Artifacts. Unexplained and mysterious artifacts of ancient civilizations

Mysterious artifacts of ancient civilizations are located in the Nazca desert, represented by huge drawings. Amazing geoglyphs appeared in 200 BC, covering vast areas off the coast of Peru. Engraved on sandy ground, they illustrate animals and geometric figures.

The images, also represented by lines, are very similar to runways. The Nazca people, who created wonderful drawings, left no record of the purpose of large-scale images. Perhaps because of their prehistoric age, they had not yet discovered the benefits of a written language, or something else was holding them back.

Not advanced enough for a written language, they nevertheless left a great mystery to future civilizations. We still wonder how such complex projects were realized at that time.

Some theorists believe that the Nazca lines represent constellations and correlate with the positions of the stars. It is also speculated that the geoglyphs must have been viewed from the heavens, with some of the lines forming runways for alien visitors to Earth.

Another thing also amazes us, if the "artists" themselves did not have the opportunity to view images from the sky, then how did the Nazca peoples create absolutely symmetrical images? In the absence of records from that time, we have no acceptable explanation other than the involvement of extraterrestrial technology.

GIANT FINGER OF EGYPT.

An artifact 35 centimeters long, according to legend, was discovered in the 1960s in Egypt. The researcher of the unknown Gregor Sporri, having met the owner of the artifact in 1988, paid $ 300 to photograph the finger and take an x-ray. There is even an X-ray image of the finger, as well as a seal of authenticity.

Original photo taken in 1988

However, not a single scientist studied the finger, but the person who owned the artifact, leaving no opportunity to hear the details. This may contribute to the fact that the giant's finger is a hoax, or testify to the civilization of the giants who lived on the earth before us.

STONE DISKS OF THE DROPA TRIBE.

According to the history of the artifact, Cho Pu Tei, a professor of archeology (who is a real archaeologist) in Beijing, was on an expedition with students to explore caves deep in the Himalaya mountains. Situated between Tibet and China, a series of caves were clearly man-made as they consisted of tunnel systems and rooms.

There were small skeletons in the cells of the rooms, speaking of a dwarf culture. Professor Tey suggested that they are an undocumented species of mountain gorilla. True, the ritual burial was very embarrassing.

Hundreds of disks with a diameter of 30.5 centimeters with ideal holes in the center were also found here. The researchers, having studied the paintings on the walls of the cave, came to the conclusion that the age is 12,000 years. Discs with a mysterious purpose date back to the same age.

Sent to Peking University, the discs of the Dropa tribe (as they are called) have been studied for 20 years. Many researchers and scientists tried to decipher the letters engraved on the discs, which were not successful.

Professor Tsum Um Nui from Beijing examined the disks in 1958 and came to the conclusion about an unknown language that had not previously appeared anywhere. The engraving itself was done to such a skillful level that it required a magnifying glass to read. All the results of decryption went to the area of ​​extraterrestrial origin of artifacts.

Tribal Legend: Ancient drops descended from the clouds. Our ancestors, women and children hid in caves ten times before sunrise. When the fathers finally understood the sign language, they found out that those who came had peaceful intentions.

ARTIFACT, 500,000 YEARS SPARK PLUG.

In 1961, a very strange artifact was discovered in the mountains of Coso, California. Looking for additions to their show, the owners of a small gem shop set out to collect a few pieces. However, they were lucky to find not just a valuable stone or a rare fossil, but a real mechanical artifact of ancient times.

The mysterious mechanical device looked like a modern car spark plug. Analysis and X-ray examination revealed a porcelain filling containing copper rings, a steel spring and a magnetic rod on the inside. Complementing the mystery is an unidentifiable powdery white substance inside.

After conducting research on the artifact and marine fossils covering the surface, it turned out that the artifact "petrified" about 500,000 years ago.

However, scientists were in no hurry to analyze the artifact. They were probably afraid of accidentally disproving generally accepted theories by saying that we are not the first technologically advanced civilization. Or the planet really was a popular place for aliens, often repaired on Earth.

THE ANTIKYTERA MECHANISM.

In the past century, divers have been cleaning up ancient Greek treasures at the site of the wreck of the Antikythera ship dating back to 100 BC. Among the artifacts, they found 3 pieces of a mysterious device. The device had bronze triangular prongs and is thought to have been used to track the complex movements of the moon and other planets.

The mechanism used a differential gear, consisting of more than 30 gears different sizes with triangular teeth, which were always counted down to prime numbers. It is believed that if all teeth are proven to be prime numbers, then they can clear up the astronomical mysteries of the ancient Greeks.

The antikythera mechanism had a knob that allowed the user to enter past and future dates and then calculate the position of the sun and moon. The use of differential gears made it possible to calculate angular velocities and calculate lunar cycles.

No other artifacts discovered since this time are advanced. Instead of using a geocentric representation, the mechanism was built on heliocentric principles, which were not common at the time. It seems that the ancient Greeks managed to independently build the world's first analog computer.

Alexander Jones, a historian, deciphered some of the inscriptions and said that the device used colored balls to represent the Sun, Mars and the Moon. Well, from the inscriptions, we found out where the device was created, but no one said how it was made. Is it possible that the Greeks knew more about solar system and technology than we previously thought?

PLANES OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS.

Egypt is not a unique place for theories about ancient aliens and high technologies. Small gold items dating back to 500 AD have been found in Central and South America. era.

More precisely, dating is a kind of challenge, since the items are entirely made of gold, so the date was estimated by stratigraphy. This may fool some people into thinking it was a hoax, but the artifacts are at least 1,000 years old.

Artifacts are interesting for their amazing similarity to ordinary planes for us. Archaeologists have designated the finds as zoomorphic, for their resemblance to animals. However, comparing them with birds and fish (having similar characteristics from the point of view of animals) seems to be pulled to the right conclusion. In any case, such a comparison is highly questionable.

Why do they look so much like airplanes? They have wings, stabilizing elements and landing mechanisms that have encouraged researchers to recreate one of the ancient figures.

Being built to scale, yet accurate in proportion, this ancient artifact seems very similar to a modern fighter. After the re-creation, it was documented that the plane, although not very aerodynamically good, flew wonderfully.

