities and many other factors inherent in highly developed civilizations.
Archaeologists with access to the most secret artifacts say they have discovered traces of intelligent life that date back to millions of years BC. NS. Back in 1862, a sensational article was published in one of the American scientific journals, which said that human bones were found in a coal seam at a depth of more than 30 meters, while the age of coal is 300 million years. Moreover, it was the skeleton of a creature identical to modern homo sapiens.
In the storage rooms of modern archaeologists there are already more than a hundred artifacts that scientists cannot explain. All of them are several tens of millions of years old. At the same time, experts assure that mistakes are excluded. But this means that our civilization is not the first on the planet, and, according to some scientists, it is not even the most developed.
In the early 1970s, during the mining of uranium ore in the African state of Gabon, it was unexpectedly discovered that the content of fissile uranium-235 in the samples was significantly lower than expected. Then experts began to investigate the mine, trying to find out if this uranium had already been used by someone. And an absolutely incredible thing was discovered: this uranium deposit had such outlines that, taking into account the half-life of uranium, lead to the conclusion that almost 2 billion years ago there were 14 nuclear reactors in this place! All this is justified by the exact calculations of physicists.
Surprisingly, some traces of the use of nuclear technology in ancient times lie literally underfoot. These are craters, the size of which is tens and hundreds of meters. Scientists believe they are traces of meteorite impacts. But in many of these craters, there are no traces of cosmic matter. But they contain tektites - stones melted at a tremendous temperature. Scientists have not yet formed a consensus about their origin. Tektites are the link between the phenomenon of ancient giant craters and the so-called vitrification - a process when sand and stones melt, merging into a single glassy mass. What caused this process is unclear, because there are no funnels. Therefore, if we assume that these are not meteorites, it all comes down to a curious version: the same phenomenon, when grains of sand melted and turned into glass, happened when testing Trinity in New York state, which means that this is the result of a nuclear war.
Bolivia is home to the ancient ruins of Pumapungo. This is one of the most perfect ancient buildings in Latin America: stone blocks of 200 tons were carved in an unknown way with jewelry precision, which simply cannot be calculated without computer technology. Moreover, the scientists were shocked: to put one such block with a vertical wall, you need to "turn off" gravity for some time. It turns out that ancient civilizations were able to "work" with gravity. Perfectly carved megaliths are laid in stone blocks without mortar so that not even a razor blade will pass between them.
Many scientists and researchers, who have been solving ancient artifacts for quite a long time, are still inclined towards an alien trail. Many legends and myths of peoples also testify in favor of this version, which tell that the Gods came from the stars. But what were they doing on Earth?
From the analysis of archaeological finds, the conclusion suggests itself that millions of years ago, aliens mined minerals on Earth, conducted genetic experiments, wars and large-scale construction. Or just once they had a "roadside picnic" lasting several millennia.
Humanity wants to find brothers in mind, trying to penetrate further and further into space, although, quite possibly, the truth lies somewhere nearby.
Modern man's knowledge of ancient cultures is very limited. But the architectural artifacts that have come down to our time give reason to believe that many millennia ago, developed civilizations existed on our planet, which were forgotten. In our review of 10 archaeological finds, the secrets of which still remain unsolved.
1. Ancient devices
Ancient civilizations knew a lot more and were more advanced than scientists assumed 20 years ago. Archaeologists have discovered a number of ancient devices, from planispheres to prototypes of batteries. The most famous finds are the Nimrud lens and the Antikythera mechanism.
The lens of Nimrud, which is estimated to be approximately 3,000 years old, was discovered during excavations in the ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrud. Some experts believe that the lens was part of an ancient Babylonian telescope. This means that they had advanced knowledge in astronomy.
The famous Antikythera Mechanism (200 BC) was created to calculate the movement of the sun, moon and planets. Unfortunately, people can only guess why and how many ancient devices were created, and why ancient knowledge about them disappeared.
2. Empire Rama
For a long time, it was believed that Indian civilization emerged only in 500 BC. However, discoveries made in the last century have pushed back the origins of Indian civilization by several thousand years.
