It's no secret that before modern civilization there were several other highly developed people who had extensive knowledge in various fields of science, including medicine, who created incredible machines and amazing objects, the purpose of which no one can still determine. Who these people were is unknown. Some scientists adhere to the theory of the extraterrestrial origin of these unusual creatures, while others believe that civilizations arose spontaneously and in the process of long evolutionary development reached a certain level of knowledge and skills. The secrets of the ancient world are of interest to archaeologists, historians and geologists.
Numerous groups of scientists are sent in search of cities and objects that can help in understanding who our ancestors were. Who left ancient artifacts and riddles as a reminder of themselves? In this article, we will try to talk about those secrets that excite the minds of researchers for several thousand years in a row.
Stone Age Paintings
Like a modern manimagines a rock painting? Most likely, as the simplest form of art of primitive people, which reflected their belief in spirits and scenes from everyday life. That's what it says in school textbooks. However, in reality, everything is not so simple - a rock drawing (or petroglyph) can present scientists with many surprises.
Most often, rock art depicts hunting scenes or ritual ceremonies. Moreover, the ancient painters with amazing accuracy conveyed the anatomical features of various animals and the intricate robes of the priests. Usually three colors were used in stone paintings - white, ocher and bluish-gray. Scientists claim that the paint was made from special stones, ground into powder. Later, various vegetable pigments were added to them in order to diversify the palette. For the most part, petroglyphs are of interest to historians and anthropologists who study the development and migration of ancient peoples. But there is one category of drawings that mainstream science can't explain.
These paintings depict unusual people dressed in a kind of space suits. The creatures are extremely tall and often hold incomprehensible objects in their hands. There are tubes coming from their suit, and part of their face is visible through the helmet. Scientists are struck by the elongated shape of the skull and huge eye sockets. Also, quite often, next to these creatures, ancient masters depicted strange disc-shaped aircraft. Some of them resembled airplanes and were applied to the stone in a section, which allows you to see the complex interweaving of details andtube mechanism.
Surprisingly, these drawings are scattered all over the world. Everywhere the creatures look exactly the same, which suggests that different peoples had contacts with extraterrestrial civilizations. The oldest petroglyphs with such creatures date back 47 thousand years ago and are located in China. Images of tall figures in protective suits painted on stone ten thousand years ago have been found in India and Italy. Moreover, all creatures emit bright light and have long limbs.
Russia, Algeria, Libya, Australia, Uzbekistan - unusual drawings were found everywhere. Scientists have been studying them for more than two hundred years, but have not been able to come to a consensus about their origin. After all, if the images of creatures can be explained by the ritual attire of shamans, then the exact depiction of mechanisms that ancient man could not know anything about suggests extraterrestrial contact that constantly took place between primitive people and alien civilizations. But scientists cannot accept this version unconditionally, so the secrets reflected on the rocks have remained unrevealed.
Atlantis: myth or reality?
The world learned about the lost Atlantis from Plato's dialogues. In them, he spoke about an ancient and powerful civilization that lived on an island in the Atlantic Ocean. The land of the Atlanteans was rich, and the people themselves actively traded with all countries without exception. Atlantis was a huge city, surrounded in diameter by two ditches and earthen ramparts. It was a kind of system protecting the cityfrom floods. Plato said that the Atlanteans were skilled engineers and craftsmen. They created aircraft, high-speed ships and even rockets. The whole valley consisted of extremely fertile lands, which, together with the climate, made it possible to harvest up to four times a year. Everywhere hot springs spouted from underground, feeding numerous luxurious gardens. The Atlanteans worshiped Poseidon, whose huge statues adorned the temples and the entrance to the harbor.
Over time, the inhabitants of Atlantis became arrogant and considered themselves equal gods. They stopped worshiping the higher powers and mired in debauchery and idleness. In response, the gods sent an earthquake and a devastating tsunami on them. According to Plato, Atlantis went under water in one day. The author argued that the majestic city is covered with a thick layer of silt and sand, so it is not possible to find it. Beautiful legend, isn't it? We can say that all the secrets of the ancient world can hardly be compared in importance with the ability to find the mysterious mainland. Many would like to reveal to the world the truth about the mighty Atlanteans.
