Some of the most beautiful buildings the world bewitches and enchants with their intricate shapes and configurations. Undoubtedly, these architectural structures deserve the highest praise and special attention. Let's dwell on the 25 most outstanding, built in various parts of the world.
Burj Al Arab Hotel - Dubai
Burj Al Arab is considered the tallest hotel in the world. This 7-star 60-storey building is built on a private artificial island on the Jumeirah beach. The hotel is built in the form of a sailboat, it is located at an altitude of 321 m above sea level.
Stunning design inside the building: many dancing fountains, huge aquariums, luxurious apartments with gilded decoration.
Catherine Palace - St. Petersburg
In the city of Pushkin, near St. Petersburg, there is another beautiful building with a striking blue facade: the Baroque palace of Catherine the Great. Crowds of tourists visit this magnificent structure to admire it, as well as the famous Amber Room, one of the wonders of the world. Particularly impressive is the graceful wing of the palace in the classical style, which was designed by the architect of Catherine II - Charles Cameron.
Guggenheim Museum - Bilbao, Spain
American architect Frank Gehry designed the Guggenheim Museum, which is located in Spain. The building's daring contours intertwined the most innovative architectural ideas of the 20th century. The building, with an area of \u200b\u200b24 thousand m2, is a landmark with an innovative design. The museum has radically changed the way modern architecture... During the construction of the building, titanium was used with lines that change their color in the sun.
Great Mosque - Jenne, Mali
In the south of the Sahara, there is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world - a mosque, which was built by African tribes from clay bricks. Architectural complex built in 1906 and is the largest structure in the world, which is built entirely of mud. In 1988, the mosque was included in the list of the World cultural heritage UNESCO.
Sagrada Familia - Barcelona, \u200b\u200bSpain
One of the main attractions of Spain, the symbol of Barcelona is the Sagrada Familia or the Church of the Sagrada Familia, which was built by Antoni Gaudi. The architect has been building this Gothic cathedral for 40 years. After the death of Gaudi, his associates continued to build the temple, it is worth noting that the work continues to this day. According to the project, the completion of the construction of the church is expected in 2026.
Taj Mahal, India
This magnificent building is located in India, on the southern bank of the Yamuna River. Taj Mahal is a mausoleum complex that was built over 20 years. White marble was used in its construction, which changes color depending on sunlight or moonlight. The building was included in the list World heritage UNESCO in 1983. Taj Mahal is considered to be one of the most magnificent buildings in the world.
Wat Rong Khun - Thailand
Wat Rong Khun or "White Temple" is one of the most famous temples in Thailand. The uniqueness of the building is that it stands out for its crystal white and sparkles in the sun. The temple was designed by a famous Thai artist. The building is still planned to be improved. It is expected that there will be nine structures with halls for relics, meditation and living quarters for monks.
Sheikh Zayed Mosque - UAE
One of the largest mosques in the world, the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, is built of marble and can accommodate 40,000 people. The building was built in 2007. White marble, brought from 28 countries of the world, was used in its construction. In the main hall there is a huge lamp weighing 9 tons, decorated with Swarovski crystals.
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood - Russia
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and it is located in St. Petersburg. The construction of the impressive church began in 1883. The majestic building is decorated with colorful towers, mosaic interiors and unique exteriors.
Golden Temple - Amritsar, India
The Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) is a stunning building in India, erected in the center of the lake. The building was destroyed and rebuilt several times. The temple style features Hindu and Muslim architecture, which is enhanced by reflection in the water. It is believed that the building is a holy place and, being here, one should pray.
Shanghai Tower - China
The Shanghai Tower is one of the tallest and most beautiful buildings in the country. It is even higher in height than buildings such as Jin Mao Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center. The height of the building is about 650 meters, and total area - 380 thousand m
World Trade Center 1 or "Freedom Tower" - New York, USA
The Freedom Tower in New York takes center stage at the World Trade Center in Manhattan. It was built on the site of the twin towers destroyed in the terrorist attack. The tower is the most tall building in USA.