In the Indus Valley, the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were discovered, which were perfectly planned even by modern standards. Harappa culture also remains a mystery. Its roots are hidden for centuries, and the language has not yet been unraveled by scientists. There are no buildings in the city that would testify to different social classes, there are no temples or other places of worship. No other culture, including Egypt and Mesopotamia, has had this level of urban planning.
3. Longyu Caves
Longyu - the Chinese call another wonder of the world. The system of 24 caves was discovered by accident in 1992. The time of the emergence of the caves dates back to the 2nd century BC. Despite its titanic volume (about a million cubic meters of stone would have to be removed to carve out such caves in hard rock), no evidence of construction has been found. The carvings covering the walls and ceilings of the caves are made in a special manner and are full of symbols. According to officially unconfirmed information, the seven discovered grottoes repeat the location of the seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major.
4. Nan Madol
On an artificial archipelago in Micronesia, not far from Pohnpei Island, there are the ruins of the ancient prehistoric city of Nan Madola. The city is built on a coral reef made of basalt boulders weighing up to 50 tons. The city is crossed by many canals and underwater tunnels. Part of its streets are flooded. The scale of this structure can be compared with the Great Wall of China or the Egyptian pyramids. At the same time, there is not a single record of who built the city and when it was built.
5. Tunnels of the Stone Age
From Scotland to Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a vast network of underground tunnels beneath hundreds of Neolithic settlements. In Bavaria, some tunnels are up to 700 meters long. The fact that these tunnels have survived for 12,000 years is a testament to the extraordinary skill of the builders and the sheer size of their original network.
6. Puma Punku and Tiwanaku
Puma Punku is a megalithic complex near the ancient pre-Incan city of Tiwanaku in South America. The age of the megalithic ruins is highly controversial, but archaeologists are unanimous that they are older than the pyramids. The ruins are believed to be 15,000 years old. The massive stones used in the construction were cut and fitted to each other so precisely that there is no doubt that the builders clearly had developed knowledge of cutting stones, geometry, and they had the tools to do this. The city also had a functioning irrigation system, sewerage system, and hydraulic mechanisms.
7. Metal mount
Continuing the conversation about Puma Punku; It is worth noting that at this construction site, as well as in the Korikancha temple, the ancient city of Ollantaytambo, Yurok Rumi and in ancient Egypt, a special metal fastener was used to fasten the huge stones. Archaeologists found that the metal was poured into grooves cut in the stones, which means that the builders had portable factories. It is unclear why this technology and other megalith construction methods have been lost.
8. The riddle of Baalbek
Archaeological excavations at Baalbek, Lebanon have unearthed some of the best-preserved Roman ruins in the world. The megalithic mound, on which the Romans built their temples, makes this place especially mysterious. The stone monoliths of this mound weigh up to 1,200 tons each and are the largest processed stone slabs in the world. Some archaeologists believe that Baalbek's history goes back about 9000 years.
9. Giza plateau
The Great Pyramid of Egypt is geometrically perfect. How the ancient Egyptians achieved this is unknown. It is also interesting that the erosion of the Sphinx, as scientists have proved, occurred due to precipitation, and this area of the camp was only 7,000 - 9,000 years ago as a desert. The pyramid of Mikerin also belongs to the pre-dynastic period. It was also built from limestone blocks and has exactly the same erosion marks as the Sphinx.
10. Göbekli Tepe
Dating from the end of the last ice age (12,000 years ago), a temple complex in southeastern Turkey has been named the most important archaeological discovery of our time. Ancient ceramics, writing, the already existing wheel and metallurgy - its construction implies a level of development that goes far beyond the development of Paleolithic civilizations. Göbekli Tepe consists of 20 circular structures (so far only 4 have been excavated) and skillfully carved columns up to 5.5 meters high and weighing up to 15 tons each. No one can say with certainty who created this complex and where its creators had advanced knowledge of masonry from.
History buffs will be interested in and. They were inherited from forgotten civilizations.