So did Atlantis really exist? Myth or reality formed the basis of Plato's story? Let's try to figure it out. It is worth noting that in history there is not a single other mention of the Atlanteans, except for the descriptions of Plato. Moreover, he himself simply retold this legend, taking it from the diaries of Solon. The same, in turn, read this tragic story on the columns of the ancient Egyptian temple in Sais. Do you think the Egyptians witnessed this story? Not at all. They heard it toofrom someone and imprinted as a warning to future generations. So no one on earth personally saw the Atlanteans and did not observe the death of their civilization. But after all, any legend must have a real basis, so the tireless seekers of ancient civilizations are constantly looking for Atlantis, based on the description of Plato.
If we refer to the text of the ancient Greek author, then we can assume that Atlantis sank about twelve thousand years ago, and it was located in the area of the Strait of Gibr altar. It is from here that the search for the mysterious civilization of the Atlanteans starts, but in Plato's text there are a lot of inconsistencies that prevent at least one reduction in the secrets of ancient civilizations. Now scientists have put forward about two thousand versions of the location of the mysterious Atlantis, but none of them, unfortunately, can neither be confirmed nor refuted.
The most common are two versions about the place of flooding of the island, over which the researchers are working. Some scientists refer to the fact that such a powerful civilization could only exist in the Mediterranean Sea, and the story of its death is an interpreted version of the terrible tragedy that unfolded after the explosion of the volcano on the island of Santorini. The explosion was equal to two hundred thousand atomic bombs dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima. As a result, most of the island was flooded, and a tsunami with waves of more than two hundred meters almost completely destroyed the Minoan civilization. Recently, the ruins of a fortress wall with a moat, reminiscent of Plato's descriptions, were found underwater near Santorini. True, it happenedthis catastrophe is much later than the ancient Greek author described.
According to the second version, the wreckage of an ancient civilization is still at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. After recent studies of the soil from the seabed in the Azores, scientists were convinced that this part of the Atlantic was once dry land and only as a result of natural disasters sank under water. By the way, it is the Azores that are the top of the mountain range surrounding a flat plateau, on which scientists were able to see the ruins of some buildings. Expeditions to this area are being prepared in the near future, which may lead to sensational results.
The oldest mystery on the planet: the mystery of Antarctica
In parallel with the search for Atlantis, researchers are trying to unravel the mystery of Antarctica, which can tell the history of the world in a completely different way than we are used to. The secrets of the ancient world would be incomplete without legends about the once great people who lived in the center of the world on a very fertile land. These people cultivated the land and raised livestock, and their technologies would be the envy of modern countries. Once, as a result of a natural disaster, a mysterious civilization had to leave their land and disperse around the world. In the future, the once flourishing country was bound by ice, and it hid its secrets for a long time.
Do you find any resemblance to the story of Atlantis? So one researcher, Rand Flem-Ath, drew certain parallels that were previously considered inconsistencies in Plato's texts and came to a sensational conclusion - Atlantis is nothing but an ancient civilizationAntarctica. Do not rush to dismiss this theory, it has a lot of evidence.
For example, Flem-At was based on Plato's words that Atlantis was surrounded by a true ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea was called just a bay. In addition, he argued that the Atlanteans could get through their mainland to other continents, which is quite easy to imagine by looking at Antarctica from above. In the second half of the seventeenth century, a copy of an ancient map of Atlantis was produced, which strikingly resembles the outlines of an ice-bound mainland. The characteristics of the mainland speak in favor of the same version, because Plato pointed out that the Atlanteans lived in a mountainous area high above sea level. Antarctica, according to the latest data, is located at two thousand meters above sea level and has a rather uneven terrain.
You can argue that for about fifty million years the ice has not let go of Antarctica, so it could not be the birthplace of a mysterious civilization. But this statement is fundamentally wrong. Scientists taking ice samples found the remains of a forest dating back three million years. That is, during this period, Antarctica was a flourishing land, which is confirmed by the maps of the mainland created by the Turkish admiral in the middle of the sixteenth century. Mountains, hills and rivers are plotted on them, and most of the points are almost perfectly aligned. This is amazing, because modern scientists can achieve such accuracy only with the help of high-tech instruments.
It is known that one of the Japanese emperors,who lived in the year 681 of our era, ordered to collect in one book all the myths and legends of his people. And there is a mention of a land located near the pole, where a powerful civilization lived, owning fire.
