10 Of The Ancient World's Greatest Mysteries | Top Ten Enigmas of the Ancient World | Odyssey

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Greece to the remote Pacific Ocean, from sacred relics to Neolithic monuments, much of what was known, what was found and what was built is now shrouded in Legend in myth, we will unravel the secrets of ancient stone circles and monoliths discover the truth behind the enigmatic Easter Island The mystery of the death of Alexander the Great explores the wonder of the Shroud of Turin and the Knights Templar and delve into the extraterrestrial archives and the ancient aliens together we will travel far away time and space to lift this shroud together we will discover the top 10

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our great journey begins six thousand years ago in the north of France here are about 3 000 megalithic stones that make Stonehenge seem small in comparison to these stones known collectively as The Stones of Conak predate written history and are estimated to have been built around 4,500 BC.

C., this is around 2,000 years before the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza. The stones themselves are grouped almost perfectly in straight lines and separated into three main sites. Throughout the area, who built them, why and how, are the subject of much debate and to this day remain a mystery. All we know for sure is that they were built by a culture that occupied northern France before the rise of Celtic cultures, some scholars have argued. that the long rows of stones are aligned to coincide with the directions of the sunsets and solstices. There have also been theories claiming that the stones acted as astronomical observatories similar to some of the theories behind the uses of Stonehenge and many other stone circles around the world.

The people who built this vast stone complex also left their mark through other constructions, for example, the ruling classes built a large mound 12 meters high and 125 meters wide. This giant mound of earth acted as a tomb for the chiefs of these mysterious villages not unlike roads. In which some of the pyramids in Egypt were used. You can also see foreign stones. You can also see a series of large, impressive and strange-looking chamber tombs called dolmens. These tombs consist of several large stones supporting a keystone which were then buried under a mound of earth in many cases.

In some cases, the mound has disappeared, leaving a curious skeleton of huge megalithic stones. Excavations of these tombs have revealed some strange art carved into the internal surfaces. They generally resemble snakes, presumably representing their deities. They appear to have been a highly religious people, perhaps because their vast Standing Stones complexes were built to honor these strange serpent deities. Its enigmatic nature. Many myths surrounded the stones throughout history. Early Christians believe that the stones represented ancient pagan warriors who had been turned to stone by the divine powers of Pope Cornelius. Local tradition, however, links the large stones.

According to the Arthurian mythical cycle, the people of Brittany claim that they represent the soldiers of the Roman legions who were invading France. According to this myth, the magician Merlin had used his magic to turn the Romans into stone, thus explaining why they were stunned by such a well-organized organization. In regimented form, the Karnak menhirs lie beyond the reach of written history. Archeology has only been able to tell us so much about this mysterious spectacle and the strange people who built it. As such, the various peoples throughout history who have encountered this mysterious spectacle have created fabulous tales to explain the presence of so many thousands of megalithic stones.

In fact, even today, the Karnak Stones remain one of the oldest and strangest Ancient Mysteries, earning them a spot on our top 10 list. We now remain in the Misty Realms of prehistory. beyond the written word, a Time known only through the strange monuments they have left us and the myths transmitted from generation to generation. However, our search for the

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of history now takes us across the waters to the island of Albion, to Great Britain, here is one of the most mysterious wonders of history Stonehenge, the most famous prehistoric monument of the world. Stonehenge is located in the English countryside in the county of Wiltshire in southern England.

The site, as it survives, consists of a ring of standing stones with one stone measuring around 13 feet high and seven feet high. wide, they generally weigh around 25 tons each, a considerable amount considering that the prehistoric culture that erected them did not have any type of advanced machinery. The stones themselves are placed amid a dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, including several hundred burial mounds that archaeologists have dated. The construction of Stonehenge dates back to approximately 3000 BC. C., however, the structure was built in various stages throughout history and the site was used by pre-Neolithic peoples even before the stones were erected.

In fact, the site on which Stonehenge was built appears to have been significant until now. Already in the year 8,000 BC. C., archaeologists have found the remains of at least five Mesolithic postholes. These holes would have supported large pine posts that appear to have had an East-West orientation and of possible ritual significance unrelated to the next phase of construction at the Stonehenge site. It began around 3100 BC. This site consisted of a large circular enclosure made of chalk with an entrance to the north and another to the south. The exact purposes of this structure are clear, but archaeologists finding the cremated remains of 63 individuals at the site has led some experts to believe that some of the earliest stones brought to the site in this period acted as grave markers;

However, scientific analysis of a number of animal remains found near the site in this period appears to reveal that up to 4,000 people gathered here, bringing animals from as far away as Scotland, it seems likely that these early Britons gathered to celebrate festivals. from mid-summer and mid-winter until approximately 3000 BC. Archaeologists have continued to find cremated remains of individuals, leading scholars to believe that the early site of Stonehenge was often used as a burial site at this early stage. Stonehenge was hardly stone and consisted mainly of wooden structures. It wasn't until around 2600 BC. C. that the builders of Stonehenge began to truly embrace stone and began to build the concentric structures. structures we see today interestingly analysis of the stone has revealed that much of it came from as far away as Wales a great distance to transport heavy rocks in the Neolithic from around 2600 to 2400 BC.

