Biggest Mysteries That Have Been SOLVED
Have you ever wondered what happened to some important historical figures? Or if ancient artifacts were as ancient as they seemed? Some of these mysteries are new, and others have been around for so long, you might not have realized they’ve already been solved.
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6. Nazca Lines
For a while, these seemingly artistic formations found in the Nazca region in Peru were the cause of speculation that implied something alien, as in outer space, was going on. The images seemed to be shapes of animals, others were more geometrical in nature. The largest of the images measured to about 1,200 ft long, with the first recorded mention of the lines being in a book written by Pedro Cieza de León, a Spanish conquistador, in 1553. So how did these geoglyphs come into existence? The peoples of the Nazca culture were said to have formed these lines with ancient hydraulic systems that were used as aquifers. Seems the explanation of aliens has been foiled yet again.
5. Crystal Skulls
For the sake of preserving the legacy of Indiana Jones, we’re just going to forgo any further mention of that one movie. Anyways, the crystal in this photo is made of a milky white quartz, or rock crystal, that was at first said to be traced back to pre-Columbian Mesoamerican times. This claim however has been proved to been a false one. It all started around the 19th century, when trading in these falsely ancient artifacts was quite popular. A lot of these crystal skulls are on display at museums, with most people knowing they probably weren’t made from the ancient peoples of the Americas since there is no recorded excavation that was said to have discovered such items.
4. The Real King Kong
From the older movies to the newer ones, every generation has experienced at least 1 of these King Kong movies Hollywood has produced throughout the years. And while a simian animal the size of a building probably doesn’t exist, there was actually an ape that onced roamed the earth that is said to be the closest thing to the King Kong we’re used to seeing on the big screen. The largest ape ever recorded was said to have lived 100,000 years ago and became extinct due to climate change affecting their diet. These huge apes were said to have measured to about 9 ft tall and once inhabited the regions of southern China and Southeast Asia.
3. Underwater Crop Circles
Strange etchings into the ocean floor were found under the waters of Japan back in 1995 and for a long time, no one could explain what was going on. The patterns appeared symmetrical and intricate, meaning that if it wasn’t a piece of human machinery that created them, the origin was surely alien, right? Well, no. Actually, it was discovered in 2013 that it was a puffer fish that was behind the odd little motifs. Male pufferfish move their fins in certain patterns as they swim along the ocean floor, usually along their nesting site. What’s cuter is that they even decorate their circles to give them a distinct look.
2. The Wow! Signal
Like Panic! At the Disco, that exclamation point in is in the middle of that phrase. The Wow! Signal was a narrow band radio signal that was found to be incredibly strong after it was received in the year 1977 at the Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope. The signal seemed to have been coming from the direction of the Sagittarius constellation, with many exclaiming this surely must mean aliens. If you’ve learned anything from this video, you’ll realize this simply wasn’t so. The Wow! Signal was so named after astronomer Jerry Ehman wrote that “wow!” you see in red pen on the printout. Turns out, it was a premature exclamation since the data ended up being just hydrogen gas left by 2 comets that flew past Earth. That’s deflating
What Happened to Richard III
He was one of the most despised figures in British history and was immortalized in the eponymous play by William Shakespeare as a limping, deformed sinister king who schemed his way to being the King of England during the 1400s. Richard III is a well known historical figure, but not always a well liked one. And for a long time, the location of his remains was unknown to historians. That is until August of 2012 when his bones were found near a city center in Leicester (lester). Researchers figured it was at this location since it is where Greyfriars Church used to be before the Catholic monasteries were done away with after England dissolved ties with the Vatican. It seems after the Plantagenet king had fallen in battle against Henry VII’s men, he had just been under a present day parking lot the whole time.