Is it possible that ancient cosmonauts visited us 1000 years ago and left the design solutions for what we now call "airplanes"? In addition, the aerodynamic characteristics on the home planet of the "guests" may be different from terrestrial conditions.

Perhaps this is a model of a space shuttle (by the way, we are designing the same shape). Or is it more plausible to think that the artifact represents an overly inaccurate depiction of birds and bees?

Maybe, ancient world has been in contact with a variety of alien races, as evidenced by a rich collection of stories detailing encounters. Many cultures separated by thousands of years contain stories of flying objects and technologies so advanced that it seems to us like a hoax.

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Some researchers are sure that extraterrestrial forms of intelligent life has visited our planet in the past. However, such statements are not scientifically confirmed facts and remain only assumptions and hypotheses.

UFO almost always has quite reasonable explanation. But what to do with artifacts, ancient strange objects that are found here and there? Today we will talk about ancient objects, the origin of which remains a mystery. Perhaps these things are proof of the existence of aliens?

The mechanism of extraterrestrial origin

Cogwheel of aliens from Vladivostok

At the beginning of this year, a resident of Vladivostok discovered a strange piece of equipment. This object resembled a part of a cogwheel and was pressed into a piece of coal with which the man was going to heat the stove.

Although unwanted parts of old equipment can be found almost everywhere, this thing seemed very strange, so the man decided to take it to scientists. After a careful study of the subject, it turned out that the object is made of almost pure aluminum and indeed has an artificial origin.

But the most interesting thing is that he 300 million years! The dating of the object fueled interest, since such pure aluminum and such a shape of the object clearly could not have appeared in nature without the intervention of intelligent life. Moreover, it is known that mankind has learned to make such details not earlier than 1825.

The artifact is incredibly reminiscent of parts of a microscope and other fine technical devices. Immediately there were suggestions that the item is part of an alien ship.

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Stone head from Guatemala

In the 1930s researchers have discovered a huge sandstone statue somewhere in the middle of the jungles of Guatemala. The facial features of the statue were completely different from the features of the appearance of the ancient Maya or other peoples who lived in these territories.

Researchers believe that the facial features of the statue depicted representative of an ancient alien civilization, which was much more developed than the locals before the arrival of the Spaniards. Some have also suggested that the head of the statue also had a torso (although this has not been confirmed).

It is possible that later peoples could also sculpt the statue, but unfortunately, we will never know about it. The revolutionary Guatemalans used the statue as a target and almost completely destroyed it.

Ancient artifact or fake?

alien electric plug

In 1998 a hacker John J. Williams noticed a strange stone object in the ground. He dug it up and cleaned it, after which he found that it was attached to obscure electrical component. It was obvious that this device was created by human hand, and it was most similar to an electric plug.

The stone has since become well known in alien hunter circles and has been featured in some of the world's most famous publications. paranormal activity. Williams, an electrical engineer by profession, reported that an electrical component that was pressed into a granite stone has not been glued or welded to it.

Many believe that this artifact is just a skillful forgery, but Williams refused to give the item for a more detailed study. He intended to sell it for 500 thousand dollars.

The stone was similar to ordinary stones that lizards use to keep warm. The first geological analysis showed that the stone about 100 thousand years, which allegedly proves that the item inside it was not man-made.

In the end, Williams agreed to cooperate with scientists, but only if they will fulfill his three conditions: he will be present at all tests, will not pay for research and the stone will not be damaged.

Artifacts of ancient civilizations

ancient aircraft

The Incas and other peoples of the Americas of the pre-Columbian era left behind a lot of very curious mysterious things. Some of them have been called "ancient planes" - these are small gold figurines that are very reminiscent of modern aircraft.

Initially it was assumed that these were figurines of animals or insects, but later it turned out that they have strange details, which are more like parts of fighter planes: wings, tail stabilizer and even landing gear.

It has been suggested that these models are replicas of real aircraft. That is, the Inca civilization could communicate with extraterrestrial beings that could fly to Earth on such devices.

The version that these figurines are just artistic image bees, flying fish, or other terrestrial creatures with wings.

lizard people

Al-Ubayd- archaeological site in Iraq - real Goldmine for archaeologists and historians. A large number of objects have been found here. El Obeid culture, which existed in southern Mesopotamia between 5900 and 4000 BC.

Some of the artifacts found are especially strange. For example, some figurines depict humanoid figures in simple poses with lizard-like heads, which may indicate that these are not statues of gods, but images of some new race of lizard people.

There were suggestions that these figurines - images of aliens, which at that time flew to Earth. The true nature of the figurines remains a mystery.

Life in a meteorite

Researchers who studied the remains of a meteorite found on the island of Sri Lanka found that the subject of their research is not just a piece of stone that came from space. It was an artifact, literally. created outside the earth. Two different studies have shown that this meteorite contains extraterrestrial fossils and algae.

Scientists reported that these fossils provide clear evidence panspermia(hypotheses that life exists in the universe and is transferred from one planet to another with the help of meteorites and other space objects). However, these assumptions have been criticized.

The fossils in the meteorite are actually very similar to the species that can be found in fresh waters Earth. It may very well be that the object was simply infected while it was on our planet.

Tapestry" summer holiday"

Tapestry called "Summer Holiday" was established in Bruges (the capital of the province West Flanders in Belgium) in 1538. Today it can be seen in bavarian national museum.

This tapestry is famous for depicting very UFO-like objects that hovered in the sky. There are suggestions that they were placed on a tapestry, which depicts the ascension of the victor to the throne, in order to associate a UFO with a monarch. UFO in this case serves as a symbol of divine intervention. This, of course, raised more questions. For example, why did medieval Belgians associate flying saucers with deities?

Trinity with Satellite

Italian artist Ventura Salimbeni is the author of one of the most mysterious altarpieces in history. "Disputa of the Eucharist" ("Glorification of the Holy Communion")- a picture of the 16th century, which consists of several parts.

The lower part of the picture does not differ in something strange: it depicts saints and an altar. However, the upper part depicts Holy Trinity (Father, Son and dove - Holy Spirit), which look down and hold on to a strange object that looks like a space satellite.