A major phase of construction activity began a total of 80 stones were erected, many of them were truly enormous, measuring almost 7.5 meters high at this time, the Stonehenge we know today was beginning to form, however , much of this large standing stone complex is no longer visible to us, as many of the stones were removed from the Throughout history, it appears that these enormous stones were possibly transported by placing them on rows of rolling logs, a method also seen in China; However, the exact method by which Stonehenge was built is unknown. Many claim that it would have been impossible for Neolithic people to build.

Such a structure and points to extraterrestrial intervention. Regardless of why this prehistoric culture would go to such lengths and efforts to build such impressive yet mysterious structures, the people responsible for Stonehenge left no written records and the purposes behind this are hotly debated today. There has been speculation abroad. Some believe that the complex had a seasonal function; in fact, some of the stones align with the winter solstice sunset and the summer solstice sunrise. This, combined with the archaeological evidence from Reunions at this time, lends credence to the possibility that the site was used as a calendar and place of ritual celebration and worship Stonehenge may also have had an astronomical function being designed as a form of celestial observatory that It allowed the prediction of eclipses, solstice, equinox and other celestial phenomena.

Some scholars have even suggested that Stonehenge may also have been a healing site, this is based on the large number of human remains found at the site with deformities and trauma. Others claim that the site was a place of ancestor worship and was linked to other surrounding Neolithic complexes according to this theory. Stonehenge represented the Land of the Dead with a ritual journey to Stonehenge representing a ceremonial passage from life to death like the Karnak Stones. The mystery surrounding this Neolithic structure has led to the creation of numerous myths in the 12th century. AD Medieval historian Jeffrey of Monmouth stated that Stonehenge was in fact built by the wizard Merlin shrouded in myth, its purpose and meaning lost to time.

Stoneenge is one of the most mysterious feats of ancient engineering on Earth, which is why Stonehenge more than earned its place in our top 10 ancient mysteries. Now, to the Mediterranean of the ancient Bronze Age, a world dominated by three great superpowers: the Mycenaeans of Greece, the Hittites of the Near East, and the mighty Egyptian Empire, circa 1200 BC. C., all but one of these civilizations, Egypt, completely disappeared from history in an event known as the Bronze Age Collapse. The Mycenaeans were once a flourishing civilization in what is now Greece. Its history begins around the year 1500 BC. C.

From this date, the Mycenaeans became the most advanced civilization in Europe, capable of producing incredible works of art, building enormous palaces and fortifications, and dominating effectively. much of the eastern Mediterranean through trade and war; in fact, the Mycenaeans were believed to have been the people of the Homeric myths. Powerful heroes like Achilles Odysseus and Agamemnon Across the Aegean Sea, the great Hittite Empire ruled a vast Empire from their Homeland in modern-day Turkey, the Hittites were an advanced civilization capable of dominating surrounding kingdoms, such as Troy, using their armies well trained; However, in the 13th century BC.

C., the Hittite Empire had weakened considerably after losing land to the Egyptians and Syrians in the south. The powerful Egyptian Empire was flourishing after having conquered much of the Levant. Egyptian expansion had often brought them into violent contact with the Hittites. In fact, the largest battle in history up to that date was fought between the two empires at the Battle of Megida. I remember this terrible battle. They survived at the end of Armageddon, however, in the 12th century BC. C., the three ancient superpowers faced a series of disasters that left only Egypt surviving, although having lost its Empire, all the Mycenaean cities were destroyed, the Hittite Empire collapsed, almost all major cities in the Levant were burned . fell to the ground and the Egyptians were forced to fight tooth and nail against the mysterious people who arrived from the sea, the infamous people of the sea, some historians have referred to this event as the worst and most mysterious disaster in ancient history, the end of a golden age.

In human history and no one knows exactly how it happened, it is possible that several environmental factors were involved, for example we have evidence of a series of devastating earthquakes that hit the Mediterranean at that time and caused significant damage to several cities. We have evidence of widespread droughts that would have caused mass famines and, in fact, sea levels dropped considerably; However, the most curious thing is the fact that in a period of 50 years almost all the major cities of the Mediterranean world were burned and no one knows why the common people could have rebelled en masse desperate for their unga.