Lotus Temple - Delhi, India
The Lotus Temple in New Delhi is one of the most beautiful temples in India. Built by the Iranian architect Fariborz Sahba. Earlier on the site of the building was located the mystical settlement of Baha Pur - "Bach's Residence". The second name of the Bahai Lotus Temple is the Mother of all temples on the Indian subcontinent. Its splendor has won numerous architecture awards.
Grand Lisboa Hotel & Casino - China
The Grand Lisboa was designed by renowned Hong Kong architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man. This impressive 260-meter-high skyscraper has 58 floors! The gambling establishments in the building began operating in February 2007. The entire surface of the hotel-casino is a screen of complex configuration. This solution is considered innovative.
Cathedral Mosque of Cordoba - Spain
The Cathedral Mosque of Cordoba in Spain is adorned with intricate patterns, mosaic ornaments and delicate columns. Several centuries ago, an ancient Roman temple stood on this site, then a Visigothic church, and in 785 the Mesquite appeared. The pilgrimage to Cordoba was even equated with the Hajj to Mecca, obligatory for every Muslim.
St. Peter's Basilica - Vatican, Italy
St. Peter's Basilica, one of the main attractions of the Vatican, is rightfully considered the heart of the Vatican and the entire Catholic world. A bird's eye view offers stunning views of ancient Rome, and from the top of the dome you can admire the interior of the cathedral.
Bayon Temple Complex - Siem Reap, Cambodia
Bayon is one of the most amazing temples located on the territory of Angkor Thom and was its religious center. The "highlight" of Bayon is the towers with many faces, carved out of stone, silently gazing from a height at the vast territory of Angkor Thom, and during the heyday of the state - and the entire Khmer Empire. Initially, there were 54 towers, which symbolized the 54 provinces under the rule of the king. Today, only about 37 towers have survived.
Shwedagon Pagoda - Yangon, Myanmar
One of the most majestic and spiritual structures in Myanmar is the Shwedagon Pagoda. The entire complex is located on an area of \u200b\u200bmore than five hectares. In addition to the main building, there are many sculptural images of mythical and real animals around it: golden griffins, elephants, dragons and lions.
Australian War Memorial - Canberra
The Australian War Memorial is the premier memorial to the soldiers who died during the First and Second World Wars. Today it is considered one of the most significant monuments of this kind in the world. The memorial is located near the Parliament building, from the balcony of which a circular panorama of the monument opens.
Shopping Center - Las Vegas, USA
Fashion Show Mall is one of a kind large shopping center in Las Vegas. On the territory of the building there are 250 boutiques, shops and six department stores of famous brands. The center was opened in 1981, over the years it has grown to 175 thousand square meters. There is also a huge fashion show room.
Music Building - China
This creative building, called the Piano House, was built in China by the architecture students. The building consists of two parts depicting two instruments - a transparent violin resting on a translucent piano.
The original building was built for music lovers, but has nothing to do with music. There is an escalator in the violin and an exhibition center in the piano.
Siena Cathedral - Italy
According to the legend of chroniclers, at the beginning of the 13th century, the inhabitants of the city-state of Siena, which was the main competitor and adversary of Florence, "called on their leaders to build a temple more magnificent than that of their neighbors." Thus, in the period from 1215 to 1263, the Duomo of Siena was founded on the site of the old temple according to the plan of the Gothic master Niccolò Pisano. Today this majestic temple is the main attraction of the city.
Milan Cathedral (Duomo) - Milan, Italy
One of the most significant places in Milan is the Gothic Cathedral of Santa Maria Nachente (Duomo), which was built from 1386 to the early 19th century. The attraction is the third largest Catholic church, which is even ranked as one of the wonders of the world. Its 100-meter spiers rise above the center of Milan, and the golden statue of the Madonna on the longest spire (four meters high) is visible from many parts of the city.
