Coin with the image of the goddess of the moon
At the bottom of the sea off the coast during underwater work, Israeli archaeologists found
a coin, which is about 1850 years old.
A bronze coin in very good condition was found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near
the beach near Haifa.
It depicts the goddess Moon - she personifies the planet's satellite of the same name, as
well as the zodiac sign (Cancer).
The artifact probably belongs to a series of thirteen coins, twelve of which correspond
to the signs of the zodiac.
The latter - with a full zodiac wheel.
Scientists believe that the coinage was in Egyptian Alexandria.
And on the found coin there is an inscription “the eighth year”.
This corresponds to the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, who led the Roman Empire from 138 to
161 AD.
Such finds, which have lain at the bottom for hundreds of years, speak of close ties
between ports in ancient times.
Tomb of the Polish king Casimir IV Jagiellon When it was first found, the researchers jokingly
said that it, like other royal tombs, could be cursed and would take the lives of many
people.
They were right.
Some of the archaeologists and researchers who examined the remains of the royal body
and the coffin made of wood died tragically from unknown infections and heart attacks.
Four more people died under strange circumstances.
Then, over the course of several years, the researchers from the group died from various
diseases, including cancer.
In total, more than 15 people died from those who studied the royal remains.
Soon, doctors found the killer.
It turned out to be the spore fungus Aspergillus flavus, which, at one time, caused many deaths
after the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Scientists have come to the conclusion that people with excellent health and resistance
to various spores and fungi should open tombs and engage in research, so as not to become
victims of another ancient "curse".
Saint Anne's English medieval well According to legend, there is a real healing
well near Liverpool, which was attributed to St. Anne.
A well was built in honor of the mother of the Virgin Mary Anne around 1066 AD.
It was said that it could heal from all diseases, especially from diseases of the skin and eyes.
The well was located on the territory of the temple, was under the protectorate of monks.
One day, the local landowner Hugh Darcy came to the abbot, Father Delwaney, asking him
to free the land in his favor.
The Holy Father refused the request and decided to help ensure that the lands of this person
no longer belong to him.
And then the monks were evicted from the monastery by royal decree.
When Delwaney passed by the former temple, he saw the same Darcy at the well.
He had good relations with the local authorities, thanks to which he was able to easily take
possession of the well.
The Holy Father was furious when he realized that the landowner was behind everything.
He imposed "the curse of the serpent, striking a dishonest person, and his conquest will
not bring him benefit and glory, because St. Anna will bruise his head."
Darcy demolished all buildings in the area.
And he constantly said that he was being pursued by a dark, sinister force, that he felt that
evil was coming.
A few months later, his beloved son died from an unknown disease.
Darcy's lifelong work suffered heavy losses.
It all ended with the fact that one night Darcy was pretty drunk, and in the morning
he was found at a healing well with a broken head.
The "secret room" of the Neanderthals Goram Caves, located in the southeastern part
of Gibraltar on the Mediterranean side, are named after the British military who found
them in 1907.
Experts have been exploring the Vangard (Avangard) cave, which is part of this complex, since
2012, when new large-scale excavations began there.
Experts are trying to determine its true dimensions and check if there are passages and chambers
covered with sand.
In August 2021, a team of scientists led by Clive Finlayson, an evolutionary biologist
and director of the Gibraltar National Museum, stumbled upon a gap that was widened to the
point where humans could crawl.
The breach led scientists to a 13-meter chamber at the top of the cave, where stalactites
hung from the ceiling and traces of an ancient earthquake were observed.
“This is a real room.
Its opening can be likened to the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun: you find yourself
in a space in which no one has been for 40 thousand years.
This is amazing!
" Inside the chamber were the bones of a lynx,
the vertebrae of a spotted hyena, a fragment of a vulture griffin's wing, and a large shell.
Six or seven scratches were found on the walls from the claws of some medium-sized animal,
possibly the same lynx.
In the Vanguard Cave itself, a lot of evidence of the long-term presence of Neanderthals
was found: traces of hearths, stone tools, the remains of killed animals, including deer,
mountain goats, seals and dolphins.
Four years ago, researchers also found a milk tooth from a four-year-old Neanderthal child,
probably torn apart by hyenas.
The team hopes that the study of the new chamber, as well as additional lateral branches, will
lead them to an unusual burial site, since the Neanderthals were unlikely to leave the
remains of their fellow tribesmen near the hearth.
Irish ringforts Ring fortifications are a type of ancient
Irish settlement surrounded by several levels of banks and a moat.
Over time, the buildings were no longer used, they forgot their meaning, and the locals
began to believe that they belonged to fairies.
Therefore, it is impossible to visit places so as not to anger the little people.
On the other hand, ringforts attract attention, as it is believed that leprechauns hide their
gold in pots there.
