Mystery of the Pyramid (Part2)

During the year 4000, people wondered and tried to solve the mystery of what Pyramida built. Pyramida is the tomb of King Khufu, that people already know, but so important is that the tomb should be made in such form Pyramida difficult to manufacture? Nakht, a resident of Egypt who had worked to build Pyramida for 40 years, told his testimony ... ..

Pyramid was built based on astronomical observations. The Egyptians were experts in astronomy. They're very good at reading the movement of stars in the sky. The sky above the vast desert of endless orientation center of their lives. From the position and movement of their stars to predict the season, counting the best time to start planting wheat, predicting flooding and storms. From the observations the sky, they find that there is a black spot surrounded by a few stars. The stars are always changing positions, but the black dot that never changes. The Egyptians then consider the black spot is paradise. An eternal place. It never changed.

King Khufu wants to obtain immortality after his death. He wants to go to heaven he had seen in the sky. So he ordered to create a building that can deliver the body to go into eternity. By the architect and adviser to the royal expert, agreed that the building will conduct the King Khufu's body to heaven was shaped Pyramida. Pyramida form believed to be the symbol of life ...

Once, a native of Egypt Nakht who lived in a village, on the banks of the Nile. Every early summer, the envoy of King Khufu through the villages along the Nile, looking for a man strong and robust to be employed to build Pyramida. Nakht with his younger brother, deba, elected by Kaem-Ah, the envoy of the King. So in the year 2480 BC left for them to Giza. Previously, Nakht father and grandfather had been called to work to build Pyramida.

Nakht grandfather told me, he worked to make the stairs into the sky. How was tried, Nakht could never imagine, stairs to heaven is like. After a few days down the Nile, they arrived at Sakkara. In the place to see the ladder-shaped Nakht Pyramida, and then he understood what his grandfather had done. Pyramida at Sakkara was built about 60 years before the reign of King Khufu.

After sailing on the Nile for 11 days, and deba Nakht arrived in Giza, 10 miles south of Cairo. First they are placed in the quarry, where thousands of workers from the hill of stone cutting, shaping it into blocks square, which will be compiled into Pyramida. Stone blocks that weighed about 2.5 tons was taken to the building site, a distance of Pyramida 0.5 miles withdrawn manner. Deba Nakht and given the task of bringing water to moisten the surface of the dirt road that will pass the stone blocks. Because the ground at Giza in the form of clay, when wetted will be smooth and easy pull stone blocks.

Workers cutting stone in quarries at Giza

Pyramida Khufu built in 2480 BC. Required 6 million tons of stone to build this Pyramida, consisting of 2.5 million pieces of stone blocks, each weighing about 2.5 tons. In each period, 25,000 people work together. All very well coordinated. Every person has the workings of each, knowing his job goals. Each block of stone inscribed with identification numbers, so obviously in a position where the stone will be placed in Pyramida. Workers were divided into several groups, there was a group of stone cutters, stone writer's identity, and the stone pullers. They worked for 9 consecutive days, and rest on day 10.

No longer working as a water carrier, and deba Nakht moved to work at the construction site Pyramida. Workers at the site Pyramida have 'prestige' is higher than the quarry workers, because only selected workers who may enter the building site Pyramida. Yunu, led workers in Pyramida rate deba Nakht and high intelligence, so quickly given the task more important.

In Pyramida construction, the mason is the most important labor. They smooth the stone blocks that had been sent from the mine, make sure the size is just right. Pyramida at the construction site, and deba Nakht assigned place stone blocks in a prescribed location. The stones were pulled up through the specially constructed ramps at the side Pyramida. This job is very interesting heavy rock. A stone blocks weighing 2.5 tons was withdrawn by 20 to 30 people. To put in the position of Pyramida, use the pulley placed on a large wooden triangle. At one point, because there are workers who inadvertently, this wooden triangle collapses. Deba beneath a wooden beam that hit big and heavy. He died, 5 years after working in Pyramida ...

Deba death makes Nakht devastated. Five years working in Pyramida which in essence is a tomb, he never thought about death. Deba death reminds Nakht that all the hard work was done extraordinary for one person, namely the king. All the people beholden to the king, then make sacrifices for the king is an honor.

However, what really pushed them voluntarily Pyramida building?

King Khufu 'Pyramida development review which will be a grave

The writings contained in the Pyramida talked about the long journey of King, who is described as a hawk, with the help of a hurricane, rain, and thunder. Text in the Pyramida always describe the end of the journey the king, which is to be among the never perish. King will achieve immortality, as well as every person who worked to make the road to the eternal king.

Ten years after the beginning of large Pyramida construction, granite came from Aswan, a distance of mine 500 miles from Giza. The amount of this granite 9 fruits, each weighing 50 tons. Granite stones will be used as top cover Pyramida. Because of its weight, it takes 200 people to draw a block of stone to the top. At the top of the top third of Pyramida, the stone can no longer be drawn through the gentle slope next to the Pyramida, which made the spiral-shaped path around the top stick Pyramida. Nakht who have become senior workers, believed by Hermiunu, Pyramida development architect who also is a cousin of the king, to preside over placement of the stones is important. Nakht asked all the stone marked the center with a line of red ocher. Then by using plummet, he observed that the position of the red ocher line exactly coincides with a pole that is used to mark the center point Pyramida. Thus, all the blocks of stone are on a very precise position, not one inch. Error cause stone positions put the emphasis shifted Pyramida, and Pyramida will collapse.

Installation of the stone peak Pyramida

Khufu originally Pyramida high 146 yards, but because of erosion over thousands of years, now living 136 meters high. Until the year 1889 when the Eiffel Tower (324 meters) was built in Paris, Pyramida is the tallest building in the world.

In the Pyramida there are three rooms. The first room was in the basement. The second room was on top, and the third room on top. On top of this room King Khufu's body will be placed, just below the granite rocks that cover the top Pyramida Nakht and placed by his friends.

In the year 2463 BC King Khufu out of the palace to see the tomb that would make him immortal. With ditandu by kings guards, he walked the same path, which disusurinya 17 years ago, at the beginning of development Pyramida.

