Secrets of the Ancient World. Unsolved riddles of ancient civilizations

It's no secret that up to modern civilization there were several other highly developed, possessing extensive knowledge in various fields of science, including medicine, creating incredible machines and amazing objects, whose purpose so far no one can determine. Who were these people, it is unknown. Some scientists adhere to the theory of the extraterrestrial origin of these unusual creatures, while others believe that civilizations emerged spontaneously and in the process of long evolutionary development reached a certain level of knowledge and skills. Secrets of the ancient world are of interest to archaeologists, historians and geologists.

Numerous groups of scientists go in search of cities and objects that can help in understanding who our ancestors were. Who left ancient artifacts and riddles in a reminder of yourself? In this article we will try to talk about those mysteries that excite the minds of researchers for several thousand years in a row.

Pictures of the Stone Age

How does a modern person imagine a rock drawing? Most likely, as the simplest form of art of primitive people, which reflected their faith in spirits and scenes from everyday life. This is how it is written in school textbooks. However, in reality, everything is not so simple - the rock carvings (or petroglyphs) are capable of presenting many surprises to scientists.

Most often, rock art depicts hunting scenes or ritualistic rituals. And the ancient painters with amazing accuracy passed the anatomical features of various animals and intricate robes of the priests. Usually in the stone paintings used three colors - white, ocher and bluish-gray. Scientists say that the paint was made of special stones, powdered into powder. In the future, they began to add various plant pigments to diversify the palette. In its majority, petroglyphs are interesting to historians and anthropologists, who study the development and migration of ancient peoples. But there is one category of drawings that official science can not explain in any way.

These pictures depict unusual people dressed in a kind of spacesuits. Creatures are very tall and often hold in their hands incomprehensible objects. From their suit there are tubes, and a part of the face looks through the helmet. The scientist catches the eye with an elongated shape of the skull and huge eye sockets. Also, quite often, alongside these creatures, the ancient masters depicted strange disc-shaped aircraft. Some of them resembled planes and were applied to the stone in a cut, which allows us to see the complex interlacing of parts and tubes of the mechanism.

Surprisingly, these drawings are scattered all over the world. Everywhere the beings look absolutely the same, which suggests that contacts with extraterrestrial civilizations had different peoples. The most ancient petroglyphs with such creatures date from 47 thousand years ago and are located in China. Images of tall figures in protective suits, applied to the stone ten thousand years ago, were found in India and Italy. And all creatures emit a 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 they have not been able to come to a common opinion about their origin. After all, if the images of beings can be explained by the ritual dress of shamans, then the exact image of the mechanisms that the ancient man could not know anything about, suggests the extraterrestrial contact that constantly occurred between primitive people and extraterrestrial civilizations. But scientists can not accept this version unconditionally, so the secrets reflected on the rocks remained unresolved.

Atlantis: myth or reality?

About the lost Atlantis the world learned from the dialogues of Plato. In them he told about the 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 by a diameter of two moats and earthen ramparts. This was a kind of system that protects the city from floods. Plato said that the Atlanteans were skilled engineers and craftsmen. They created aircraft, high-speed marine vessels and even missiles. The whole valley consisted of extremely fertile lands, which, combined with the climate, allowed harvesting up to four times a year. Throughout the world, hot springs were being beaten from the ground, feeding numerous luxurious gardens. Atlanteans worshiped Poseidon, huge statues of which adorned the temples and the entrance to the harbor.

Over time, the inhabitants of Atlantis became arrogant and considered themselves equal gods. They ceased to worship the higher powers and were mired in debauchery and idleness. In response, the gods sent on them an earthquake and a devastating wave of tsunami. According to Plato, Atlantis went underwater for one day. The author claimed that the majestic city is covered with a thick layer of mud and sand, so it is not possible to find it. A beautiful legend, is not it? It can be said that all the secrets of the ancient world are difficult to compare in significance with the possibility of finding a mysterious continent. Many would like to open the world the truth about the mighty Atlanteans.

So was there really Atlantis? Myth or reality formed the basis of Plato's history? Let's try to figure it out. It is worth noting that in history there is no other mention of the Atlanteans, except for the descriptions of Plato. And he himself just retold this legend, taking it from Solon's diaries. 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 also heard it from someone and captured it as a warning to subsequent 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 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, we can assume that Atlantis sank about twelve thousand years ago, and it was in the Gibraltar Strait. It is from here that the search for the mysterious Atlantean civilization begins, but in Plato's text there are a lot of mismatches that prevent at least one from reducing 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 of the site of the flooding of the island, over which the researchers are working. Some scholars refer to the fact that such a powerful civilization could exist only in the Mediterranean, and the story of her 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 Americans on Hiroshima. As a result, most of the island was flooded, and tsunamis with waves more than two hundred meters almost completely destroyed the Minoan civilization. Recently, under the water near Santorini, the ruins of a fortified wall with a moat reminiscent of Plato's descriptions were found. True, this catastrophe occurred much later than the ancient Greek author described.

