Extraordinary 2024, November

Unfinished Ancient Egypt: Unified Technologies and Stone Processing

Unfinished Ancient Egypt: Unified Technologies and Stone Processing

Everyone knows from history that in Ancient Egypt there was a culture and civilization developed at that time. And some researchers of alternative history are sure that the civilization was highly developed, with a high level of technology, in particular, the technology of stone processing, which in some places is inaccessible even now

The incredible sharpness of Japanese samurai swords using the Tameshigiri technique

The incredible sharpness of Japanese samurai swords using the Tameshigiri technique

The samurai treated their blades with great awe. Great attention was paid to checking the fighting qualities of katanas, and gradually this process grew into a real art. In peacetime, such tests were carried out in the most sophisticated ways - they chopped bamboo, straw and even the bodies of dead people

The mystery of the disappearance and return of the "Magic Rock"

The mystery of the disappearance and return of the "Magic Rock"

At the end of October, many foreign and domestic paranormal news sites published a note about a rather entertaining incident: in the Prescott National Forest

Cracking in fossilized cold fluidolith outcrops

Cracking in fossilized cold fluidolith outcrops

To put it simply, the article will present analogies of the formation of fracturing in petrified masses of mud, natural geo-concrete and in outlier rocks, which supposedly have a magmatic formation, for these are granites and syenites

Waterworks in Cambodia

Waterworks in Cambodia

At the mention of Cambodia, most people come up with the name of the Angkor Wat temple complex. In fact, there are several cultural monuments of the past in this area: Angkor Thom, Bayon, Ta Prohm, Phnom Bakheng, etc. Angkor Wat is the most famous temple complex visited by tourists. But few people pay attention to no less mysterious and even more fantastic structures, or rather hydraulic structures: reservoirs with the local name barai

Purpose of Chulpas Towers: Smelting Furnaces or Burial Buildings?

Purpose of Chulpas Towers: Smelting Furnaces or Burial Buildings?

Discussions about how and why many megalithic buildings were built, and even more so, with polygonal masonry structures, do not subside. Who speaks about the version of only mechanical processing of stones, who offers concrete

Yanshan quarry and Chinese megaliths

Yanshan quarry and Chinese megaliths

Near the Chinese city of Nanjing is the ancient stone Yanshan quarry, famous for the presence of a giant unfinished stele, the cutting of which was stopped during the reign of Emperor Yongle in the early 15th century. Compared to other construction projects in Yongle, such as Zheng He's Fleet and the Forbidden City, the stele was one of the most ambitious and exciting projects ever

TOP 17 facts about China that describe life from a different angle

TOP 17 facts about China that describe life from a different angle

China is an amazing country. A distinctive culture, a kind of mentality along with progressive technologies, a high rate of economic growth make the whole world look at the Celestial Empire with respect. We have collected 17 things that will make you look at life in China from a different angle

Earth is a platform for alien experiments on humans

Earth is a platform for alien experiments on humans

Among many peoples, you can find drawings with images of gods with human bodies and heads of animals. It is possible that such creatures are the result of genetic experiments of aliens

How is the human brain related to quantum physics?

How is the human brain related to quantum physics?

According to one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century, physicist Richard Feynman, no one truly understands quantum mechanics. Interestingly, he might just as well have talked about an equally convoluted problem of consciousness. Despite the fact that some scientists believe that consciousness is just an illusion, others, on the contrary, believe that we do not even understand where it comes from

Who and where takes water from planet Earth? Or does the water disappear by itself? Versions. Part 1

Who and where takes water from planet Earth? Or does the water disappear by itself? Versions. Part 1

This material is about a very urgent problem, about the loss of water. After all, everything is secondary in comparison with the loss of water! Loss of water is primary! And it is the loss of water that is directly related to the urgent and urgent threat to the entire economy and the usual life of people. Especially if you take Russia

Three layers of human science: Intuition, logic and knowledge

Three layers of human science: Intuition, logic and knowledge

Only with the help of intuition can a person comprehend the difference between intellect, logical thinking and the more comprehensive area of the spirit. Logic is how the mind knows reality; intuition - how the experience of reality, spirit

The fulfilled predictions of science fiction writer Isaac Asimov for 2019

The fulfilled predictions of science fiction writer Isaac Asimov for 2019

35 years ago, on the eve of 1984, the Canadian edition of The Star, impressed by Orwell's dystopia "1984", asked the famous science fiction writer Isaac Asimov to write a forecast article for 2019