This object has perfectly round shape with a metallic sheen, telescopic antennas and a strange glow. Surprisingly, it incredibly resembles the first artificial satellite of the Earth. "Sputnik-1" launched into orbit in 1957.

Although the alien hunters are sure that this picture is evidence that the artist saw a UFO, or traveled through time, the experts very quickly found an explanation.

This object is actually Sphaera Mundi, a representation of the universe. In religious art, such a symbol has been used more than once. Strange lights on the ball - Sun and moon, and the antennas are scepters, that is, symbols of the authority of the Father and the Son.

Mayan artifacts

Ancient images of UFO

In 2012, the Mexican government released several ancient Maya artifacts that it had been hiding from the public. last 80 years. These objects were found in a pyramid that was found under another pyramid in the area Calakmul- the most powerful city of the ancient Maya.

These artifacts are notable for the fact that depict flying saucers, which can serve as evidence that the Mayans saw UFOs at one time. However, the authenticity of these artifacts is highly questionable in the scientific world, and even more so the pictures that appeared on the net. Most likely, these artifacts were created local artisans to cause a sensation fueling reports of the end of the world at the end of 2012.

Mysterious Artifact

Alien Sphere Betzev

This misterious story happened mid 1970s. When the Betz family was investigating the damage from a fire that destroyed a large amount of forest on their property, they discovered a surprising find: a silver ball about 20 centimeters in diameter, completely smooth with a strange elongated triangular symbol.

At first, the Betzes thought it was some kind of NASA space object or a Soviet spy satellite, but eventually decided that it was just a souvenir and kept it for themselves.

Two weeks later, Betzev's son decided to play the guitar in the room where the ball was located. Suddenly an object began to respond to the melody, producing a strange pulsing sound, causing anxiety in the Betz dog.

Further, the family discovered even more strange properties of the object. If he was rolled on the floor, the ball could stop and abruptly change direction, while returning to the person who abandoned it. It seemed that he draws energy from the sun's rays, as on sunny days the ball became more active.

Newspapers began to write about the ball, scientists became interested in it, although the Betzes did not particularly want to part with the find. Soon the house began to happen mysterious phenomena: the ball began to behave like a poltergeist. Doors began to open at night, organ music began to sound in the house.

After that, the family was seriously worried and decided to find out what this ball is. What was their surprise when it turned out that this mysterious object was just plain stainless steel ball.

While there are many theories about where this strange ball came from and why it behaves this way, one of them turned out to be the most plausible.

Three years before the Betzes found the ball, an artist named James Derling-Jones I drove through these places in a car, on the roof of which I was carrying several stainless steel balls, which I was going to use in a future sculpture. On the way, one of the balls fell out and rolled into the forest.

According to the description, these balls were the same as the Betz ball: they could balance and roll in different directions as soon as they are slightly touched. The Betzes' house had uneven floors, so the ball didn't roll in a straight line. These balls could also make sounds due to the metal shavings that got inside during the production of the ball.

Items trailing bloody trails of death, mysterious illnesses, and frightening stories have always attracted people who are lured by evidence of existence. unexplained phenomena in our world. Throughout the history of mankind, there have been a huge number of artifacts that are considered cursed: spirits or other otherworldly entities lived in them, next to them people felt discomfort, someone's evil will and sudden illness, which could end in failure both for the owners of the item and for ordinary people. guests. We've rounded up 25 damn things you should know about.

The same mirror with silhouettes (this time - tourists)

The house, surrounding buildings, and land around Myrtle Plantation is considered one of the most famous cursed places in the United States. The ghosts of black slaves have been seen there more than once. This farm is located in the town of St. Francisville, Louisiana. There are so many legends around the plantation that it would be enough for a series of horror films. The most famous story- about the cursed mirror. According to the story, one of the housewives, Sarah Woodruff, was poisoned by slaves. Sarah's two young daughters were also sacrificed with her. Because of the voodoo curse that the sorcerers cast on women, their souls were locked in a mirror. Visitors to the plantation report that handprints constantly appear on the mirror, and figures in old-fashioned dresses can be regularly seen in it.

The skull itself cannot be seen, so one can only guess what it looks like

In the small village of Burton Agnes, there is a house built in the 17th century under Queen Elizabeth. According to history, three Griffith sisters lived in the estate. One of the sisters, Katherine Ann, went for a walk one day, where she was attacked by robbers. They took away the family ring and beat her half to death. Before her death, Catherine asked the sisters to leave her head within the walls of the estate. Even in death, she could watch over her family and guard the estate. Of course, the request was not fulfilled. Then strange things began to happen in the house: rustles, screams, things moved by themselves. When the head of the deceased was nevertheless transferred to the building, the devilry stopped. However, every time they tried to return the skull to the cemetery, he began to scream heart-rendingly.

Doll in her prison

Thanks to the efforts of Hollywood, the Annabelle doll is one of the most famous cursed objects. It has become a popular topic of urban legend since the publication of a book by the demonologist couple, Ed and Lorraine Warren (they became famous through the DeFeo investigation in Amityville). According to one version, the doll became the receptacle for the spirit of the deceased girl. On the other hand, a demon lives in it. The doll independently changes position, writes messages and can kill. Annabelle is now in a closed and sealed glass case at the Warren Occult Museum in Monroe, Connecticut.

Creepy picture and prints of children's hands on it

The eerie canvas is the center of many urban legends. The picture is painted American artist Bill Stonehen in 1972. Bill reportedly took a photograph of himself at the age of five for the painting. What caused the writing of a terrible composition is still unknown. "Hands" were almost immediately recognized cursed work art. Several people died because of them. In 2000, "Hands resist him" were put up for sale and now wander from one owner to another. It is believed that a person who looks at the original for a long time goes crazy.

Miss Baker's dress is still terrifying

IN mid-nineteenth century, in 1849, a young and pretty lady from a respectable Pennsylvania family fell in love with an ordinary hard worker from a metallurgical plant. The girl's name was Anna Baker. The girl's father was against such a union, which cast a shadow on the presentability of the family. The wedding, for which the dress had already been bought, was canceled. Anna could not come to terms with her father's order and took a vow of celibacy, not giving her heart to anyone else. Miss Baker died in 1914, usually a maid. Since then her Wedding Dress considered cursed. It's on display at the Baker home. Museum visitors report that the dress itself moves and brings misfortune to the beloved, who even dared to stand next to the window.