According to the second version, the fragments of ancient civilization are still on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. After recent studies of the seabed in the Azores area, the scientists were convinced that this part of the Atlantic was once a land and only fell into the water as a result of natural cataclysms. By the way, it is the Azores that are the peak of the mountain range, which surrounds an even plateau where scientists have been able to see the ruins of some structures. In the near future, expeditions are being prepared to this area, which, possibly, will lead to sensational results.

The most ancient mystery of the planet: the mystery of Antarctica

Parallel to 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. Secrets of the ancient world would be incomplete without the legends of the once great people who lived in the center of the world on a very fertile land. These people cultivated the land and raised cattle, and their technologies could be envied by modern countries. Once, as a result of the natural cataclysm of a mysterious civilization, it was necessary to leave its land and disperse around the world. Later blossoming once the country was pinned ice, and it for a long time hid its secrets.

Do not you find some resemblance to the story of Atlantis? Here is one researcher, Rand Flem-At held certain parallels, which in Plato's texts were previously considered inconsistencies and came to a sensational conclusion - Atlantis is nothing but the ancient civilization of Antarctica. Do not rush to dismiss this theory, it has a lot of evidence.

For example, Flem-At repelled from 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 continent to other continents, which is fairly easy to imagine by glancing at Antarctica from above. In the second half of the seventeenth century, a copy of the ancient map of Atlantis was issued, which strikingly resembles the outlines of an ice-bound continent. In favor of the same version, the characteristic of the mainland also speaks, 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 does not release Antarctica, so it could not be the birthplace of a mysterious civilization. But this statement is fundamentally wrong. Scientists who took samples of ice, found the remains of a forest, whose age is dated three million years. That is, during this period Antarctica was a blooming land, which is confirmed by the maps of the mainland, created by the Turkish admiral in the middle of the sixteenth century. They have mountains, hills and rivers, and most of the points are almost perfectly aligned. It's amazing, because modern scientists can achieve this accuracy only with the help of high-tech devices.

It is known that one of the Japanese emperors, who lived in the six hundred and eighty-first year of our era, ordered to collect in one book all the myths and legends of his people. And there is a mention of land, located near the pole, where there lived a powerful civilization that owns fire.

Now scientists say that the ice in Antarctica is rapidly melting, so, probably, 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 thousand years ago.

Strange skulls: amazing finds of archaeologists

Many archaeological finds put scientists at a dead end. Skulls of unusual shape have become one of those mysteries that do not have a logical and scientific explanation. Now in various museums and collections are stored more than ninety cranial boxes, which only remotely resemble human. Some of the finds are carefully hidden from the public eye, because if you recognize the existence in ancient times on the planet of such unusual creatures, then evolution and history will look new. Scientists can not yet confirm the presence among the ancient civilizations of alien visitors, but it is rather difficult for them to refute this fact.

For example, the scientific community does not explain in any way how the mysterious Peru skull of a cone-shaped form appeared. If you specify this information, then we can say that similar skulls in Peru found several, and almost all of them are the same shape. Originally, the find was perceived as an artificial deformation adopted by some peoples of the world. But literally after the first studies it became clear that the skull was not artificially pulled out with the help of special devices. He originally had this form, and the isolated DNA in general produced a sensation among scientists. The fact is that some DNA is not human and has no analogues among terrestrial beings.

This information became the basis for the theory that some alien beings lived among people and took a direct part in evolution. For example, in the Vatican, a mysterious skull without a mouth is kept, and cranial boxes with three eye sockets and horns have been found in different parts of the world. All this is difficult to explain, and often falls on the most distant shelves of museums. But some scientists argue that it was extraterrestrials who initiated some sort of selection of the human species, which led to today's reasonable man. And the tradition of deforming your skull and drawing on your forehead the third eye were just a memory of the mighty gods who once lived freely and openly among people.

Archaeological finds in Peru: subjects that can change the history

Black stones Iki became one of the greatest secrets of ancient civilizations. These stones are rounded boulders of volcanic rock, on which various scenes from the life of some ancient civilization are engraved. Weight of stones varies from several tens of grams to five hundred kilograms. And the largest specimen reached a meter and a half. What is strange about these findings? Yes, almost everything, but most of all, the drawings on these stones are amazing. They depict those things that, according to scientists, simply could not occur. Many scenes on Ica stones are devoted to medical operations, and most of them are described in stages. Among operations, organ transplantation and brain transplantation are described in detail, which is still a fantastic procedure. And even postoperative rehabilitation of patients is described. Another group of stones depicts various dinosaurs interacting with humans. Most of the animals modern scientists can not even classify, this raises a lot of questions. In a special group are allocated stones with applied 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 does not have until now.

