This time the archaeologists have outdone themselves. They found what had previously
seemed like something fantastic. A unique sarcophagus that changes
the idea of burials in Egypt, the oldest shipyard and the remains of an unknown tiny
race of people. Watch this video and more! Hi, friend. You are on the KirTop channel.
The oldest shipyard
Underwater archaeologists from the Maritime Archeology Trust never cease
to delight us with new finds. This time they managed to find what is probably the
oldest shipyard in the world. According to preliminary estimates, it is 8000 years old.
Off the coast of the Isle of Wight, deep underwater, archaeologists have found
a man-made wooden shipyard that was built by Stone Age people. This shipyard did not
build yachts or aircraft carriers. Stone Age people built fishing boats on it. Previously,
the age of the oldest shipyard was 5500 years old, and this shipyard used technologies from
the future, so to speak. This confirms the fact that either people in antiquity had much more
knowledge than we think, or modern dating methods do not work from the word at all!
The oldest shipyard used advanced wood processing technology. Therefore,
this object is very important for maritime archeology and understanding the development of
our civilization. The shipyard was discovered at a depth of 11 meters, and 8000 years ago there was
dry land and the area was covered with vegetation. In fact, the shipyard was discovered back in 2005,
but only now has technology made it possible to create a three-dimensional model of this structure
for further study. It's hard to imagine, but it's a fact - people in the Stone Age built boats using
their own shipyard for this. This is what kind of technology and knowledge people had in antiquity.
I am sure that before it would be very difficult for them to move from the Isle
of Wight to the island of Taiwan, and we can do it in a matter of seconds.
Ancient tiny people in Taiwan Taiwan is a very interesting island
located 130-220 km east of China. The history of Taiwan's indigenous Austronesians goes back
5,000 years. But according to the legends and stories of local residents in the villages
before the Austronesians, another equally interesting civilization lived here. They
are often referred to as "pygmies" or tiny people. They had dark skin and curly hair, and their most
distinguishing feature was, as you might have guessed, their tiny stature. All information
about them was based only on fables and legends, but recently a very important event happened!
In early October of this year, scientists proved the existence of tiny humans in Taiwan!
The journal World Archeology published an article claiming that archaeologists in a
cave in southeastern Taiwan have found the remains of ancient people who belonged to "negritos". This
ethnic group still lives in the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula and the Andaman Islands.
The term "Negritos" is a direct Spanish translation meaning "little black" and is
the widely accepted scientific and historical name for this ethnic group. The Negritos are
the first descendants of the "first people of Sundaland". For scientists, the study of these
remains is very important, since these people most likely migrated from Africa.
After conducting research, scientists determined that the possible height of tiny people was 139
cm. The first people arrived on the island 30 thousand years ago, when there was a land
corridor between mainland China and Taiwan. But 10,000 years ago, the corridor went under water.
The legend of the Negrito people in Taiwan is quite interesting. Of the ethnic groups,
about half of the Austronesians saw the Negritos as enemies, while the other half saw them as
allies, neutrals, or ancestors. However, one ethnic group, the Saisiyat, had a surprisingly
difficult relationship with the Negritos. The Saishiyats, a small population that
still exists in Taiwan, have a tradition called Pas-taai,
a ritual dedicated to "honoring short people." As the legend says, ancient saisiyats and
"little taai" once lived nearby. The Taai taught their neighbors medicine, singing,
dancing and other cultural traditions. However, the Taai men harassed the Saysiyat women. After
that, the sayiyats became angry and killed almost all the Taai people. After this event,
a terrible famine awaited them and they thought that they were punished by the vengeful spirit of
the pygmies. Since then, they began to conduct the “pas-taay” ceremony, in which they ask for
forgiveness for the sins of their ancestors. Since then, the tiny people ceased to exist. And
long before the existence of the human race, our planet was inhabited by giant monsters,
and a little boy found a tooth of one such giant on the shore.
A unique find of a young paleontologist
Just like that, you can come with your family to South Carolina, go to the beach
and find something very ancient that makes you shudder. A little boy of 8 years old walking
on the beach and digging in the mud found a large fossilized tooth of an ancient shark.
