Found a fossil on the beach in Taiwan just like searching NASA photos for similar things. UFO Sighting News.

Hey all, I found this fossil when I went to a BNB along the southern east side of Taiwan. I was looking for fossils. Its something I enjoy doing in hopes of making a find worthy to give to the local museum. This interesting to me. Paleontology and archeology are to passions I have. This is a fossil of stringray teeth. Stringrays have about 5-8 rows of teeth. This particular fossil seems to be about 150-200,000,000 years old. I determined this from other fossils I have seen, held and studied. But this is the first stingray teeth I have found. I was actually intently searching for fossil shark teeth, but its rare in Taiwan. Never heard of anyone finding any, but so is this fossil of stingray teeth. Was going to take a video, but was too hot and two love birds landed on my shoulder for 25 minutes making this awkward. 

Searching for fossils is just like searching in NASA photos for similar ancient artifacts. The only difference is I'm not there in person doing it...which by the way...I would love doing. So...link the similarities...this is what I do. 

I see here in Taiwan that people are worried about China invading. Chinese war ships and jets are having a military exercise, but Taiwanese think its a possible invasion in progress...due to US Nancy Pelosi visiting us in Taiwan. Not sure what will happen if China invades, but I will do my best to keep updating you on this situations if they do. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

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31-07-2022 om 18:12 geschreven door peter  

Nessie, is that you? Fossil discovery in freshwater river bed suggests Loch Ness Monster COULD have existed - but only 66 million years ago

• Fossils reveal plesiosaurs may have lived in freshwater 100 million years ago

• Plesiosaurs were prehistoric reptiles with small heads and long necks

• First found in 1823, they inspired reconstructions of the Loch Ness Monster

• Discovery suggests Loch Ness Monster could have been a plesiosaur

By SOPHIE CURTIS FOR MAILONLINE

The Loch Ness Monster's existence is 'plausible', according to scientists, after fossils revealed that plesiosaurs may have lived in fresh water.

Nessie enthusiasts have long believed that the creature of Scottish folklore, which is often depicted with a long neck and small head, could be a prehistoric reptile.

However, cynics argue that even if plesiosaurs had survived the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs, the creatures could not have lived in Loch Ness because they needed a saltwater environment.

Now researchers from the University of Bath, University of Portsmouth, and Université Hassan II in Morocco, have discovered fossils of small plesiosaurs in a 100-million year old river system in the Sahara Desert.

The discovery suggests that some species of plesiosaur did live in freshwater - lending credibility to the Loch Ness Monster legend. 

Plesiosaurs (right) and spinosaurus (left) may have both inhabited freshwater rivers 100 million years ago

Among the most famous claimed sightings of the Loch Ness Monster is a photograph taken in 1934 by Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson which was published in the Daily Mail. However, the researchers point out that the last plesiosaurs died out 66 million years ago

The fossils, discovered in the Kem Kem beds of Morocco, which date back to the Late Cretaceous period, include bones and teeth from three-metre (10ft) long adults and an arm bone from a 1.5 metre (5ft) long baby. 

'The bones and teeth were found scattered and in different localities, not as a skeleton. So each bone and each tooth is a different animal,' said Dr. Nick Longrich from the University of Bath's Milner Centre for Evolution.

'It's scrappy stuff, but isolated bones actually tell us a lot about ancient ecosystems and animals in them. They're so much more common than skeletons, they give you more information to work with.'

The discovery hints that the creatures routinely lived and fed in freshwater, alongside frogs, crocodiles, turtles, fish, and the huge aquatic dinosaur Spinosaurus. 

The plesiosaurs' teeth show heavy wear, like those of Spinosaurus, implying they were eating the same food - chipping their teeth on the armoured fish that lived in the river. 

'What amazes me is that the ancient Moroccan river contained so many carnivores all living alongside each other,' said David Martill from the University of Portsmouth.

'This was no place to go for a swim.' 

Marine animals like whales and dolphins are known to wander up rivers, either to feed or because they are lost, but the researchers do not believe this explains the large number of plesiosaur fossils in the Kem Kem beds.

A more likely possibility is that the plesiosaurs were able to tolerate fresh and salt water, like some whales, such as the beluga whale.

It is even possible that the plesiosaurs were permanent residents of the river, like modern river dolphins, according to the researchers. 

The fossils, discovered in the Kem Kem beds of Morocco, which date back to the Late Cretaceous period, include bones and teeth from three-metre (10ft) long adults and an arm bone from a 1.5 metre (5ft) long baby. 

Left: A leptocleidid plesiosaur back vertebra. The big openings for the arteries on the bottom are typical of plesiosaurs. Right: Arm bone from a leptocleidid plesiosaur, mid- Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Kem Kem beds of Morocco

The plesiosaurs' small size would have let them hunt in shallow rivers, and the fossil beds indicate there were plenty of fish around. 

'It's a bit controversial, but who's to say that because we paleontologists have always called them "marine reptiles", they had to live in the sea?' said Dr Longrich.

'Lots of marine lineages invaded freshwater.' 

Plesiosaurs were a diverse and adaptable group, and were around for more than 100 million years. 

Based on what they've found in Morocco – and what other scientists have found elsewhere – the authors suggest they might have repeatedly invaded freshwater to different degrees.

'This is another sensational discovery that adds to the many discoveries we have made in the Kem Kem over the past fifteen years of work in this region of Morocco,' said Samir Zouhri from the Universite Hassan II in Morocco.

'Kem Kem was truly an incredible biodiversity hotspot in the Cretaceous.'

A leptocleidid plesiosaur tooth from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco

The plesiosaurs belong to the family Leptocleididae - a family of small plesiosaurs often found in brackish or freshwater elsewhere in England, Africa, and Australia. Other plesiosaurs, including the long-necked elasmosaurs, have also been found in brackish or fresh waters in North America and China.

Veterinary student Arthur Grant was the first person to link the plesiosaur with the Loch Ness Monster in 1934, after he claimed to have nearly hit the creature on his motorcycle. He drew a sketch that resembled the ancient marine reptile. 

A few months later, the Daily Mail published a photograph taken by gynaecologist Robert Kenneth Wilson that appeared to show a creature with a long neck and small head moving through the water. The image was later exposed as a hoax. 

A press release from the University of Bath stated the new discovery showed that the Loch Ness Monster was 'on one level, plausible'.

'Plesiosaurs weren't confined to the seas, they did inhabit freshwater. But the fossil record also suggests that after almost a hundred and fifty million years, the last plesiosaurs finally died out at the same time as the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago.'

The study has been published in the journal Cretaceous Research.

What IS the Loch Ness Monster?

Rumours of a strange creature living in the waters of Loch Ness have abounded over the decades, yet scant evidence has been found to back up these claims.

One of the first sightings, believed to have fuelled modern Nessie fever, came in May 2, 1933.  

On this date the Inverness Courier carried a story about a local couple who claim to have seen 'an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface'.

Another famous claimed sighting is a photograph taken in 1934 by Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson.

It was later exposed as a hoax by one of the participants, Chris Spurling, who, on his deathbed, revealed that the pictures were staged.

Other sightings James Gray's picture from 2001 when he and friend Peter Levings were out fishing on the Loch, while namesake Hugh Gray's blurred photo of what appears to be a large sea creature was published in the Daily Express in 1933.

Robert Kenneth Wilson, a London physician, captured arguably the most famous image of the Loch Ness Monster. The surgeon’s photograph was published in the Daily Mail on April 21, 1934

The first reported sighting of the monster is said to have been made in AD565 by the Irish missionary St Columba when he came across a giant beast in the River Ness.

But no one has ever come up with a satisfactory explanation for the sightings - although in 2019, 'Nessie expert' Steve Feltham, who has spent 24 years watching the Loch, said he thought it was actually a giant Wels Catfish, native to waters near the Baltic and Caspian seas in Europe.

An online register lists more than 1,000 total Nessie sightings, created by Mr Campbell, the man behind the Official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club and is available at www.lochnesssightings.com. 

So what could explain these mysterious sightings? 

Many Nessie witnesses have mentioned large, crocodile-like scutes sitting atop the spine of the creature, leading some to believe an escaped amphibian may be to blame.

Native fish sturgeons can also weigh several hundred pounds and have ridged backs, which make them look almost reptilian.

Some believe Nessie is a long-necked plesiosaur - like an elasmosaur - that survived somehow when all the other dinosaurs were wiped out.

Others say the sightings are down to Scottish pines dying and flopping into the loch, before quickly becoming water-logged and sinking.

While submerged, botanical chemicals start trapping tiny bubbles of air.

Eventually, enough of these are gathered to propel the log upward as deep pressures begin altering its shape, giving the appearance of an animal coming up for air.

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29-07-2022 om 01:20 geschreven door peter  

The Norse God Odin: Viking God of War, Father of Thor, But There’s More

Odin is the chief deity of the Norse pantheon. Although Odin was worshipped more generally in Germanic paganism, the information we have today about this god is derived mostly from Norse mythology. These pieces of information include both written sources, such as myths, and archaeological finds, that combined paint a complex picture of this Norse (Viking) god. Consequently, it is difficult to figure out Odin’s exact role and character. Nevertheless, in general, Odin is viewed as a wise deity, in addition to his role as the Norse god of war. Apart from that, he was also associated with death, poetry, magic, and prophecy. As the primary god of the Norse pantheon, Odin plays an important role in many myths. And he was also the father of the mighty Thor, who is so loved in modern popular culture for his strength.