Early days in the spring of 2457 BC King Khufu's death. In a coffin made of cedar wood, his body was carried through the river Nile to the temple near the pyramid. Inside the box was saved well palace of gold and wealth associated with Tutankhamun. From the temple on the banks of the Nile, first coffin was taken to the basement of the pyramid. After that just brought to the room on top of it, and then placed in a room at the top of the tomb of King Khufu. On the north wall of this top of the room, there is a hole through the pyramid, where the holes can be seen a black dot in the sky surrounded by stars. Black dot which is believed by King Khufu and the Egyptian people as the eternal paradise.

King Khufu and the Egyptian people have found their paradise, and build a pyramid as a way to get there ....

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Misteri Piramida (Part1)

Giant pyramid of Egypt is one of the seven wonders of the world today, had always been regarded as a mysterious building and magnificent people. However, despite how many years passed, the scholars and experts using large amounts of accurate research tools and sophisticated, is still unknown, who actually has made a giant high buildings and stately? And coming from where achievement of human intelligence that can not be imagined at the top of the building? And what purpose these buildings? And at that time he has a utility that how or what it means?

The puzzle that kept spinning in the minds of all people for thousands of years, from beginning to end is a mystery that can not be explained.

Although historians say he was established in 2000 over BC, but such opinions can not even explain the confusion that diinisiasikan by a large number of research findings.

Myth and History Archaeological findings

Since the 6th century BC, Egypt was the royal refuge Poshi, who lost his position after standing for more than 2,000 years, receives power from outside of the Greek Empire, Roman, Islamic kingdom and the power of other nations. During the large number of famous works of the time of Pharaoh destroyed, literacy and religious beliefs of the Egyptians themselves are gradually replaced by other cultures, so that the culture of ancient Egypt to ebb and destroyed, later generations have lost a large number of relics that can decipher clues left by the predecessors.

Year 450 BC, after a Greek historian around and arrived in Egypt, added the inscription: Cheops (Khufu Greek alphabet), reportedly said, were destroyed after 50 years. In a certain limit the Greek historians use the phrase "allegedly said", meaning that the truth needs to be proved again. However, since the Greek historian's opinion is actually a quote later generations as important evidence that the pyramid royal dynasty founded in the 4th.

Until now, historians thought that the pyramid is the tomb of a king. Thus, once talked about the pyramid, which is imagined in the unconscious mind is the jewelry and goods sparkling. And, in the year 820 AD, when the governor-general of Islamic Cairo Caliph al-Ma'mun led forces, was first dug and a secret passageway into the pyramid, and when the patient does not go into the room, the view that only made him look very disappointed. Not only was no single thing that is usually buried with the body, such as pearls, and carvings, and even a piece of glassware pieces were not there, it was just an empty sarcophagus lid that does not exist. While the wall was only a clean field empty, nor is there any inscription written.

Conclusion of the historians of the achievements first entered this pyramid is "experiencing robbery objects in the tomb". However, the real investigation showed, the possibility of thieves entered the tomb of the pyramid through the other path is very small. Under normal conditions, nor the tomb thieves may steal without leaving a trace, and more impossible to remove all the plaque described Pharaohs on the walls. Compared with the other tombs which are generally filled with jewels and treasures abound, a giant pyramid built to commemorate the greatness of Pharaoh king became very different.

In addition, in a note "Inventory Stela" is held in the Cairo museum, never mentioned that the pyramid has been there from the beginning before the throne of Khufu continues. However, due to the stone inscription records that are hard to challenge the traditional view, there is a problem between research experts and how writing the book, strongly condemned the subsequent research value. Actually, the limitations of historical record that can be obtained, if for a particular view and then set aside some historical evidence, have unwittingly impede our objective in looking at the actual historical position.

Building Technique Extraordinaire

In Egypt, there are so many various sizes of the pyramid, the default is not only much smaller, the structure was rough. Among the pyramid which was founded in the kingdom to-5 and 6, many of which have damaged and destroyed, a heap of ruins, such as the pyramid of King Menkaure as shown. Then, the great pyramid was built during the earlier, in a massive earthquake in the 13th century, where some stone walled outer have been destroyed, but because the inside of the wall supported by a buffer, so that the whole structure remains very strong. Therefore, when building a giant pyramid, not just a simple 3 million stones set into a cone, if there are deficiencies in the design of this special construction, partially damaged, it can lead to completely collapse due to the weight supported.

After all, how the project was building the giant pyramids done, remains a topic that makes a headache scholars. In addition to considering the large number of stone and labor required, the most important factor is the culmination of the pyramid must be in the bottom right field at the midpoint of the 4 corners. Because if the 4 corners sideways and slightly distorted, so as to close the culmination not be together at one point, this means building projects considered to have failed. Therefore, is a very important point, how do put some 2.3 million -2.6 million large stones each weighing 2.5 tonnes of stone from the ground up as high as more than a hundred yards in the air and installed from the beginning to the end of the the right position.

As the author Graham Hancock in his' Fingerprint of God ": In place of this staggered, on one side of the body to maintain balance, and the other side had to move one after another stone weighing at least 2 times the little car to above, transported to the right place, and leads right into place, whether what he had in mind workers carrying stones. Although modern science has predicted a variety of ways and allow energy to build, but if it reconsidered its real conditions, we find that these people must have the ability or physical strength than humans, just to finish the giant project and ensure accuracy and precision accuracy.

To this, Jean Francois Champollion who got the title as the "Father of Modern Science of Ancient Egypt" estimates that people who set up a different pyramid with humans now, at least in the "thinking they have a height of 100 feet tall as a giant human". He argues, viewed from the side of the making of the pyramid, it is the work of a giant human.

Likewise, Master Li Hongzhi in his lecture at the North American tour in 2002 also had mentioned that possibility. "Man can not understand how the pyramid was made. Stone is so great how people transport it? Some of those giant man five feet high carrying something, it is with humans now move a big rock is the same. To build the pyramid, the five-meter tall human like us now build a big building. "

Such thoughts could not help but make us think, that the giant pyramids and a large number of ancient massive stone building found in various parts of the world have brought the same question to everyone: big and grand, the composition is formed by using a very large stone, even the composition perfect. Like for example, in the northern suburbs is Castle Sacsahuaman Mexico arranged by the giant stones that weigh more than 100 tons, of which there is a giant rock that reaches 28 feet high, estimated at weighing up to 360 tons (equivalent to 500 family cars). And on the plains southwest of England there is a giant rock formation, surrounded by dozens of giant rocks and forming a large roundabout, in between some rocks high as 6 meters. Actually, how a group of people who they were? Why always use a giant rock, and do not use the stone size in the range of our ability to build?

