Ursula Thompson

Scientists from New York University have found out that the Great Sphinx in Egypt, the ancient masters helped to create the wind. This writes RIA Novosti.

Monumental sculpture they sculpted from a monolithic rock. For a long time under the influence of the wind, the soft layer of limestone melted until the hard rock was under it. The masters polished the torso, paws and head of the sphinx. However, further research showed that underneath there were secret rooms.

According to one version, the greatest achievements of Egyptian culture are hidden there, due to which they were called “the hall of knowledge”. In the early twentieth century, the medium and healer from Kentucky Edgar Casey said that in the dungeon is the heritage of the inhabitants of the sunken Atlantis.

The notes of Arab travellers tell of underground passages that lead from the three pyramids to a large vault located between the paws of the sphinx.

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An international team of archaeologists has discovered a previously unknown network of massive objects in Europe. According to a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, the discovery may explain the appearance in this part of the world of Bronze Age megaforts – the largest prehistoric structures that were built before the Iron Age.

Scientists analysed satellite images and aerial photography to reconstruct the prehistoric landscape of the southern Carpathian Basin in Central Europe. More than a hundred megastructures have been discovered that were used as defences and were probably the predecessors of Europe’s famous Bronze Age hillforts.

According to the scientists, some of these sites, called megaforts, have been known for several years, such as Gradište Idoš, Chanadpalota, Santana and Kornesti Jarkuri, surrounded by 33-kilometre-long ditches. The discovery indicates that these settlements did not stand in isolation, but were part of a dense network of closely interdependent communities called the Tisza Site Group (TSG).

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An international group of scientists with the help of advanced technology has proved that the mysterious yellow glass of the Libyan desert, from which was made the famous pendant of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen, is of extraterrestrial origin and was formed as a result of a meteorite impact on the surface of the Earth. About it writes Phys.org.

Researchers from Germany, Egypt and Morocco studied samples of so-called yellow glass, a fragment of which is contained in a pendant found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. The material is not similar in composition to any natural glass in the world. In 1996, its age was determined to be about 29 million years. It was later determined that the original material consisted of quartz grains covered with mixed clay minerals, as well as iron and titanium oxides.

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An international team of archaeologists, geologists, historians and anthropologists has discovered that people who lived in Patagonia (Argentina) learnt to breed horses and ride and eat them as early as 1600. The results of the study were published in the journal Science Advances.

During the excavation, scientists found leg bones and six teeth in the Chorrillo Grande Canyon. Analysis of isolated DNA revealed that they belonged to three domestic horses, two young females and one adult male. Artefacts found with the bones, including nails and jewellery, dated between 1599 and 1653.

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A group of scientists from Indonesia has proved that the megalithic structure Gunung Padang is the oldest known pyramid in the world. This is reported in an article published in the journal Archaeological Prospection.

Gunung Padang is located on top of an extinct volcano in West Java (Indonesia). Some experts suggest that it was created naturally and humans added a few architectural embellishments on top, while others argue that the hill was entirely or mostly man-made.

Between 2011 and 2015, researchers studied the structure using seismic tomography, electrotomography and GPR. They also drilled the hill and collected core samples, which allowed them to use radiocarbon dating techniques to find out the age of the layers that make up the hill. It turned out that Gunung Padang was largely made by human hands.

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