Now scientists say that the ice in Antarctica is rapidly melting, so perhaps soon the secrets of ancient civilizations will be partially revealed. And we will at least learn a little about the mysterious people who lived on these lands several millennia ago.
Strange skulls: amazing archeological finds
Many archaeological finds baffle scientists. Skulls of an unusual shape have become one of those mysteries that have no logical and scientific explanation. Now in various museums and collections there are more than ninety craniums that only remotely resemble human ones. Some of these finds are carefully hidden from the eyes of the public, because if we recognize the existence of such unusual creatures on the planet in antiquity, then evolution and history will look new. Scientists cannot yet confirm the presence of alien guests among ancient civilizations, but it is quite difficult for them to refute this fact.
For example, the scientific community does not explain in any way how the mysterious cone-shaped skull from Peru appeared. If we clarify this information, then we can say that several similar skulls were found in Peru, and almost all of them are of the same shape. Initially, the find was perceived as an artificial deformation, adopted by some peoples of the world. Butliterally after the first studies, it became clear that the skull was not artificially elongated with the help of special devices. It originally had this form, and the isolated DNA generally caused a sensation among scientists. The fact is that part of the DNA is not human and has no analogues among earthly creatures.
This information became the basis for the theory that some alien creatures lived among people and were directly involved in evolution. For example, a mysterious skull without a mouth is kept in the Vatican, and skulls with three eye sockets and horns have been found in different parts of the world. All this is difficult to explain, and often ends up on the farthest shelves of museums. But some scientists argue that it was the aliens who initiated some selection of the human species, which led to today's Homo sapiens. And the traditions of deforming your skull and drawing a third eye on your forehead were just a memory of the powerful gods who once lived freely and openly among people.
Archaeological finds in Peru: items that could change history
The black stones of Ica have become one of the biggest mysteries of ancient civilizations. These stones are rounded boulders of volcanic rock, which are engraved with various scenes from the life of some ancient civilization. The weight of stones varies from a few tens of grams to five hundred kilograms. And the largest copy reached one and a half meters. What is strange about these finds? Yes, almost everything, but most of allstriking drawings on these stones. They depict those things that, according to scientists, simply could not happen. Many of the scenes on the Ica stones are about medical operations, most of which are described in stages. Among the operations, organ transplants and brain transplants are depicted in detail, which is still a fantastic procedure. Moreover, even postoperative rehabilitation of patients is described. Another group of stones depicts various dinosaurs interacting with humans. Modern scientists cannot even classify most of the animals, this raises a lot of questions. A special group includes stones with drawings of unknown continents, space objects and aircraft. How could ancient people create such masterpieces? After all, they must have had incredible knowledge that our civilization still does not have.
Professor Javier Cabrera tried to answer this question. He collected about eleven thousand stones, and he believed that there were at least fifty thousand of them in Peru. Cabrera's collection is the most extensive, he devoted his whole life to studying it and came to sensational conclusions. Ica stones are a library that tells about the life of an ancient civilization that freely explored space and knew about life on other planets. This people knew about the impending catastrophe in the form of a meteorite flying towards the Earth and left the planet, having previously created a group of stones that were supposed to become a source of information for descendants who survived after terrible events.
Many believe the stones are fake, but Cabreramore than once gave them for research in various laboratories and managed to prove their authenticity. But so far, scientists have not been working on studying these incredible finds. Why? Who knows, but perhaps they are afraid to discover the fact that human history developed according to other laws and somewhere in the Universe we have our blood brothers? Who knows?
Megaliths: who built these structures?
Megalithic buildings are scattered all over the world, these structures made of huge stone blocks (megaliths) have different shapes and architecture, but they all have some common characteristics that make us think that the construction technology was the same in all cases.
First of all, scientists are struck by the fact that there are no quarries anywhere near massive structures that could serve as a source of material. This is especially noticeable in South America in the area of Lake Titicaca, where scientists have found a solar temple and a whole group of megalithic structures. Some blocks weigh more than one hundred and twenty tons, and the thickness of the wall is more than three meters.