Odin, the supreme god in Norse mythology, on his throne with his magical ravens.

( Juan Aunión  / Adobe Stock)

The Norse God Odin Was Also a Primary Germanic Deity

The name Odin is said to be derived from Proto-Germanic “Wodanaz,” which may be translated variously to mean “the fury,” “the furious,” “the inspired,” and “the inspiring.” One of the earliest textual references to the god Odin is found in  Germania, written by the  Roman historian Tacitus  in the 1st century AD. In his work, Tacitus wrote that the “Of all the gods,  Mercury is he whom they worship most. To him on certain stated days it is lawful to offer even human victims.” It has been pointed out that since Mercury’s day was identified as Wednesday, or “Woden’s day,” Tacitus was referring to Odin when he mentioned that the ancient Germans worshipped Mercury

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Tacitus’ statement, however, must be taken with a pinch of salt. Whilst Odin was certainly a major deity amongst the  ancient Germans , there is insufficient evidence to show that his cult was primary to all the Germanic tribes. In other words, Tacitus may have been making a sweeping generalization about the religious beliefs of the people he was writing about. Additionally, it has been suggested that whilst the elites may have venerated Odin, he may have been less popular amongst the common people compared to his son,  Thor.

Ymir, the first Norse jotunn giant, sucks at the udder of Auðumbla as she licks Búri out of the ice in a painting by Nicolai Abildgaard, 1790.

(Nicolai Abildgaard /  CC0)

Odin: The Viking Creator God And His Many Children

One of Odin’s many epithets was “All-father.” Apart from the belief that he fathered many gods with various women (more about which in a moment), Odin was also regarded as a creator god. According to one myth, in the beginning, there was a vast emptiness called Ginnungagap. From this nothingness, two realms, Niflheim and Muspelheim, emerged. Niflheim was located to the north of Ginnungagap, and was an extremely cold place, with nothing but ice, frost, and fog. Muspelheim, by contrast, formed in the south of Ginnungagap, and was a hot place, with only fire, lava, and smoke.

In spite of these harsh conditions, life appeared. In Niflheim was a spring called Hvergelmir, which the Norse believed was the source of all the cold rivers. There were 11 cold rivers, collectively known as Elivagar. The water from these rivers flowed from the mountains to the plain of Ginnungagap, where it froze, forming a solid layer of ice. As time went by, the ice layer expanded. At the same time, lava was flowing from Muspelheim onto the plain of Ginnungagap. Eventually, the two met in the middle of Ginnungagap.

The meeting of the hot and cold elements resulted in the melting of the ice. The melted ice began to drip, and a human-like creature began to form in the ice. This was Ymir, the first  jotunn, or giant, in Norse mythology.

When Ymir slept, he began to sweat, and from these bodily fluids, two more giants, one male, and the other female, were born. Additionally, a third giant, another son called Thrudgelmir (meaning “Strength Yeller”) was born when one of Ymir’s legs paired with the other. The children of Ymir were the first of the frost giants, and were breastfed by Audhumbla, a giant cow, who, like Ymir, was created from the melting of the ice in Ginnungagap.

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Audhumbla nourished herself by licking a block of salty ice. It was from this action that the first Norse god came into being. On the first day that the giant cow licked the block of salty ice, some human hair appeared. On the second day, a head emerged, and on the third, the rest of the body was freed. This was Buri, the first of the gods. Buri, through some unknown process, fathered a son, Borr, who later took Bestla (believed to be a jotunn) as his wife. Borr and Bestla were the parents of Odin, Vili, and Ve, the first of the Aesirs, one of the two main groups of gods in Norse mythology.

The three brothers noticed that the  Aesirs were outnumbered by the jotnar, who were producing new giants at a rapid pace. They reasoned that the only way to solve this problem was to kill Ymir. Therefore, Odin and his brothers waited for the giant to fall asleep, before attacking him. Ymir, however, woke up, and a terrible fight ensued. In the end, Ymir was slain. So much blood flowed from the jotunn’s corpse that most of his offspring were drowned in it. Only two giants managed to escape. Using Ymir’s remains, Odin and his brothers created the world.

Thor, the Norse god of lightning, is one of Odin's sons and probably the most famous of Norse deities in popular culture today.

( Dusan Kostic  / Adobe Stock)

Odin Was the Father of Many Including the Great God Thor

The Norse also believed that Odin and his brothers created the first human beings, though this appears to be unconnected to the creation myth. According to this story, Odin and his brothers were walking along a beach when they came across two logs, one from an ash, and the other from  an elm .

The gods decided to create humans out of the logs. Therefore, Odin gave the logs spirit and life, Ve gave them movement, mind, and intelligence, whilst Vili gave them shape, speech, feelings, and the five senses. The first man was called Ask, and the first woman Embla. The pair were placed by the gods in Midgard. 

Odin was also the father of many of the other Norse gods. Odin’s wife was the  goddess Frigg , with whom he had two sons, Baldur and Hod, who were direct opposites of each other. For instance, whilst Baldur represented light, Hod represented darkness (he is even depicted as being blind).

Odin also had sons with other women, many of whom were jotnar. For example, one of the best-known Norse gods, Thor, was the son of Odin and a jotunn named Jord. Another jotunn, Gridr, had a son, Vidarr, with Odin. According to prophecy, Vidarr, the god of vengeance, would avenge his father’s death during the Ragnarok. Another of Odin’s sons, Vali, was the offspring of the jotunn Rindr, and was destined to avenge the death of Baldur.

The heavenly palatial palace of Valhalla, depicted in this old painting by Max Brückner, was Odin's home.

(Max Brückner (1836-1919) /  Public domain )

Odin: The Norse God of War and His Palatial Valhalla Palace

In addition to his role as a creator god, Odin was worshipped as the Norse god of war. For instance, he was seen as a protector of Viking warriors. Additionally, the Norse thought that Odin never lost a battle, with some even believing that it was impossible for the god to lose a battle.

Most importantly, the Norse believed that those who died honorably in combat had the chance of entering  Valhalla(meaning “Hall of the Slain”), Odin’s palatial home. The slain warriors are recruited by Odin’s daughters, the Valkyries (literally meaning “dead choosers”), and lived in Valhalla, where they would feast daily, and prepare for the final Ragnarok battle. On the day of the final battle these warriors, known as the einherjar, would fight alongside Odin and the rest of the Norse gods against their enemies. 

Even though Odin was a warrior god, he did not win his battles with mere brute force and power. Indeed, the Norse also considered Odin to be a full of wisdom. Odin’s wisdom is most famously represented by his depiction as a one-eyed man. According to Norse mythology, the wisest god amongst the Aesir was  Mimir, whose origin is not entirely clear. This god was renowned for his knowledge and prophetic wisdom.

In one myth, Mimir is depicted as the caretaker of the Well of Knowledge (known also as Mimir’s Well). Odin, in his quest for knowledge, journeys to this well, so that he could drink from it. Although Odin was allowed to drink from the well, he had to sacrifice one of his eyes for the privilege.

The Well of Knowledge is believed to be located in Jotunheim, the land of the giants, which suggests that Mimir was a jotunn. In another myth, however, Mimir is depicted as an Aesir. In this myth, the Aesir were at war with the Vanir, the other major group of Norse gods. In the end, the Aesir and Vanir made peace, and exchanged hostages.

On the one hand, the Vanir sent some of their most prized members, such as Njord, Freyr, and Freyja, to the Aesir. On the other hand, Aesir sent Mimir and Hoenir to the Vanir.

Whilst Mimir was a powerful god, Hoenir is said to have been a weak and indecisive deity. When the Vanir discovered this, they took it as an insult, and executed Mimir in retaliation. The god’s severed head was sent to Odin, who magically reanimated it.

Mimir’s head, therefore, became a source of knowledge, and Odin relied on its counsel when he needed to make important decisions.

In this vintage illustration Odin is seated on his throne with his magical messengers: two ravens and two wolves.

( Morphart / Adobe Stock)

The Source of Odin’s Knowledge and Wisdom: Ravens and Wolves

Mimir was not the only source of knowledge that Odin had access to. The Norse believe that the god kept a pair of ravens,  Huginn and Muninn  (whose names literally mean “Thought” and “Memory”). Each morning, the birds would travel across the Nine Worlds to observe all that was going on. At night, Huginn and Muninn would return to Odin, and report to him all they had seen. It was through these ravens that Odin learned about everything that went on in each realm.

Apart from the ravens, Odin also kept a pair of wolves, Grei and Freki (meaning “Ravenous,” and “Greedy One”). The pair were supposedly created when Odin felt lonely. In his role as a warrior god, the wolves were perfect companions for Odin, as they would scour the battlefield, and feast on those who died in battle. Additionally, Odin’s mount was an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir (meaning “Slipper”).

In the epic and final Ragnarok battle, Odin dies in the jaws of the wolf Fenrir.

( Archivist / Adobe Stock)

Ragnarok: The Death of Odin in Fenrir’s Killer Wolf Jaws

Although Odin was an immensely powerful god, he too would perish one day, at the Ragnarok (meaning “Fate of the Gods”). The Norse believed that this would be the final battle at the end of the current cosmic order. The events of Ragnarok, including Odin’s own death, are said to have been prophesied by the god himself, but even he is powerless to prevent it from happening.

According to Norse mythology, Ragnarok will be preceded by a series of portents, including the birth of three monsters to Loki and Angrboda, his giantess wife, the death of Baldur, terrible winters, and the subversion of the cosmic order.