Sydney Opera House - Australia
The Sydney Opera House is one of the most recognizable buildings in the world. Its architect was the Dane Jorn Utzon. Designing the original roofs, somewhat vaguely reminiscent of seashells, he gave Sydney a great gift - a symbol of the city. Today, every tourist, planning to visit Australia, must include an excursion to the majestic opera house in the program of his trip.
Angkor Wat - Siem Reap, Cambodia
The Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat is one of the largest religious buildings ever built. It was built almost 9 centuries ago. It is located on an area of \u200b\u200b200 hectares and is surrounded by a moat 190 meters wide. A temple was built in honor of the god Vishnu, who is revered in this area.
The now almost deserted Far East was densely populated in antiquity. The Jurchen Empire flourished there - people of the white race - which was the heir to a highly developed civilization that existed there three thousand years ago ...
The ancient state of white people on Far East
In the 50s of the 20th century, academician A.P. Okladnikov and his students discovered in the Far East the existence of the Golden Empire of the Jurchens, which existed there in the Middle Ages. It occupied the territory of modern Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories, the Amur Region, the eastern regions of Mongolia, the northern regions of Korea and the entire northern part of China. For a long time, the capital of this huge empire was Yanqing (now Beijing). The empire consisted of 72 tribes, the population was, according to various estimates, from 36 to 50 million people. The empire had 1200 cities.
An ancient state of enormous size - white people in the Far East
Jurchen Empire
The Jurchen empire rested on the basis of ancient civilizations, which existed long before "Great China" and possessed the highest technologies for those times: they knew how to produce porcelain, paper, bronze mirrors and gunpowder, and also possessed mysterious occult knowledge. Bronze mirrors, which were made in the Jurchen empire, are found by archaeologists in the territory from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea. In other words, the Jurchens used these achievements much earlier than the Chinese "discovered" it. In addition, the inhabitants of the empire used runic writing, which orthodox science is unable to decipher.
However, the empire received all these technological advances from the previous states that were located on its territory much earlier. The most mysterious of these is the state of Shubi, which is believed to have existed in the 1st-2nd millennium BC. They possessed truly unique knowledge, had underground communication in the form of tunnels with many parts of their empire and neighboring states.
It is quite possible that these underground passages still exist. Moreover, most likely, there are underground tunnels leading to Kuril Islands, Sakhalin and Kamchatka. For example, it is known that the idea of \u200b\u200bconnecting Sakhalin with the mainland through a tunnel was developed at the end of the 19th century, but was not implemented. In 1950, Stalin revived this idea. On May 5, 1950, the Council of Ministers of the USSR issued a secret resolution on the construction of a tunnel and a reserve sea ferry. It is possible that the secrecy was also caused by the fact that it was not planned to build a tunnel, but only to restore what was built in antiquity. The tunnel was never built. Immediately after Stalin's death, construction was curtailed.
But back to Shubi. It was they who invented gunpowder, paper, porcelain and everything else that the Chinese are credited with inventing. In addition, they created an amazing system for the distribution of rare plants on the territory of their state. In other words, the plants in Primorye did not just grow "as God wants it", but they were specially selected, grown and planted. An eloquent witness to this selection is a yew grove on Petrov Island, and at the foot of Mount Pidan several old yew trees have survived, which are nowhere else in the region. This feature was noted by Academician V.L. Komarov, Russian botanist and geographer, and military topographer and ethnographer V.K. Arsenyev, who explored Primorye in 1902-1907 and 1908-1910, found that the boundaries of the Tibetan-Manchu flora coincided with the boundaries of the bygone civilization of Shubi.
In addition, V.K. Arsenyev found and excavated numerous cities of the correct shape and stone roads in the taiga on the Dadyanshan plateau. All this speaks volumes about the scale of a bygone civilization. Remains of stone roads are still preserved in the coastal taiga. In addition to these fragments of material culture, very, very little information about the Shubi civilization has come down to us, mostly they are legendary. The Bohai legends called the Shubi state the Land of Magic Mirrors and the Land of Flying People.
