The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by River Colorado in Arizona, United States. It is 277 miles long, 18 miles wide and attains a depth of over a mile. Recent evidence suggests River Colorado established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago and had continued to erode and form […]
Göbekli Tepe is an archaeological site atop a mountain ridge in the South-eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is one of the most startling and unique archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people. Göbekli Tepe is a series of mainly circular and oval-shaped structures
Some 100 ceramic tablets bearing inscriptions with alphabetical signs are among the artifacts found at Glozel, near Vichy in France. The tablets were said to date back to the Neolithic period, 6000 years ago with some of the signs resembling our modern day alphabet. The inscriptions are, on average, on six or seven lines, mostly
The Giant Stone Spheres (or Stone Balls) of Costa Rica are an assortment of over 300 stone balls located on the Diquís Delta and on Isla del Caño. These objects are monolithic sculptures made by human hands and one of the strangest mysteries in archaeology. Most of the spheres were created from gabbro, an acid-resistant
The Georgia Guidestones is a granite monument erected in 1980 in Elbert County, Georgia, the United States. A set of 10 guidelines is inscribed on the structure in eight modern languages in four ancient language scripts: Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, and Egyptian hieroglyphs. One slab stands in the centre, with four arranged around it. A
To be able to freeze bubbles is such a rare experience; it’s an interesting science. Every bubble is made up of three individual layers: a thin layer of water molecules squished between two layers of soap. The innermost layer of water, which freezes at warmer temperatures than soapy water, turns to ice within the film.
A Frost Flower is created on autumn or early winter mornings when ice, in extremely thin layers, is pushed out from the stems of plants. At freezing point, the sap in the stem of plants will expand forming microscopically thin cracks. These give way under the pressure of the sap and split open. Water, which
For twenty years a mysterious handprint was visible on a Chicago fire station window. It belonged to Francis Leavy, a firefighter, who predicted his own death in 1924. On April 18, 1924, a four-storey building was going up in flames; in the battle against the inferno Francis Leavy lost his life. The very next day,
There was a lot of whispering going on among the farm creatures. The chickens clucked and the ducks quacked. Matilda, the cow, mooed softly to Logan, the horse, and the sheep were baaing to one another. What had happened? Farmer Woodley had called the doctor and there had been lots of whispering inside the house.
Benjamin, the lamb, was quite sure that he would win the race. A fair was being held outside the village and all the lambs would participate in the race. But that afternoon when all the farm animals reached the fair ground, Benjamin found to his dismay that the race was meant only for the farm
Jemima was the smallest duckling on Benson’s farm. She was also the shyest one. Whenever her mother took all the ducklings in a line to the pond, Jemima would hide in the bushes and refuse to swim! “I feel so embarrassed, because the others learnt swimming very fast,” she told her best friend, Midge, the
Petunia was a beautiful little chestnut mare. She lived on Farmer Harold’s farm. She was very vain about her looks. She spent a lot of time curling her mane and looking at her reflection in the manger. One day, she saw Mrs Harold wearing a marvellous straw hat with two yellow roses on it. Petunia
The Asaro Mud Men are a famous symbol of Papua, New Guinea. Do you know:Asaro mud men are warriors who created a unique tradition by camouflaging themselves in river mud. The story behind the tradition of this warrior tribe is after they were defeated, the warriors were forced to flee into the Asaro River where
Konaki Sumo is a Japanese tradition that is more than 400 years old, organized in certain temples. Do you know: The word ‘Konaki’ means, crying. The tradition is practised to pray for a baby’s health. In this custom, two sumo wrestlers stand facing each other with a baby in each wrestler’s arms. The babies are
Silbo Gomero is a custom practised on the island of La Gomera, part of the Spanish Canary Islands. Do you know: Silbo Gomero is actually a whistling language. The landscape of the island of La Gomera was extremely rough and not easy to traverse on. Hence, the locals found an unusual way of communicating with