As Ragnarok approaches, the various combatants would converge on Vigrid (meaning ‘Field of Battle’), where the final battle would be fought. The gods, both Aesir and Vanir, and their followers would do battle with the forces of Loki and the jotnar. The gods would be led by Odin, wearing a gold helmet and hauberk, and armed Gungnir, his magical spear. At Ragnarok, Odin’s chief adversary was to be the Fenrir, the great wolf, and one of Loki’s offspring.

Odin foresaw that he would fight valiantly against the monstrous wolf but would, in the end, be devoured by it. Odin’s death, however, would be avenged by his son, Vidar, who rips apart Fenrir’s jaw, thereby killing the beast.

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Although Ragnarok is depicted as a devastating event, it did not signal the end of the world. Odin prophesied that some of the gods would survive, in addition to a pair of humans, who would go on to repopulate the world.

Odin Remains The Chief Deity of Asir and the Norse Pantheon

To conclude, Odin is the chief deity of the Asir, and by extension, the Norse pantheon. This is clearly reflected in the fact that he is present in the major Norse myths from the creation of the world to the destruction of the current cosmos.

Although Odin is depicted as a warrior god, he is also believed to have been full of wisdom. Poetry, magic, and prophecy were also associated with this god. The last of these enabled Odin to foresee the events of Ragnarok.

Despite being a powerful god, and having won all the battles he fought, Odin was not invincible. This is almost human trait is well captured by Odin seeing his death in his fight with Fenrir at Ragnarok, and that he was powerless to change this fate.

• Top image: An old wooden statue of the Norse God Odin standing alone on the shore of a lonely Scandinavian fjord.       
• Source:  drakuliren / Adobe Stock

By Wu Mingren 

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27-07-2022 om 00:49 geschreven door peter  

Remembering Atlantis & Lemuria’s Final Days and their Extraterrestrial Origins

WRITTEN BY DR MICHAEL SALLA

Jen Sullivan is the author of Child of the Universe, a book where she describes her memories of several past lives that were connected to the origins of Atlantis and Lemuria (Lymuria), and their respective destruction. Jen was suffering from a brain tumor when she was asked by her long time friend, Sarah Breskman Cosme, to participate in Quantum Hypnosis Healing Technique (QHHT) sessions to complete Sarah’s level 3 certification with Delores Cannon’s QHHT program.

After Jen recalled details of her most recent past life where she jumped off a bridge to her death in 1978 after going through a lobotomy as a result of nobody believing her past life recollections at the time, she experienced a remarkable healing. As the QHHT sessions continued, Jen remembered her first past life on Earth as a male when she was part of an extraterrestrial mission that crash landed in a large south Pacific island. She remembers being ultimately successful in creating a hybrid being using the genetics of a primitive local female and her DNA. The hybrid that was born became revered for her wisdom and ability to use red crystals that were retrieved from the spacecraft , and became the first Queen of Lemuria. Her name was Oona.

One of Jen’s companions on the crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft traveled through a space time portal to the other side of the planet taking with him some of the red crystals. He was involved in creating a hybrid being that was among the first Atlanteans who gained control over the local population. Ultimately, the Atlanteans followed a path of rapid technological development where the red crystals were used for weapons development and imperial conquest. In contrast the Lemurians lived a more peaceful life in harmony with nature where the red crystals were used to sustain a natural immunity to all disease, and considerably extended their life spans.

In her book, Jen describes the circumstances surrounding the Atlanteans visiting and ultimately destroying Lemuria. In that incarnation, Jen was a princess (Kala) who briefly reigned after her mother, the Queen was killed by the Atlanteans. Shortly after her coronation, Lemuria was destroyed by tidal waves created by undersea detonations caused by the Altanteans, and she was captured. Jen remembered being taken to Atlantis where she was tortured and interrogated for many decades over her knowledge and abilities concerning the red crystals.

In her first interview on Exopolitics Today, Jen describes why she chose to undergo the QHHT sessions with Sarah Cosme, the healing she experienced, and the details of her remarkable past lives as an extraterrestrial and the last Queen of Lemuria/Lymuria. Her memories of captivity in Atlantis over many decades gives a unique perspective on Atlantean culture, politics and science.

• Interview Available on YouTube & Rumble
• Audio Podcast on Apple, Spotify, or Google

• Jen Sullivan’s book is available at amazon.com
• Her website is www.jlfsullivan.com

Note:

• During the interview, I encountered an unusual amount of electrical interference, which culminated in all the power in my home going off for a short period. My computer then experienced strange pulses which can be witnessed in the interview after the interruption around the (30 minutes mark). Jen explains how such electrical interference has happened often in her sessions with Sarah Breskman Cosme.

Michael Salla, Ph.D.

{ https://exopolitics.org/ }

26-07-2022 om 00:43 geschreven door peter  

Illustration by Jaedoo Lee

The Bizarre Bird That’s Breaking the Tree of Life

By Ben Crair

{ https://www.newyorker.com/ }

21-07-2022 om 01:21 geschreven door peter  

The Mysteries of Stonehenge and Other Ancient Stone Circles: From UFOs to Strange Creatures

Nick Redfern

Some ancient structures are more well-known than others. There’s no doubt, however, that Stonehenge is very near the top of the list. I should stress that although we have a great deal of data on the legendary creation itself, much of the story is still very much shrouded in enigmas, folklore and myth. Stonehenge was, most archaeologists suggest, constructed roughly around 3,100 BC. In other words, around five thousand years ago. That’s not the full story, though: there is clear evidence that the area on which Stonehenge stands now – the English county of Wiltshire - was used by the people of an even earlier era, possibly even to as far back as 8,000 BC. As for when Stonehenge was first studied to a fairly significant degree, the English Heritage comes to the point: “The first known excavation at Stonehenge, in the center of the monument, was undertaken in the 1620s by the Duke of Buckingham, prompted by a visit by King James I. The king subsequently commissioned the architect Inigo Jones to conduct a survey and study of the monument. Jones argued that Stonehenge was built by the Romans.” Jones was way off course.

Merrily Harpur, the author of Mystery Big Cats, has logged a fascinating account from a man named George Price, who had an undeniably bizarre experience on Salisbury Plain, England in September 2002, while then serving with the British Army. It was at the height of a military exercise, Harpur was told, and Price was a ‘commander in the turret of our tank, and we were advancing to contact our warriors’. Suddenly, Price’s attention was drawn to a ‘large, ape-like figure’ that ‘looked scared because of the noise from the engines and tanks were moving at speed all around." Although the beast was not in sight for long - it raced for the safety of ‘nearby prickly shrubs’ - an amazed Price could see that ‘its fur was similar to an orang-utan in colour...its height was impressive...[and] it seemed to run with its back low, i.e. bent over’.

Salisbury Plain is not just home to military manoeuvres, however. It is also home to one of the world’s most famous ancient stone circles: Stonehenge. While most students of the legendary structure conclude it had its beginnings somewhere around 3,100 BC, evidence of human activity in the area has been found suggesting a presence as far back as 8,000 BC. And a degree of that same presence is indicative of ritualistic activity, even at that incredibly early age. But, regardless of when, precisely, large-scale construction of Stonehenge actually began, what can be said with certainty is that it is comprised of a ditch, a bank, and what are known as the Aubrey holes - round pits in the chalk that form a huge circle. And then, of course, there are those massive stone blocks.

No less than eighty-two of Stonehenge’s so-called bluestones, some of which weigh up to four-tons, are believed to have been transported from the Preseli Mountains in southwest Wales to the Wiltshire site, a distance of 240-miles. Although, the actual number of stones is in dispute since, today, barely more than forty remain. Certainly, such a mammoth operation to move such huge stones would be no easy feat in the modern era, never mind thousands of years ago. And yet, somehow, this incredible and mystifying task was successfully achieved. Stonehenge’s thirty giant Sarsen stones, meanwhile, were brought from the Marlborough Downs, a distance of around twenty-five miles. This might sound like a much easier task than having to haul the bluestones all the way from Wales. Hardly. As noted, the Welsh stones are in the order of four-tons. Some of the Sarsen stones from the downs, however, weigh in at twenty-five-tons, the heaviest around fifty. And people wonder why so much mystery and intrigue surrounds the creation of Stonehenge.

Now, let's take a look at a mysterious aircraft around Stonehenge. In March 1997, the UK Independent newspaper ran an article titled "Secret US spyplane crash may be kept under wraps." In part, it stated: "A top-secret United States spyplane which flies on the edge of space at five times the speed of sound crashed at the British experimental airbase at Boscombe Down, Hampshire, in September 1994, according to a report in a leading military aviation journal. The SAS [Special Air Service], the report said, was scrambled to throw a cordon round the wreckage, which was flown back to the US two days later. The hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft, called Astra or Aurora, is believed to have been developed in the 1980s as a secret US government 'black programme.'" The account of the crash at Boscombe Down is made all the more intriguing by a story that was published in the UK's Salisbury Times newspaper on August 23, 1994 - just about a month before all hell broke loose at Boscombe Down. The location: the aforementioned A303 road. Interestingly, the A303 road goes by Stonehenge. The article states:

"A green flying saucer hovered beside the A303 road at Deptford last week - according to a lorry driver who rushed to Salisbury police station in the early hours of the morning. The man banged on the station door in Wilton Road at 1:30 a.m. on Thursday after spotting the saucer suspended in mid-air. 'He was 100 per cent convinced it was a UFO,' said Inspector Andy Shearing. The man said it was bright green and shaped like a triangle with rounded corners. It also had green and white flashing lights. Other drivers had seen it and were flashing their car lights at him. A patrol car took the driver back to the spot but there was no trace of the flying saucer. Inspector Shearing said police had been alerted about similar sightings in the same area in the past."