Sphinx, a lion-faced man who is also an important object of research scientists, high 20 meters, 73 meters overall length, is considered established by the work of the Pharaoh Khafre is 4. However, the former being eaten by rust (erosion) on the surface of the body of the Sphinx, scientists estimate that the construction might be more early, at least 10 thousand years ago before Christ.

A scholar John Washeth also argues: That the giant pyramids and the Sphinx nearby neighbor with building the kingdom to another 4 totally different, it was built in ancient times more than the kingdom to-4. In his book "Space Serpent", John Washeth suggested: the development of Egyptian culture probably did not come from the Nile basin, but comes from an earlier culture and more powerful than the ancient Egyptians thousands of years old, who inherited the cultural legacy unknown to us . This, in addition to building technological reasons outlined earlier, and found on the Sphinx is badly eaten by rust has also proved this.

Mathematician Swalle Rubich in "Holy Science" shows: in the year 11,000 BC, Egypt must have had a great culture. At that time the Sphinx has been there, because the body of the lion-faced man, in addition to the head, obviously there is a former erosion. His estimate is in a great flood 11,000 years BC, and heavy rain alternating erosion and lead to the former.

Estimates of erosion on the Sphinx is more rain and wind. Washeth aside from the possibility of rain water, because as long as 9000 years in the past plateaus Peninsula, rain was always inadequate, and should track back to 10,000 BC the new year there is such bad weather. Also ruled out the possibility Washeth eroded by the wind, because the other limestone buildings in the kingdom to-4 did not even have the same erosion. Elephant-shaped writings and inscriptions left by the ancient kingdom there is no piece of stone that had such severe erosion that occurred on the Sphinx.

Boston University professor and expert in terms of rock erosion Robert S. also agree with the view and address the Washeth: That the erosion experienced by the Sphinx, there are some parts that its depth reaches 2 feet, so the zigzag angle when viewed from the outside, like a wave, it was obvious the former after a wind gust and great for thousands of years.

Washeth and Robert S. also shows: the technology of ancient Egypt could not have carved out such a large scale on a giant rock, art products that complicated technique.

If observed on the whole, we can logically conclude, that in ancient times, in the land of Egypt, once there is a very advanced culture, but because of the shifting plates of the earth, the land lost in a sea of stones, and a very ancient culture at that time finally removed, leaving the pyramids and the Sphinx, using the perfect building technology.

In the long term on the ocean floor, a giant pyramid and the Sphinx has the erosion of water and soaked for a long period, is the direct cause leading to severe erosion on the Sphinx. Because the building materials giant pyramid Peninsula is the result of human technology that is not known now, the ability to resist water erosion far exceeds natural stone, while the Sphinx, carved with the overall natural stone, this may be the real cause of the giant pyramid eroded by sea water which is not visible from the surface.

Description image: neighboring Sphinx near the pyramids seem very ancient giants. Scientists confirm that the body, and irrigation channels as the water eroded, he has experienced some humid weather, it estimates that it is very likely to have existed prior to 10 thousand years ago.

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U.F.O. Ancient India

Many UFO investigators want to know some important facts. When the vehicle is called the UFO alien, or maybe it's from tentera kingdom, appeared one more possibility of UFO is probably it comes from ancient India and Atlantis.

What do we know about airplanes ancient Indian people coming than the sources of ancient Indian text that includes writing which came from the hereditary.

Without a lot of prejudice we can say that most of these texts are valid and most of the original view is not yet translated from the old Sanskrit language.

Indian Maharaja Ashoka had founded an organization "Nine Men Mysterious" which is a famous Indian scientists say cataloged a variety of science resources.

Ashoka has work kept them all because he felt that the latest scientific discoveries that will be stuck from ancient Indian sources themselves and it will be misused for the purpose of the cruel war which is not desired by Ashoka himself.

"Nine mystery man" has written nine books related to each other.

The book titled "Secrets Secret of Gravity" is very recognizable among historians, but not considered by them as something to do with gravity.

He is still there, stored in a secret library in India, Tibet, or elsewhere (perhaps also in the vicinity of North America).

Only a few years ago, the people of China have met several sanskrit documents in Lhasa, Tibet, and has been brought to the University Chandrigargh to be translated.

Dr. Ruth Reyna of the University explained that it dukumen contain instructions for creating a spaceship!

Ways of making them, he said, is anti-gravity and berasaskan to one analog system that is "laghima", one source of energy unknown to modern man. According to the Hindu Yoga expert, "laghima" This makes the person has the ability to fly.

Dr.Reyna explained that on board these machines are recognized as "Astras", said to have been used by the ancient Indian society to bring a group of people to another planet, as it appears on the document, which was said to have been thousands of years.

The manuscript was also said to have explained the secret "antima" (the ways to be lost) and "gerima" (how to become heavy as a mountain).

At first, Indian scientists are not so serious with the content of these manuscripts, but then they will menyedari nature of these valuable manuscripts when China announced Wordpress country they will enter certain parts of the manuscript data into their space studies program!

This is one of the first examples of the kingdom to confess to the study of anti-gravity.

Although these manuscripts are clearly explained about the design of inter-planetary exploration and discovery to the moon but did not explain whether all that space perjalananan really done.

However one of the famous Indian epic of Ramayana, has a detailed story about an exploration to the moon by using Vimana (or "Astra").

In fact, the Ramayana epic told in detail the edicts of the battle over the moon with a plane "Asvin" (or Atlantean).

This is an evidence of the anti-gravity and space ship technology has been used by the ancient Indian society.

To really understand the technology, we must look back to the past, the kingdom of Rama in northern India and Pakistan that was formed in the period about 15,000 years ago.

At that time mentioned that there has emerged a sophisticated cities in which everything in a systematic order starting from the arrangement Lanscape until the water channel.