Blood and paint created a mystical horror coming from the canvas

One of the most famous damn pictures in the world. The history of its creation is shrouded in darkness; the owner found the painting in the attic. According to his grandmother, the author painted "The Suffering Man" by mixing the paint with his own blood. On the canvas, the artist captured his fears and sins. After the picture was finished, the author committed suicide. Sean Robin, owner of The Suffering Man, claims that next to the painting, everyone feels uncomfortable. At night, noises, voices and heavy breathing are heard near her.

Thomas chair nailed to the wall

This chair has been considered cursed since the execution of Thomas Busby in 1702. Busby was a murderer and robber who operated in North Yorkshire in the UK. Thomas treasured this chair very much and even killed his father-in-law, who sat on the chair without the permission of the owner. According to legend, Busby drank poisoned wine while sitting on this piece of furniture. His last words there was a curse on anyone who uses the chair, death threatens. According to legend, the chair took many lives. Only four are officially recorded, which are directly related to the curse of the criminal. All of Busby's belongings are now on display at the Creekby Museum. Just in case, the chair is suspended from the ceiling.

The mask is like a living face. Better not come close

At the Maori Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, there is a whole collection of cursed items. Some of them are dangerous for children, others for the elderly. Still others can cause ailments for pregnant women and women with menstruation. These include Maori combat masks. Women of the tribe were forbidden to approach men who were going to war. In addition, pregnancy was considered among the Maori as a dangerous sacred act, which is dangerous for adult representatives of the stronger sex to know about. It is believed that the principles of warlike men remained with them even after death.

Cursed diamond in all its glory

This diamond is one of the largest in the world. "Hope" (Hope) is estimated at 250 million dollars. Its bluish brilliance and size have attracted people since the stone was cut and shaped by an unknown jeweler (in the 17th century). Immediately, stories began to circulate around the jewelry, repeating the same thing: “Hope” is cursed and brings bad luck to anyone who wears it. It is believed that the curse has been on the jewel since the time when an English merchant pulled out a huge stone from the eye socket of an Indian statue of a deity. This sacrilege did not go unnoticed by higher powers. The merchant who took the stone was torn to pieces by a pack of dogs.

funeral golden mask young pharaoh

It is believed that everyone who participated in the opening of the tomb of the young pharaoh in 1923 fell victim to the curse. The warning was written on the walls of the tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Also, all things from the tomb are considered cursed, and in particular the posthumous golden mask, which only a schoolboy does not know. lower grades.

Mummy Otzi, bringing misfortune

The mummy of a man who lived 5,000 years ago was found in a glacier. The corpse was dubbed "Otzi". It is perfectly preserved (as well as mammoths in permafrost). The remains were discovered in the Otsalian Alps (hence the name) by two hikers on the border between Italy and France in 1991. It is unclear why Otzi is considered a cursed corpse, but since his discovery, at least seven people have died violent deaths under mysterious circumstances. All of them are in some way connected with the storage or transportation of the Iceman.

The damn doll really looks creepy

This doll was given to a boy named Robert Otto. It was made from straw and cloth by a Haitian nanny. Although the black nurse did not stay long in the family, Robert became attached to her and then dragged the doll everywhere with him and even gave her his name. After some time, the guests of the house began to feel uncomfortable next to the doll. Many felt threatened and even evil by her. Family members also began to notice strange phenomena: Robert was talking to himself different voices, the objects moved independently. The doll was thrown into the attic, but she continued to bring misfortune to the family, even when Robert grew up and got married.

The remains of a car whose ghost is seen on the A-3 highway

Accidents on the A-3 in the UK are not uncommon. But one day, a call came to the control panel at a police station in Surrey, from the content of which people's hair stood on end: a frightened young lady spoke about a car rushing through cars, turning off a bridge and disappearing into the air, flashing headlights. The patrol did not find any trace of an accident near the road. What was the surprise of the policemen when the remains of a car with a decomposing corpse were found a little in the distance. An autopsy showed that the young man was six months before the events. Spiritualists claim that the car was cursed and now its ghost will travel along the roads of Surrey, bringing death to all who saw it.

Not only dolls can be cursed

Of course, the number itself cannot be attributed to material objects, but it can be easily cursed. Eat urban legend about the Bulgarian number +359888888888. There are such “beautiful” numbers in any country, but they like to exaggerate around this. According to legend, the number appeared 10 years ago and during this time it changed three owners: the first died of cancer, the other two were shot dead. The phone operator that owned the number has suspended it and is currently out of service. However, the Internet claims that this number can call anywhere in the world. And the one who picks up the phone will soon die.

A wine cabinet sold for several tens of thousands of dollars just for the 'damned' label

This wine box, referred to as the "Dybbuk box", would be an unremarkable trinket if it were not supposedly inhabited by a malevolent spirit from Jewish folklore. This spirit can not only do evil, but also suck out life. The box gained fame after being sold at an online auction. This story became the basis for the 2012 horror film The Box of Damnation. Everyone who had been the owner of the box for at least a little time complained of nightmares and strange illnesses.

A vase that should not be held in the hands of anyone

This 15th century carved silver vase was created as a wedding gift for a Neapolitan bride. Unfortunately, the girl never went up to the altar: she was killed the night before the ceremony. This vase was found in the hands of the dead bride. Then she was given to the girl's family as property, but she did not stay anywhere for a long time: they used to say that the vase was cursed. The silver item became widely known in 1988, when an antiquarian found it with a note: “Beware ... This vase will bring you death!”. After that, she was kidnapped, and a series of mysterious deaths which ended when the artifact was returned to the family.

Only a small part of the army of thousands of clay sculptures

The importance of this archaeological discovery cannot be underestimated: a huge army of terracotta statues created for the posthumous protection of Emperor Qing Shi Huang. But for the farming family that unearthed the first clay soldiers in 1974, the find was a curse: the land was confiscated by the government, the houses were demolished, and hotels and souvenir shops were opened in their place. One of the discoverers committed suicide. All the rest ended up in poverty.