In addition, it is unusual that all blocks have no traces of processing. They seem to be carved with a tool from soft rock, which subsequently hardened. Each block was fitted closely to the next in a way that modern builders could not do. Everywhere in South America, archaeologists have found incredible structures that each time asked scientists a new group of riddles. For example, on the blocks of complex shape found in the already mentioned Solar Temple, a calendar is depicted. But a month ifto believe his information, lasted a little more than twenty-four days, and the year was two hundred and ninety days. Incredibly, this calendar was compiled on the basis of stargazing, so scientists were able to establish that this structure is over seventeen thousand years old.
Other megalithic structures date back to other years, but still science cannot explain how these blocks were cut in the rocks and transferred to the construction site. These technologies remain unknown, as does the civilization with such incredible capabilities.
Statues of Easter Island
Stone idols of the island also belong to megalithic structures. Their purpose raises only questions among archaeologists and historians. At the moment, 887 moai are known, as these figures are also called. They are located facing the water and looking somewhere into the distance. Why did the locals make these idols? The only plausible version is the ritual purpose of the figures, but their huge size and number is out of the story. After all, usually two or three statues were installed for ritual purposes, but not several hundred.
Surprisingly, most of the idols are located on the slope of the volcano. Here stands the largest of the surviving figures, weighing about two hundred tons and twenty-one meters high. What are these figures waiting for and why are absolutely all of them looking outside the island? Scientists cannot give any decent answer to this question.
Sunken pyramids: remainsan underwater civilization or the ruins of ancient cities?
Explorers of the deep sea found underwater pyramids in different parts of the world. A group of similar structures was found in the USA on Rock Lake, at the bottom of the famous Bermuda Triangle, and recently the pyramids near Yonaguni Island in Japan have been actively discussed in the media.
For the first time this object was discovered in the late eighties of the last century at a depth of thirty meters. The dimensions of the pyramids simply amazed the imagination of scuba divers - one of the tallest buildings had a width of more than one hundred and eighty meters at the base. It is hard to believe that this was the creation of human hands. Therefore, for many years, Japanese scientists have been arguing about the origin of these underwater pyramids.
Masaki Kimura, a well-known researcher, adheres to the version that the pyramid was formed as a result of human activity. This version is confirmed by the following facts:
- variety of shapes of stone blocks;
- head of a man carved in stone nearby;
- traces of processing are visible on many blocks;
- on some faces of the pyramid, ancient masters applied hieroglyphs unknown to modern science.
Now the approximate age of the pyramids dates back to a period of five thousand to ten thousand years. If the last figure is confirmed, then the Japanese pyramids will be much older than the famous Egyptian pyramid of Cheops.
Mysterious disc from Nebra
At the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, an unusual find fell into the hands of scientists- stellar disk from Mittelberg. This seemingly simple subject turned out to be just a stepping stone on the path to understanding ancient civilizations.
The bronze disc was dug out of the ground by treasure hunters along with two swords and bracelets that are about eighteen thousand years old. Initially, the disk, found near the city of Nebra, was tried to be sold, but in the end it fell into the hands of the police and was handed over to scientists.
Nakhodka began to be studied, and it revealed many incredible facts to archaeologists and historians. The disk itself is made of bronze, on it are golden plates depicting the sun, moon and stars. The seven stars clearly correspond to the Pleiades, which were important in determining the timing of the cultivation of the earth. Almost all peoples engaged in agriculture were guided by them. The authenticity of the disk was immediately proved, but after some time, scientists discovered its alleged purpose. A few kilometers from Nebra, an ancient observatory was found, the age of which exceeds all similar structures on the planet. The star disk, according to scientists, was used in many rituals in this particular observatory. Archaeologists suggest that it helped watch the stars, was a drum for a shaman, and had a direct connection to a similar observatory in Greece, pointing directly to its location.
Of course, scientists have just begun to study the mysterious subject and are in no hurry to draw final conclusions. But what they have already learned suggests that ancient people had a fairly deep knowledge of their surroundings.world.
Conclusion
In this article, we have listed not all the secrets of the ancient world. There are many more of them, and there are even more versions that reveal them. If you are interested in the mysteries of bygone civilizations, then the book "Secrets of the Ancient World", written by Igor Mozheiko, will be very interesting to you. The author tried to tell about the alternative history of mankind as it appears before the eyes of everyone who has managed to accept the facts of the presence of unusual archaeological finds and buildings.
Of course, each person determines what to believe and how to perceive information. But you must admit that the official history of mankind has too many blind spots to be the only correct one.