However, it seems likely that many of these cities were destroyed by mysterious people known as the sea people. These strange peoples always attacked by sea, hence the name, and they raided very similar lands. Vikings from later periods find references to sea attacks by the three ancient superpowers on Greece. we hear that the people of pylos increased coastal patrols constantly looking for attacks from the sea, then we hear nothing from them and their palaces are burned to the ground, it is likely that Crete 2, as well as the mainland,were attacked because we see the Cretans moving their settlements inland to escape this mysterious threat from the city of Ugarit in the Levant, we heard a desperate plea for help for the king mysterious enemy ships were beginning to appear and attack their territory the letter says my father, behold, the ships of the enemy came here, my cities were burned and they did bad things in my country.

Doesn't my father know that all the troops and chariots are in the land of Hattie and all the ships are in the land of Luca, for Therefore our country is abandoned to itself, as far as my father knows. The enemy ships that came here inflicted a lot of damage on us. Nobody came to Ugaritz. Help and the city was completely destroyed. The plea fell on deaf ears, few escaped the advance of destruction in Egypt, we also heard of an attack by the sea peoples; However, unlike their neighbors, the Egyptians were able to fight them in a desperate naval battle, so Egypt was able to survive their attack, although in a weakened state, the Golden Age of the Egyptian Empire had come to an end;

However, it is unlikely that the sea peoples were solely responsible for the Bronze Age collapse. The exact reason behind the total destruction of some of humanity's most impressive civilizations remains unknown, which is why the Bronze Age Age Collapse, perhaps the most devastating event in all of ancient history, makes our list. of the top 10 ancient mysteries. The collapse of the great civilizations of the Bronze Age has often been thought to be the inspiration for the tales of Atlantis, which brings us to the next great ancient mystery, the enigmatic city of Atlantis according to the 4th century philosopher Plato.

B.C. The great civilization of Atlantis lies beyond the Pillars of Hercules referring to what is known today as the Strait of Gibraltar mentioned in his works Criterius and Timeus Plato describes the city of Atlantis was a powerful nation based on an island in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean; However, in their arrogance the Atlanteans had offended the gods and Plato tells us that they were punished with the sinking of their entire city. Beneath the waves Atlantis fell into the sea and then in the myth most of Plato's contemporaries and students thought that Plato was not actually referring to a real place but was using a fictional civilization as a tool.

However, some believed that Plato was referring to a true civilization, especially the late 4th-century philosopher Krantor, who studied Plato's works and traveled the world to research the tale's origins. Many later readers of Plato have believed that there is some truth in his words and that Plato was referring to a real city or basing the Atlanteans on real people in the 16th century. Interest in Atlantis was renewed and many European scholars associated the mysterious city with the newly discovered Americas. The European imagination was further inspired by the discovery of the Mayans in Central America. No one expected to find such an impressive civilization in the New World and many immediately thought of Plato's tales;

However, the European discoverers of these impressive Mayan cities did not originally think that the indigenous peoples they encountered were responsible. For its construction, some believe that these great cities and pyramids were built by the Atlanteans and that the natives of Central America were incapable of founding such an impressive civilization, others thought that the Mayans could only be inferior descendants of the Atlanteans, a branch of a Once a technologically sophisticated civilization that had lost its former glory in this way, early Atlantean theories were strained by a degree of racism and imperialism. Europeans were convinced that human civilization could not have existed without the help of a more advanced nation.

A point of view influenced by self-sufficiency. Image of European colonizers as bringing civilization to the last technologically advanced nations of Africa Asia and the Americas, inspired by the great lost civilizations of Central and South America, many pseudoarchaeologists would continue their searches for an Atlantean American connection well into the era. modern. Tales of Atlantis were made even more fanciful by Theosophists like Madame Blavatsky and Henry Alcott. These Theosophists viewed the Atlanteans as a superior race endowed with psychic and supernatural powers. According to the theosophist, Atlantis reached its peak approximately 1 million years ago, but it appeared as a result of internal conflict.

The theosis conception of Atlantis contrasts directly with Plato. Plato viewed the Atlanteans as an antagonistic and deeply flawed race that was ultimately destroyed. defeated in war by the Greek superiors of Athens it seems that time had only increased the mysterious nature of Atlantis has had later generations created increasingly fantastic additions to the legend, it was not until the 1960s when the science behind Continental drift and plate tectonics became widely understood, that the idea of ​​a lost continent of Atlantis became an impossible concept. In light of this, new locations for Atlantis began to be sought. because for those convinced of the reality behind the myth, the most logical theory proposes that Atlantis was based on the ancient Minoan theater city lost in the Aegean Sea.

