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The world is full of mysteries, many old and
mysterious things still make us wonder about human creations and the
power of nature. Some of them have been solved with modern technology
and research, but there are many manmade and natural things which are
still unexplainable and wear that mystery cap. Here are the few such
mysteries which gives a kick to human brain and modern technology.
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The Grooved Spheres
Over the last few decades, miners in South Africa have been digging up
mysterious metal spheres. Origin unknown, these spheres measure
approximately an inch or so in diameter, and some are etched with three
parallel grooves running around the equator. Two types of spheres have
been found: one is composed of a solid bluish metal with flecks of
white; the other is hollowed out and filled with a spongy white
substance. The kicker is that the rock in which they where found is
Precambrian – and dated to 2.8 billion years old! Who made them and for
what purpose is unknown.
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The Dropa Stones
In 1938, an archaeological expedition led by Dr. Chi Pu Tei into the
Baian-Kara-Ula mountains of China made an astonishing discovery in some
caves that had apparently been occupied by some ancient culture. Buried
in the dust of ages on the cave floor were hundreds of stone disks.
Measuring about nine inches in diameter, each had a circle cut into the
center and was etched with a spiral groove, making it look for all the
world like some ancient phonograph record some 10,000 to 12,000 years
old. The spiral groove, it turns out, is actually composed of tiny
hieroglyphics that tell the incredible story of spaceships from some
distant world that crash-landed in the mountains. The ships were piloted
by people who called themselves the Dropa, and the remains of whose
descendants, possibly, were found in the cave.
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The Ica Stones
Beginning in the 1930s, the father of Dr. Javier Cabrera, Cultural
Anthropologist for Ica, Peru, discovered many hundreds of ceremonial
burial stones in the tombs of the ancient Incas. Dr. Cabrera, carrying
on his father’s work, has collected more than 1,100 of these andesite
stones, which are estimated to be between 500 and 1,500 years old and
have become known collectively as the Ica Stones. The stones bear
etchings, many of which are sexually graphic (which was common to the
culture), some picture idols and others depict such practices as
open-heart surgery and brain transplants. The most astonishing etchings,
however, clearly represent dinosaurs – brontosaurs, triceratops (see
photo), stegosaurus and pterosaurs. While sceptics consider the Ica
Stones a hoax, their authenticity has neither been proved or disproved.
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Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica
Workmen hacking and burning their way through the dense jungle of Costa
Rica to clear an area for banana plantations in the 1930s stumbled upon
some incredible objects: dozens of stone balls, many of which were
perfectly spherical. They varied in size from as small as a tennis ball
to an astonishing 8 feet in diameter and weighing 16 tons! Although the
great stone balls are clearly man-made, it is unknown who made them, for
what purpose and, most puzzling, how they achieved such spherical
precision.
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