17. Nazca Lines
Over 15,000 famous geoglyphs are located in the Southern Peruvian desert. The works are believed to be those of the Nazca culture, who are thought to have existed around 500 BCE- 500 CE.
Only visible by air, generations of scientists and historians continue to be baffled by how such etchings were possible when no form of aviation existed.
18. Easter Island
Famed around the world for the island’s 887 headstones, as well as being one of the most remote places on Earth, (the closest inhabited neighbor to the Chilean territory is the Pitcairn Islands- over 1289 miles away) historians can credit the sculptures to the early Rapa Nui settlers.
But how they were carved remains a mystery.
19. The London Hammer
In 1936, a couple from London, Texas, came across an odd structure. it wasn’t until their son cracked the rock a decade later, however, that they discovered what appeared to be an ancient hammer.
Taking it to archaeologists, scientists determined the object was crafted 400 million plus years ago during the Ordovician period. They also concluded that the hammer was 96.6% iron- a remarkable finding considering no natural object could achieve such purity without the aid of modern technology.
But scientists soon dismissed these findings. Instead, it is widely believed the hammer was simply molded in concrete.
20. Bog Body
Bocksten Man from the 14th century.
21. Pyura Chilensis
A sea creature that lives on the rocky coast of Chile and Peru.
22. Skeletons of Sexually Deviant Nuns Were Found in Oxfordshire, England
Many nuns whose actions were out of line with their church’s scripture would often die with the shame of being sex-crazed and immoral and this was evident to see when a team of archaeologists from John Moore Heritage Services unearthed 92 skeletons, with at least 30 of them being women. Experts believed this was the case due to the burial being opposite the former Littlemore Priory in Oxfordshire, land which at the point of surveying the skeletons was being used for the construction of a new hotel.
According to many historians, Medieval English Nunneries were some of the worst establishments in Britain, so it wasn’t too much of a shock to archaeologists when one female skeleton was found with her head faced down- a practice that was commonplace for those who had sinned.
23. The Carved Discs of Volgograd, Russia
While they could simply be massive boulders, two intrepid UFO hunters thought otherwise when they discovered over a dozen stone discs in the Volgograd region of Russia. Interestingly, though highly presumptuous, both believe the discs contain tungsten, a high-density found in military technology.
However, no conclusive evidence has been reached to prove their theories, and to this day the discs, which were discovered in a region of Russia known for its “mysterious activity,” remain nothing more than a mystery themselves.
24. Rongorongo
Rongorongo is a series of glyphs discovered on Easter Island in the 19th century which seem to represent writing or proto-writing of an ancient language. In incredibly good condition these like the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt, many have tried to decipher what they say and if they have any historical knowledge that we can glean from them.
However, unlike the hieroglyphs, these glyphs have never been cracked despite objects dating back right to the 12th century with them on.
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