Remember how the story of a charming Solomon Queen Balqis? What is the palace, which is described when we walk on the floor of the palace, as if we are walking on the surface of the water!

Maybe it had something to do. Whereas in the Koran there is mention of a miracle that Solomon could ride the wind. This may be related to the technology developed at that time.

Proof of Rama's existence can still be found in the desert of northern Pakistan and western India. Rama is expected to live coeval with the nation on the continent of Atlantis.

Seven of the greatest cities in the kingdom of Rama is known as the "Seven Rishi Cities' in classical Hindu texts.

According to ancient Indian texts, the public when it has a flying machine called the "Vimanas!"

Epiks ancient India have described a Vimana as a plane that has two decks and with the presence of dots shaped hole in the bottom portion of the plane and the tower top.

Based on the information that we might associate with a UFO flying saucer alias.

Vimana said to have the ability to fly with the wind speed and noise bermelodi.

There are at least 4 types of Vimana aircraft; some form of plates and other long cylindrical (cone-shaped space ship).

Ancient Indian society who produces his own ship, has written about the various types of flight manuals Vimanas, most of the manuscript was still sought after by scientists.

While bgaian manuscripts found even been translated into English. Director Samara is one of scientific literature related to the success of space travel by using a Vimana.

There are 230 poems related to creating, traveling as far as a thousand rocks, landing normally, anxiety, and the story of flight among the birds!

In 1875, a book titled Literature Vaimanika written by written by a scientist named Bhara Dewaji scientists who use the books much longer as the source.

Book was found in a temple in India and in it contained information relating to how to drive a Vimana, rescue measures, the long flight, and protection of aircraft from the threat of storms, lightning, and lightning.

We were explaining how to absorb the sun's energy. Vaimanika Literature (or Vymaanika-Shaastra) has eight ranks with sketches that describe the three types of aircraft, including the types that can be easily burned or destroyed.

He also explained about the 31 types of specific parts for these vehicles and 16 raw materials as a source of energy which can also absorb light and heat energy that is suitable for moving the Vimana.

This document has been translated into English and can be obtained by sending a letter to the publisher for Vymaani Dashaastra Aeronotics Maharishi Bharadwaaja.

Translated into English and edited, printed and issued by En. G.R. Josyer, Mysore, India, 1979. En. Josyer is a director of Inter-academy Nations Technical Sanskrit, is located in Mysore.

Indeed there is no doubt that the Vimana has been driven by energy sources "anti-gravity". Vimana off transversely, and said to be able to fly across the sky like a modern helicopter.

Bharadvajy refer that no less than 70 people and 10 government experts involved air travel.

This energy source has now been lost. Vimana has been kept in a Vimana griha, such as penyangkut, and is said sometimes painted with a kind of yellowish-white paint and sometimes with a kind of mercury materials.

Yellowish white paint looks suspiciously like gaselin and may count Vimana has a different energy sources, including the engine driver and a jet engine instead of nerve.

It is interesting to note that the Nazis had also developed a jet engine for the nervous first practical rocket V.8 them.

Kakitangan Hitler and the Nazis are also said to interested in ancient Indian and Tibetan so that at the beginning of the year 30 - has led an expedition team to the second place every year, in an effort to obtain evidence and not impossible to say that the Nazis could get their scientific guidance from These two ancient sources.

Dranaparva which refers to a part of Mahabharata and Ramayana epiks, Vimana described as shaped like an oblong shape and has great speed like a strong wind, the material produced by mercury.

He moved like a UFO, up and down, backwards and forwards as the pilot desired. In the one other Indian sources that have been explained how Samaranganasutradhara these vehicles formed.

At times it has been known to use the material as fuel mercury Vimana, see the picture described by the book.

Many Russian scientists surprised when he found a note in the form of driving guidelines listed on the cave wall bebeperapa in Turkey and the Gobi Desert.

From carving and reliefs contained in the pieces of clay and glass described how a vehicle speeding cosmic.

The plane was flying between the planets is represented by a triangle that contains the symbol of mercury. This clearly shows that the people of ancient India has been able to send a messenger with this vehicle and explore the Asian region, Atlantis, to South America.

At Mohenjodaro (Pakistan) there is a manuscript that describes the Ramayana war using all forms of weaponry and vehicles that fly semcam.

Imagine how laser technology, jets, and rockets already in the kingdom since the first Ramayana and destroy civilization at that time.

Let's look at verses written in the book Mahawira and Bhawabhuti derived from the 8th century:
"An air vehicle, Pushpaka brought many people to the capital city of Ayodhya. The sky was filled with flying cars. dark as night, but they are visible from the yellow light. "

Vimana Unfortunately, like most other scientific creation, has been used for war purposes.

The people of Atlantis used to fly their vehicles, "Vailixi" to attack other countries and dominate the world.

In ancient Indian texts known as the nation they Aswins. Although there is no record of the aircraft from the Atlantis Vailixi themselves but their arrival to India through the air a lot to tell.

Description Vailixi long cylindrical and can fly but also capable of moving under the water like a modern submarine.

Other vehicles, such as a plate-shaped Vimana and may also be moving under the water.

According Eklal Kuehshana, author of "The Ultimate Frontier", in an article he wrote in 1966, states that the earliest Vailixi made in Atlantis is approximately 20.000 years ago and the most common form is the form of a plate with three engine room underneath. "

"They use a mechanical device that anti-gravity machine using the power of 80.000 horse power,"

In the Mahabharata text, one of the sources that explain Vimana, there is explained about the great extinction which shows the impression of the war:
"... (The weapon is) a tool that contains all the energy in this world.

A large cloud of smoke and bright light like the light of the sun thousands have been produced ... One jet crash, a death messenger powerful, which caused havoc throughout descent and Vrishni .. Andhaka their bodies charred and could not recognize.

Hair and nails them apart; broke without cause, and the birds switch to white .. after several hours all contribute contaminated feed materials .. to stand off rather than fire, the army plunged into the river to cleanse themselves and their equipment .. "

From this explanation, as if Mahabrata was described a situation of war using atomic bombs!