Although the Times called the object a "flying saucer," the description of it being "shaped like a triangle with rounded corners," sounds very much like the TR-3A. It's also a near-perfect description of equally unidentified aircraft that have become known within Ufology as "Flying Triangles." But here's the most important issue: the witness reported that the object he saw was "suspended in mid-air." This is particularly fascinating, as there are longstanding rumors that the TR-3A has hovering capabilities. It should be noted, too, that other stone circles in the United Kingdom are shrouded in mystery and high-strangeness.

Reports of hairy wild men absolutely abound throughout the English county of Staffordshire, but there is one area of the county that seems to attract a great deal more than its fair share of such activity. Its name is deeply familiar to one and all throughout the area as Castle Ring. Located near to the village of Cannock Wood, Castle Ring is an Iron Age structure commonly known as a Hill Fort. It is 801 feet above sea level, and its main ditch and bank enclosure is fourteen feet high and, at its widest point, 853 feet across. It has to be admitted that very little is known about the mysterious and long-forgotten people who built Castle Ring, except to say that they were already in residence at the time of the Roman invasion of A.D. 43 and remained there until approximately A.D. 50. Some suggest that the initial foundations of Castle Ring may even have been laid as early as 500 B.C. Moreover, historians suggest that the creators of Castle Ring might have represented a powerful body of people that held firm sway over certain other parts of Staffordshire, as well as significant portions of both Shropshire and Cheshire at the time in question. 

On May 1, 2004, Alec Williams was driving passed the car-park that sits at the base of Castle Ring when he witnessed a hair-covered, man-like entity lumber across the road and into the trees. A shocked Williams stated that the sighting lasted barely a few seconds, but that he was able to make out its amazing form: "It was about seven feet tall, with short, shiny, dark brown hair, a large head and had eyes that glowed bright red." Interestingly, Williams stated that as he slowed his vehicle down, he witnessed something akin to a camera flash coming from the depths of the woods and heard a cry that he described as a howl. 

Now, for some fascinating information from Jon Downes of the U.K.'s Center for Fortean Zoology. Jon reveals: "One of the most credible reports brought to my attention came from a family that had a daylight encounter with a large and hairy beast in the Peak District in 1991. This all occurred as they were driving near Ladybower Reservoir on the Manchester to Sheffield road. On a hillside, one of the family members had spotted a large figure walking down towards the road. But this was no man. Well, they brought the car to a screeching halt and came face to face with an enormous creature about eight feet tall, that was covered in long brown hair with eyes just like a man’s. Its walk was different, too, almost crouching. But just as the man-beast reached the road, another car pulled up behind the family and blasted their horn – apparently wondering why they had stopped in the middle of the road. Suddenly, the creature – which I presume was startled by the noise - ran across the road, jumped over a wall that had a ten-foot drop on the other side, and ran off, disappearing into the woods. Now, I know that the family has returned to the area but has seen nothing since."

It’s also worth noting that, with regard to the sighting of the large and lumbering beast that was seen near the Peak District-based Ladybower Reservoir in November 1991, less than one mile away, on Stanton Moor, stands a stone circle called the Nine Ladies. It was constructed during the Bronze Age era, and is a place at which, every year, druids and pagans alike celebrate the summer solstice. For sure, a wealth of mysteries to resolve.

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15-07-2022 om 00:53 geschreven door peter  

DNA from fossils unearthed in southern China dating back 14,000 years suggests Native Americans have East Asian roots

• Fossils found in China demonstrate that Native Americans may have had genetic roots in East Asia

• The data will help us understand 'how humans change their physical appearance by adapting to local environments over time,' study co-author Bing Su says

By CHRISTOPHER CARBONE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

DNA from ancient fossils in southern China has revealed that Native Americans may have roots in East Asia.

Scientists compared the genetic information of the Late Pleistocene era fossils to those from humans worldwide. 

They found that the bones belonged to an individual that was linked deeply to the East Asian ancestry of Native Americans. 

Archaeologists had been able to successfully sequence the genome of the fossils.

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Researchers for the first time successfully sequenced the genome of fossils from the Late Pleistocene.

Pictured above is a lateral view of the skull unearthed from Red Deer Cave

'Ancient DNA technique is a really powerful tool,' Bing Su, a study co-author who works at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, says. 

'It tells us quite definitively that the Red Deer Cave people were modern humans instead of an archaic species, such as Neanderthals or Denisovans, despite their unusual morphological features.'

They proposed that some of the southern East Asian people traveled north along the coast of present-day China through Japan and eventually reached Siberia. 

'It tells us quite definitively that the Red Deer Cave people were modern humans instead of an archaic species, such as Neanderthals or Denisovans, despite their unusual morphological features,' Bing Su, a study co-author, says.

Pictured is the reproduced portrait of the Red Deer Cave People or Mengziren 

It's believed that they then crossed the Bering Strait between Asia and North America to become the first people to arrive in the New World. 

The work that led to these insights began more than thirty years ago. 

At that time, a group of archaeologists in China discovered a large set of bones in the Maludong, or Red Deer Cave, in southern China’s Yunnan Province. 

Archaeologists used carbon dating - which uses the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14 to determine the age of organic matter - to show that the fossils were from the Late Pleistocene about 14,000 years ago. 

The discovery dates back to work that began several decades ago when archaeologists found a large set of bones in the Maludong, or Red Deer Cave, pictured above

This was a period of time when modern humans had migrated to many parts of the world. 

Researchers recovered a hominin skull cap from the cave that had characteristics of both modern humans and archaic humans. 

For instance, the shape of the skull resembled that of Neanderthals, and its brain appeared to be smaller than that of modern humans.

As a result, some anthropologists had thought the skull probably belonged to an unknown archaic human species that lived until fairly recently or to a hybrid population of archaic and modern humans. 

The finding contributes to our understanding of the rich genetic diversity of hominins living at that time in southern East Asia. 

Su says that it suggests that early humans who first arrived in eastern Asia had initially settled in the south before some of them moved to the north.

'It’s an important piece of evidence for understanding early human migration,' he explains.

'Such data will not only help us paint a more complete picture of how our ancestors migrate but also contain important information about how humans change their physical appearance by adapting to local environments over time, such as the variations in skin color in response to changes in sunlight exposure,' Su says. 

The team's findings were published July 14 in the journal Current Biology. 

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14-07-2022 om 22:03 geschreven door peter  

DNA From Mysterious Hominin In China Suggests Native Americans’ East Asian Roots

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For the first time, researchers successfully sequenced the genome of ancient human fossils from the Late Pleistocene in southern China. The data, published July 14 in the journal Current Biology, suggests that the mysterious hominin belonged to an extinct maternal branch of modern humans that might have contributed to the origin of Native Americans

The reproduced portrait of the Red Deer Cave People or Mengziren.

Credit: Xueping Ji

"Ancient DNA technique is a really powerful tool," Su says. "It tells us quite definitively that the Red Deer Cave people were modern humans instead of an archaic species, such as Neanderthals or Denisovans, despite their unusual morphological features," he says.

The researchers compared the genome of these fossils to that of people from around the world. They found that the bones belonged to an individual that was linked deeply to the East Asian ancestry of Native Americans. Combined with previous research data, this finding led the team to propose that some of the southern East Asia people had traveled north along the coastline of present-day eastern China through Japan and reached Siberia tens of thousands of years ago. They then crossed the Bering Strait between the continents of Asia and North America and became the first people to arrive in the New World.

The journey to making this discovery started over three decades ago, when a group of archaeologists in China discovered a large set of bones in the Maludong, or Red Deer Cave, in southern China's Yunnan Province. Carbon dating showed that the fossils were from the Late Pleistocene about 14,000 years ago, a period of time when modern humans had migrated to many parts of the world.

The excavation site of Maludong (Red Deer Cave).

Credit: Xueping Ji

From the cave, researchers recovered a hominin skull cap with characteristics of both modern humans and archaic humans. For example, the shape of the skull resembled that of Neanderthals, and its brain appeared to be smaller than that of modern humans. As a result, some anthropologists had thought the skull probably belonged to an unknown archaic human species that lived until fairly recently or to a hybrid population of archaic and modern humans.

In 2018, in collaboration with Xueping Ji, an archaeologist at Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Bing Su at Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his colleagues successfully extracted ancient DNA from the skull. Genomic sequencing shows that the hominin belonged to an extinct maternal lineage of a group of modern humans whose surviving decedents are now found in East Asia, the Indo-China peninsula, and Southeast Asia islands.

The finding also shows that during the Late Pleistocene, hominins living in southern East Asia had rich genetic and morphologic diversity, the degree of which is greater than that in northern East Asia during the same period. It suggests that early humans who first arrived in eastern Asia had initially settled in the south before some of them moved to the north, Su says.

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"It's an important piece of evidence for understanding early human migration," he says.

Next, the team plans to sequence more ancient human DNA by using fossils from southern East Asia, especially ones that predated the Red Deer Cave people.

"Such data will not only help us paint a more complete picture of how our ancestors migrate but also contain important information about how humans change their physical appearance by adapting to local environments over time, such as the variations in skin color in response to changes in sunlight exposure," Su says.