The island flourished as a naval trading power until it was completely destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption in around 1650 BC. The eruption generated a mega tsunami with waves 150 meters high. Vera and many other Minoan cities throughout its month of June were completely destroyed by this event and the Minoan civilization appears to have never fully recovered its former foreign glory which does coincide with Plato's position of Atlantis as outside the Gates of Hercules states that the Atlanteans may have been based in the Canary Islands or Madeira which lie west of the Strait of Gibraltar. Some see the location of Atlantis somewhere within the Bermuda Triangle and even Cuba, other theories have placed Atlantis that far away. as far north as Dogerland in the North Sea and even Sweden and Antarctica in their search for Atlantis.

Those who believe in its existence have never been entirely consistent in their theories about its location. If there is one place where Atlantis exists, it is in the imagination of Many scholars who today have been inspired by Plato's tale are unanimous in their belief that Plato was using Atlantis as a tool of fictional allegory to teach political theory; However, many still believe in its existence and its mysterious nature as a major influence on our own culture lost in the waves. and lost to history, the city of Atlantis has always been one of the great mysteries of the ancient world, more than earning its place on our top 10 list, we now move on to another civilization that mysteriously disappears into the Pacific Ocean and is finds an arid and almost uninhabited island. an island that was once populated by a rich and flourishing ancient civilization, an island known to us as Easter Island in the 19th century, the population of the island was just over 100 people.

However, the large stone monuments that can be seen in hundreds throughout the island tell us of a once great ancient civilization, these large stone monuments known as Maui looked like enormous human heads protruding from the ground and their number is almost 900 spread throughout the island. These impressive structures were built continuously by these mysterious people over a period of 500 years, around 1100 and up to 1600 AD. and are indicative of the time when civilization flourished on Easter Island. The statues were carved from volcanic rock quarried from the site of an extinct volcano. They appear to have been built to commemorate the death of a club leader.

Each head took a team. To create them, five or six men were needed for an entire year, after which they were transported to various points on the island to be erected. The heads were so large that special transportation methods had to be developed. Some of the largest heads, in fact, weighed up to 82 tons. It is believed that each head required a team of around 250 men to transport it using a Y-shaped sled pulled with rope ties around the statue's neck. Another possible method of transportation is to tie ropes to the head and swing it and then pull it forward as it swung using the momentum of the head to pull it toward its destination.

Interestingly, this method would require a team of around 15 men, however only around a quarter of the statues produced were eventually erected, the rest were discovered in the Quarry or on the way to being erected, it seems that the people of the island did not have time to complete its great works before its civilization collapsed during its heyday, the people of East Island lived in various stone-built settlements throughout the island, on the coast of the island lived a mysterious group of Astronomer Priests in stone structures known as Tupa. These priests, like many ancient people, observed and recorded the movement of the heavens.

The people of the East Island also developed their own writing systems called rongo rongo. This writing consisted of pictographs and geometric shapes and was written from right to left. from left to right in the shape of a snake, the meaning of these strange texts remains a mystery, only the ruling families of the astronomer priests were able to read it and none of these people survived the extinction of their civilization that the island seems to have. It was first settled around 650 AD. by a mysterious Polynesian tribe. It is rumored that his chief dreamed of a rich land to the East and so led his people on a Great Canoe Expedition and finally discovered Easter Island when civilization was flourishing.

His nine tribes were all. ruled by a great chief who descended from the first chief of the island; However, the island's prosperity did not last long as the population increased, the island was subject to extensive deforestation and, as a result, the mass extinction of almost all the plants on the island, experts believe that the island ever It was once home to many species of plants that grew in abundance throughout the island, with some trees growing up to 15 meters in the 18th century. As a result, 21 species of trees and all species of land birds had become extinct on Easter Island. of overexploitation, over hunting and climate change, all the problems facing our civilization today, the extinction of many of these island trees meant that people could no longer build fishing boats and much of the soil lost its fertility, which greatly affected agricultural production, the loss of its native species.

The ecosystem also meant that many of the animals that were a source of food disappeared from the island as well. When Europeans arrived on the island in the 18th century, the once great civilization was a shadow of its former self. The population had decreased drastically and could no longer survive. To produce large stone structures, it has even been suggested that the remaining population had to resort to cannibalism to survive in the new world they had created. The now weakened and small population of Easter Island eventually fell prey to the European slave trade and the diseases that inhabit the island today.

