MYSTERY: something not understood or beyond understanding | whatever resists or defies explanation | profound, inexplicable, or secretive quality | a religious truth that one can know only by revelation and cannot fully understand
Most Recent Articles Explore with us lost civilizations, ancient ruins, sacred writings, unexplained artifacts, science mysteries, "alternative theories", popular authors and experts, subject related books and resources on the Internet. NEW Join our FORUM DISCUSSIONS: Also, don't miss our new BLOG: Your chance to comment on articles, and more... WHAT'S NEW >> Official position of science presents the picture of the past in which humanity started from primitive beginnings, and steadily progressed upward in the development of culture and science. Most of the artifacts preserved in archaeological and geological records have been neatly arranged to fit this accepted linear view of our past. Yet many other unearthed "out-of-place artifacts" create obvious contradictions to the conservative picture of antiquity. They don't fit the established pattern of prehistory, pointing back instead to the existence of advanced civilizations before any of the known ancient cultures came into being. STRANGE ARTIFACTS >> Many popular experts suggest possibility that mysterious sites around the world were created with help of advanced knowledge and technology (possibly more advanced than our current one) possessed by lost civilizations. Others do not believe that there ever was very advanced civilization on earth and all of the superb knowledge was handed down to us by ancient astronauts who came down from heaven. Most scientists do not subscribe to any of these ideas and try to explain ancient enigmas on the ground of religion and ritual... MYSTIC PLACES >> The wisdom of our ancestors frequently puzzles modern people. Spiritual approach views the ancient writings as a source of religious methodology of spiritual self-perfection and knowledge about God, Life and Death, Evolution, and the meaning of life. Literal approach treats ancient texts as a source of information about historical events (The Bible becomes a history book).Is there any truth about history of the mankind and our planet in ancient writings, or is it all religious fantasy and fairy tales? Can we penetrate the sacred wisdom hidden in the writings of our ancestors? ANCIENT WRITINGS >> In questions of science the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -- Galileo Galilei Textbooks present science as a noble search for truth, in which progress depends on questioning established ideas. But for many scientists know from bitter experience that disagreeing with the dominant view is dangerous - especially when that view is backed by powerful interest groups. SCIENCE MYSTERIES >> The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell World Mysteries is a neat resource for individuals exploring this world and beyond! - Alpha Online High School |
Machu Picchu in Peru
Machu Picchu in Peru is located at 2300 meters above sea level and 112 kilometers from Cusco at the foot of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Rice terraces in Banaue are 2000 years and are carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines population. Terraces are often inflected by Filipinos as the "eighth wonder of the world."One of the largest fountains in the world will be built in Dubai.
Fountains that have not yet been named, will shoot water (about 83,280 liters) to 150 feet in the air - the approximate height of 50-storey building - and stretch of 275 meters. Or a little more than the area of two football fields. Taj Mahal mausoleum was built over 17 years by 20,000 people in honor of the beloved wife of Shah Jahan - Mumtaz Mahal. The building is a unique blend of Persian, Turkish and indiyska architectures. The four minarets are tilted away from the temple, so that in the event of an earthquake they do not fall on it and destroy it.
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