The study was published in the journal Current Biology

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14-07-2022 om 21:53 geschreven door peter  

Two More Disc-eyed Giants of Mont’e Prama Found in Sardinia!

Their purpose is currently unknown, but two more disc-eyed giants of Mont’e Prama have been unearthed on Sardinia. The Mont’e Prama Iron Age burial necropolis on the Italian island of Sardinia has for the last 50 years been the source of a great archaeological mystery. The site was first discovered by local farmers in March 1974 on farmland near Mont'e Prama, in the commune of Cabras, in central-western Sardinia, Italy. It was here that the so-called “Giants of Mont'e Prama” were discovered. This collection of ancient stone giant sculptures, with large disc-eyes, are also known as “boxer statues.”

The head of one of the newly found boxers is here on the right, with a visible chin and thick broken neck.

( Italian Ministry of Culture )

While it is understood that the giants of Mont’e Prama were created by people by the Nuragic culture of ancient Sardinia, the purpose of these gargantuan monuments is currently unknown. However, on Saturday afternoon, Italy’s Ministry of Culture announced that “two more giant naked torsos” had been identified by researchers at Mont’e Prama. In this instance, the two giants were covered with a large shield which has allowed the researchers to date them precisely to between 950 to 730 BC.

Emerging in the Early Bronze Age, Nuragic civilization derives its name from Sardinia’s “ nuraghe,” which are stone fortresses with high towers. Most of these structures were raised around 1800 BC and today no less than 7,000 nuraghes are peppered across the ancient Sardinian landscape. It was from these stone forts that the Nuragic people defended their rule over Sardinia until the 2nd century AD.

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This Nuragic civilization nuraghe stone fortress on Sardinia was built by the same people who made the mysterious giants of Mont’e Prama.

( franke 182  / Adobe Stock)

Many of you will already have noticed that the Sardinian nuraghe resembles, and perhaps functioned similarly to, the 2nd century Pictish brochs of northern Scotland. Day to day these stone towers housed community chiefs and their families, and they became community shelters for people and animals while under attack from rivalling tribes and foreign invaders.

Italy’s Cultural Minister, Dario Franceschini, said the two giant stone torsos are officially called “Cavalupo-type boxers,” which means they are either warriors, archers or boxers with shields and armed gloves. The culture ministry’s superintendent for southern Sardinia, Monica Stochino, said the statues are made of limestone which is soft and fragile. Therefore, the site archaeologists now need more time to excavate the two huge torsos from the surrounding sediment which has set like clay.

Some of the giants of Mont’e Prama had curved stone shields over their heads and this was also true of both of the recently discovered giants.

(DedaloNur / CC BY-SA 3.0 )

An article in Arkeonews explains that since the site’s discovery in 1974 “thousands of fragments” of giant human figures have been recovered at Mont’e Prama. While their original purpose remains veiled in mystery, so far, archaeologists have reassembled about 40 statues and while no one is complete each measures over 2 meters (6.56 feet) tall. Furthermore, they all represent warriors, archers, or nuraghe boxers.

Giant Warriors, Archers, and Boxers

Archaeologists believe the giant’s disc-shaped eyes and eastern-style garments probably depicted Nuragic cultural mythological heroes who were buried to symbolically guard the sepulchral site . However, other archaeologists consider the statues as representing deities from the Nuragic pantheon. However, these two interpretations are relatively limited and don’t consider inspiration from the land of the living first.

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Polynesian Easter Island , formerly known as Rapa Nui , is famed for its monumental giant statues called moai which were created during the 13th-16th centuries. According to writer Jo Anne Van Tilburg these carved human figures with oversize heads are believed to be “the living faces ( aringa ora ) of deified ancestors ( aringa ora ata tepuna )”. Perhaps the giants of Mont’e Prama, Sardinia also reflect the bodies and faces of the ancestors who taught them how to survive on an ocean locked island?

We will never know for sure what the large-eyed giants represented, but as long as archaeologists continue to excavate at Mont’e Prama in Sardinia it is only a matter of time before more statues will surface, adding to the emerging army of giants.

• Top image: Two more stone giants of Mont’e Prama from the Iron Age have been unearthed in Sardinia. Source: mont’e prama

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13-07-2022 om 01:40 geschreven door peter  

8,000-Year-Old Yarmukian Mother Goddess Unearthed

An 8,000-year-old "Mother Goddess" figurine has been uncovered at a Neolithic site in Israel. Why then, does she have “coffee-shaped” eyes?

Located at the foot of the Golan Heights in the Jordan Valley area of north-eastern Israel, the Sha'ar HaGolan kibbutz archaeological site is situated less than 1 km (2/3 of a mile) from the border with Jordan. It was here that archaeologists recently unearthed the broken 20-centimeter (7.87 inch) long figurine.

Dating back 8,000 years, this 'Mother Goddess' figurine was created by the Yarmukian culture. While Israeli archaeologists are describing the goddess as having “coffee-bean” shaped eyes, she has nothing to do with coffee. In fact, coffee can be traced to the mid-15th century in Yemen . So what then does this ancient mistress of the Levantine otherworld represent?

Red Is The Color Of Love, And Sex

The Neolithic Yarmukian culture of the ancient Levant is regarded as the first culture in prehistoric Israel. This attribution is given because Yarmukians were the first people in Levant to make clay pottery. And, similarly to later Neolithic groups in Ireland and Scotland, Yarmukian ceramics feature lozenge, herringbone and linear diagonal lines and patterns.

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Part of the extensive Sha'ar HaGolan excavation area.

(Yosef Garfinkel / CC BY-SA -3.0 )

Judea district archaeologist Anna Eirikh-Rose from Israeli Antiquity Authority serves as co-director of the dig at Sha'ar HaGolan kibbutz and she told J-Post the 20-centimeter goddess figurine was excavated next to the wall of a house covered with “a red bottomed bracelet.” Depending on agricultural success and the fertilization of people and animals for sustained survival, Yarmukians worshipped a “ Mother Goddess ” and red, like in most ancient cultures, represented fertility and all things sexual/reproductive.

The Largest Mother Goddess Ever Discovered In Israel

The Museum of Yarmukian Culture at the kibbutz archaeological site exhibits all of the artifacts recovered from this vast 20-hectare Neolithic excavation zone. The site was first excavated in 1949, and again in 2004. At these previous excavations researchers identified planned streets, courtyards and houses, as well as smaller mother goddess figurines with incised pebble faces, and further so-called “eye figurines.”

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Shaar Hagolan Mother Goddess clay figurine previously found at the site.

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The dig’s current co-director, Dr. Julien Vieugue, describes the newly excavated goddess figurine as “a large, seated woman with big hips, a unique pointed hat and what is known as ‘coffee-bean’ eyes and a big nose.” She has one hand on her hip and the other is under her breast. Vieugue said the artifact represents one of the “largest examples'' of the goddess figurine ever found from the Yarmukian culture.”

A Cult Fertility Icon, Or A Recognized State Goddess

While many similar Yarmukian sites have been identified in the Levant, by a long shot, Sha’ar Hagolan is the largest and the most probable center of Yarmukian culture. Eirikh-Rose says that 8,000 years ago the inhabitants of Sha’ar Hagolan began mass-producing pottery. Now, it’s the primary goal of the archaeologists to better understand the “origin and mechanism of development of the pottery production” at the site.

Eirikh-Rose said the figurine was created by wrapping and layering clay around a central cylindrical core. The archaeologist added that it was anything but easy to make. The artifact is currently undergoing residue analysis which will eventually reveal what type of clay was used to make the goddess idol. Ultimately the researchers aim to find out if this particular Mother Goddess was a cultic icon, or a deity from an already established religion.

A close up of the head of one of the Yarmukian figures, showing the ‘coffee bean eyes’ shape.

(Yosef Garfinkel, CC BY-SA 3.0 )

Returning To Those Problematic “Coffee-Bean” Shaped Eyes

We should finish this piece with a return to the figurine’s so-called “coffee-bean” shaped eyes. One could perhaps better understand this “coffee-bean” reference to the symbolism of the figurine had it been discovered at a medieval Yemen site, or in 17th century South America where the Mother Goddess was worshipped as “ Pachamama” - the World-Mother and controller of fertility.

For the sake of clarity, Israeli archaeologists should perhaps change the name “coffee” to what the eyes actually represent. They should be called “wheat or barley-shaped eyes,” for these two details represent the unplanted wheat or barley kernel, and the promise of new life tomorrow.

• Top image: 8,000-year-old Mother Goddess figurine excavated at Sha’ar HaGolan, Israel Source: Anna Eirikh-Rose / Jerusalem Post

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13-07-2022 om 01:19 geschreven door peter  

Hawaiian Drama Over ‘Yellow Brick Road’ Geology and Atlantis!

Deep sea scientists have released a video showing a ‘bizarre’ geological formation that they have already named the Yellow Brick Road. However, the section of seabed making the headlines is nowhere nearly as strange as the ‘Devil´s piles’ the researchers skipped over.

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12-07-2022 om 01:04 geschreven door peter  

The Mystery Of Japan’s Yonaguni Monument: Documentary, Facts

The Yonaguni Monument is an enormous underwater rock formation that covers an area of 60 by 50 meters. It was first discovered in the mid-1980s by a scuba diver looking to observe hammerhead sharks. Pseudoarchaelogists believe it to be a monolith carved by man thousands of years ago.

A view of the rock formation.

Image: BBC.