Legends also claim that they all went to an underground city, the entrance to which is on the top of a large mountain (most likely Mount Pidan), that they made magic mirrors capable of showing the future from some unusual gold. This gold was used to make a two-meter-high statue of the so-called Golden Baba, which, like an ancient idol, was worshiped by both the Bohai and the Jurchens. Legends tell that this gold was not mined on the territory of Primorye, but it was brought along underground passages from the depths of volcanoes. When the cities of the Shubi country were empty, and the Bohai and Jurchens went underground to the kingdom of the shubi-birds, they took with them "forty carts loaded to the top with gold", and this gold disappeared.
Interesting information about mysterious mirrors is given by the modern writer, traveler and researcher Vsevolod Karinberg in his essay "The Mystery of" Magic "Mirrors or the Matrix":
“In Chinese paintings depicting celestials traveling through the clouds and tops of mythical mountains, you often see their“ magic ”mirrors in your hands. "Magic mirrors" already existed in the 5th century, but the book "History of ancient mirrors", which described how they were made, was lost in the 8th century. The convex reflective side is cast in light bronze, polished to a high gloss and covered with mercury amalgam. Under different lighting conditions, if you hold the mirror in your hand, it is no different from usual. However, under bright sunlight through its reflective surface, you can "look through" and see patterns and hieroglyphs on the reverse side. Somehow mysteriously massive bronze becomes transparent. Shen Gua in his book "Thoughts on the Lake of Dreams" in 1086 wrote: "There are" mirrors that let in light "on the back side of which there are about twenty ancient hieroglyphs that cannot be deciphered, they" appear "on the front side and are reflected on the wall of the house where they can be clearly seen. They are all similar to each other, all are very ancient, and they all let light through ... "
So what are these ancient hieroglyphs, which already in the 11th century could not be deciphered by a Chinese scientist? Chinese sources speak of a letter from a Bohai ruler written in characters incomprehensible to the Chinese, resembling paw prints of animals and birds. Moreover, this letter is not readable in any of the languages \u200b\u200bof the Tungus-Manchurian group, which includes the Bohai and Jurchens. Therefore, they hastened to call this language unreadable and dead.
We know one more language - the language of the Etruscans, which also "was not read" until recently, when they tried to read it in Russian. The same thing happened with the hieroglyphs, or rather runes, of the flying people from the Shubi empire. They were read. And they read it in Russian. See the works of V. Yurkovets "We will remember everything" and academician V. Chudinov "On the writing of the Jurchens according to Yurkovets."
Moreover, we managed to find images of the Jurchen emperors. Rather, not images, but busts that are exhibited today in chinese city Harbin, in a museum called the Museum of the First Capital of Jin.
Jurchen Emperor Taizu, Wanyan Aguda (1068-1123).
Jurchen Emperor Taizong, Wanyan Utsimai (1075-1135).
Jurchen emperor Xi-tsun, Wanyan Hala (1119-1149).
Jurchen emperor Hai Ling Wang, Wanyan Liang (1122-1161).
Mirror of the Jurchens with swastikas.
The photographs show busts: the first emperor of the Jurchen Tai-zu, Wanyan Aguda (1115-1123), the second emperor of the Jurchen Tai-zong, Wanyan Utsimai (1123-1135) - the younger brother of the previous emperor; the third Jurchen emperor Xi-tszong, Wanyan Khel (1135-1149); and the fourth Jurchen emperor Hai Ling Wang, Wanyan Liang (1149-1161).
Pay attention to the racial traits of the emperors. These are people of the white race. In addition, the last figure shows an exhibit from the excavations of the Shaiginsky settlement, which is 70 km away. to the north of the city of Nakhodka - a unique monument of Jurchen culture in the Primorsky Territory. This mirror was discovered in 1891, and in 1963 excavations of this monument began, which continued until 1992. As we can see, it depicts a swastika - the solar symbol of the Slavic-Aryans.