Other ring monuments in Ireland are perceived to be approximately the same.
The ring is considered a portal to another world full of adventure.
At the same time, buildings are perceived as a dark and gloomy place with negative energy.
If there is a ringfort nearby, then you need to treat it with respect and reverence, not
try to destroy it, as this will bring on the legendary curse of leprechauns, which manifests
itself in the death of livestock, family members, and discord in relationships.
In 2011, the same fate befell the Irish developer Sean Quinn, who was left penniless.
He was considered one of the most influential and wealthy people in the country, then decided
to move the ringforth to another place.
He ended up on its territory and interfered with the development of a new quarry.
"Ghostly" traces of ancient people Archaeologists have discovered many mysterious
"ghost footprints" in the Great Salt Lake Desert of Utah.
According to scientists, the tracks are visible only after rain, they are filled with moisture
and become darker.
After drying, they disappear again.
Initially, the team found only a few traces in July this year.
After a thorough inspection of the surrounding area using GPR, at least 88 footprints were
identified, belonging to adults and children under 5 years old.
Ghost prints were left at least 10,000 years ago when the area was a vast wetland.
However, researchers suspect that the footprints could have been left 12,000 years ago, during
the last ice age.
People seemed to be walking in shallow water, and the sand quickly filled their tracks.
But there was a layer of dirt underneath the sand, which kept the print intact after being
filled.
Less than 2km from where the footprints were found, a previous research team found a hunter-gatherer
camp dating back 12,000 years ago that could have been inhabited by the people who left
the footprints, the scientists said.
2,000-year-old flowers survived the bonfire Almost 2000 years ago, the inhabitants of
ancient Teotihuacan collected bouquets of flowers, put them under the fire and set them
on fire.
And so archaeologists have found preserved bouquets.
The pyramid was quite large, 23 meters high, higher than the 20-meter Great Sphinx in Egypt,
but much lower than the 137-meter Cheops pyramid.
The Teotihuacan pyramid was part of the "Temple of the Feathered Serpent", built in honor
of Quetzalcoatl, the serpent deity revered in Mesoamerica.
Excavations were carried out in the deepest part of the tunnel, at a depth of 18 meters.
In addition to bouquets, scientists found there ceramics and figurines of Tlaloc, the
deity of rain and fertility.
Most likely, the bouquets were ritual and were probably used in fertility rites.
Scientists hope they will be able to understand more when they determine the type of flowers.
The bouquets were found just a few weeks ago.
One of them contained 40 colors, the other - 60 colors.
A large number of burnt pieces of wood were found next to them.
Apparently, the flowers were laid on the ground and thrown with a tree.
Judging by the amount of wood, it was she who protected the bouquets from fire.
The tunnel, which is being excavated, was found back in 2003.
Over the years, thousands of artifacts have been found there: dishes, sculptures, cocoa
beans, obsidian, animal remains, and even a miniature landscape with ponds of mercury.
Archaeologists still have not fully figured out how the ancient locals created this tunnel,
and how they used it.
Bird from Saqqara Have you ever heard of the mysterious story
of the Saqqara bird?
Perhaps this is one of the most curious objects that scientists managed to discover at the
end of the 19th century.
In 1898, an Egyptian archaeologist, Dr. Khalil Messicha, excavated a burial site at Sappho.
There he accidentally discovered an unusual figurine of a bird.
It was small and light, but it had a very interesting shape.
The body of the figurine resembled a bird, but its wings looked exactly like the wings
of a modern jet plane.
They are made as a single element made from a single piece of wood, which is thickened
in the middle and thinned at the ends.
All this suggests that, more than 2000 years ago, the Egyptians had quite serious knowledge
in the field of aerodynamics.
That is why the find led Egyptologists into confusion, giving rise to many theories and
disputes.
What's more, when scientists made a copy of the figurine and tested it, they were able
to verify that it could glide several meters by simply tossing the model into the air.
The opinions of scientists are divided: some argue that the resemblance of this bird to
an airplane is completely accidental, while others believe that its author was an Egyptian
genius who actually created a model of a modern aircraft.
Chorazin Perhaps it will surprise someone, but Chorazin
was once cursed by Jesus Christ himself.
In the Gospel of Luke and Matthew, three such cities are mentioned, deprived of the grace
of God and cursed by Jesus.
The first is Chorazin, and the other two are Bethsaida and Capernaum.
After Nazareth, Jesus lived in Chorazin for three years and performed his miracles, but
the inhabitants were deaf and blind to what he did.
They did not want and did not even try to turn from the sinful path and change their
lives.
Then Jesus cursed them for it.
Prior to this, Chorazin was mentioned in historical publications, referred to as one of the largest
and most developed cities of that time.