The Yonaguni island area is a popular scuba diving destination. Many would say it’s a must-see when diving near Okinawa. Now, divers travel to explore the mysterious Yonaguni pyramid-like structure and its surrounding artifacts.

It was actually by “accident” that Kihachiro Aratake discovered what some scientists call “the archaeological find of the century.” He discovered the mysterious find in 1986 while diving off the coast of Yonaguni Jima, searching for a new spot to view hammerhead sharks. However, he inadvertently strayed outside of the designated safety zone. In front of him lay a massive stone structure on the ocean floor at a depth of 35 meters. 

He explored the monument and was in awe at how colossal it was. Due to the heavy encrustation of coral, it was difficult to determine exactly what it was. Curious, he encircled it, again and again, taking photographs before returning to shore.

Initial Study

Masaaki Kimura, a marine geology and seismology professor at the University of Ryukyus, spent years studying the site. He observed and collected data to discover an answer. While his findings were profound, counterarguments, and doubt ensued.

To this day, many divers have visited the site to form their conclusions. Is it an underwater city that once housed an ancient lost civilization? Or is it a rock formation that nature built?

The answer, beyond a shadow of a doubt, has yet to be confirmed. 

Where is the Yonaguni Monument Located?

The site is off the south coast of Yonaguni, an island in Japan’s southwest corner. The island itself is about 70 miles from Taiwan and features lush green wilderness and sandy shores. Divers come from all over the world to witness the ancient site and hike around the beautiful island. The coordinates are 24°26′09″N 123°00′41″E

Theories 

Some believe that the monument is a human-made pyramid structure bearing evidence of a lost ancient civilization. It was even referred to as the “Japanese Atlantis.”

Masaaki Kimura spent over 15 years studying the site. He is convinced that it was man-made, suggesting that ancient people once lived where it stands. It’s said to be evidence of the lost continent of Mu, long since submerged following a severe hurricane.

During his many dives to the site, Kimura gathered substantial evidence that man, not nature, formed the ancient structure. He noted several specific artificial features that supported his theory. These features include marks from tools, a retaining wall, a (suggestive) road, drainage canals, gates, stairways, and two carved monuments shaped like turtles.

Kimura also found the suggested remains of tools made from stone and a massive relief carved with animals.

Kimura’s findings concluded with:

“It is hard to believe nature would have left such a clear outline.” 

Masaaki Kimura

Kimura ascertains that his research and Yonaguni Island submarine topography show specific evidence of an ancient city lost to the sea. He also found several other constructions. These include a series of smaller temples, a possible stadium, and defined road structures to connect them. In addition to that, recovered tablets (called the “Okinawan Rosetta Stones”) seem to suggest evidence of the ancient city’s existence.

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Kimura’s evidence initially led him to conclude that the city was over 10,000 years old. Later research led him to fix his estimate to be in the range of 2,000-3,000 years old.

The Counterargument

Skeptics generally dispute any speculation of ancient submerged cities, and the mystery of this site is no exception.

Dissenters say the straight edges of the monument resulted from the natural stratigraphy of sandstones. These often will look like a straight line, straight enough to be human-made. 

Robert Schoch, a math and science professor at Boston University who dived the site stated:

“Isolated portions of it look like they’re man-made, but when you look at it in context…you see how, in this case, fine sandstones split along horizontal bedding plains that give you these regular features.” 

Robert Schoch

In other words, the straight lines of the formed structure could indicate nature’s natural process of erosion. After all, nature can create some beautiful anomalies.

Schoch adds that the island features several tombs of uncertain age (but clearly ancient) that are similar to the Yonaguni Monument. The tombs would suggest that the people could have mimicked the natural design or modified a natural structure with their hands and tools. However, it doesn’t mean there is a city buried underwater.

Other theories speculate that the formation was a foundation for a since-destroyed building or even a quarry for cutting stones. As Schoch put it, “Possibly the choice between natural and human-made isn’t simply either/or.“

As for its age, Kimura’s original “10,000-year” estimate inspired doubt, simply because of its improbability. Some argue that it’s highly unlikely that such an ancient people would have the means to build such a structure. At any rate, the design and construction would be too complex and challenging for any civilization to accomplish.

Preservation of the Yonaguni “Ruins”

The Yonaguni Monument has captivated many scholars’ interests over the years. However, it is not officially considered an important cultural landmark. The doubt and conflicting theories surrounding its origins are enough not to merit any government preservation efforts. Instead, the responsibility lies with the scholars and other individuals who work on the site.

A Continuing Mystery

Just like the lost city of Atlantis, Japan’s Yonaguni Monument will likely always inspire skepticism. Any evidence found can only support speculation and often generates a counterargument.

However, the site’s mystery adds to its appeal because sometimes it’s best not to be sure. Instead, diving into the unknown presents a much more fulfilling challenge.

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10-07-2022 om 01:00 geschreven door peter  

Why Are There So Many Broken Noses on Egyptian Statues? - Knews

For years, archaeologists assumed it was due to regular wear and tear, but it turns out that the real reason so many statues have broken noses is far more intriguing: it was deliberately done!

As is the case with many archaeologists and museum curators, Edward Bleiberg, who oversees the Brooklyn Museum’s Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern collections, presumed that so many ancient Egyptian sculptures had their noses broken due to their age.

However, when he realized that this was one of the most often asked questions by museum visitors, he decided to investigate further. While it appears obvious that a prominent nose on a three-dimensional statue might be readily knocked off, the plot immediately deepens when you realize that a large number of flat reliefs also have broken noses, which could not have occurred accidentally. Someone is unintentionally doing it, and the question is why?

According to Bleiberg, who is assisting with the curating of an exhibition on the issue, the answer comes in the fact that these sculptures have been deliberately damaged in organized acts of iconoclasm. When you follow the signs, as he argues in Artsy, you see a pervasive pattern of deliberate destruction, all of which go back to the region’s past rulers’ political ambitions.

Egyptian state religion was interpreted as a system in which monarchs made offerings to a deity in exchange for the divinity taking care of Egypt. Sculptures and reliefs frequently depict gods receiving offerings from the elites, and because the ancient Egyptians believed that images of gods and people possessed power (or that the essence or soul of a god or person could inhabit a statue dedicated to them), sculptures played an active role in performing rituals, ‘feeding’ the gods, and retaining power. And actions of iconoclasm have the potential to undermine that authority.

The pattern of destruction immediately indicates that the targets were selected precisely to’deactivate the intensity of an image.’ Smashing a nose renders a statue-spirit incapable of breathing. By hammering the ears off, it would be unable to hear a prayer.

Eliminating divine emblems may have the effect of neutralizing their powers. By chopping off their right hand, they would be unable to receive offerings. And axing the left arm would preclude humans from making sacrifices to gods in sculptures.

Additionally, this flat relief depicts deliberate injury to the nose. Brooklyn Museum

Statues are not the only indications that broken noses are part of a systematic campaign of iconoclasm: there are texts expressing people’s fear of having their statues damaged, decrees from rulers threatening anyone who attempted, instructions on how to eliminate an adversary by creating an effigy and then destroying it, and attempts to safeguard statues by placing them in nooks, on ledges, or enclosing them on all three sides.

While some were defaced to avoid retribution from statue-spirits, as with iconoclasm in general, defacing sculptures aided ambitious rulers (and would-be rulers) by rewriting history to their benefit, erasing the memory of those they sought to replace.

Throughout history, this erasure frequently occurred along gendered lines. The legacies of two of Egypt’s most famous queens – Hatshepsut and Nefertiti – were almost completely erased from visual culture, and serve as a perfect illustration of how images created to legitimize the power of the figure they represent can later be harmed in ways intended to undermine that power.

Hatshepsut reigned as pharaoh alongside her stepson, Thutmose III, following her husband Thutmose II’s early demise.

When Hatshepsut died, Thutmose III desired to establish his own line of succession rather than that of his stepmother, and to crown his son Amenhotep II as pharaoh. As a result, he initiated a campaign to obliterate Hatshepsut’s memory as pharaoh, which he accomplished through a variety of acts of destruction.

For instance, the uraeus, a holy serpent that served as a sign of divine power and was originally mounted to Hatshepsut’s crown, was damaged to negate its protective ability.

Hatshepsut’s beard, a mark of royal legitimacy, was shaved off in order to invalidate her power, and her nose was wounded in order to prevent her spirit from breathing within the sculpture. Finally, the head was removed from the body, completely neutralizing the sculpture’s innate potency.

Additionally, Bleiberg believes the ‘defacers’ were highly trained individuals paid specifically for the purpose. Accessing and removing specific pieces of sculpture was no easy task; it required knowledge and, as we have seen, was most emphatically not accidental.

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09-07-2022 om 00:44 geschreven door peter  

The Ant People legend of the Hopi Native Americans and connections to the Anunnaki

The more you look at ancient texts and stories from around the world, you can’t help but see surprising patterns. Some are so glaring that it takes real effort to ignore them, but that’s what many people do. One example is from the Hopi Native America tribe and their beliefs in “Ant People.” The Hopi of the American Southwest are sometimes referred to as “the oldest of people” by other Native American tribes.

Once you learn about the Ant People, you can’t help but compare them to the ancient Sumerian texts of the Anunnaki. Why? Let’s take a simplified look, respecting the truth that only members of the Hope tribe could fully explain.

In ancient cultures, there is a common thread of worshipping extraterrestrial beings from the stars who will one day return. Animals symbolic of these beliefs appear frequently in ancient art.

