Extraordinary 2024, May

It's hard to imagine, but the unique "Ideal Palace" was created from ordinary boulders and pebbles, collected by a strange postman on the way to the duty station. This architectural masterpiece is a vivid confirmation of the fact that with a strong desire, incredible imagination and creative zeal, you can create your dream home, even without a penny

Many who are interested in ancient history are familiar with the archaeological site, which was named Arkaim. This settlement was found in 1987, and not long before the planned flooding of the territory - it was planned to build a dam on one of the rivers

Against the background of this pyramid in the city of Cholula, even the tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs in Giza seem to be the houses of the Lilliputians. However, the Spanish conquistadors did not notice him

The Maltese archipelago lies in the central Mediterranean. The people who once inhabited it, apparently, arrived here in the 6th-5th millennia BC from Sicily, located 90 kilometers north of Malta. They chose not a paradise at all

The Sunduki tract - known as the Siberian Stonehenge, is located in the floodplain on the banks of the White Iyus in the Republic of Khakassia, and is a complex of surface archaeological objects combining burial grounds, rock paintings and special structures, which together are actually a device for observing the sky, an astronomical observatory of the ancients people. Almost everything - both gravestones and drawings - serves the main task of ancient astronomers: observing the stars, the sun and the moon

Much has been written in recent years about the mysteries of the history of Easter Island. However, let's start with the fact that the island is located in the Pacific Ocean, 3000 kilometers west of South America and it belongs to Chile

A huge number of industrial and military facilities were created in the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the socialist country, most of these enterprises came to desolation and today are not used in any way. Such objects look depressing and terrifying at the same time. In places like this one could safely shoot films about the end of the world

In the Republic of Tuva, near the border of Mongolia, at an altitude of 1300 meters, Lake Tere-Khol is hiding in the mountains. In the 17th century, Semyon Remezov, the famous compiler of maps of Siberia, discovered the ruins of a monumental fortress on an island in the center of the lake, about which he wrote in his papers: "The stone city is old, two walls are intact, two have been destroyed, but we do not know the city." … The locals call the fortress on the island "Por-Bazhyn", which translated from the Tuvan language means "clay house"

Probably, no one argues that any legends and myths are based on some real events. The same applies to the myths of Ancient Greece. For example, the mention of centaurs in them in the description of the exploits of Hercules

For many years, scientists have tried to determine how the Vikings managed to make long sea voyages. After all, as you know, for these desperate Scandinavian sailors with their compact maneuverable ships, the drakkars did not have much difficulty in overcoming a path of about 2500 kilometers from the coast of Norway to Greenland, without deviating from the course, that is, almost in a straight line

Around the mysteries of northern Palmyra, discussions have long been going on among researchers and adherents of alternative history. Even if we only touch on the official points of view of historians, there are enough oddities here too. One of the main questions: why did Peter I choose this particular swampy place for the foundation of the city?

The territory of Russia keeps many secrets. But Siberia is especially rich in riddles - a place where peoples mixed, where huge ancient civilizations arose and disappeared

It is hardly worth explaining what a whistle is - we are all familiar with this simple "musical" instrument since childhood. Everyone knows that the sound of a whistle can be loud, harsh, unpleasant, but it's hard to believe that it can be chilling. But this is so - the ancient Aztecs managed to create a device that was quite capable of causing panic in an unprepared person

We continue our excursion through the technologies of the highly developed culture of the Renaissance

Ancient myths lie at the origins of many aphorisms. The expression "Trojan horse" is no exception. To determine the meaning of phraseological units, we turn to the ancient Greek legend, which tells us the story of the fall of the great city of Troy, the cause of the death of which was a certain mysterious gift

Floating news insider site, Above Top Secret, has occasional interesting material. We will try to “catch” its continuation for our readers. Some points are controversial and this material can be treated in different ways. But it's interesting to read

The Kashkulak cave is located in the north of Khakassia and is recognized as one of the most terrible places on the planet. Locals call it the cave of the "black devil" or the cave of the "white shaman" and there is an explanation for this

With the ancient Maya, we associate not only the abandoned cities, the calendar, which is believed to predict the end of the world, but also the skulls of crystal. The most famous of them is the find of Mitchell Hedges, or "the skull of Destiny"

The Chinese company EHang has announced its intention to build an airport terminal for unmanned taxis, which will be actively used in the ecotourism industry. It would seem that it is just a conceptual project from the world of fantasy, but this is not at all the case. Already 40 eVTOL unmanned aerial vehicles with vertical takeoff and landing are being tested

The existence of this mysterious object, I was informed by the respected facebook.com/maxim.hamalainen Maxim Hämäläinen, for which I bow to him