It is sparsely populated by the ancestors of what was once a great ancient civilization. The fall of the Easter Island civilization has been explained by a number of theories, most of which revolve around the exploitation of its natural environment. The warning to our own civilization if we can fall prey to our own. Overpopulation and environmental destruction will be all that remains of our monuments. The disappearance of the Easter Island civilization is both a mystery and a warning in addition to our top 10 mysteries of the ancient world that may be more relevant today than at any other time we travel. now across the waters towards South America here in the deserts of Peru there is a mystery that has long remained unsolved the Nazca Lines on the dry soil of the Peruvian desert you can find hundreds of enormous lines, many of them similar To immune animal figures, the lines are formed by a shallow trench and cover an astonishing area of ​​450 square kilometers.

The largest figures span almost 12,000 feet and include carvings of condors, hummingbirds, monkeys and spiders. The lines were created as part of a huge earthworks project by the Nazca civilization that flourished for a thousand years. between 500 B.C. and 500 AD. The lines are so well preserved due to the extremely dry and windless nature of the Peruvian deserts. For centuries these enormous lines went unnoticed, it was only in the 20th century that they began to be rediscovered by civil and military aircraft flying over the area, without However, the lines are not onlyVisible from airplanes, they can also be seen from surrounding hills and other high places.

The ancient Nazca used simple tools, but advanced surveying techniques to construct the lines, however the lines remain, their construction remains a great mystery. Modern experts archaeologists, ethnologists and anthropologists have studied the lines and have come up with an interesting hypothesis: they claim that the Nazca people created them to be seen by their gods in the sky. Another theory assumes that the Nazca Lines were intended to act as an observatory a tool used to observe places on the distant horizon where the sun and other celestial heads rise and set during the solstices. This is no different from what we have seen at Stonehenge.

Many prehistoric cultures built large earthworks and stone buildings to observe the stars and the seasons. These observatories are often linked to the ritual worship of their gods. Computer-assisted studies of some of the animal figures by astronomers have revealed that they correspond to astronomical constellations; For example, according to computer modeling, the giant spider figure is actually a representation of the Orion constellation, however, this theory does not correspond with many of the other Nazca Lines figures, so we cannot be sure that other theories completely abandon the celestial and experienced theories; For example, one explanation suggests that the lines are linked to the Nazca culture's cult of mountain and water deities.

According to this theory, they are part of a religious ritual that honors these deities and the lines are used as sacred paths leading to areas where they could be properly worshiped. Proper worship of these gods was essential in their decision whether or not to provide water to the land. a resource especially in demanding such a dry land in its hospitable Other theories link the lines with possible irrigation schemes planned by Nazca, but this does not fully explain the various animal figures. Some claim that these figures exist primarily as fertility goods. The wildest theories assume that the Nazca lines were built by or for extraterrestrial visitors who could see the lions from their ship, although these explanations are not currently accepted by the current academic community, which dismissed them due to a lack of evidence of extraterrestrial activity. .

Curiously, however, there is still no solid evidence. explanation behind the Nazca Lines by academics the reasons for their construction and the exact methods behind them are a complete mystery to all fields of scientific and historical study another unsolved mystery of the ancient world our next ancient mystery is not the of a monument but that of a man Alexander the Great, the

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commander and conqueror of the ancient world, in 323 BC. C. Alexander the Great, subjugator of the greatest empire the world had ever known, died under mysterious circumstances. He was born in the Macedonian city of Pella in 356 BC.

C. Alexander was advised by the famous philosopher Aristotle until the age of 16. became king of Macedonia after his father Philip was suspiciously murdered, this murderer was killed before he could be interrogated and it is rumored that Philip was murdered in a plot involving Alexander and his mother to prevent Philip from having his another son. and by another woman king when he became king Alexander quickly proved himself to be the most astute politician and best military commander in the world. By the age of 30 he had conquered the largest empire ever known without losing a single battle from the shores of Greece to the Himalayan mountains and the borders of India.

Alexander's empire seemed to encompass the world itself and was hailed as a god in Egypt and the king of kings in Persia founded more than 20 cities around the world, including the famous Alexandria; However, before he could carry out his plans to conquer the rest of the known world, Alexander died mysteriously in his palace in Babylon after 12 days of suffering. The mysterious events began one night, when Alexander was holding a banquet in the middle of the afternoon. The king suffered intense pain and collapsed. They immediately took him to his bedroom in the palace and gave him the best medical treatment available;

However, he soon experiences tremors, stiffness in the body. The sharp pains in his neck and stomach were soon followed by excruciating agony every time his body was touched, making treatment almost impossible. He eventually reduced to fever and delirium and experienced frequent hallucinations in his final days. The most powerful man in the world. The Earth could not speak and could only move its head and arms. Eventually he found it difficult to breathe and he died at the age of 32. Four main theories have been put forward to explain Alexander's death. Malaria. Typhoid. Alcohol. Poisoning. Malaria is an unlikely explanation.