The Hopi have a reverence for ants, similar to the way the Egyptians and Sumerians and other cultures had a special reverence for cows. The cows may have represented our Milky Way galaxy, and in the case of the ants, they described beings from the stars known as the Ant People.

The Hopi words for the Ant People or Ant Friends (Anu Sinom) create a direct link to the stories of the Anunnaki. It could be coincidental, but it is quite striking. The Babylonian sky god was named Anu, which is the Hopi word for ant. The word, Naki translates to “friends.” Thus, Anu-Naki translates to “ant friends” in Hopi. In both languages, they are describing extraterrestrial beings, but the Hopi say these Ant People came from under the ground.

Another strikingly similar word is the Hopi word sohu, meaning “star,” and the Egyptian word sahu means “stars of Orion.” This constellation is seen repeatedly across the globe. Ancient Astronaut theorists observe Orion and other systems such as the Pleiades appearing over and over in the layout of the pyramids and ancient structures. Another coincidence?

In the Hopi legend, these Ant People were their saviors, taking them underground and teaching them how to survive two extreme cataclysms. Once again, we see stories of a great flood like that described in Sumerian texts and the Bible.

Surviving underground with the Ant People, the Hopi ancestors learned how to grow food with little water and build dwellings in the rocks. They learned about the stars and mathematics and would put those skills to use when they founded a new civilization.

When it was safe to return to the surface, the Ant People instructed the building of incredibly complex habitations such as what is seen today at Chaco Canyon. From above, they might appear like a giant ant mound. The structures included Kivas, a Hopi word for round semi-subterranean ceremonial rooms that were entered by ladders from above.

According to the National Park Service:

“During ceremonies today, the ritual emergence of participants from the kiva into the plaza above represents the original emergence by Puebloan groups from the underworld into the current world.”

Petroglyphs depicting the Ant People appear still appear today, and the Hopi continue to tell the story in dances and rituals.

Below are some intriguing images of Hopi ceremonies taking place inside the kivas.

Priests of the Two-Horn Society via Wikipedia, Photograph of two “priests” of the Two-Horn Society sitting inside a kiva.

Photograph by H.R. Voth, as seen in Book of the Hopi by Frank Waters, New York: Penguin, 1963.

Two-Horn Society image via U.S. History, Fewkes, Walter. “Fire Worship of the Hopi Indians.”

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institute. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1920.Images.com, public domain

Ancient Origins elaborates on the legend:

“One of the most intriguing Hopi legends involves the Ant People, who were crucial to the survival of the Hopi—not just once but twice. The so-called “First World” (or world-age) was apparently destroyed by fire—possibly some sort of volcanism, asteroid strike, or coronal mass ejection from the sun. The Second World was destroyed by ice—Ice Age glaciers or a pole shift. During these two global cataclysms, the virtuous members of the Hopi tribe were guided by an odd-shaped cloud during the day and a moving star at night that led them to the sky god named Sotuknang, who finally took them to the Ant People—in Hopi, Anu Sinom . The Ant People then escorted the Hopi into subterranean caves where they found refuge and sustenance.”

Stories that giants and other strange beings have lived deep inside the Earth are seen around the globe. In the Hopi legend, these beings were benevolent and helped the tribe even to their own detriment.

“In this legend, the Ant People are portrayed as generous and industrious, giving the Hopi food when supplies ran short and teaching them the merits of food storage. In fact, another legend says that the reason why the ants have such thin waists today is because they once deprived themselves of provisions in order to feed the Hopi.”

The thin waisted ants with their elongated heads and antennae resemble some of the ancient petroglyphs. Across the globe, an African species of Ant called the Pharaoh Ant remind some of a tiny version of Pharoah Akhenaten, famous for his strange alien appearance.

The History Channel’s Ancient Aliens series covers this subject in Series 4, episode 9 (See a clip below). In addition to depictions of the Ant People are wall paintings that show an unmistakable similarity to cuneiform symbols from ancient Sumeria. These symbols are associated with the “WingMakers,” according to the show.

Just as in ancient Egypt, there were matriarchal dynasties, DNA findings from Chaco Canyon show a possible maternal dynasty that ruled for hundreds of years between A.D. 800 and 1250. Scientific American published a story on this in 2017 after researchers examined the remains of 14 people found a burial crypt that ended up at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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The Chaco Canyon settlement had thousands of Anasazi inhabitants, who believed in protecting Mother Earth. However, the ancient Puebloans mysteriously disappeared, along with any signs of the Ant People. Today researchers believe that climate change drove them away as the growing population couldn’t sustain itself.

The Anasazi integrated with tribes like the Hopi, Zuni, and Rio Grande Pueblo. As the modern world faces extreme challenges from climate change today, the teachings of these tribes are more important than ever. Can we learn to respect the natural world and live in harmony with Mother Earth? Or are we headed for inevitable disasters, like those described in the Hopi legends?

Ancient Astronaut theorists often speculate if extraterrestrial beings could play a part in helping humans overcome impending future disasters. In the case of the Hopi legends, it appears they did just that. Could the Ant People return from deep in the Earth or from their home in the stars in our time of need?

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The Ten Essential Ancient Egyptian Cities: Relics of Egypt’s Storied Past

The various civilizations which developed within ancient Egypt were some of the most technologically advanced and beautiful of their time, giving birth to some of the greatest cities the world has ever seen. Many of these sites can still be visited today, a favorite pastime for travelers wishing to gaze upon the remains of a storied past.

Most of Egypt’s cities were built on the banks of the River Nile, a major source of water and vegetation for those communities. They were also separated into upper and lower regions based on their location relative to the Nile. Beyond location, Egyptian cities differed in their purposes. While some were politically focused, others had a more religious function, which led to differences in the types of buildings they constructed and diplomats housed there. 

Below we’re going to talk about 10 of the greatest of these ancient Egyptian cities, and explain why they are so important. Read on and find a favorite!

The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut in the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes is one of the great archaeological wonders of the world.

( fotoeule / Adobe Stock)

1. Thebes

Thebes is one of the most well-known ancient Egyptian cities, as it was once a place of religious, cultural, and political significance. Known as the second capital of Egypt during the New Kingdom (1570 to 1069 BC), it was called the city of Amun, another creator god. Greek poet Homer once even referred to Thebes as the “city with a thousand gates” because of how many buildings it contained. 

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Located on the east bank of the Nile in what is now Luxor, ancient Thebes and the New Kingdom were known for the establishment of “pharaohs” including Ramesses II and King Tut . The city contained beautiful temples called the Abu Simbel temples, which were built by Ramesses II and were dedicated to Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah, god of the sun, god of the air, and god of creation respectively. These temples, now in ruins, can still be seen today. 

In addition to the temples, the Valley of the Kings is also located in Thebes. The Valley of the Kings is the region of rock-cut tombs that contained the bodies of pharaohs and rulers such as Ramesses II, Hatshepsut, and King Tut. Because this region contains so many extraordinary archaeological findings, it was declared a world heritage site in 1979 by UNESCO in an effort to preserve it.

The remains of the Temple of Aten at Amarna.

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2. Amarna

Amarna isn’t as popular as the other ancient Egyptian cities, but it was declared a capital between 1353 and 1336 BC by Pharaoh Akhenaten. Though it was not a capital very long, it was home to one of the greatest religious struggles in ancient Egyptian history. Akhenaten, who ruled for only 20 years, fought to push the belief of monotheism on the people of Amarna, a belief they rejected fervently. This belief was reversed with the rule of his son, Tutankhamen, who supported polytheism. 

While Akhenaten was the ruler of Amarna, he built many parts of the city to honor and worship Aten, a god of the sun. Historians believe this was likely also an attempt to make Aten the official Egyptian god and to turn Egyptians away from polytheism. Though the city was soon abandoned, the site still has some existing tombs carved with inscriptions worshipping Aten. 

Kom Ombo Temple. 

(Dennis Jarvis /  CC BY-SA 2.0  )

3. Nubt (Kom Ombo)

Nubt, now known as Kom Ombo , was an ancient Egyptian city known for its agriculture. It was also a trade city, which combined with its agriculture made it essential. In Nubt, the people mostly worshipped the god Sobek, who was known as the crocodile god. The term Nubt can be translated as “city of gold,” as ancient Nubt was known for its large gold deposits throughout the region. 

Nowadays, the city is known for its Temple of Kom Ombo, which was built sometime between 180 and 47 BC. Nevertheless, the temple has been significantly damaged due to the Nile and natural disasters like earthquakes. There is also a crocodile museum that opened in 2012 dedicated to the many mummified crocodiles found within the city. 

Interior of the Temple of Seti I at the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos.

(Leon Petrosyan / CC BY-SA 4.0 )

4. Abydos

Abydos is one of the oldest ancient Egyptian cities, stemming back all the way to the First Dynasty. It was known as an extremely holy place as it was believed Osiris, the god of fertility, the dead, resurrection, the afterlife, agriculture, life, and vegetation, was buried there. He is known as one of the most essential gods in Egyptian culture, marking this city as an essential landmark for those looking to worship him. 

Several temples were built throughout Abydos in honor of Osiris, with some of these temples’ remains still existing in the city. Many of the ancient kings, queens, and pharaohs of the region were buried in and around Abydos due to its holiness. The Temple of Seti I is the most famous landmark in modern-day Abydos, as it is still standing and in generally good condition compared to other ancient buildings throughout Egypt (especially considering its age!). 