Now the West has been able to uncover some of the secrets of gravity .. they have been able to create anti-gravity machine from energy-producing field they call elektromagnetasi as levitasi, but still not yet put into practice .. if we are from Southeast Asia have been indifferent to this course? Snap.

Such reference is not just one; war amazing weapons and vehicles used to fly a description in the books of the Indian epic.

There is a war epic depicting the Vimana-Vailixi in months! Battle described in the above action describes exactly the impression one atomic explosion and radioactive impression on the population.

When the big cities at Mohenjodaro Rishi (Pakistan) was found by the archeology at the end of the last century, they saw the skeletons lying in the streets, some holding hands, as if they had been hit by a catastrophe that is arriving very dasyhat - arrived.

In these frameworks are highly radioactive remains, similar to that found in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

From the ancient cities built of bricks and rocks that have changed shape, namely in India, Ireland, Scotland, France, Turkey and some other places, there is no logical explanation about the change but due to the atomic explosion.

In addition, at Mohenjo-daro, a large city in terancang in grids, with the system a better channel than there are in Pakistan and India, its streets filled with debris "black glass".

These fragments would then known as a clay soil, which had been melted by the heat of the transgressors.

Post-extinction sinking of Atlantis and Rama due to atomic weapons, the world for a moment back to the stone age like a few thousand years earlier.

Nevertheless, it seems not all of Vimana and Vailixi Rama and Atlantis that was lost. Because created to function for thousands of years, most can still be used, like those found in karyatulis "Nine Unknown Men", Ashoka, and the Lhasa manuscript.

What's interesting is that there is a passage of history which states that when Alexander the Great invaded India more than two thousand years ago, troops have been attacked by "flying shields and shining" frightening tentera troops and cavalry.

However "flying plates" that does not use any atomic bombs or other weapons to the army of Alexander.

In those days India also charming Ramai Iskandar. authors stating that most secret societies have kept most of their Vimana and Vailixi in secret caverns in Tibet or elsewhere in Central Asia and the Lop Nor Desert in western China which until now known as the center of a great UFO mystery.

Maybe that's where most of the space ship is stored, in an underground base built by the Americans, British, and Russia a few decades ago.

But the appearance of UFOs in the present is so often still left a lot of questions about their activities.

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Windsor Castle

One of the many homes of the Queen of England, Windsor Castle has told quite a lot of ghosts. Communities claim to have seen a ghost sightings from the figure of King Henry VIII passed around the room, a room or a particular alley in the Castle. People also often hear the sound of footsteps of the mysterious moaning with pain. Another ghost often reveal itself is Saxon Hunter Herne, such as the fiercely loyal bodyguard to the King at that time who were willing to sacrifice themselves or die for the king if necessary. A ghost is said to still come and be seen walking in the garden courtyard area with guard dogs. People have also reported seeing visions of the ghost of Queen Elizabeth on the front porch area of the library window in the Kingdom. Witnesses said that seeing visions of the Queen wearing a black robe and a black shawl over her shoulders. Other appearances include the ghosts of King Charles, Anne Boleyn and much more.

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Yonaguni Monument Sea Bottom

Located approximately 125 kilometers to the east coast of Taiwan, the island of Yonaguni is an exotic beauty. More than that, the beach Yonaguni always been a magnet for divers because in addition to the renowned beauty of the sea and the population of hammerhead sharks, she also keeps the underwater wonders that may not be found elsewhere by the lovers of diving. Yes, under the sea coast have a giant rock formation that was so incredibly beautiful. Call public Yonaguni Monument.

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Colosseum

The Colosseum or Roman Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering. Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81–96).The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).

Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. As well as the gladiatorial games, other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.

It has been estimated that about 500,000 people and over a million wild animals died in the Colosseum games.

Although in the 21st century it stays partially ruined due to damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome and its breakthrough achievements in earthquake engineering. It is one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church, as each Good Friday the Pope leads a torchlit "Way of the Cross" procession around the various levels of the amphitheatre.

The Colosseum is also depicted on the Italian version of the five-cent euro coin.

History

Ancient

Construction of the Colosseum began under the rule of the Emperor Vespasian in around 70–72AD. The site chosen was a flat area on the floor of a low valley between the Caelian, Esquiline and Palatine Hills, through which a canalised stream ran. By the 2nd century BC the area was densely inhabited. It was devastated by the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64, following which Nero seized much of the area to add to his personal domain. He built the grandiose Domus Aurea on the site, in front of which he created an artificial lake surrounded by pavilions, gardens and porticoes. The existing Aqua Claudia aqueduct was extended to supply water to the area and the gigantic bronze Colossus of Nero was set up nearby at the entrance to the Domus Aurea.

Although the Colossus was preserved, much of the Domus Aurea was torn down. The lake was filled in and the land reused as the location for the new Flavian Amphitheatre. Gladiatorial schools and other support buildings were constructed nearby within the former grounds of the Domus Aurea. According to a reconstructed inscription found on the site, "the emperor Vespasian ordered this new amphitheatre to be erected from his general's share of the booty." This is thought to refer to the vast quantity of treasure seized by the Romans following their victory in the Great Jewish Revolt in 70AD. The Colosseum can be thus interpreted as a great triumphal monument built in the Roman tradition of celebrating great victories. Vespasian's decision to build the Colosseum on the site of Nero's lake can also be seen as a populist gesture of returning to the people an area of the city which Nero had appropriated for his own use. In contrast to many other amphitheatres, which were located on the outskirts of a city, the Colosseum was constructed in the city centre; in effect, placing it both literally and symbolically at the heart of Rome.

The Colosseum had been completed up to the third story by the time of Vespasian's death in 79. The top level was finished and the building inaugurated by his son, Titus, in 80. Dio Cassius recounts that over 9,000 wild animals were killed during the inaugural games of the amphitheatre. The building was remodelled further under Vespasian's younger son, the newly-designated Emperor Domitian, who constructed the hypogeum, a series of underground tunnels used to house animals and slaves. He also added a gallery to the top of the Colosseum to increase its seating capacity.