Some researchers believe that the reproductions were varnished, and therefore did not burn.

The uniqueness of this object lies in the fact that not only the original is considered cursed, the painting “The Crying Boy” by Giovanni Bragolin. In 1985, the Sun newspaper (a British tabloid) published an article stating that in many houses where fires had occurred, a reproduction of this painting, or even just a photograph of it, was found. Moreover, the “boy” did not suffer at all from the flame and heat. After the publication, a legend appeared that the original canvas depicted an orphan whose house burned down.

Exposition of figurines in the museum

Lemb, a small village on the island of Cyprus, became an important archaeological center when, in 1878, an ancient settlement was found there, and many female figurines were found on its territory. The dating of limestone artifacts is 3500 BC. According to the stories that surround the find, the four families who owned the figurines after the discovery were victims of accidents and unexplained deaths. The last representatives of one of them gave the ancient figurines to the Edinburgh royal museum. The museum caretaker reportedly died a few months after the handover.

the inhospitable shores of the island of Pécs

This island is a favorite haunt of cursed artifact and ghost hunters. The island is uninhabited, but tourists constantly come to it. Pecs is located on the Detroit River in Canadian territory. According to legend, the French-Canadian Laforet family built a manor on the island and lived in peace with local tribes in the middle of the 18th century. But in 1883, a local businessman named Hyrum Walker wanted to get his hands on the land. Laforet left, but in the end the mother of the family shouted: "No one can own the island!". Soon the Walkers built a luxurious estate on Pec, but mysteriously died one after another. Since then, no one has lived on the island. The summer residence in Newport, Rhode Island was a museum of various mystical artifacts that Oliver Bellecour collected from around the world. It was for them that this luxurious mansion was built at the end of the 19th century. The residence is considered one of the places with strong paranormal activity. All ghost hunters in the USA know about him. The dance hall is the hub of ghost activity. It is believed that no one can sit on chairs. Particularly impressionable visitors fainted next to the dining table. This huge, transparent stone was found, like many other large diamonds, in India. It recently turned 700 years old since it was cut. And all these years it has been considered cursed (however, it is not surprising: any treasure is an object of envy and desire). Over the centuries, that blood diamond has been responsible for many male deaths, even among the royal family of Britain. To avoid the curse, only women can wear the Kohinoor.

Mount Uluru is beautiful, but fraught with many dangers

This sacred mountain, called Uluru by the natives, is a unique rock formation of monolithic sandstone in the middle of the plain. Australian shamans say that you can not even take a stone from the slopes of Ayers Rock. This will bring the wrath of the gods and a curse. Of course, tourists do not listen to the natives, considering this a stupid invention. However, many of those who took a piece of Uluru with them mail their souvenir back. In letters, they claim that after the trip, families of tourists are haunted by illness and misfortune.

The wall of Blarney Castle, where the stone is located

This stone is built into the wall of the Irish Blarney Castle in the town of Cork. It is believed that kissing a stone is to attract good luck. But if you try to break off at least a piece and take it with you, then failure, financial difficulties, quarrels and even death await you. As in the case of Uluru, many "vandals" returned souvenirs to their homeland.

Facade of the hotel "Driskol"

This painting is located at the Driscoll Hotel in Austin, Texas. The painting depicts a cute girl of 4–5 years old, but the terrible events are connected with another child - a girl named Samantha Houston, the daughter of a former US senator. Her family was relaxing in the hotel, and Samantha was playing with a ball on the stairs. A tragedy happened - the baby fell off the steps and broke her neck. The hotel workers say that this painting is the fault. According to another version, the girl liked the picture so much that she began to live in it after her death. Everyone who is close to the Love Letters experiences dizziness, panic, and some are even lifted into the air by an unknown force.

“Mysticism, witchcraft, spirits - all this will attract people. After all, if there is something inexplicable and evil beyond the line, then there must be good. And where there is goodness, there is always a place for hope. Hope and faith that death is only the beginning.

Some argue that alien life forms have visited our planet throughout its existence and have left traces of their visits at all times.

This is really difficult to prove, since all living evidence does not stand up to scrutiny and in almost one hundred percent of cases is recognized as a hoax. But there are several artifacts, the origin of which cannot be explained from the point of view of earthly science, so it remains only to assume that their production is the work of someone who was only a guest on Earth.

Gear

In Vladivostok, an object was found that looks like gear. It was firmly soldered into a huge piece of coal. The man who discovered the find was not satisfied with the explanations that came to his mind and decided to show the artifact to scientists. Those, in turn, found out that the wheel is almost one hundred percent aluminum and that it is about 300 million years old. Everything would be fine, but aluminum of this quality could only be obtained artificially, and for the first time it was made in 1825. Considering that the wheel looked like spare parts from a microscope or other complex equipment, the person who found it suggested that this was a part of an alien spacecraft. However, scientists were in no hurry to draw such conclusions and still continue to study it.

Mysterious sphere of Betz

For the Betz family, a fire once destroyed about 88 acres of forest. Exploring the consequences of the disaster, they stumbled upon a strange object in the form of a sphere with an absolutely smooth surface and a strange image of a triangle. The diameter of the sphere is about 20 cm. The Betzes mistook this item for a secret NASA gadget or a Soviet spy satellite. However, in the end, it was decided that it was just a souvenir trinket, but the family took this thing home. Two weeks later, the son of the couple who found the sphere was playing the guitar. Suddenly, this artifact began to react to music, emitting a strange pulsating sound and resonance, from which the dog Betzev was horrified.

stone head

In the 1930s, researchers discovered a huge sandstone statue. She stood in the middle of the Guatemalan jungle and resembled Mayan stone sculptures. In fact, it was an elongated skull with small features, straight out of a history book. Scientists came to the conclusion that this artifact is not an image of a person, since he had signs of a much more advanced individual, not at all like those who inhabited America at the time of its creation. Some have suggested that the head is part of a huge structure that is underground. There was also a widespread opinion about a hoax. Unfortunately, now it is impossible to find out the truth - the head was destroyed during one of the revolutions.