Back in the early 20th century, something was known about the Jurchen civilization, magic mirrors showing the future and other artifacts of this empire. And this is not surprising, because the territory of Primorye was part of the Great Tartary - a huge empire of the White Race, which at one time occupied the territory of all of Eurasia. Europeans knew about its existence back in the 17th century, despite the fact that Europe had already been finally torn away from it and began to write its own "nezalezhny" history.
In 1653, "Atlas of Asia" by Nicholas Sanson, who spoke about the easternmost part of Tartary - Cathai. Not to be confused with China, which was designated China or Cina on medieval maps and was located south of Katay. It was Cathay, not China, who visited Marco Polo in the 13th century. These descriptions of him served as the basis for plotting data on the farthest eastern territories of Eurasia on a 15th century map created by the Venetian monk Fra Mauro in 1459. Thanks to this map, you can see cities that are completely unknown to modern historical science. A feature of this map is the fact that north is at the bottom and south is at the top. Interactive map can be viewed here - http://www.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/map2.html. It also shows the states unknown to today's historical science, which were part of Katay: Tangut and Tenduk.
In 1659 " The World History»Dionysius Petavius, who described the rich and developed Tartar state Cathai, which has long been called Scythia, which does not include the Himalayas. Like N. Sanson, he mentions the states that are part of Katay: Tangut, Tenduc, Camul, Tainfur and Tibet (Thebet). Unfortunately, these names, except for the last one, do not tell us anything today.
In 1676 in Paris "World Geography" by Duval Dubville, which contained a description of the main countries of the world, among which several Tartarii occupied a significant place. Among them was “Kim (n) sky Tartary - this is one of the names that they call Kathai (Сathai), which is the most big state Tartaria, for it is highly populated, full of rich and beautiful cities. "
This section of our site shows an Italian map of China from 1682 by Giacomo Cantelli and Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, which shows the possessions of the Jurchens: Tangut, Tenduk, the kingdom of the Nivkhs, which are called the Keen tartars or golden tartars ( that the Jurchen empire is called the Golden) and the kingdom of Jupi (the kingdom of tartars who dressed in fish skin).
Mappa mundi Fra Mauro.
Giacomo Cantelli 1682
Map of Tartary and Korea, Paris, 1780
Map of Chinese and Independent Tartary, 1806
Map of the geopolitical division of Asia, 1871
After the defeat of Great Tartary in the war of 1773, which was given the name "Pugachev's Uprising", the memory of this empire began to be thoroughly erased, but this was not done right away. On the maps of the 18th and sometimes 19th centuries, she, or her provinces, were still reflected, including the Far Eastern ones. For example, look at the maps: Tartaria and Korea, Paris, 1780, French naval engineer M. Bonne, Chinese and Independent Tartary, 1806 John Carrie, geopolitical division of Asia, 1871 by British cartographer Samuel Mitchell.
Let's return to the Jurchen empire and their magic mirrors. There is information that they were found by Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky (1839-1888), an officer of the General Staff. He made 5 expeditions to the Ussuri region, whose lands by that time were annexed by the Romanov Empire, and Central Asia. Based on the results of expeditions across the Amur Region, the monumental work "A Journey to the Ussuri Region" and "On the Non-Russian Population in the Southern Part of the Amur Region" were written. In St. Petersburg, at the Department of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences, his field notes about the Ussuriysk Territory are kept, as well as a list of materials he donated for the Russian Museum.
N.M. Przhevalsky.
Among these materials is the collection bronze mirrors... According to legend, among these mirrors there is also a magic mirror that shows the future, and into which great traveler dropped in on his last expedition to Tibet. He intended to cross the Tien Shan Mountains and the Tarim Basin from north to south, explore the northwestern part of Tibet, and then visit the city of Lhasa. However, in the mirror he saw that he would not come back. Indeed, on the border with Tibet, Przewalski unexpectedly fell ill, as they say, either after drinking raw water, or sweating while hunting and catching a cold, or from typhoid fever. However, there is another version - poisoning. The fact is that the expedition of the Russian General Staff officer aroused fears both in the Chinese government and among the British, who were at odds with Tibet, and the expedition was suspected of a secret political mission on the part of the Russian government.