In 217, the Colosseum was badly damaged by a major fire (caused by lightning, according to Dio Cassius) which destroyed the wooden upper levels of the amphitheatre's interior. It was not fully repaired until about 240 and underwent further repairs in 250 or 252 and again in 320. An inscription records the restoration of various parts of the Colosseum under Theodosius II and Valentinian III (reigned 425–450), possibly to repair damage caused by a major earthquake in 443; more work followed in 484 and 508. The arena continued to be used for contests well into the 6th century, with gladiatorial fights last mentioned around 435. Animal hunts continued until at least 523.

Medieval

The Colosseum underwent several radical changes of use during the medieval period. By the late 6th century a small church had been built into the structure of the amphitheatre, though this apparently did not confer any particular religious significance on the building as a whole. The arena was converted into a cemetery. The numerous vaulted spaces in the arcades under the seating were converted into housing and workshops, and are recorded as still being rented out as late as the 12th century. Around 1200 the Frangipani family took over the Colosseum and fortified it, apparently using it as a castle.

Severe damage was inflicted on the Colosseum by the great earthquake in 1349, causing the outer south side, lying on a less stable alluvional terrain, to collapse. Much of the tumbled stone was reused to build palaces, churches, hospitals and other buildings elsewhere in Rome. A religious order moved into the northern third of the Colosseum in the mid-14th century and continued to inhabit it until as late as the early 19th century. The interior of the amphitheatre was extensively stripped of stone, which was reused elsewhere, or (in the case of the marble façade) was burned to make quicklime. The bronze clamps which held the stonework together were pried or hacked out of the walls, leaving numerous pockmarks which still scar the building today.

Modern

During the 16th and 17th century, Church officials sought a productive role for the vast derelict hulk of the Colosseum. Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590) planned to turn the building into a wool factory to provide employment for Rome's prostitutes, though this proposal fell through with his premature death. In 1671 Cardinal Altieri authorized its use for bullfights; a public outcry caused the idea to be hastily abandoned.

In 1749, Pope Benedict XIV endorsed as official Church policy the view that the Colosseum was a sacred site where early Christians had been martyred. He forbade the use of the Colosseum as a quarry and consecrated the building to the Passion of Christ and installed Stations of the Cross, declaring it sanctified by the blood of the Christian martyrs who perished there (see Christians and the Colosseum). However there is no historical evidence to support Benedict's claim, nor is there even any evidence that anyone prior to the 16th century suggested this might be the case; the Catholic Encyclopedia concludes that there are no historical grounds for the supposition. Later popes initiated various stabilization and restoration projects, removing the extensive vegetation which had overgrown the structure and threatened to damage it further. The façade was reinforced with triangular brick wedges in 1807 and 1827, and the interior was repaired in 1831, 1846 and in the 1930s. The arena substructure was partly excavated in 1810–1814 and 1874 and was fully exposed under Benito Mussolini in the 1930s.

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Temple of Zeus

The Temple of Zeus at Olympia, built in 470-456 BC, was the ancient Greek temple in Olympia, Greece, dedicated to the chief of the gods, Zeus. It was the very model of the fully-developed classical Greek temple of the Doric order.The temple stood in the most famous sanctuary of Greece, which had been dedicated to local and Pan-Hellenic deities and had probably been established towards the end of the Mycenaean period. The Altis, the enclosure with its sacred grove, open-air altars and the tumulus of Pelops, was first formed during the tenth and ninth centuries BCE, when the cult of Zeus joined the established cult of Hera.

It housed the cult statue of Zeus which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Chryselephantine statue was approximately 13 m (43 ft) high and was made by the sculptor Phidias in his workshop on the site at Olympia. He took about twelve years to complete it. On his head was a sculpted wreath of olive sprays. In his right hand he held a figure of Nike, the goddess of victory, also made from ivory and gold, and in his left hand, a scepter made with many kinds of metal, with an eagle perched on the top. His sandals were made of gold and so was his robe. His garments were carved with animals and with lilies. The throne was decorated with gold, precious stones, ebony, and ivory. The statue was the most famous artistic work in Greece.

The temple was constructed by the architect Libon, with carved metopes and triglyph friezes, topped by pediments filled with sculptures in the Severe Style, now attributed to the Olympia Master and his studio.

The main structure of the building was of a local limestone that was unattractive and of poor quality, and so it was coated with a thin layer of stucco to give it an appearance of marble. All the sculptural decoration on the temple was made of Parian marble, and the roof tiles were of the same Pentelic marble used to build the Parthenon at Athens.

The unifying theme of iconography of the temple is the dike or justice based on custom, as represented by Zeus, its upholder.

The east pediment, erroneously attributed to Paeonius by Pausanias, who gave a detailed account of its sculptures in the late second century CE, depicted the myth of the chariot race between Pelops and Oenomaus, with Zeus standing in the centre, flanked by standing pairs of heroes and heroines, and the two chariot groups, with recumbent figures in the corners. Hippodameia and her maid stand to Zeus' left (north), and Pelops to Zeus' right. A great part of all fifteen figures has been recovered, in carefully documented excavations; scholars still discuss the placement and interrelationships of six seated or kneeling figures in the composition, and their specific identifications.

The west pediment depicted the Centauromachy, the fight at the wedding of Peirithoos between the Lapiths and the centaurs, who had violated xenia, the sacred rules of hospitality that support the social norms. Apollo stood in the centre, flanked by Peirithoos and Theseus. The Lapiths have been taken to represent the civilised Olympian order of the Greeks themselves, while the Centaurs represent primitive nature of chthonic beings; the frieze also reminded fifth-century Greeks of their victory over the Persians, "outsider" threateners of the Hellenic order. The statue of Apollo (currently in the Olympia Archaeological Museum) was depicted on the obverse of the Greek 1000 drachmas banknote of 1987-2001.

The pronaos and opisthodomos, the entrance portico and the balancing false portico at the rear, were constructed in antis, with six metopes at either end, carved with the 12 labours of Heracles, in which Heracles successfully defeats a series of creatures and monsters that threaten righteous order.

The Roman general Mummius dedicated twenty-one gilded shields after he sacked Corinth in 146 BCE; they were hung upon the columns. In 426 CE, Theodosius II ordered the destruction of the sanctuary, and earthquakes in 522 and 551 devastated the ruins and left the Temple of Zeus partially buried.

