The Giant’s Causeway is a dramatic sight at the foot of the basalt cliffs along the sea coast on the Antrim plateau in Northern Ireland. It is made up of some 40,000 massive black basalt columns sticking out of the sea. This sight has inspired legends of giants striding over the sea to Scotland. Geological […]
The Genetic Disc was discovered in the territory of Columbia and is one of the most mysterious artifacts in the world. It is 27 cm in diameter, and weighs about 2 kg. It has illustrations on both its sides depicting the intra-uterine foetal development in all stages. The stone is made from lydites–a stone, first
Tiahuanaco is an ancient city in Western Bolivia dating back to 14,000 BC. One of its few constructions that survived was the Sun Gate. It is 3 metres tall and carved on a single block of stone with the Sun-god depicted in the centre. This megalith was lying horizontal when the European explorers discovered it
Thoth, the Atlantean and Master of the people of Khem (Egypt), erected the Great Pyramid and recorded the secrets of wisdom in the Emerald Green Tablet and kept it hidden. The Tablets of Emerald are formed from a substance created through alchemical transmutation. They are imperishable, resistant to all elements, corrosion and acids. The Tablets
The Dropa Stones were first discovered in 1938 in Bayan-Kara-Ula in Qinghai on the border of China and Tibet. Hundreds of 1-ft wide stone discs, the Dropa Stones, with 3/4-inch wide holes in their centres were found in the caves. On the walls the pictures of the rising sun, moon, stars, land, mountains, and lines
The Devil’s Sea (also known as the Dragon’s Triangle or Pacific Bermuda Triangle) is one of the 12 Vile Vortices, located near the Japanese coast in the Pacific Ocean, where the pull of the planet’s electromagnetic waves is the strongest. The Chinese believed that there was a huge dragon in the sea that pulled ships
Around the south Devon coastline, on the night of 8 February 1855, a trail of footprints stretching on for more than 100 miles was discovered. Villagers found tracks that travelled up to doors and across roofs, through haystacks and over 14-ft walls; they even crossed River Exe. People were spooked; the prints appeared to stop
The ‘Curse of Pharaoh’ is the most world-famous curse. When King Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, stories circulated that those who dared violate the boy king’s final resting place faced a terrible curse. British aristocrat and amateur Egyptologist Earl of Carnarvon, who helped finance the search, soon fell victim to
The world’s first time capsule was set under the foundation of Phoebe Hearst Memorial Hall at Oglethorpe University in Georgia. An assortment of artifacts and documents and items used as in 1940, with the exception of gold and silver, were stored inside steel receptacles with glass linings, filled with inert gas to prevent oxidation and
In 1961, Mikesell picked up an artifact at Olancha, California. It was like a geode, but on cutting he found a circular section of very hard, white material like porcelain with a 2-mm shaft of bright metal. The outer layer was encrusted with fossil shells with two non-magnetic metallic metal objects in the crust, resembling
The Chickcharney is a mysterious creature which became embedded in the local culture of the island of Andros in the Bahamas. It is a 1-metre tall, bizarre flightless bird-like creature described in historic accounts, and in modern-day sightings around the island. It is said to possess red eyes and capable of turning its head 360
The Catatumbo Lightning refers to continuous lightning from a near-daily thunderstorm formed in Catatumbo River region in northern Venezuela, South America. The unique characteristic of this strange phenomenon is that the storms persist in the same place night after night. This region received 158 lightning strikes per sq.km. The scientific explanation is that during the
The Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated near Keswick, northwest England. It stands on a natural plateau with a 360-degree scenic view. It is one of Britain’s earliest stone circles dating back to the Neolithic period 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. There are 38 free standing stones, some up to 10 ft high. It may have
Bouvet is an isolated land in the coast of Antarctica. In 1964, Lieutenant Commander Allan Crawford visited the island and saw a lagoon and an abandoned lifeboat. There were no markings on it that would suggest its origins. It also had neither motor nor sails. The oars were found on shore, along with a flattened
A loud, ultra-low frequency sound was heard at listening stations on hydrophones underwater over 5,000 km across the Pacific. The Bloop or The Mysterious Noises was located a mere 1,760 km from the sunken city of R’yleh which led to stories that it was the sound of an unknown animal. This was due to the