After each of Przewalski's expeditions, the Academy of Sciences and the Russian Geographical Society regularly held exhibitions of the richest material that he brought to the capital - hundreds of stuffed animals, skins of wild animals, an infinite number of herbaria and material artifacts, for example, magic mirrors, which he purposefully searched, like Golden Baba Jurchen. By the way, he so persistently wanted to go to Tibet, also because he believed that the main artifacts of the Jurchen were taken there. He did not find Baba, but he brought a mirror. At the beginning of 1887, an exhibition of Przhevalsky's collections was held at the Museum of the Academy of Sciences, which was visited by Emperor Alexander III. He was very interested in the Magic Mirror. Przhevalsky told him that he saw in the mirror his death during a trip to Tibet. The emperor looked into the mirror, after which he ordered to remove the mirrors from the exhibition.
The son of Alexander III, Nicholas II, was also interested in the mystery of the magic mirror. He met with another prominent explorer of Primorye, the military topographer Vladimir Klavdievich Arsenyev, who, after an expedition to the region in 1910, also arranged an exhibition of artifacts. Arsenyev told the emperor not only about magic mirrors, but also about a special type of gold, about the Golden Woman and showed samples of rocks that he brought from the expedition.
VC. Arseniev.
What was this special kind of gold? Let us turn again to the text of Vsevolod Karinberg "The Mystery of" Magic "Mirrors or the Matrix":
“In the Academgorodok of Novosibirsk, Professor Ershov at the Institute of Programming and Informatics conducted research on the problem of Chinese mirrors. And it looks like they have something cleared up if all the conclusions are suddenly classified. Research was also carried out in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) at the Electro-Mechanical Institute under the leadership of Zhores Alferov. They showed that the alloy of bronze, of which the mirror is composed, contains, in addition to copper, tin, zinc, rare earth elements of the 6th and 7th groups: rhenium, iridium. The alloy contains nickel, gold, mercury, silver, platinum, palladium, as well as from radioactive elements - thorium, actinium, uranium impurities.
And the special light bronze of the front surface of the mirror contains phosphorus in large quantities for something. It is assumed that when sunlight hits the mirror, the alloy is excited and its radioactive radiation makes the front mirror surface glow in certain places. There is another trick in these mirrors - a spiral winding of multilayer metal strips on the handle. There is a hypothesis that human bioenergy is transferred to the mirror through this handle. And that is why someone is able to simply activate the mirror, and someone can see in it the pictures of the future.
The symbols on the back surface of the mirror affect the human psyche, and it is they that allow you to tune in to the pictures of the subtle world. A combination of rare elements in the alloy, inherent in Chinese mirrors, is found only in one mine. In 1985 on about. Kunashire in the former closed zone of the Japanese Imperial Reserve on the Zolotaya River, next to the Tyatya volcano, adits were discovered where the Japanese mined gold throughout the war, moreover, ore, chemically bound, and not loose, why no one knew about it.
And here we again come to the mystery of the Bohai gold. According to legend, going underground, the Bohais took with them "forty carts loaded to the top with gold." The largest gold bar was the Golden Woman, a sculpture about two meters high. Both Shubi's gold and Bohai gold were mined not on the territory of modern Primorye. Gold was brought along underground passages from the underground country of Shubi, from the depths of volcanoes. When the cities of the country of Shubi were empty, the gold disappeared.
Shubi's gold, or, if you like, Bohai's gold, reveals one secret, because of which the researchers of the mysteries of magic mirrors, the pioneers in Primorye, may have died. No one imagined that there is gold from volcanoes, especially ore gold. The melt squeezes out through basalt rocks, in some "pockets" up to 1200 grams per cubic meter of soil. Inside the volcanoes - silver, platinum and rare earth elements, and very rare in nature. Gold! This is what the world power Japan was fighting for. Underground passagesleading to the gold volcanic development of the Kuriles, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, it is quite possible that they exist to this day ... "
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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 there are 10 archaeological finds, the secrets of which still remain unsolved.