Who and where takes water from planet Earth? Part 3

Who and where takes water from planet Earth? Part 3

This material is about a very urgent problem, about the loss of water. After all, everything is secondary in comparison with the loss of water! Loss of water is primary! And it is the loss of water that is directly related to the urgent and urgent threat to the entire economy and the usual life of people. Especially if you take Russia

Brain Paradoxes: Cognitive Distortions

Brain Paradoxes: Cognitive Distortions

If you think that prejudices are unusual for you, then you are probably subject to them. If you think cognitive biases

The Inside of Consciousness: Debunking the Pop Hypnosis Myths

The Inside of Consciousness: Debunking the Pop Hypnosis Myths

Each of us has seen various films or TV series in which people turned to hypnotists for help, urging the patient to look at the pendulum swinging from side to side. Everyone in the soul would like to master the ability to inspire people with a certain thought or action, or to get answers to questions within themselves

"Rules of Social Life and Etiquette": Ancient Wedding Customs

"Rules of Social Life and Etiquette": Ancient Wedding Customs

By the end of the 19th century, everyone knew how to properly equip an apartment, hire a servant and take care of their reputation

Mysteries of the life and work of the inventor Leonardo da Vinci

Mysteries of the life and work of the inventor Leonardo da Vinci

Researchers believe that if Leonardo da Vinci had at his disposal modern materials, humanity would have received many useful inventions several centuries earlier: hang gliders, apparatus for finding under water, self-propelled cars and much more. Today, more than 5000 handwritten pages of the great inventor are known, most of them are collected in notebooks - codes. In our review - drawings of the fantastic apparatus of Leonardo da Vinci and the author's comments on some of

Get water from fish, and vitamins from a sock

Get water from fish, and vitamins from a sock

10 years ago, a man passed away who had done an amazing deed. Moreover, the act was absolutely altruistic … Alain Bombard was the doctor on duty at the Boulogne hospital, when 43 sailors were brought there - victims of the shipwreck at the Carnot pier. None of them were saved

The open brain: lobotomy and trephination of the skull in the 20th century

The open brain: lobotomy and trephination of the skull in the 20th century

In 1887, the work of the venerable anthropologist Dmitry Nikolaevich Anuchin "On ancient artificially deformed turtles found within Russia" was published. So we caught up and surpassed Peru, which until then was considered the main world oasis of such plastic surgery

Healing herbs are one of the most widely available traditional medicines

Healing herbs are one of the most widely available traditional medicines

Healing herbs are one of the most widely available traditional medicines. Possessing a broad and mild effect on the body, all medicinal herbs and names that will help to cure many diseases without resorting to the use of chemicals that have many unwanted side effects

Who in Russia was called "bitch"

Who in Russia was called "bitch"

The word "bitch" comes from a common Proto-Slavic root - strv- and has analogues in many related Slavic languages. In Russian, "bitch" meant the corpse of a fallen animal, carrion, rotting carrion

The most anomalous tribes on Earth and their culture

The most anomalous tribes on Earth and their culture

Ethnic diversity on Earth is striking in its abundance. People living in different parts of the planet are at the same time similar to each other, but at the same time they are very different in their way of life, customs, language. In this article we will talk about some unusual tribes that you might be interested in learning about

Ontotechnology and human transformation

Ontotechnology and human transformation

In the information field, such concepts as "ontopsychology" and "ontological thinking", "ontologists" and "ontotechnologies" began to appear more and more often. This was preceded by the emergence of educational institutions of this kind, the spread of which has signs of a systemic nature

Waldner Aero Train: Monorail System in Moscow 1993

Waldner Aero Train: Monorail System in Moscow 1993

At the end of October 1933, a mysterious structure appeared to the eyes of the inhabitants of Moscow. It was located in the Park of Culture and Leisure. A.M. Gorky and was a miniature copy of an "air train" - a super-high-speed monorail patented in the same 1933 by a domestic mechanic - minder S. Waldner

Roman Legionnaire's Arsenal: Forgotten Weapons of War

Roman Legionnaire's Arsenal: Forgotten Weapons of War

Everyone from school knows that Roman legionaries had very specific darts and short swords. However, this is far from a complete arsenal of ordinary Roman fighters. In fact, each legionnaire had several more "tools" that significantly expanded his capabilities as a tactical unit

