10Historical Mysteries That Have Puzzled Scientists For Decades, But They Have Been Explained Through Modern Technology
Scientists are making strenuous efforts to reveal the secrets of history, and during the research process, some mysteries loom before them that they cannot solve, but with the help of new technologies, they were able to solve some of these puzzles, and that's what we're going to show you today: 12 recently solved historical puzzles.
1. The disappearance of the Nazca civilization
The Nazca people have gained great fame thanks to the huge drawings that have been discovered on the surface of the Nazca desert in Peru. There are many theories about these drawings and their origins, but scientists have settled on one explanation, which is that the Nazca people used to use geoglyphs (which are large drawings found on the ground and usually made up of rocks). Interlocking or similar elements of the landscape (such as stones, stone chips, trees or pebbles)) to communicate with the deities by moving along these lines, the disappearance of the Nazca civilization is remained a puzzle until recently, when Cambridge researchers proved that this civilization had disappeared due to drought caused by deforestation.
2. The secret of the chefs of Easter Island
Easter Island (an island in the Pacific Ocean) is famous for its statues and does anyone know where the other structures of these statues are and what they were made of? But the mythologist Thor Heyerdahl came to reveal the secrets of this island and its stone statues. He launched an expedition to the island, and was the first to excavate the site, and discovered that the heads of Moi (this name was given to these statues) already had bodies, some of which can reach a height of 20 Ahead, however, the greatest discovery is his experiment which proved that the statues were made of certain tools which were probably popular among people at the time.
3. Chilean Whale Cemetery
A huge whale cemetery has been discovered in the middle of the Atacama Desert in Chile, and scientists could not explain the reason for such a mass whale event until it was discovered that the remains belong to different periods, the first of which occurred around 20,000 years ago, and the reason for the disappearance of the giants of the seas is the prosperity of poisonous algae.
4. There are ambiguous notes in a copy of The Odyssey
A 500-year-old version of the Odyssey (the Odyssey in Greek is a poetic epic by Homer in the 8th century BC) appeared with strange handwritten notes in an unknown language, and the Italians Danielle Mitelli and Giulia Acetà identified that notes were a unique type of shorthand (a way of using symbols instead of words) invented by Jean Colonne de Thévenot, and thanks to advances in technology and full access to data, they were able to uncover these mysteries. However, the reduction itself turned out to be more surprising than its meaning: it was simply a French translation from the Greek.
5. Black Stream in Florida
Les archéologues ont découvert un ruisseau dans la rivière Osella, au sud de Tallahassee, en Floride, il y a plusieurs années, mais en raison de l'obscurité du ruisseau, il était impossible d'y plonger jusqu'à ce que Jesse Halligan (professeur à la Florida State University) décide de mener des recherches dans ce ruisseau, et son projet a obtenu des résultats inattendus car son expédition a découvert des défenses de mastodonte qui avaient de longues rainures en plus des outils humains, et la découverte indique fortement que les humains ont habité la région de Floride beaucoup plus tôt qu'on ne le pensait initialement, remontant à 14 500 ans.
6. Le plus vieil ordinateur de Grèce
It was called the Antikythera machine, and it's the first computer in the world, and it was found on a sunken ship during the period of 50 to 80 BC, and they found it in a miserable state, with the pieces of wood in it damaged in addition to the completely corroded metal parts it contains, and scientists have been able to The recent discovery of the purpose for which it was made was a navigational device. It is amazing that such a sophisticated machine existed at that time, and it should be noted that no other such mechanism was invented until a thousand years had passed.
7. The Lost Army of King Cambyses II
The army of Persian King Cambyses II (King of the Persians, son of the Persian Shah, Cyrus the Great) declared war on the Ethiopians in 524 BC. J.-C., and the king mobilizes more than 50,000 soldiers with the aim of seizing the oases, but the whole army has disappeared without a trace, leaving only a legend. But the remains of the legendary army were found by Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni, proving that the warriors not only disappeared, but were killed in a violent sandstorm.
8. Head tattoo
There was a head called the Tattooed Head and it was unknown for two centuries due to its poor condition, but thanks to modern technology including lasers they were able to identify the 350 pound head as belonging to a large statue of the Roman emperor. Trajan, and the statue is now believed to have been welcomed by travelers to Chichester Harbor, while the cape itself became one of the most important landmarks of Roman Britain.
9. Move rocks in the Valley of the Dead
The rocks in this valley in California have raised a lot of questions, because they still move despite their heavy weights, and they don't move in a few days, but in a few years you find traces of their movement, and there is no had no explanation for this phenomenon until Ralph Lorenz proved that an ice crust forms around the rocks. In winter, when the snow melts, the rocks begin to slide due to the wind.
10. The disappearance of the tomb of Richard III
The prevailing information was that the tomb of Richard III had been demolished and his body thrown into the river after the monastery in which he was buried was bought by a private businessman, but after the efforts of scientists from the University of Leicester to search for his remains, they found his remains and after examining them and doing a DNA test, Wee her turned out to be King Richard III.
11. The Missing Crew of Mary Celeste
The Mary Celeste is a famous ghost ship that was found in 1872 with no trace of its crew or any damage, and chemist Dr Andrea Sella conducted an experiment that explained the phenomenon. There were approximately 1,700 barrels of alcohol in the freighter which was on fire and after the fire broke out a cold wind left no fire or soot, so the crew had to abandon the ship and perish at sea.
12. The Pharaonic Egyptian Helicopter
The hieroglyphs of Abydos in the Temple of Osiris caused much discussion due to the alleged symbols of a helicopter, a tank and even a jet plane, and there were many theories resulting from the knowledge secret of the ancient Egyptians.
However, scientists were able to recover the original hieroglyphs and prove that they were just symbols distorted by time and time and that we saw them that way due to the familiarity of these shapes in our brains.
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