The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical places, while Alexander's Palace in Babylon was in the middle of a desert landscape in what is now Iraq, so the presence of mosquitoes is unlikely. Typhoid fever is also an unlikely explanation for the disease being transmitted through food or water. usually affects an entire population through an epidemic, it is very unlikely to result in a solitary and isolated case, if Alexander died of typhoid, so would many others and this is not mentioned in historical sources, alcohol is perhaps the least likely explanation of them all. Symptoms of alcohol poisoning include nausea and vomiting.

Alejandro did not suffer any of these symptoms. One of the most common belief theories is that Alexander was the victim of a murder by poisoning. Murder was widespread within the Macedonian court. After all, it was almost a national tradition. Alexander's own father was murdered under mysterious circumstances, however, the strongest argument against the poison is that Alexander suffered for 12 days before finally dying. It is believed that such long-lasting poisons did not exist in ancient times. Common poisons at this time were hemlock, wormwood, henbane and saffron, all of which work. almost instantly, if it was poison, then it was a calculated and cruel act using a substance that was not commonly used by murderers of the time.

In fact, toxicologists have proposed some possible candidates for the poison. One theory supposes that the plant contributed to Alexandra's wine. Known as white hellebor, this plant has a bitter taste, so the wine would have to be sweetened to hide it, but the king may have been too drunk to notice. According to toxicologists, this plant can cause the same symptoms that Alejandro suffered. If white telebore was used, then it seems that the king's assassin wanted to see him suffer for an extended period. That's why he went to Great Longitudes to discover this new poison. In fact, there is no doubt that in his conquest of the world, Alexander may have made a few enemies along the way, however, theories like this are mere speculation, we may never know the real murderer of Alexander the Great, from Prince to King of the Known World, from man to God, Alexander's death brought him to the peak of his power, his death is a mystery, but so is the place of his burial no one knows where Alexander is buried and scholars have been searching for him For centuries a legend in life a mystery in death Alexander the Great earns his place on our list of great Mysteries of the ancient world, our next ancient mystery is not a man, but an object that has been the subject of much controversy and debate.

The Shroud of Turin kept in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin. The Shroud is a long piece of lemon cloth that bears the image of a man, a man many believe to be Jesus of Nazareth. Many today believe that this cloth is the same cloth that wrapped the body of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion today. It is an object of worship for many throughout the Christian world. The Shroud reveals the entire body of a man who appears to be completely naked and puts his hands to his groin. The man appears to be quite tall and muscular.

He has shoulder-length hair and a mustache. and beard an image that looks strikingly similar to many depictions of Jesus seen throughout history, several reddish brown sneers are also seen on the man's body which have been interpreted by forensic specialists as indicative of wounds, e.g. There is a round wound piercing the man's wrist and upward guards penetrating these small punctures into the chest around his head. blood vapors running down his arms and various other wounds all over his body, it appears that the man who once occupied this shroud suffered most, if not all, of the wounds we know from the story of Jesus' crucifixion, the origins of the Holy Shroud. and the image that appears on it, however, remains a mystery and our heated topics among theologians, historians and scientists: the Shroud possibly dates from the Middle Ages, around the 14th century, even this is the subject of heated debates and some They wonder if the documents we have really refer to the Shroud of Surin, although possibly there is even earlier testimony of the Shroud, from the year 1200, when it was supposedly stolen from Constantinople by the crusaders.

However, it is unanimously agreed that the Shroud appears in documents dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, which is when it was originally. perfected by the house of Savoy, which in 1578 transferred it to Turin, where it remains today, it was exhibited to the public in the 17th century and in the 19th century we see the Shroud being photographed for the first time during a public exhibition, curiously although The Shroud is venerated by millions of people, the papacy has never fully recognized it as the authentic image of Jesus Christ, however, much care has been taken in its restoration and preservation.

It is properly sealed within an airtight bulletproof box and maintained at a finely tuned and consistent ambient temperature, gaseous composition and humidity within the box is carefully controlled to ensure that the trout is well protected. Many of the faithful throughout history have believed that the Shroud is the one mentioned in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Shroud is respected by Christians of many denominations, including the Baptist. Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Orthodox Pentecostals and Presbyterians, many scientific analyzes have been carried out on this route, the result of which has generated much controversy. Radiocarbon dating of the Shroud seems to indicate that it dates to the 14th or 13th century, more than a thousand years after the crucifixion.

