The world of the unknown - Onua.org

Back in the twenties of the last century archeologists opened in the area of Pakistan ancient barrows with the remains of the largest cities of the bronze age of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. By the way, according to some publications, the ruins of Mohenjo-Daro retain traces of burning flames that destroyed this great city. It was even said that terrible flame was generated almost a nuclear explosion.

In the spring of 334 BC Alexander the great made in the campaign against Persia. His army consisted of 30 thousand soldiers and five-thousand cavalry. The first clash occurred in 334 BC on the Hellespont by the river Hranik. The winner in the battle with the army of the enemy, the number of which amounted to nearly a million people went Alexander. Thus began a triumphal victory of the great commander in Asia.

In Nepal, in the southern part of the province Mustang, lies the valley of Kali Gandaki. There is the most important road, crossing from North to South impregnable mountains of the Himalayan mountain range. Alpine valley close with the two sides cool "eight-thousanders" dhaulagiri and Annapurna, jealously keeps from strangers its secrets. In ancient times the inhabitants of the mountains has built numerous fortresses which protected the valley of Kali Gandaki from invasion intruders.

In recent years there has been a surge of public interest in unexplored and, apparently, a very ancient Chinese pyramids in the so-called restricted area, Xin Yang. "Fashion" for the discovery of the century was born after the publication of pictures of some of the pyramids German specialist in ancient Astronautics by Hartigan Hausdorf, follower and admirer of the famous seeker traces visiting Earth by aliens from other planets Erich von Daniken. Hausdorf accused the Chinese government of concealing the existence of the so-called "White pyramid", built according to Hartwig, aliens. However, researchers of the ancient history of China considered that the images on the pictures of the pyramid are in fact nothing other than the gravestone of landscapes that make up the familiar landscape of the district, Xin Yang. These mounds are heavily eroded and some trees. In the opinion of Hausdorf, trees planted here not for protection from further erosion, according to local authorities, and to conceal the mysterious constructions from prying eyes.

According to one legend, the father of the Chinese nation was a man of Panko, personality, frankly, inoplanetanka. He was born from the "ancient eggs", whence the undertaken on Earth and who later became the basis of all life. This "peracetic" lived 1800 years, and from his body appeared nature of fleas - the rest Chinese. Apparently, something which, as fleas he had more than enough. Of course, the legend is true smile, but we must not forget that China is a country at all solid mysteries.

"The Tarim mummies", discovered by Chinese archaeologists in Northwest China belong to the people of European descent. Presumably, the Sarmatians, the Tocharians and Scythian nomads from the Northern black sea coast. This proves that the Indo-European tribes who lived from two to four thousand years ago, moved East far beyond what used to be considered by historians.

These people lived communities, was preparing for the imminent end of the world and inevitably refuge from persecution of Orthodox Christians. The fathers of the Church called them sectarians-Montanelli, apostates and heretics. Working in Turkey foreign archaeologists after much searching found the Holy city of Montanists Pauzu, where the main temple and the monastery of the sect. To the conclusion that found really Pepuza, unanimously reached American Professor Century, Tabern and Professor Peter LAMPE from Heidelberg University in Germany, which together examined the newly discovered ruins.

It would seem that common between Hungarians, dark-haired impulsive southerners with brown and black eyes, and the Finns - blond, blue-eyed, slightly slow northerners? But overall there. They both belong to the Finno-Ugric group and speak related languages. When he separated the two Nations? Why was on the different parts of Europe? A clear answer to these questions yet. Moreover, there is no answer to the question what happened to the Phoenicians, the Ligurians, the Sumerians, the Etruscans. They all came to their former habitat of nowhere and, as a rule, surpassed the level of development of indigenous peoples. It is still unclear where acquired the same Sumerians their knowledge of mathematics and astronomy, and, most importantly, why do they need?

In 1837 during one of the official visits of the English diplomat and linguist Henry Rawlinson saw on a steep rock Behistun that rises along the ancient road to Babylon, some strange terrain, surrounded cuneiform signs. Rawlinson copied and reliefs and inscriptions, and eight years later he published both, and his translation of the inscriptions. Its publication was a sensation.

The most ancient book in the world is the "Epic of Gilgamesh, written on clay tablets for two and a half thousand years BC.

If the tower of Babel existed, it looked like and what serve? What was it - a mystical way to heaven, to the abode of the gods? Maybe the temple or astronomical Observatory?..

German engineer Karl Human visiting Turkey at the invitation of the Sultan to build bridges and roads. The human hired forty of diggers, along with them, went up on the mountain and the first hit a spade in a dry, cracked earth... so, during the construction works was opened ancient Pergamum and the greatest monument of Hellenistic art Altar of Zeus.

At the bottom of lake Issyk-Kul scientists are looking for the ancient monastery, where, according to legend, was buried Saint Matthew is one of the apostles of Christ, writes the correspondent of the magazine "Itogi" that is, Sigmund.

Archaeological and historical research conducted in different parts of the world, have increasingly come up against strong evidence that many more thousands of years ago our ancestors mastered airspace and used aircraft heavier than air.

That in the Karelian taiga there are some strange wooden idols, experts heard. In memory of people still preserved fragments of ancient legends and traditions about the figures supplied by unknown in these remote places that the locals relied there with great difficulty. But the researchers did not doubt that the sculptures rotted away. Therefore, going into 2003, in an expedition to Belomorsk and Kem regions, members of the International megascience Academy (Petrozavodsk) and is not expected to find something special.