Shark tooth is more than 12 cm long, which is considered a very large specimen! It’s
even hard to imagine what this monster looked like 20 million years ago, having more than
one such tooth in its mouth, and not even 100. An adult individual of the monster had about
three hundred teeth in its mouth! And each is about 8-15 cm in size. And now, in our time,
a little boy just holds this tooth in his hands. It causes shock and admiration at the same time.
Paleontologists from all over the world have already written their congratulations to the boy,
because even for specialists, a find of this kind is a rare occurrence.
Otodus angustidens is a species of megatooth shark that lived during the Oligocene and
Miocene epochs, approximately 33 to 22 million years ago. Sharks have been known to grow to
at least 10 meters in length. These sharks are related to the Otodus megalodon, another extinct
giant-toothed shark. That is, you understand that there were many such sharks in ancient times. And
what prevents them now from swimming deep in the ocean farther from a reasonable person.
There is already a lot of information about megalodons on YouTube, but I still remind you
that the length of this shark reached 20 meters, and the size of the largest living whale is 33
meters. However, whales are not predators, and this creature did not mind eating any living
organism on our planet. Let's take a break from teeth for a bit and move to Mexico.
Two 2500 year old Olmec reliefs
The Olmecs are the oldest civilization in Mesoamerica. To be precise, this is the oldest
civilization that we know about. And to be even more precise, we know very little about them.
The heyday of their civilization was from about 1600 to 400 BC. They lived along the Gulf of
Mexico, where the states of Tabasco and Veracruz are now located. Archaeologists themselves do not
even know how this people called themselves, so the word Olmec is the Nahuatl word (Aztec
language) and means rubber people. This people had ritual bloodletting, they loved to play
with a ball and drank chocolate. And also - they were the ancestors of the Maya, about which the
scientific world knows much more. And the Olmecs carved giant stone heads from volcanic rocks, this
became their hallmark. All buildings discovered by archaeologists were deliberately destroyed.
That is, more than 2 thousand years ago, someone deliberately tried to wipe out a whole people with
all the buildings from the face of the earth. Recently, archaeologists have discovered Olmec
reliefs that were made of limestone. They were about 1.5 m in diameter and weighed 700 kg. Stone
reliefs have been found in the municipality of Tenosique in Tabasco in southeastern Mexico.
It is assumed that the local Olmec rulers are depicted on the reliefs during the performance
of ritual ceremonies. Perhaps these people are in a position that reduces the flow of
blood and oxygen to the brain, which causes a trance-like state. From the stone heads
of the rulers of Mesoamerica, we will move to Africa, where a pink stone sarcophagus awaits us.
Pink treasure keeper's sarcophagus
"Dream find" - that's what archaeologists called the sarcophagus, which they managed to find near
Cairo. As you know, very important people of Ancient Egypt were kept in sarcophaguses. It
seems to me that the ancient Egyptians buried a high-ranking nobleman 3300 years ago, clearly
not so that we can now get him out of the tomb and study him with the help of modern equipment.
But how else can we study the history of our ancestors, if the papyruses contain far from all
the information about the life of the pharaohs. Scientists have already found out that the pink
sarcophagus belonged to Ptah-em-via, who served as head of the treasury under Ramses the Great.
On all sides the sarcophagus is decorated with hieroglyphs and various titles. It lay at a depth
of 10 meters for more than 3,000 years and now looks like it did on the first day. Historians
have little data on who ruled Egypt after Tutankhamen. Therefore, every find is important.
The pink sarcophagus indicates that the person buried in it was close to the king and played a
very important role in the state administration of that time. If it’s easier to explain to you
in modern language, then Ptah-em-via in the modern world would be the Minister of Finance.
To get to the tomb, archaeologists had to dig up and take out tons of sand. And this was only
the first level of the tomb, located next to the pyramid of King Unas. Under the sand, they found
masonry, and in order to further dive to the second level of the tomb, the masonry had to be
strengthened. Through a small hole in the floor, they descended to the second level of the tomb,
where the sarcophagus was located. Archaeologists descended in a metal basket, lowering and raising
themselves on their own. It would seem that with such technologies in the 21st century,
excavations have to be carried out in the same way as 200 years ago. The condition
of the sarcophagus was good, but the broken cover indicated the presence of marauders here.