To answer this question, Professor Javier Cabrera tried. He collected about eleven thousand stones, and believed that in Peru there are at least fifty thousand copies. The collection of Cabrera is the most extensive, he devoted it to study all his life and came to sensational conclusions. Ica's stones are a library that tells about the life of an ancient civilization that freely studied outer space and knew about life on other planets. This people knew about the impending catastrophe in the form of a meteorite flying to the Earth and left the planet, having previously created a group of stones that were to become a source of information for descendants who survived after the terrible events.

Many people consider stones a fake, but Cabrera repeatedly gave them to research in various laboratories and managed to prove their authenticity. But until now, scientists are not working on studying these incredible finds. Why? Who knows, but maybe they are afraid to discover the fact that human history has 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 from huge stone blocks (megaliths) have different shapes and architectures, but all of them have certain common characteristics that make one think that the technology of construction in all cases was the same.

First of all scientists are struck by the fact that nowhere near the massive structures there are no quarries that could serve as a source of material. This is particularly noticeable in South America in the area of Lake Titicaca, where scientists found the Solar Temple and a whole group of megalithic structures. The weight of some blocks exceeds one hundred and twenty tons, and the wall thickness is more than three meters.

Moreover, the fact that all blocks have no traces of processing is unusual. They seem to be carved out of a soft rock tool that has subsequently hardened. Each block was fitted closely to the other as accurately as modern builders could not do. Everywhere in South America, archeologists found incredible structures, which every time made scientists think of a new group of riddles. For example, on the blocks of complex shapes found in the already mentioned solar temple, a calendar is depicted. But a month, according to his information, lasted just over twenty-four days, and the year was two hundred and ninety days. Incredibly, this calendar was compiled on the basis of observing the stars, so scientists were able to establish that this structure has an age more than seventeen thousand years ago.

Other megalithic structures date back to other years, but still science can not explain how these blocks were cut down in the rocks and transported to the construction site. These technologies remain unknown, as well as a civilization that has such incredible capabilities.

Easter Island Statues

Stone idols of the island also belong to megalithic structures. Their appointment causes archaeologists and historians only questions. At the moment we know about 887 moai, as these figures are also called. They are facing the water and looking away. Why did the locals make these idols? The only plausible version is the ritual appointment of figures, but their huge size and quantity is knocked out of the canvas of history. After all, usually two or three sculptures were installed for ritual purposes, but not several hundred.

Surprisingly, most of the idols are on the slope of the volcano. Here stands the largest surviving figure, weighing about two hundred tons and a height of twenty-one meters. What are these figures waiting for and why do they all look outside the island? Scientists can not give any decent answer to this question.

Sunken pyramids: the remains of an underwater civilization or the ruins of ancient cities?

Underwater pyramids explorers of the sea depths were found in different parts of the world. A group of similar structures has been found in the USA on Lake Rock, at the bottom of the famous Bermuda Triangle, and recently the pyramids of the 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 structures had a width of more than one hundred and eighty meters at the base. It's hard to believe that this was the creation of human hands. Therefore, for many years, scientists in Japan are arguing about the origin of these underwater pyramids.

Masaki Kimura, a well-known researcher, adheres to the theory that the pyramid was formed as a result of human activity. This version is confirmed by the following facts:

• A variety of forms of stone blocks;
• The head of a man cut from a stone;
• On many blocks visible traces of processing;
• On some facets of the pyramid, ancient masters brought hieroglyphs unknown to modern science.

Now the approximate age of the pyramids dates from 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 disk from Nebray

At the junction of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, an unusual find came to the hands of scientists - a stellar disk from Mittelberg. This, simple at first glance, the subject was just a stepping stone to understanding ancient civilizations.

The bronze disc was dug from the ground by treasure hunters, along with two swords and bracelets that are about eighteen thousand years old. Initially, the drive found near the city of Nebras, tried to sell, but eventually it fell into the hands of the police and was transferred to scientists.

The discovery began to be studied, and it opened to archaeologists and historians many incredible facts. The disc itself is made of bronze, it has gold plates, representing the sun, moon and stars. Seven stars clearly correspond to the Pleiades, which were important for determining the time of cultivation of the earth. Almost all peoples engaged in agriculture were guided by them. The authenticity of the disc could be proved right away, but after a while the scientists discovered its supposed purpose. A few kilometers from Nebray was found an ancient observatory, the age of which exceeds all such structures on the planet. The star disk, according to scientists, was used in many rituals precisely in this observatory. Archaeologists suggest that he helped watch the stars, was a shaman drum and had a direct connection with a similar observatory in Greece, pointing directly to its location.

Of course, scientists have just begun to study a mysterious subject and are in no hurry to draw definitive conclusions. But what they could already learn, suggests that the ancient people had a pretty deep knowledge of the world around them.

Conclusion

In this article, we have listed not all the secrets of the ancient world. There are many more of them, but the versions that reveal them, and even more so. If you are interested in the riddles of long-gone 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 everyone who managed to accept the facts of unusual archaeological finds and buildings.

Of course, each person himself determines what to believe in and how to perceive information. But you will agree that the official history of mankind has too many blank spots to be the only correct one.