Enigmalith Williams

In 1998, a hiker named John Williams noticed a strange metal protrusion in the ground. He dug up this thing and found that it was part of some kind of electrical unit that looked like a plug. Since then, the place of discovery has become an object of pilgrimage for almost all ufologists in the world. Williams claimed that at the time of discovery, the aggregate was not welded or glued to the stone, but rather, the rock had formed around it. Although many believe that this is still a hoax, the stone around the artifact was formed more than 100 thousand years ago, which means that it could not be the fruit of human hands.

ancient planes

The Incas and other pre-Columbian tribes left behind a number of interesting gizmos, the functions of which scientists still cannot understand today. The strangest of them are called ancient aircraft. They are small gold-colored objects that are very reminiscent of jet aircraft. It was originally thought to be an image of an animal, but no one was able to explain the presence of fighter wings and chassis-like parts. In addition, these figures are aerodynamic enough to suggest their extraterrestrial origin. Perhaps the Incas were in contact with aliens who did these things.

Tapestry "Triumph of Summer"

The tapestry, known as the "Triumph of Summer", was created in Bruges in 1538. It is now in the Bayerish National Museum. This artifact is infamous among ufologist theorists due to the fact that it depicts many UFO-like objects flying in the sky. Their presence on this canvas is difficult to explain, except that they were added much later than the date of creation of the artifact. However, there is a version that UFOs were then associated with God and his patronage. True, it is not clear how the Belgians of the 15th century came to mind that such objects have the right to exist.

Glorification of the Eucharist

The 16th century Italian artist Ventura Salimbeni created one of the most enigmatic icons in history. It is called "The Glorification of the Eucharist" and is a triptych, two of the three parts of which are absolutely traditional. They depict saints at the altar. However, the third - the upper part with the Holy Trinity also includes something that looks like a space satellite. The canvas depicts a spherical object of metallic color with telescopic antennas and strange lights. Some prefer to consider this image as evidence of extraterrestrial life, while others take it as a representation of the universe like a globe, which is quite acceptable for that era. The strange lights are the sun and the moon, and the antennae are symbols of the power of the god, like a scepter.

Mayan artifacts

In 2012, the Mexican government released a number of Mayan artefacts that had previously been kept secret for 80 years. These things were taken from the pyramid in Calakmul - the place where one of the most developed cities of the Maya was located. Most of the finds most definitely depict UFOs and aliens. The problem is that these artifacts were only shown in a documentary, the authors of which had every reason to commit a hoax in order to become famous.

Sri Lankan meteorites

Researchers studying a meteorite that fell in Sri Lanka found that these are not just pieces of space rock. It was definitely an artifact, that is, a thing created artificially. Two independent studies have shown that the meteorite contains fossil algae that are clearly of extraterrestrial origin. Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, lead researcher on the first study, says the fossils provide strong evidence for panspermia (the hypothesis that extraterrestrial life exists). Moreover, traces in the meteorite are the remains of freshwater organisms similar to those found on earth.

How were these items created? By whom? And most importantly - why?

Eldar Khaliulin

As you know, a fact is a stubborn thing. And even more stubborn is an artifact (in the sense in which this word is used in computer games, that is, an artificially created object that exists despite scientific misconceptions about the world order). In fact, any object made by a person can be considered an artifact. Even an ordinary pushpin. Archaeologists around the world annually dig hundreds of artifacts out of the ground. And yet, we, non-specialists, are somehow more accustomed to using this word to mean mystical objects, sacred relics, or objects of mysterious origin. By the way, many of the artifacts that you know from adventure films have caused nervous breakdowns in hundreds of scientists on the planet. After all, these things exist and are not really explained in any way! We tried to unravel their mysteries. The candidate helped us with this historical sciences Alexey Vyazemsky, who looked at our collection with a skeptical eye, after which he got bored to his heart's content (his dissenting opinion is encrypted in this article under the code words "Voice of a Skeptic").

In scientific circles, this subject is better known as "Mitchell-Hedges". It was his story that formed the basis of the fresh Spielberg blockbuster about the anti-Soviet adventures of Indiana Jones. And it was like this: in 1924 in Central America, an expedition led by Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges excavated ancient city Maya Lubaantuna in search of traces of the Atlantean civilization. Stepdaughter Frederica Anna Marie Le Guillon discovered an object under the rubble of the altar. When it was brought to light, it turned out to be a skull skillfully made of rock crystal. Its dimensions are quite comparable with the natural dimensions of the skull of an adult woman - approximately 13 x 18 x 13 cm, but it is unlikely that some absent-minded Cinderella lost this crystal contraption. The find weighs a little more than 5 kg. The skull lacked a lower jaw, but it was soon discovered nearby and inserted into its proper place - something like hinges were provided in the design.

What is the mystery

In 1970, the skull underwent a series of tests at the Hewlett-Packard research laboratory, which was famous for its advanced technologies in the processing of natural quartz. The results discouraged scientists. It turned out that the skull was made of a single (!) crystal, consisting of three intergrowths, which in itself attracts a sensation, since it is impossible even with the modern development of technology. In the process of creation, the crystal had to fall apart due to the internal stress of the material. But the most amazing thing is that no traces of any tools were found on the surface of the skull! It seems like he just grew up on his own. It soon became clear that there were other artificial skulls made from natural quartz. All of them are inferior to the Skull of Fate in terms of workmanship, but they are also considered the legacy of the Aztecs and Mayans. One is kept in british museum, another in Paris, a third in amethyst in Tokyo, a Max skull in Texas, and the most massive one at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. In addition, tireless researchers unearthed a legend according to which, since ancient times, there are 13 crystal skulls associated with the cult of the Goddess of Death. They came to the Indians from the Atlanteans (who would doubt it!). The skulls are guarded by specially trained warriors and priests, passing from generation to generation and making sure that the artifacts are stored in different places. At first they were with the Olmecs, then with the Mayans, from whom they passed to the Aztecs. And at the very end of the fifth cycle of the Mayan long-term calendar (that is, in 2014), it is these items that will help save humanity from an imminent catastrophe, if people guess what to do with them. The previous 4 civilizations did not think of it and were destroyed by disasters and cataclysms. It seems that the crystal skulls are some kind of ancient supercomputer that will come into action if you collect all of its components in one place. And more than 13 skulls have already been found. What to do?!