Although the results of this study have been questioned, however, some claim that the sample the scientists used was contaminated in some way, this has been denied by the scientific community, who claim that the research was carried out accurately, which which has led some believers to completely dismiss the complete reliability of carbon dating, furthermore, an examination of the Shroud material itself has led to some unexpected results; For example, other funerary shrouds that have been excavated from tombs near Jerusalem have revealed different and simpler weaving patterns than those seen on the Shroud of Turin, leading some experts to conclude that the Shroud cannot have been originated in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus;

However, an analysis of soil particles on the Shroud compared to soil found in ancient tombs in Jerusalem has revealed that they are almost exactly the same, the mysterious contradiction. in fact, there has also been much debate about whether the image below Stroud is pigment or real blood. The chemical analysis of this round seems to point to the fact that it is real blood type ab. Other scientists argue that certain other pigments can give similar results. those of blood Every argument supporting or refuting the authenticity of the Shroud has resulted in arguments from both sides, many of the faithful refuse to believe that the Shroud is anything other than a sacred relic of Christ while some experts point to various pieces of evidence. to refute its authenticity, regardless of the origin and nature of the Shroud of Turin, is not at all conclusive today it remains a mystery to both faithful and infidels and earns its place among the greatest mysteries of antiquity the Knights Templar They have long been associated with secrets and conspiracies.

The actions of this order of warrior monks and their sudden disappearance have been the subject of much speculation, but perhaps the greatest mystery of the order surrounds their origin on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the site of which they claim his name. Why did the Templars choose this ancient site as their base of operations and what were they looking for in the tunnels beneath it? Founded in 1118 in Jerusalem by the French knight on whom it depends, the Knights Templar soon became the most powerful and rich organization. of the medieval world initially founded to protect thepilgrims visiting the Holy Land.

The temple soon managed to expand its spheres of operation throughout many nations. They even became successful bankers. They were a formidable military force and were the first professional standing army in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire around 600 years earlier. His wealth and power were not enough. Until 1307, the staff of knights in France was arrested by agents of King Philip IV. All members of the order who did not flee underground were rounded up, imprisoned and tortured. Thousands of knights, monks and other members of the order were tortured until they confessed to having several crimes, including heresy, homosexuality, and fraud, all of these confessions were most likely false.

Some claim that King Philip was deeply in debt from his wars and decided to seize the Templars' wealth to balance the books, thus orchestrating an elaborate series of accusations to level the Templars in order to make their persecutions appear legitimate to the papacy. , regardless of the reasons behind the disappearance of the Templars, remains a mystery even today, the penultimate place in our top 10 ancient mysteries is occupied by the works of one of the oldest and most mysterious civilizations in the world. Now delve into a world of strange ritual magic spells and supernatural beings, we will open the Egyptian Book of the Dead dating back to around 1550 BC.

C. The Book of the Dead was used by Egyptian priests for millennia, its secret spells were said to guide the soul through the underworld and afterlife and as such copies of it can be found in many funerary tombs and sarcophagi . The book was not a book as we understand it today, with a cover and rotating pages, but was painted on long rolls of papyrus. The spells in the book were written in hieroglyphic or hiratic script on these Scrolls and were often accompanied by illustrations depicting the dead on their journey to the Hereafter; However, spells found in the Book of the Dead can also be seen written on the coffins themselves.

Dead consisted of around 192 spells and incantations the Egyptians were strong believers in the magical power of the voice and ritual speech was thought to possess a great amount of power the Egyptian concept of magic called hacker was closely linked to their religious cult it was used magic in honor of the gods and some spells were offered to use the power to control them. The spells found in the book served as a variety of processes. Some spells give the user mystical knowledge of the afterlife. Others offer protection against evil forces. Some even deal with the famous ritual of weighing the heart in this ritual the gods weighed the heart of the deceased person to determine its purity and decide if they would allow them to enter the Afterlife each book of the Dead was not identical the owner of each copy elegy between a large corpus of spells and decided which one suited them best, these spells were copied allowing each person to adapt their own Book of the Dead.

However, there were certain conventions that had been maintained in all copies and which often depended on what was fashionable at the time. For example, in the state dynasty it was common to organize each chapter into four sections; However, a common thread unites all copies of the book as a single entity in several ways. Importantly, the Book of the Dead contained important chapters whose goal was to preserve the body of the deceased after death. along with a person's spirit and intelligence, these were all seen as essential qualities that people should retain in the next life. The Book of the Dead claims that in the afterlife its reader would join the gods themselves and live in a paradisiacal version of the world. of the living they would want nothing and would live happily for eternity.