In the 3rd century AD, the city fell into desolation, it was abandoned and plundered.
According to the records of the Roman historian Eusebius, in about 330 the city fell into
desolation due to a powerful earthquake, which it attributed to God's punishment and the
fulfillment of the curse of the son of Christ.
But the dates of the life of Jesus himself and the existence of the city simply do not
coincide.
Woman in canoe 800 years ago, mourners buried a young woman
in a ceremonial canoe to send her on her last journey to the land of the dead in what is
now Patagonia, according to a new study.
This discovery disproves the theory that canoe burials could only have been used after Spanish
colonization, and confirms ethnographic and historical evidence that they were practiced
throughout pre-Hispanic South America.
The remains were found at an excavation site called Nuyen Antug, near Lake Lacar in western
Argentina.
The wooden canoes of the time, known as wampos, were hollowed out using fire.
According to the analysis, the woman at the time of death was from 17 to 25 years old,
but the cause of death could not be determined.
They also found a jar near the head and almost 600 charred pieces of wood from a single Chilean
cedar.
The find is indeed unusual because most canoe burials were for men.
Previous research has shown that burying people in canoes was part of a ritual to allow the
dead to make their final journey through mystical waters to another land known as Nomelafken,
where they would live in a place known as the "destination of souls."
People with black blood Lake Titicaca is located high in the Andes,
at an altitude of more than 3800 meters.
It is very large and cold.
One of the highest mountain lakes in the world is located between Bolivia and Peru - in a
place that has long been inhabited by Indians.
Its shores are inhabited by the Quechua and Aymara tribes, which are descendants of the
Inca civilization.
But in the very heart of the lake live strange people who do not communicate with others
and consider themselves representatives of a different kind, and not the human race.
The Uru people speak the dead language of Pukina, which was probably used by the inhabitants
of the Tiwanaku civilization, a very ancient and powerful Indian culture.
It was one of the first Andean empires, its inhabitants created a large-scale irrigation
system and a megalithic stone city.
It is assumed that the Uru are direct descendants of the Tiwanaku empire, which once ruled all
the Central Andes.
According to local residents, the Uru have always been here, and all their lives they
kept apart and lived on the lake.
According to historians, the Uru Indians were driven from the plains to the marshlands,
and then they went to the lake altogether - away from those conquerors.
They've adapted to life on makeshift floating islands, even though it's not easy.
The water temperature in the mountain reservoir reaches only 10 degrees, and sometimes it
is covered with ice near the coast.
However, hermits claim that they do not feel the cold, as they have some superpowers that
others do not.
They call themselves lake dwellers, which in their language sounds like "cat-sun".
According to the representatives of this tribe, they are special, completely different from
the people around them, creatures.
A French explorer who traveled through the Peruvian Andes met with these people and studied
their way of life.
And they assured that they had nothing to do with human creatures at all, since their
ancestors were on Earth much earlier than humans.
According to the beliefs of the Uru, they inhabited the planet when there were no civilizations,
the stars were only recently born, and there was darkness everywhere.
They are ancient creatures that used to have a different appearance, but gradually acquired
human features.
The Uru identify with their stone gods and think they are representatives of the silicon
life form.
That is why they do not feel cold and wind and can live in extreme conditions.
They have black blood flowing inside them, and their heads are of a different shape.
They speak a language incomprehensible to other Indians, because it is not human.
The researcher recorded all this from their words.
Fort Bhangarh It is now one of the most popular tourist
destinations in India.
Because of this, the local authorities even banned visits to the city at night.
This is probably due to several stories, after which he gained the glory of a cursed place.
Bhangarh was founded in 1573 in the state of Rajasthan during the reign of King Bhagwant
Das.
It was to become the royal residence for the second son.
The fort had temples, palaces, many gates, picturesque land at the foot of the mountain.
But, despite this, by 1783 not a single inhabitant remained in the fort, and the peasants moved
the houses to another place.
The monk Baba Balnath cursed the city.
He authorized the construction of the fort, but on the condition that its walls and houses
would not cast a shadow over his sanctuary.
In case of violation, Baba threatened to destroy the city.
Naturally, a descendant of the king disobeyed him, erecting walls higher than planned.
The city was overtaken by a curse.
It is believed that the relics of the monk are buried in the ruins of Bhangarh.
According to another story, the wizard Singhia fell passionately in love with princess Ratnawati,
mistress of Bhangarh.
He cast a spell on her favorite perfume so that, just touching them, she fell in love
with him.
But Ratnavati found out about this and thwarted the plan.
The grieved and offended lover cursed the fort and all its inhabitants.
To remove the curse, you need to find a new incarnation of princess Ratnavati, who moved
into another body, return her to the fort and so put an end to all misfortunes.
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