Voice of the Skeptic

Virtually every one of the crystal skulls was first thought to be Aztec or Mayan. And yet, some of them (for example, British and Parisian) were recognized as fakes: experts found traces of processing with modern jewelry tools. The Parisian exhibit is made of Alpine crystal and, most likely, was born in the 19th century in the German town of Idar-Oberstein, whose jewelers are famous for their ability to process precious stones. The problem is that there is no technology yet that can confidently determine the age of natural quartz. So scientists have to navigate the traces of tools and the geographical origin of minerals. So all crystal skulls, in the end, may be the creations of the masters of the XIX-XX centuries. There is a version that the Skull of Destiny is just a birthday present for Anna. He could well have been thrown to her by her father in the manner of Christmas surprises, but not under the tree, but under the ancient altar. Anna, who died in 2007 at the age of 100, said in an interview that the skull was found on the day of her 17th birthday, that is, in 1924. The author of this whole exciting story may be Mitchell-Hedges himself, the treasure hunter of Atlantis.

They were found in Peru, near the city of Ica. There are a lot of stones - tens of thousands. The first mentions of them are found in the chronicles of the 16th century. On each of the stones there is a drawing depicting in detail any scene from the life of ancient people.

What is the mystery

There are drawings that show horses that became extinct on the American continent hundreds of thousands of years ago. There are riders on horseback. Other stones depict hunting scenes ... for dinosaurs! Or, for example, heart transplant surgery. As well as the stars, the sun and other planets. At the same time, numerous examinations confirm that the stones are ancient, they are also found in pre-Hispanic burials. And official science does its best to pretend that Ica stones do not exist, or call them modern fakes. Who would think of putting images on tens of thousands of stones, and even carefully burying them in the ground?! It's absurd!

Voice of the Skeptic

All journalistic publications about Ica stones say that examinations have confirmed the authenticity of these artifacts. But for some reason, the data of examinations are never given. It turns out that all sorts of ufologists with atlantologists offer to seriously study these cobblestones only on the grounds that it would never occur to anyone to fake them. But the sale of Ica stones is a profitable business, which the Ikians are willingly engaged in ... Ikiots ... in short, the inhabitants there. Well, some "scientists" too. Why not assume that they jointly put the production of profitable goods on stream? Or is that also too absurd an idea?

It was first known as the "Blue Diamond of the Crown" and "French Blue". In 1820, it was purchased by the banker Henry Hope. Now the stone is stored in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

What is the mystery

The most famous diamond in the world has earned the unkind reputation of a bloodthirsty stone: almost all of its owners since the 17th century have not died a natural death. Including the unfortunate French Queen Marie Antoinette ...

Voice of the Skeptic

Imagine, the Russian grand dukes and tsars, from Ivan Kalita to Peter the Great, were crowned with the Monomakh's cap. And they all died too! Many - not by their death, but from various diseases! Creepy, right? Here it is, the curse of Monomakh! Moreover, the fact of life, death and contact with this killer hat in each case can be confirmed by documents, unlike the biographies of other Hope owners. Among which, by the way, there are those who lived quite a prosperous life, Louis XIV for example. And you can also derive an equation in which the length of the life of the owner of a diamond is inversely proportional to the size of the gem. But this is from another area ...

In 1929, a fragment of a world map on the skin of a gazelle was found in Istanbul's Topkapı Palace. The document is dated 1513 and signed in the name of the Turkish admiral Piri ibn Haji Mammad, and later became known as the Piri Reis map (“reis” in Turkish means “master”). And in 1956, a certain Turkish naval officer presented it to the American Marine Hydrographic Office, after which the subject was thoroughly investigated.

What is the mystery

The most surprising thing is not even that the east coast is shown in detail on the map South America(this is only 20 years after the first voyage of Columbus!). Before the inquisitive gaze of scientists, a medieval document appeared - the authenticity is beyond doubt - a document on which Antarctica is clearly depicted. But it was opened only in 1818! And this is far from the only secret of the map: the coast of Antarctica is depicted as if the continent is free from ice (whose age is from 6 to 12 thousand years). At the same time, the outlines of the coastline are consistent with the seismographic data of the Swedish-British expedition in 1949. Piri Reis, when compiling the map, honestly admitted in his notes that he used several cartographic sources, including very ancient ones, from the time of Alexander the Great. But how could the ancients know about Antarctica? Of course, from the super-civilization of the Atlanteans! This is the conclusion reached by enthusiasts like Charles Hapgood, while representatives of mainstream science bashfully remained silent. They are still silent to this day. Many other similar maps have also been found, including, for example, those compiled by Oronteus Finneus (1531) and Mercator (1569). The data given in them can only be explained by the fact that there was a certain primary source. From it, cartographers copied information about those places that they simply could not know about. And the compilers of this ancient source knew that the Earth is a ball, accurately represented the length of the equator and mastered the basics of spherical trigonometry.

Voice of the Skeptic

If you believe the Piri Reis map (or rather, the mysterious source), Antarctica was located differently in ancient times, and this difference is about 3000 kilometers. Neither paleontologists nor geologists have any information about such a global continental shift that happened about 12 thousand years ago. In addition, the ice-free coastline of Antarctica simply cannot match modern data. During the icing, it should have changed significantly. So the map of the unknown continent, most likely, is the speculation of an ancient author, which, by a lucky chance, approximately coincided with reality, or another modern fake.

From time to time, perfectly round balls are found in different places on the planet. Their sizes are different - from 0.1 to 3 meters. Sometimes there are strange inscriptions and drawings on the balls. The most mysterious are the balls found in Costa Rica.

What is the mystery

It is not known who made them, why and how. The ancient people obviously could not grind them to such a round shape! Maybe these are messages from other civilizations? Or maybe the balls were carved by the Atlanteans, who encoded important information in them?