Since the 90s of the last century, scientists have made a number of discoveries, having found blood cells, hemoglobin, easily destructible proteins and fragments of soft tissues in the bones of dinosaurs, in particular elastic ligaments and blood vessels. And even DNA and radioactive carbon. All this leaves no stone unturned from the monolith of modern paleontological dating

In winter, drivers are horrified by the snowy and icy roads. But this is not the most extreme difficulty that motorists can experience. There are deadly tracks that are best avoided by a detour or being extremely focused at the wheel. And these are not always dizzying serpentines

The Soviet automobile industry is full of interesting examples worth knowing about. However, among them there are those whose size would not allow them to be invisible on the road, but really few have seen them. But if these units, impressive in their dimensions, went beyond the experimental prototypes, they could turn out to be breakthrough in their fields. To your attention "nine" conceptual Soviet cars of impressive size, which were ahead of their time

Those who read this blog are already familiar with some scattered "non-standard" finds, facts, fragments of chronicles, etc., indicating that Russia was not wild during the period of the so-called "Antiquity", but moreover, antiquity developed and in Russia, and perhaps even she was the source of all this

A unique residential complex “Tree House” has appeared in Singapore, which got into the Guinness Book of Records in the nomination “The largest vertical garden in the world”. It has not only become a landmark of the city and pleases its residents with coolness and fresh air, thanks to the introduction of "green" technologies, the city saves up to 400 thousand dollars. a year only on electricity. This prompted the country's authorities to take action; soon it will be possible to see city gardens and even plantations of vegetables on the roofs of almost all

He was definitely a genius. First he gave the world scuba gear, then he devoted his life to the sea and raised the study of the world's oceans to a new level. But it was not enough for Jacques-Yves Cousteau to simply swim in the seas and shoot marine life on camera. He wanted to change the whole world and influence the history of human civilization. In 1962, Cousteau launched an absolutely fantastic project: his team spent a total of 3 months in houses at the bottom of the ocean

Now we will show you, using the example of an electric car killed 20 years ago, how the control of inventions works, and how influential people are changing the technological chronicle of the planet

Looking at the household and digital appliances around us, each of us thinks that AC technology is the pinnacle of technical evolution

We are surrounded by the world of the future - powerful computers in our pockets, virtual reality glasses, cars that can drive themselves. Thousands of engineers and scientists have used their talent to make previously difficult and impossible actions simple and trivial. But sometimes this talent takes people on a very dubious path

The scientist brings an interesting hypothesis in the following words; aliens are artificial intelligence, “immortal robots,” billions of years old

The traditional annual event was held in London last week, at which CCS Insight presented its forecasts for the development of technology and society as a whole for the next 10 years. Some abstract assumptions can be found in this list, but there are also specific predictions. In total, 90 of them were made, but we will talk about the 14 most interesting and promising for us. And at the same time we will figure out what kind of company it is, and why its analysts are generally worth forecasts about our future

From the polar arctic shores to the tropical forests of the Far East, from open-air whale alleys to island monasteries - here are a dozen of the most striking Russian islands

For more than half a century, scientists have been trying to build a machine on Earth, in which, like in the bowels of stars, a thermonuclear reaction takes place. The technology of controlled thermonuclear fusion promises to mankind an almost inexhaustible source of clean energy. Soviet scientists were at the origin of this technology - and now Russia is helping to build the largest thermonuclear reactor in the world

In films and photographs, we have all seen Chinese and Japanese buildings, whose roofs have a peculiar shape. Their slopes are curved. Why was this done?

Probably, many lovers of walks in the forest met on their way small figures in the form of pyramids with a truncated top and covered with moss. Although there are other variations, this is the most common. And, naturally, the question arose, what kind of constructions were they and how did they end up here?

Until now, amazing structures are found on our planet, which are more than one thousand years old. Especially impressive are those finds, the origin of which has not yet been unraveled, ranging from the materials from which they were erected, the technology of creation, incomprehensible bizarre architectural forms, and ending with mysterious inscriptions and incredible images inscribed by our inventive ancestors on boulders

Relentless time and the advancing nature will always conquer that piece of space that people have left, no matter whether it is a majestic temple or a luxurious castle, a huge ship or a thriving city. Objects over time turn into a special place, attracting with its ominous beauty and mystery, despite the fact that they have already acquired eerie outlines, where it is time to shoot horror films or doomsday scenes

Not everyone knows that in Japan there are objects with megalithic masonry, where the blocks are of enormous size and weight. The first question is: what is it for?

For more than one millennium, people have been interested in the question of how, after all, the ancient people, who had only the simplest equipment, managed to move boulders over a huge distance, and then erect magnificent buildings from them. What fantastic and even ridiculous versions were not invented by scientists and builders. And finally, they were able to identify. More details - further in our review

The word “restoration” comes from the Latin “restauratio” which means “restoration”. It will not work just like that to touch up or cover up, otherwise the cultural monument may be damaged and even destroyed