Nostardamus disease or how we continue to believe in predictions

Nostardamus disease or how we continue to believe in predictions

In the early 1990s, in Moscow, Leningrad, and any other large city of the post-Soviet space, one could observe the following picture

Forbidden History

Forbidden History

We are taught from school that history is as immutable and invariably true science as chemistry, mathematics or physics. But is it really so? Recently, there are more and more versions and new readings of historical events from different eras

Tisul princess

Tisul princess

The new video of the REN-TV channel tells about the most interesting confirmation of the existence of a highly developed civilization on our planet. "Tisulskaya find" is an amazing artifact found in the Tisulsky district of the Kemerovo region at the end of the 60s of the last century

Neuron-like connections found in human skin cells

Neuron-like connections found in human skin cells

For a long time, it was believed that nerve cells are interconnected in a unique, inimitable way. But now it turned out that skin cells "communicate" with each other almost like neurons

Florida Coral Castle Mystery

Florida Coral Castle Mystery

In the city of Homestead in Florida, there is a strange structure of coral monolithic boulders, built by a native of Latvia - Edward Lidskalnin in the first half of the 20th century. The people called this building the Coral Castle, and it immediately overgrown with many mysteries and secrets

Ancient stone with 3d city layout

Ancient stone with 3d city layout

A stone has been lying on the banks of the Apurimac River in Peru for several millennia. At the base, it is an ordinary block, approximately 4x4 meters in size, of natural origin. There are no other granite slabs in the foreseeable vicinity. However, it is not the problem of the ancients' delivery of a stone slab to the river that baffles scientists. The upper part of the boulder is puzzling: on its surface it is made in miniature … the city

"Impossible" statues? Yes, possible, possible

"Impossible" statues? Yes, possible, possible

Somehow tired of the public puzzling over the solution to the creation of hyperrealistic statues from marble. Meanwhile, the answers to the questions still continue to be collected, and here are a couple of them

The mystery of the glazed stones of Scotland and France

The mystery of the glazed stones of Scotland and France

Between 700 and 300 BC e. according to the official dating in Scotland, many stone forts were built on the tops of the hills. At the same time, the stones were laid without any fastening solution, simply fitting one well under the other. In itself, this is not something unique, this method of construction was known throughout the world. Nevertheless, everything becomes much more surprising when you learn that some of the stones from the masonry of these forts were very firmly fastened together … melted

Are stone balls the slag of ancient metallurgy?

Are stone balls the slag of ancient metallurgy?

The riddles of stone balls do not give rest from time to time to many who are interested in the topic of the ancient history of the planet. Geology has long given the answer to their formation and is not going to revise anything. There will be no questioning of established views. Here I will give a certain analogy between modern metallurgy and mysterious stone balls

Swords in stone

Swords in stone

There is one "legend" related to the Anglo-Saxon culture. It has survived to this day. You've probably heard it: “sword in stone”. The legend is identified with the sword of King Arthur - Excalibur. And it says that some time ago the stones were or could have been for some time in an amorphous state. It was then that buildings and structures that are now unimaginable were built from them

Artifacts under the Giza plateau

Artifacts under the Giza plateau

The media in some countries in the Middle East recently reported on a "new" striking discovery by Egyptian archaeologists, namely, a megalithic structure in the form of a huge staircase going into the ground. Moreover, this staircase "hides" in the passage, which, like a giant cutter, was cut out in the limestone massif

Zhikharev's acoustic bed and Resonator 7, 83 Hz, which produces youth hormones

Zhikharev's acoustic bed and Resonator 7, 83 Hz, which produces youth hormones

Under the back of the lying person, there is a horizontally suspended beater of a large size and weighing several hundred kilograms. The blow is applied with a hammer from the bottom up

Exposing the myths about Lenin and his mystical burial

Exposing the myths about Lenin and his mystical burial

I suggest that you familiarize yourself with interesting material that breaks down historical absurdities in the life of Vladimir Ilyich, whom modern propaganda dubbed "a German spy", and stupid ordinary people - a "Jewish Bolshevik"

Ancient structures: Catacomb-type underground shelters

Ancient structures: Catacomb-type underground shelters

In many regions of the world there are ancient structures, it is not known by whom and for what purpose they were created. Given the limited technical capabilities of our ancestors, it is simply impossible to believe that they were built by people of the Stone or Bronze Age