The site of the ancient sanctuary, long forgotten under landslips and flood siltation, was identified in 1766. In 1829 a French team partially excavated the Temple of Zeus, taking several fragments of the pediments to the Musée du Louvre. Systematic excavation began in 1875, under the direction the German Archaeological Institute, and has continued, with some interruptions, to the present time.

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Rockfort Ucchi Pillayar Temple

Rockfort or Ucchi Pillayar koil, is a combination of two famous 7th century Hindu temples, one dedicated to Lord Ganesh and the other dedicated to Lord Shiva, located a top of a small rock in Trichy, India. Geologically the 83m high rock is said to be one of the oldest in the world, dating over 3 billion years ago, and mythologically this rock is the place where Lord Ganesh ran from King Vibishana, after establishing the Ranganathaswamy deity in Srirangam.

Etymology
The name rock fort comes from the fact that the place was used for military fortification first by the Vijayanagar emperors and later by the British during the Carnatic wars

Architecture
The Rock Fort temple stands 83m tall perched atop the rock. The smooth rock was first cut by the Pallavas but it was the Nayaks of Madurai who completed both the temples under the Vijayanagara empire.

The temple complex is composed of two parts: a Shiva temple (Thayumanaswamy) carved in the middle of the rock and a Pillayar (Ganesh)temple at the top portion of the rock[1]. The Shiva temple is the bigger one, housing a massive stone statue of Shiva in the form of Linga along with a separate sanctum for goddess Parvati. The temple is mystic in its nature with an awe-inspiring rock architecture. The Ganesh temple is much smaller with an access through steep steps carved on the rock and provides a stunning view of Trichy, Srirangam and the rivers Kaveri and Kollidam. Due to its ancient and impressive architecture created by the Pallavas, the temple is maintained by the Archaeological department of India.

Mythology of the Vinayaka temple
Vibhishana, was the younger brother of the Asura King Ravana who ruled Lanka (now known as Srilanka). Lord Rama in the epic of Ramayana rescues his wife Sita, who was kidnapped and held by Ravana, with the help of Sugriva and Hanuman defeated him. In this war, the moral and truth-abiding brother of Ravana, Vibishana aids Rama in his battle against his brother. Ultimately Rama wins the war and as a token of love, He gifts Vibishana an Idol of Lord Ranganatha, a form of Vishnu.

Vibhishana, though he supported Rama, was basically an Asura, hence the Devas (who are arch rivals to Asuras as per Hindu mythology) wanted to stop this idea of an Asura taking Lord's supreme form to his Kingdom. They request the help of the God of Happiness, Lord Vinayaka and the Lord accepts the plan. Vibhishana, while on his back to his Kingdom, goes through Trichi, and wanted to take his bath in the river Kaveri and do his daily rituals. However, he is perplexed as the idol once kept in land, can never be removed and has to be in that place forever.

As a solution, Vibishana tries to find someone to hold the idol while he was taking bath and finds the Lord Vianayaka under disguise of a cowherd boy. As per the plan, when Vibishana is fully into water, Vinayaka takes the statues and keeps it firmly in sand, in the banks of kaveri. On seeing this, the angry Vibhishana chases the boy, to punish him, and boy keeps running and climbs over the rock near the Kaveri bank. Vibhishana finally reaches the boy and hits him on the fore-head of little boy who then reveals himself to be Vinayaga. Vibishana immediately apoligizes and the Lord gives him his blessings and sends him off to Lanka.

The place on which the Ranganathan idol was kept was later covered in deep forests, due to disuse and after a very long time, it is discovered when a Chola king chasing a parrot finds the idol accidentally. He then establishes the Ranganathaswamy temple,Srirangam as one of the largest temple complexes in the world. Meanwhile, the Pallavas built the Vinayaka temple and the Thayumanaswamy temple, in the rock which Vinayaka uses to escape Vibishana.

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Osorezan (Mount Osore)

Osorezan (Mount Osore) is ranked along with Koyasan and Hieizan as one of Japan's three most sacred places. It was discovered over 1000 years ago by a Buddhist priest in search of a sacred mountain that resembles the world of Buddha. Today, it is the site of Bodaiji Temple. Osorezan is translated as "Fear Mountain", a name that comes in part from the mountain's exceptional landscape. The area is rich in volcanic activity, and a strong smell of sulfur permeates the air. The ground is gray and barren and marked by openings that steam, bubble and blow hot water. Lake Usori, located next to the temple, is colored various shades of blue due to its high sulfur content.

Osorezan is also known as entrance to afterlife, because it features geographical elements similar to descriptions of Buddhist hell and paradise, including eight surrounding peaks and a river, Sanzu no Kawa, which has to be crossed by all dead souls on their way to afterlife and is often compared to the River Styx of ancient Greek mythology.

Among the souls trying to cross the river are the souls of dead children and unborn babies who build piles of pebbles along the riverbed (Sai no Kawara) in an attempt to get to the other side. They are supported by Jizo, a popular bodhisattva of Japanese Buddhism, who protects the souls from evil demons, which constantly try to destroy the piles of pebbles.

Statues of Jizo are commonplace around Osorezan, as are piles of stones and pebbles. The pebbles are offerings to Jizo by parents of dead children in the hope that he will use the stones to help their children gain access to paradise. Brightly colored toy windmills are another common offering frequently seen around Osorezan's grounds.

Every year, Bodaiji's festival (July 22 to 24) attracts the bereaved and those hoping to communicate with lost loved ones through mediums, known as Itako. Itako are blind women who have undergone extensive spiritual training. In order to commune with the dead, they perform austere purification rituals for three months prior to the event and enter into a deep, prolonged trance during the festival.

Although access can be a challenge due to the lack of public transportation, Osorezan is a well known destination and the temple is equipped with overnight lodgings for guests. Both overnight and day visitors to the temple can use the simple hot spring baths located on the temple grounds.

Walking paths crisscross Bodaiji's unique temple grounds, affording visitors plenty of opportunity to stroll around the site and take in the scenery. A walk along the shores of Lake Usori is recommended, although visitors should avoid the poisonous water.

