Ancient Sites and Artefacts II

[Mystic Wanderer]

The Mysterious 5000-Year-Old Stone Spheres

These odd spheres are one of the greatest archaeological puzzles of the 21st century. Some believe they indicate knowledge of the five Platonic Solids. And, being that they are 5000 years old, this would mean that the Ancient Peoples held this knowledge a millennium before Plato.

These mysterious spheres are one of the greatest archaeological enigmas of the 21st century. These ‘anomalous’ petrospheres are found mainly in Scotland, Britain and Ireland and date from the late Neolithic to possibly the Iron Age. On their surface, the mysterious spheres have from 3 to 160 protruding knobs with a size varying from approximately 2.75 inches up to 7 centimetres across. In comparison, the stone spheres are about the size of tennis balls or oranges.

While researchers around the world have proposed numerous theories trying to explain their origin and purpose, their history remains a great enigma for scholars.

While researchers have discovered these spheres with up to 160 knobs, those with six knows are the most common. Mathematicians seem to have a particular interest in the spheres because of their incredible aesthetic beauty and mostly because, amongst them, they represent all the symmetrical forms of the five Platonic Solids.

While nearly all of the mysterious spheres have been found in north-eastern regions of Scotland, people have come across them in other surrounding areas. Researchers speculate that given the similar distribution of the spheres to Pictish symbols, many have suggested that the mysterious spheres are in fact Pictish artefacts. According to reports, by 2015, a total of 435 stone spheres have been recorded, while researchers expect that there are hundreds more waiting to be found.

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Mysterious Spheres

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Chan Chan, The Largest Pre-Colombian City In South America

The Chimu State or also called the Kingdom of Chimor was an Andean civilization established in Peru around 850 AD. It was one of the cultures conquered by the Inca in 1470. Its capital, Chan Chan, was the largest pre-Colombian city in South America. Located today in the region of La Libertad approximately five kilometers west of Trujillo.

This ancient city covers a staggering twenty square kilometers with a dense urban center of six square kilometers. It was the imperial capital called home for over fifty thousand people.

The ruins of Chan Chan are in a fairly good condition, mainly due top the fact that the region does not have much rainfall it was a city built of adobe brick, one of the biggest adobe cities in the world in fact. The center of the city is incredible, the design and architecture present at Chan Chan can be compared to other incredible sites in Peru.

Archeologists have discovered pyramidal temples, cemeteries, gardens, reservoirs, and symmetrically arranged rooms in the center of the city that consisted of several walled citadels.

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The Yonaguni Monument, Japan’s Atlantis

Experts call it one of the greatest discoveries of underwater archaeology. It has been a subject of debate between archaeologists and researchers ever since it discovery in 1985 by Dive Tour operator Kihachiro Aratake. The Yonaguni monument is a underwater formation that is located off the coast of Yonaguni, the southernmost of the Ryukyu Islands, in Japan. Man made or natural formation, that has been the debate for years in the field of archaeology. Some researchers and historians believe that the structures at Yonaguni could be the ancient remains of Mu, a fabled Pacific civilization rumored to have vanished beneath the Ocean.

Here are some of the main features of the Yonaguni monument Source:

Two closely spaced pillars which rise to within eight feet of the surface;
A 5 m (16 ft) wide ledge that encircles the base of the formation on three sides
A stone column about 7 m (23 ft) tall
A straight wall 10 m (33 ft) long
An isolated boulder resting on a low platform;
A low star-shaped platform;
A triangular depression with two large holes at its edge;
An L-shaped rock.

These incredible formation have lead archaeologists to compare the Yonaguni monument to other sites world wide. The semiregular terraces of the Monument have been compared to other examples of megalithic architecture like Sacsayhuamán in Peru and other ancient civilizations which according to many researchers, show incredible similarities in design and construction. See images below for comparison:

The above image is very interesting. On the left we have the image of the underwater monument of Yonaguni while on the right side we placed an image of Sacsayhuaman a walled complex on the northern outskirts of the city of Cuzco, Peru, the former capital of the Inca Empire. These two images are extremely similar, from the stairs to the walls the similarity is just incredible. 90° angles and sharp edges are just some of the features present in these two images used for comparison while we can also identify in both images straight edges and square corners that add to the incredible similarity of these two images. The only thing here left to do is to imagine Sacsayhuaman underwater and you would practically have two identical sites both displaying similar angles and sharp edges. It is up to the reader to decide whether there are similarities between the two.

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The Dwarf's Door in Cesky Ráj, Bohemia, Czech Republic

                                                                                                  



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The 100 Ton ‘Boxes’ At The Serapeum of Saqqara: Ancient Precision At Its Best

Located North West of the Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, we find the Serapeum of Saqqara. According to archaeologists, it was the burial-place of the Apus Bulls, literally speaking the living manifestations of the Egyptian God Ptah. This necropolis found near Memphis, Egypt is believed to have been built sometime around 1300 BCE, by Ramesses II.

Ever since its discovery in 1850 the Serapeum of Saqqara has puzzled archaeologists and researchers and the tunnels that have been unearthed since have been the subject of debate among many. This majestic ancient labyrinth is home to 25 megalithic stone ‘boxes’, weighing between 70 to 100 tons. Ancient Egyptians, the builders of these incredible ‘boxes’ possessed incredible knowledge in fields such as geometry and mathematics.

Part of the megalithic boxes, the 30-ton lids were made of the same blocks of stone. Upon discovery, some of these were blown open with the aid of gunpowder, only to find the inside of these giant boxes empty. Researchers have no idea what their true purpose is now how these giant boxes were assembled thousands of years ago.

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