The book also states that the dead would gain new divine powers; However, the path to the afterlife was difficult, the dead would need to pass through a series of doors and huts. Mounds guarded by supernatural creatures, they were grotesque creatures with animal heads, one of these creatures was even known as the one who dances in blood, the book, however, provided its owner with the correct spells to protect them. All deals ended with the weighing of the Horde. After passing this test the dead would be reborn in the Afterlife The Book of the Dead is one of the most mysterious documents in ancient history tells of strange and powerful spells Fierce and grotesque supernatural creatures and a new plane of existence for those who pass the test The gods tested and proved themselves worthy and only the owner of such a book would possess powers over life and death and over the gods themselves.

The Book of the Dead therefore occupies the penultimate place in our top 10 Ancient Mysteries, the last place on our list belongs to One of the strangest and most revolutionary ideas ever proposed: the idea that the advance human in prehistory and ancient history was the result of extraterrestrial intervention. Our final place belongs.To ancient aliens, proponents of this theory claim that extraterrestrials made contact with humanity at various points in the distant past and influenced our development, provided us with cultural technology construction techniques and knowledge of the agriculture in return. We worship them as gods, the deities worshiped by According to this theory, all societies were actually extraterrestrials.

The idea that aliens visited ancient man and were responsible for human advancement has not been popular in established academia; However, the theory is based on some interesting points and has a large number of followers, as stated by scientists such as Carl Sagan. that extraterrestrial visitations to early man should not be dismissed as a fanciful theory that beings who possess the technology of interstellar problems almost certainly exist. Sagan was followed by Eric Von Daniken, who in 1968 proposed many theories about extraterrestrial visitations in his book Chariot of the Gods, Dunakan believed. that many of the great constructions and tools created by ancient cultures were too advanced to have been created by humans and that they were created by aliens or the aliens helped humans in their manufacture, for example, the air gives Stoneenge the great plums Giza raisins, the Nazca lines. under Easter Island, therefore, as examples, Danikin goes on to point out that many ancient cultures around the world appear to depict spaceships in their art, as well as non-human creatures and artifacts that were too advanced to exist within the culture of the time, proponents of theories. like this they often point to religious texts and mythologies as evidence, for example a common theory is based on ancient Sumerian texts found on cuneiform tablets, one of them, the enumerator Ellis, claims that humanity was created to serve known deities like the Anunnaki, this has been seen as Some evidence that aliens came to Earth to use humanity's slaves.

Another often cited text is the Hindu Ramayana. In this text, the gods are portrayed as supernatural entities that transport themselves using strange flying vehicles. In fact, there are many mentions of mysterious flying ships, even in the Bible. It has been used as evidence, for example, in the Book of Genesis 200 Angels come down to earth to mate with Humanity creating a race of giants known as the Nephilim. These angels are called the Watchers. They taught Humanity. Metallurgy. Metal work. Cosmetic sorcery. Astrology. Proponents of astronomy and meteorology. of the ancient extraterrestrial hypothesis claim that this is an early account of extraterrestrial interaction with humanity, however perhaps the strangest evidence used comes from the Book of Ezekiel.

Here is related a vision of Ezekiel in which he sees an immense cloud emitting a brilliant light in accordance with this. He tells that the cloud contained a fire and the center of the fire looked like shiny metal and in the fire were what looked like the four living creatures. These creatures are described as winged and roughly humanoid in appearance, the passage goes on to describe a strange glowing wheel. Shaped objects that could fly around and along and move with strange humanoid creatures Danikin claims that this passage from Ezekiel proves early contact with extraterrestrials. This account is perhaps the most surprising of all due to its similarities to modern UFO sightings.

Some artifacts have also been placed. As evidence, for example, the elongated schools of some ancient civilizations in the Americas are considered proof that these ancient cultures wish to emulate the appearance of extraterrestrial visitors. Critics of these theories have argued that all of this evidence can be explained without resorting to aliens like In fact, these theories have been rejected by all credible fields of study. However, can we really be sure that our ancestors were not visited by beings from other parts of the universe? Modern experts can dismiss these possibilities too quickly. One thing is for sure. and we cannot be sure that perhaps Ancient Man, while visiting with his various concerns, was being closely and attentively observed by intelligences much greater than ours, regardless of whether the theory of Ancient Aliens more than deserves its place on our list in our exploration. of ancient mysteries we have traveled far and wide, we have flown across the world from the Pacific to the Atlantic, from the English countryside to the reaches of the new world in our Quest, we have also traveled through time covering thousands of years of story in In our search for the strange and wonderful we have encountered an image of the Messiah, witnessed the construction of the impossible and even glimpsed extraterrestrial life itself, although the journey does not have to end here, the ancient world is full of mystery and holds many secrets for those curious enough to look.