Usually different people were reburied in sarcophaguses, but in our case the sarcophagus
belonged to its first owner. This is confirmed by the hieroglyphs and titles found on the
sarcophagus. Professor El Aguizi's team will now fully examine the sarcophagus to uncover the full
life story of Ptah-em-via. And around the same time, in the Marianas, people lured octopuses.
Ancient octopus baits 3500 years ago in the Marianas,
people loved to eat octopuses. And to catch these amazing creatures, they used small cut and drilled
pieces of cowrie shells. This is a type of sea snail that octopuses really like. The shells were
fastened with a small stone sinker with grooves. This tradition originated here 3500 years ago,
and lasted until about 1000 AD. Similar finds have been found on other Pacific islands. This suggests
that ancient people shared their knowledge of fishing and hunting among themselves,
even though they were separated by hundreds and thousands of kilometers.
At the moment, it is these octopus baits that are considered the most ancient on the planet.
This tells us that this type of food resource was important enough for them that they invented
something very special to catch octopuses. It is difficult to say what made up the bulk of
their diet, but if we take another experience in archeology, we can say that for the ancient people
of the Mariana Islands, octopuses were considered traditional food. If everything is clear with
seafood, then it is completely incomprehensible what kind of strange pits were found in Peru!
Thousands of strange holes in Peru On the territory of Peru,
archaeologists find hundreds and even thousands of artifacts and various finds
that defy explanation. I will be honest - many of these finds are fakes and the creators of these
finds simply make money on gullible people. In the Pisco Valley, archaeologists have
discovered thousands of holes. The Peruvians themselves call them differently - Monte Sierpe,
which means "snake mountain", and Cerro Viruela, which literally translates as
"smallpox hill" or simply a strip of holes. But the most unusual names came up on the net,
they are called an incubator for Alien eggs. These pits are located in a very inaccessible
place, so there are few scientists who were able to visit here. From this, it is still
impossible to explain the origin of holes. They were first seen flying by plane in the 30s of the
last century. In the 50s, the first expedition of scientists set off here, which managed to
calculate the size and number of holes. The strip of holes stretched for one and a half kilometers,
and the width of the strip was from 14 to 20 m. But the number of holes shocked the researchers
- there were more than 5,000 of them. The first idea that scientists came up with was an ancient
mass grave. That is why there are more questions. Pits from half a meter to a meter deep. Nearby
there are no traces of a person, artifacts of ancient civilizations, nothing at all that could
give at least some clue to explain this place. Archaeologists have different theories about
the origin of the pits, but most of them are pseudoscientific. One thing is known for sure,
that these pits are at least hundreds of years old and most likely they were created by people. You
can write in the comments your assumptions for what they could be used in the past.
The rarest mosaic in Syria
Archaeologists have managed to find an ancient mosaic that depicts the Trojan War. This find
is about 1600 years old and very well preserved. Found it in northern Syria. Nothing like it had
been found before. On the mosaic, you can see the battle of ancient Greek warriors
and Amazons under the walls of Troy. You can even see the names of the commanders who were
armed with swords and shields. Most likely they were famous warriors of those times.
The area of ​​this work of art is 120 square meters, and it adorned the floor of an ancient
Roman bath. The Trojan War took place between the ancient Greeks and the inhabitants of Troy around
the 12th or 13th century BC. The uniqueness of this mosaic lies in the depiction of Amazon women
who fought on the side of Troy. The Amazons were a race of female warriors in Greek mythology. In
ancient Greek and Roman mythology, the demigod hero Heracles killed Hippolyta,
queen of the Amazons, in one of his 12 labours. The Trojan battle lasted 10 years. Looking back
10 years doesn't seem like a lot of time, but if you bring that figure to our time, it sends
shivers all over your body. But, back to history. For nine years, the Greeks destroyed the nearby
cities and villages, but the city of Troy itself was too tough for them. This was a fortress that
could not be captured. But the Greeks came up with a trick that everyone knows about in our
time. The most interesting thing is that not the slightest wooden pieces of this giant horse have
been found so far. Therefore, for now, the story of the Trojan horse can be considered a legend.
Representatives of the Naboo Museum hope that excavations in ancient Er Rastan will continue.
According to them, the city is full of heritage monuments and artifacts. No serious archaeological
excavations have been carried out in this place yet, so we can only guess how many more amazing
finds await us in the future. And in order to be the first to know about new finds of
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