1. Ancient devices
Lens of Nimrud from the capital of Assyria.
Ancient civilizations knew much more and were more advanced than scientists assumed 20 years ago. Archaeologists have discovered a number of ancient devices, from planispheres to battery prototypes. The most famous finds are the Nimrud lens and the Antikythera mechanism.
The lens of Nimrud, estimated to be about 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 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 solved 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. Longue 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 origin 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 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 blocks 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 egyptian pyramids... Moreover, 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 an extensive 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 discovered 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 proven, occurred due to precipitation, and this area of \u200b\u200bthe camp was only 7,000 - 9,000 years ago. The pyramid of Mikerin also belongs to the pre-dynastic period. It was also built from blocks of limestone and has the same erosion marks as the Sphinx.
10. Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe temple complex.
Dated by 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.
Mysterious artifacts of ancient civilizations are located in the Nazca desert, represented by huge drawings. Amazing geoglyphs appeared in 200 BC, covering vast areas off the coast of Peru. Engraved on sandy ground, they illustrate animals and geometric shapes.
Images also represented by lines are very similar to landing strips... The Nazca people, who created the wonderful drawings, did not leave any records about the purpose of the large-scale images. Perhaps because of their prehistoric era, they had not yet discovered the benefits of a written language, or they were being held back by something else.
Not advanced enough for a written language, they nevertheless left a great mystery to future civilizations. We still think about how such complex projects were implemented at that time.
Some theorists believe that the Nazca lines represent constellations and correlate with the location of the stars. It is also assumed that geoglyphs were to be viewed from the skies, and some lines form airstrips for alien visitors to Earth.Another thing amazes us, if the "artists" themselves did not have the opportunity to view images from the sky, then how did the Nazca peoples create absolutely symmetrical images? In the absence of records from that time, we have no plausible explanation other than the involvement of extraterrestrial technology.
GIANT FINGER OF EGYPT.
According to legend, the artifact was 35 centimeters long and was discovered in Egypt in the 1960s. Researcher of the unknown Gregor Sporri, having met the owner of the artifact in 1988, paid $ 300 to photograph the finger and take an X-ray. There is even an X-ray image of the finger as well as an authenticity stamp.
Original photograph taken in 1988
However, not a single scientist studied the finger, and the person who owned the artifact, leaving no opportunity to hear the details. This may contribute to the fact that the giant's finger is a hoax, or it may indicate the civilization of giants that lived on the earth in front of us.
STONE DISCS OF THE TRIBE OF DROP.
As reported in the history of the artifact, Cho Pu Tei, a professor of archeology (is a real archaeologist) of Beijing, was on an expedition with students to explore the caves deep in the Himalayan mountains. Located between Tibet and China, a number of caves were clearly man-made, as they consisted of tunnel systems and rooms.
Small skeletons were in the cells of the rooms, talking about the dwarf culture. Professor Tei suggested that they are an undocumented species of mountain gorilla. True, the ritual burial was very embarrassing.
Hundreds of discs with a diameter of 30.5 centimeters with perfect holes in the center were also found here. The researchers, having studied the paintings on the walls of the cave, came to the conclusion that the age is 12,000 years. The mysterious purpose of the discs dates back to the same age.
Sent to Peking University, the Dropa discs (as they were called) have been studied for 20 years. Many researchers and scholars have tried to decipher the letters engraved on the discs, which were unsuccessful.Professor Tsum Um Nui from Beijing, examining the discs in 1958, came to the conclusion about an unknown language that had not appeared anywhere before. The engraving itself was so skillful that it required a magnifying glass to read. All the results of the decryption went into the area of \u200b\u200bextraterrestrial origin of artifacts.
Tribal Legend: Ancient Drops descended from the clouds. Our ancestors, women and children hid in caves ten times before sunrise. When the fathers finally understood sign language, they found out that those who came had peaceful intentions.