Voice of the Skeptic

Geologists believe that such round objects may well be obtained in a natural, natural way. For example, if a stone falls into a pit located in the bed of a mountain river, the water will grind it down to a round state. And inscriptions with drawings are not only on stones, but also on the walls of elevators and fences. And, as a rule, they are autographs of contemporaries.

K restas were discovered in the 19th century in Quintana Roo (Yucatan). It is known that the Maya, long before the appearance of Christians in Mesoamerica, revered their symbol, in any case, the ancient Temple of the Cross has been preserved in Palenque. By the way, therefore, during the Spanish colonization, the natives reacted favorably to Christianity.

What is the mystery

According to legend, a huge cross carved from wood suddenly spoke in 1847 in the village of Chan. He called the Indians - the descendants of the Maya - to a holy war against the whites. He continued to give voice, leading the Indians during combat operations. Soon, two more similar talking objects appeared. The village of Chan became the Indian capital of Chan Santa Cruz, where a sanctuary of crosses was erected. In 1901, the Mexicans managed to capture the sacred capital, but the Mayans managed to carry their feet and crosses into the selva. The struggle for independence continued. Historians call these events the war of the Mexican government with the state of the Crusob Indians - the “Land of Talking Crosses”. In 1915, the Indians recaptured Chan Santa Cruz, and one of the crosses spoke again. He urged to kill every white who wanders into Indian lands. The war ended only in 1935 with the recognition of the independence of the Indians on the terms of broad autonomy. The descendants of the Maya believe that they won thanks to the talking crosses, which still stand in the sanctuary of the current capital of Champon, but in silence. The official religion of the free Indians is still the cult of the three "talking crosses".

Voice of the Skeptic

This phenomenon can have at least two explanations. First, it is known that the Indians of Mexico often used the narcotic substance peyote in their rituals. Under its influence, you can have conversations not only with a wooden cross, but also with your own tomahawk. But seriously, the art of ventriloquism has been known for a long time. In many nations, it was owned by priests and clergymen. Even an inexperienced ventriloquist is quite capable of uttering a couple of simple phrases like: “Kill all whites!” or "Bring more tequila!" We should also not forget that none of the modern scientists have yet heard a single word from the "speaking crosses", even if it is obscene.

The Shroud is located in Turin, in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. It is stored under bulletproof glass in a special chest. According to legend, it was in this shroud that Joseph of Arimathea wrapped the body of Jesus Christ. Modern history This piece of matter begins in 1353, when, by unknown means, it ended up with Geoffroy de Charny, who lived on his own estate near Paris. He claimed that she got him from the Templars. In 1532, the linen was damaged by a fire in Chamberti, and in 1578 the shroud was transported to Turin. In the 80s of the last century, it was presented to the Vatican by the Italian king Umberto II.

What is the mystery

On a four-meter canvas (length - 4.3 meters, width - 1.1 meters), a clear image of a person is visible. More precisely, two symmetrical images located "head to head". One of the images is a man lying with his hands folded just below his stomach, the other is the same man, viewed from the back. The images are similar to a film negative and show through clearly on the fabric. There are traces of bruising from whips, from a crown of thorns on the head and a wound in the left side, as well as bloody marks on the wrists and soles of the feet (presumably from nails). All details of the image correspond to the gospel evidence of the martyrdom of Christ. Both physicists and lyricists (in the sense, historians) fought over the secret of the shroud. Some of them became believers after that. The Shroud was illuminated with infrared rays, studied under powerful microscopes, and the pollen found in the tissue was analyzed - in a word, they did everything, but so far none of the scientists has been able to explain how and with what help these images were made. They are NOT painted. They did NOT appear as a result of radiation exposure (there was such a fantastic hypothesis). Radiocarbon analysis, carried out in 1988, showed that the time of the shroud's creation was the 12th-14th centuries. However, the Russian doctor technical sciences Anatoly Fesenko explained that the carbon composition of linen could "rejuvenate". The fact is that the fabric after the fire was cleaned with hot oil or even boiled in oil, so carbon from the 16th century got into it, which caused incorrect dating. There are other facts confirming that this is not a medieval, but an older and generally miraculous thing. Miracle?!

Voice of the Skeptic

It's time to become like Rene Descartes, who once logically reasoned that being a believer is more reliable than an atheist, since you can get a posthumous ticket to heaven. After all, God (if he exists) will be pleased that you believed in him. But while you are still alive, look into scientific articles and read that the Jews wrapped the dead not in shrouds, but in funeral shrouds. That is, they were bandaged with ribbons using aromatic resins and substances. This is exactly what was done to Christ after his death, which is recorded in the Gospel of John. Therefore, it is not necessary to talk about the absolute correspondence of the images of the shroud to the Gospel testimonies. Moreover, the deceased sons and daughters of Israel were never laid in the position of a football player standing in the “wall”. The tradition of drawing people with their hands folded shyly on their genitals appeared after the 11th century, and in Europe. It remains to be added that many serious scientists just do not doubt the data of radiocarbon analysis carried out by three independent laboratories. Taking into account all Fesenko's calculations, it is possible to add another 40 years to the age of the shroud, even 100, but by no means more than a thousand. And another one interesting detail: shortly before the appearance of this artifact, that is, in the XIII-XIV centuries, there were 43 (!) Shrouds in Europe. The owner of each probably swore that he had the same one, the true one, handed over personally into the hands of almost Joseph of Arimathea himself.

Are you looking for a grandmother?

There are still artifacts that have not yet been found by anyone. It's up to you!

holy grail

In theory, this is a simple bowl into which the blood of the crucified Christ was collected. In fact, it can look like anything, because it is a classic that-which-cannot-be. Most likely, the Grail simply does not exist, it is a literary myth.

Ark of the Covenant

Something like a massive box with the Tablets of the Covenant stored inside and the 10 commandments on them. Be especially careful with this object: it is believed that anyone who touches it immediately dies.

golden woman

According to the medieval geographer Mercator, it is located somewhere in Siberia. This is a figurine (and maybe a statue) of the Finno-Ugric goddess Yumala. She is credited with supernatural powers. Adventurers are also attracted by the metal from which it is made. Yes, yes, it is pure gold. We can say, not a woman, but a treasure!

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