One of a pair of obelisks of Nactanebo II which were originally located at Hermopolis (modern-day Al-Ashmunayn) and are now on display at the British Museum in London.

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5. Hermopolis

Hermopolis, also called Khumunu, was once one of the wealthiest cities in ancient Egypt . Located on the border between Upper and Lower Egypt, it was often seen as one of the largest religious centers connecting the two halves. Its history goes back to the Old Kingdom, but it existed for many years until it was abandoned in 642 AD after the Islamic conquest. 

In Hermopolis, Thoth was the primary deity worshipped by ancient Egyptians. Thoth was known as the god of healing, magic, and wisdom, and there were many priests and priestesses in the city that worshipped him. It was also believed that the first sunrise occurred in Hermopolis, making it the sun’s “birthing place.”

Elephantine was a defense city on an island in the middle of the Nile.

(Przemyslaw "Blueshade" Idzkiewicz / CC BY-SA 2.0 )

6. Elephantine

Elephantine was an essential defense city for ancient Egypt. Translated into “country of elephants,” Elephantine was located on the border between Egypt and Nubia, and was known as a trading site and a site of defense against Nubia. An island in the middle of the Nile, Elephantine was most often associated with water gods and flooding, especially Khnum. 

The ruins of Crocodilopolis in 1904.

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7. Crocodilopolis

Crocodilopolis, much like Nubt, worshipped the god Sobek. Sobek, as we previously mentioned, was the god of crocodiles, giving Crocodilopolis its name. Like Abydos, it was also one of the oldest ancient Egyptian cities, with its history being traced all the way back to around 4000 BC. Located at the modern-day city of Faiyum in Middle Egypt, in one of the most fertile regions in Egypt, Crocodilopolis was known for its agriculture, in which it grew plants such as corn, flowers, and olives. This fertility led many Egyptians to turn to worship Sobek in return for plenteous rewards. 

Alabaster Sphinx at the Temple of Ptah around 1929.

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8. Memphis

The ancient city of Memphis is historically known as Egypt’s first official capital. It was the capital between 2950 BC and 2180 BC and was known as one of the primary centers of worship in Egypt at the time. The gods Ptah (the creator), Sekhmet (his wife), and Nefertem (his son) were worshipped heavily there. Some historians even estimate that at this time, Memphis was the largest city in the world. 

Located about 15 miles (24 km) south of Cairo, the ancient capital started to decline around the 15 ^th to the 11th century BC. It was made a second capital (with Thebes becoming the primary capital) until eventually becoming fully abandoned with the rise of Alexandria in 332 BC. Today, it is mostly destroyed except for the remaining ruins of an alabaster Sphinx and a statue of Ramesses II. 

The ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Djanet, also known as Tanis.

(Einsamer Schütze / CC BY-SA 3.0 )

9. Djanet

Djanet, also known as Tanis, was a city located in Lower Egypt during the late New Kingdom. Though it is not as old as the other ancient Egyptian cities, it was still a major part of the 21st and 22nd Dynasties of Egypt. It served as the royal home for these dynasties at this time and had major construction done in honor of the god Amun (then called Amun-Ra), god of the sun and air. 

Djanet was eventually abandoned during Rome’s reign over Egypt, but archaeological work in the late 1800s revealed many artifacts from the ancient city. These artifacts, which included ancient artworks, gave historians greater insight into the city than they had previously. 

Engraving of the Pharos of Alexandria by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach.

( Public domain )

10. Alexandria

Alexandria is arguably the most well-known city in Egypt. It was the capital of Egypt between 332 BC and 641 AD after Alexander the Great conquered Egypt. Alexander the Great’s generals established the Ptolemy Dynasty, which soon made Alexandria the intellectual center of the world.

Alexandria also became known for the world’s largest library (the Library of Alexandria , later burned by Julius Caesar) and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The lighthouse was the tallest man-made structure of its time, but it was unfortunately destroyed by a series of earthquakes between the 10th and 14th centuries AD. 

Alexandria was known as a city of progression and technological innovation. The Lighthouse of Alexandria was originally built as an initiative to foster a conducive environment for trade and other business in the city. Now, it is still the 2nd largest city in Egypt and is known for the catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, one of the largest and most important burial sites in Egypt. 

Egypt vs. Time

Though these ancient Egyptian cities are fascinating to learn about, Egypt today is quite different from its historic self. While ancient Egypt was self-sufficient, modern-day Egypt now imports many of its goods from across the world thanks to advancements in international travel. Notwithstanding, they still rely heavily on their agriculture and other local businesses.

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Modern Egyptian culture is also different. While in ancient Egypt most Egyptians were polytheistic and worshipped many gods (such as Amun, Ptah, and Sobek), most Egyptians today are monotheistic and follow a structured religion like Christianity or Islam. They also speak Egyptian Arabic as opposed to any of the now-dead ancient Egyptian languages. 

However, some things have remained the same. Some ancient foods have been passed down and are still made at special events, like ancient Egyptian cookies during Eid. Their modern language also still uses some of the words used in the past, even if the full language itself is no longer spoken. Finally, they still enjoy Egyptian goods such as gold and jewelry, which are especially loved by Egyptian women. The next time you visit Egypt, consider visiting some of these amazing ancient Egyptian cities in order to learn something new from the past.

• Top image: Karnak temple in the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. Source: Calin Stan / Adobe Stock

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2,500-Year-Old Man and Woman Body Found, Tongue Removed and Replaced with a “Golden Tongue”

The remains of a man and woman who were buried with sheets of gold foil for their tongues have been found outside Cairo, Egypt. The bodies, which were found side by side but in separate graves, were buried in limestone sarcophagi dating back 2500 years.

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The man’s remains are well preserved and sealed in his tomb, containing various artifacts such as jars in which his previously removed organs were stored, a scarab and tomb figurines made of china. But the woman’s remains are not in good condition and there are indications that her tomb was opened by tomb robbers.

Gold tongue plates are in good condition and are commonly found on ancient Egyptian mummies. They were placed on the tongues of the dead during burial so that the soul could speak to Osiris in the other world. Osiris is said to rule the underworld and judge the souls of the dead. It is believed that the dead could persuade Osiris with their golden tongues to have mercy on their souls.

The man’s tomb (pictured) has remained untouched since he was buried thousands of years ago, and all his funerary treasures have been left inside the tomb.

The picture shows jars found in the man’s tomb, containing his organs removed before burial.

But the woman’s remains are not in good condition

Archaeologists aren’t sure who the man and woman were, but their tombs were built adjacent to each other. The man’s skull is still well preserved, with his golden tongue clearly sticking out of his mouth.

Since he was buried thousands of years ago, his tomb has been untouched and all his funerary treasures have been left inside the tomb. Archaeologists found 402 Ushabti figurines made of china, a tin-glazed ceramic, as well as a number of small amulets and green beads along with the remains of the man.

Another mummy discovered in February was also buried with a tongue made of gold. Archaeologists excavating at the ancient Egyptian site of Taposiris Magna have uncovered 16 tombs in rock-cut tombs, one of which contained a mummy with a gold plate instead of a tongue.

Dating back about 2,000 years, burial shafts were popular in ancient Greek and Roman times, keeping the remains inside a mountain or natural rock formation.

There were numerous mummies inside the tombs, and although the remains have since deteriorated, the stone funerary masks were still intact. It allowed the team to see what each person once looked like.

The excavation was led by the University of Santo Domingo, who has been working at the site for nearly a decade. The golden-tongued skeleton was found well-preserved as much of its skull and structure are still intact.

Archaeologists dug it out of the rock tomb and found the golden object still shimmering inside the skeleton’s mouth. They think the tongue was removed by mummies, but replaced by a golden tongue during a burial.

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Stunned archaeologists: “Tombs of giants found in Crimea” (Video)

Zack White

During archaeological excavations in Crimea , experts discovered a necropolis of the Byzantine Empire where the tomb of a giant was .

While the reconstruction work on the Mithridates Staircase in Kerch continues, archaeological excavation work has also started in the area.

This revealed up to 100 square meters of a necropolis, which had burials of people who once visited the temple of Juan Bautista .

To date there are 27 uncovered burials , some of children and twin burials. In addition to other elements, such as bronze pendants or bracelets.

They even managed to find felt clothing in one of the burials . This was very helpful as it allowed them to date the find .

Tomb of a giant in the necropolis

The find itself was not common and it became much more strange when they found a funerary box that exceeded 2.30 meters in length . When they uncovered it, they found what appeared to be the skeleton of a giant.

If the standard physique of the inhabitants of the area in the past is taken into account, finding a skeleton of a man that exceeded two meters in height is something that does not agree with the data.

The average height of the population of the date was 1.60 meters high , so there is no way to explain how the remains of this giant were buried in the area.

The remains were examined by the team’s anthropologist, who hopes to give an estimate of the age of the person buried there.

complicated excavation

The excavation work has been slow due to the complicated terrain, which is mixed . In ancient times, garbage was simply thrown on the ground.

Then, in the Middle Ages , the necropolis was created on top of all the ancient remains. For this reason it has become difficult for archaeologists to give an exact interpretation of the origin of everything found.

At the moment, the experts are in negotiations with the diocese of Kerch-Feodosia to be able to extract the remains found and examine them better.

Experts continue to investigate the origin of the mysterious skeleton and the reason for its abnormal size. In addition to finding an explanation for its origins.

The existence of giants is common in different ancient cultures, despite the fact that traditional archeology tries to keep these types of findings hidden. But discoveries like the one in Crimea show us that they existed.

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