ARTEFACT, 500,000 YEARS OLD SPARK PLUG.
In 1961, a very strange artifact was discovered in the Coso Mountains, California. Looking for additions to their exhibit, the owners of a small gem store went to collect several pieces. However, they were lucky to find not just a valuable stone or a rare fossil, but a real mechanical artifact of ancient times.
The mysterious mechanical device looked like a modern car spark plug. Analysis and X-ray inspection revealed a porcelain filling containing copper rings, a steel spring and a magnetic bar on the inside. Complementing the mystery is the unidentifiable, powdery white substance inside.
After conducting research on the artifact and marine fossils covering the surface, it turned out that the artifact "petrified" about 500,000 years ago.However, scientists were in no hurry to analyze the artifact. Probably, they feared accidentally refuting the generally accepted theories, saying that we are not the first technologically advanced civilization. Either the planet was indeed a popular place among aliens, often repaired on Earth.
MECHANISM OF ANTIKITER.
In the last century, divers cleaned up ancient Greek treasures at the wreckage of the Antikythera ship dating from 100 BC. Among the artifacts, they found 3 parts of a mysterious device. The device had bronze triangular prongs and is believed to have been used to track the complex movements of the moon and other planets.
The mechanism used a differential gear consisting of more than 30 gears different sizes with triangular teeth that have always counted down to prime numbers. It is believed that if all teeth are proven to be prime numbers, then they can clarify the astronomical secrets of the ancient Greeks.
The antikythera mechanism had a knob that allowed the user to enter past and future dates and then calculate the positions of the sun and moon. The use of differential gears made it possible to calculate angular velocities and calculate lunar cycles.
No other artifacts discovered since this time are advanced. Instead of using a geocentric representation, the mechanism was built on heliocentric principles, which were not common at the time. It seems that the ancient Greeks were able to independently build the world's first analog computer.Alexander Jones, a historian, deciphering some of the inscriptions said: the device used colored balls to represent the Sun, Mars and the Moon. Well, by the inscriptions we found out where the device was created, but no one said how it was done. Is it possible that the Greeks knew more about the solar system and technology than we previously thought?
AIRCRAFT OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS.
Egypt is not a unique place for theories of ancient aliens and high technology. In Central and South America, small pieces of gold have been discovered dating back to 500 AD. era.
More precisely, dating is a kind of challenge, since the items are entirely made of gold, so the date was estimated using the stratigraphy method. This may trick some people into creating the idea of \u200b\u200ba hoax, but the artifacts are at least 1,000 years old.
Artifacts are interesting for their amazing resemblance to ordinary aircraft for us. Archaeologists have designated the finds as zoomorphic for their resemblance to animals. However, comparing them with birds and fish (which have similar characteristics from the point of view of animals) seems to lead to the desired conclusion. In any case, such a comparison raises great doubts.
Why are they so similar to planes? They have wings, stabilizing elements and landing gears that have encouraged researchers to recreate one of the ancient figures.
Created to scale but accurate in proportion, this ancient artifact appears to be very similar to a modern fighter jet. After the reconstruction, it was documented that the plane, although not very good in aerodynamic terms, flew wonderfully.
Knowledge modern man about ancient cultures are 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 much more and were more advanced than scientists assumed 20 years ago. Archaeologists have discovered a number of ancient devices, from planispheres to battery prototypes. The most famous finds are the Nimrud lens and the Antikythera mechanism.
The lens of Nimrud, estimated to be about 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 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 solved 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. Longue Caves
Longyu - the Chinese call another wonder of the world. The system of 24 caves was discovered by accident in 1992. The origin 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 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, 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. Moreover, 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 an extensive 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, special metal fasteners were used to fasten huge stones. Archaeologists discovered 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 proven, occurred due to precipitation, and this area of \u200b\u200bthe camp was only 7,000 - 9,000 years ago. The pyramid of Mikerin also belongs to the pre-dynastic period. It was also built from blocks of limestone 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), the 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 (only 4 have been excavated so far) 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.
