Category: Ancient Mysteries
More than a decade ago, tabloids and research institutions exploded to the news of an exciting underwater discovery. In 2001 Pauline Zalitzki a marine engineer and her better half Paul Weinzweig found evidence of incredible manmade structures deep within the…
The sites: Giza, Siwa, Tassili n’Ajjer, Paratoari, Ollantaytambo, Machupicchu, Nazca, Easter Island, Aneityum Island, Preah Vihear, Sukhothai, Pyay, Khajuraho, Mohenjo Daro, Persepolis, Ur, Petra are shown clockwise from Giza on the equal azimuthal projection. The projection is centered on the…
This unusual discovery was made in 1908 in an underground temple depository linked to the ancient Minoan palace site of Phaistos, on the island of Crete. Archeologist Luigi Pernier removed the disk from a layer of black earth which has…
It is believed that the ancient, mysterious and hauntingly beautiful site of Petra in Jordan has been inhabited (in one way or another) for approximately 9000 years although its existence was kept secret from the modern West until 1812, when…
If you’re reading a website about mysteries and haven’t already heard about the Curse of Tutankhamun then you are definitely in the minority. Here are the basics that just about everybody remembers. “Once there was a boy king of Egypt…
Considered to be one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, construction of the 130m tall Pharos Lighthouse probably began around 280 BC on a small island just off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. Originally commissioned by the Macedonian…
Egyptian Treasures in the Grand Canyon The April 5, 1909 edition of the Arizona Gazette featured an article entitled “Explorations in Grand Canyon: Remarkable finds indicate ancient people migrated from Orient.” According to the article, the expedition was financed by…
Baalbek, situated at an altitude of 3,840 ft, is located in Lebanon and the site of one of the world’s most enduring mysteries. The megaliths at Baalbek are thought to be far older than the ruins of the Greek and…
The famous Nazca lines can be found in a desert about 200 miles south of Lima, Peru. On a plain measuring approximately 37 miles long and one mile wide are etched lines and figures that have puzzled the scientific world…
The recently (1995) discovered monolith at Gobekli Tepe is clearly the worlds biggest mystery. When found, it appeared to have been deliberately buried in sand, for reasons that still remain unknown. What’s even stranger is that carbon dating estimates the…
2,500 years ago, there was a massive labyrinth in Egypt that, in the words of one who saw it, “surpass[ed] even the pyramids.” It was a massive building, two stories tall. Inside, there were an unbelievable 3,000 different rooms, all…
All over the world, enigmatic artifacts have been found that do not fit the accepted geologic or historical timeline. Do they offer a radically different view of our world? MAPS AND DRAWINGS Although mysterious, these findings are not quite…