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The Shiten'no-ji Temple

The Shiten'no-ji Temple was built late in the 6th century by Shotoku-taishi (Prince Shotoku), a son of Emperor Yomei, as a token of his gratitude to the Four Devas (Shi-tenno), the guardians for Buddhism and Buddhists, for responding to his prayer to let him overthrow Mononobe-no-Moriya, an anti-Buddhist administrator, in the 6th century.

With its middle gate, tower, main hall and lecture hall arrangned from south to north in a beeline, which is known as "Shiten'no-ji type temple layout" modeled after the then Chinese style of architecture, the Shiten'no-ji Temple typifies the Buddhist structures built in the Asuka Period from the late 6th century through the early 7th century together with the Horyu-ji Temple, a World Cultural Heritage, in Nara. Soon afer its erection, the temple had a free dispensary (Seyaku-in) and other welfare facilities set up in its precincts to give the poor free medicines and treatment and provide free accommodations for the aged without family and infants, opening the way to public welfare service in Japan.

In January, there is "Doya-Doya," a festival in which the young scramble for paper charms. Autumn is the time when "Shiten'no-ji Wasso, " a festival reproducing a bit of the history of cultural interchange between the ancient Korean Peninsula and Japan, takes place.

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Temple Mount

The Temple Mount (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת‎, Har haBáyit), also known as Mount Moriah and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary (Arabic: الحرم القدسي الشريف‎, al-haram al-qudsī ash-sharīf), is a religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem. Due to its importance for Judaism and Islam it is one of the most contested religious sites in the world.

The Temple Mount contains the holiest site in Judaism. Jewish Midrash holds that it was from here that the world expanded into its present form, and that this was where God gathered the dust he used to create the first man, Adam. The Torah records that it was here that God chose to rest His Name and Divine Presence, and consequently two Jewish Temples were built at the site. According to Jewish tradition, the Third Temple will also be located here, and will be the final one. In recent times, due to difficulties in ascertaining the precise location of the Mount's holiest spot, many Jews will not set foot on the Mount itself.

The Noble Sanctuary is the third holiest site in Islam, revered as the destination of Muhammad's journey to Jerusalem, and the location of his ascent to heaven. The site is also associated with all the Jewish biblical prophets who are also revered in Islam. The site is the location of the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, the oldest extant Islamic structure in the world.[1]

Controlled by Israel since 1967, both Israel and the Palestinian Authority claim sovereignty over the site, which remains a key issue in the Arab-Israeli conflict. A Muslim council, known as the Muslim Waqf, manages the site. The Israeli government enforces a controversial ban on prayer by non-Muslim visitors.

History

Early history

The hill is believed to have been inhabited since the 4th millennium BCE. Its southern section was walled at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, in around 1850 BCE, by Canaanites who established a settlement there named Jebus. It was this city that King David captured in around 1000 BCE and renamed the City of David.David intended to build a sanctuary to God, as the first temple of the Israelites in Jerusalem, outside the city walls on the northern edge of the hill. He purchased the area, which the Bible refers to as Mount Moriah, from Araunah who owned the site. David's son Solomon completed the task of erecting the First Temple at the site in 960 BCE. Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 586 BCE.


Achaemenid Persian, Hasmonean periods, and Herod’s expansion

Much of the Mount's early history is synonymous with events pertaining to the Temple itself. After the destruction of Solomon’s Temple by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 586 BCE, construction of the Second Temple is understood to have begun under Cyrus in around 538 BCE, and completed in 516 BCE. Evidence of a Hasmonean expansion of the Temple Mount has been recovered by archaeologist Leen Ritmeyer. Around 19 BCE, Herod the Great further expanded the Mount and rebuilt the temple. The ambitious project, which involved the employment of 10,000 workers, more than doubled the size of Temple Mount to approximately 36 acres (150,000 m2). Herod leveled the area by cutting away rock on the northwest side and raising the sloping ground to the south. He achieved this by constructing huge buttress walls and vaults, filling the necessary sections with earth and rubble. In addition to restoration of the Temple, its courtyards, and porticoes, Herod also built Antonia Fortress abutting the northwestern corner of the Temple Mount, and a rainwater reservoir, Birket Israel, in the northeast. As a result of the First Jewish-Roman War, the fortress was destroyed by Roman emperor Vespasian, in 70 CE, under the command of his son and imperial heir, Titus.

Middle Roman period

The city of Aelia Capitolina was built in 130 CE by the emperor Hadrian, and occupied by a Roman colony on the site of Jerusalem, which was still in ruins from the First Jewish Revolt in 70 CE.

Aelia came from Hadrian's nomen gentile, Aelius, while Capitolina meant that the new city was dedicated to Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom a temple was built on the site of the former second Jewish temple, the Temple Mount.

Hadrian had intended the construction of the new city as a gift to the Jews, but since he had constructed a giant statue of himself in front of the Temple of Jupiter and the Temple of Jupiter had a huge statue of Jupiter inside of it, there were now two enormous graven images on the Temple Mount. It was also the normal practice of the adherents of the Hellenic religion to sacrifice pigs before their deities. In addition to this, Hadrian issued a decree prohibiting the practice of circumcision. These three factors, the graven images, the sacrifice of pigs before the altar, and the prohibition of circumcision, constituted for non-Hellenized radical Zealot Jews a new abomination of desolation, and thus Bar Kochba launched the Third Jewish Revolt. After the Third Jewish Revolt failed, all Jews were forbidden on pain of death from entering the city.

Late Roman period

About 325 it is believed that Constantine's mother, St. Helena, built a small church on the Mount in the 4th century, calling it the Church of St. Cyrus and St. John, later on enlarged and called the Church of the Holy Wisdom. The church was later destroyed and on its ruins the Dome of the Rock was built. Since it is known that Helena ordered the Temple of Venus to the west of the Temple Mount to be torn down to construct the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, presumably she also ordered the Temple of Jupiter on the Temple Mount to be torn down to construct the Church of St. Cyrus and St. John.

Byzantine period

Archaeological evidence in the form of an elaborate mosaic floor similar to the one in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and multiple fragments of an elaborate marble Templom (chancel screen) prove that an elaborate Byzantine church or monastery stood on the Temple Mount in Byzantine times, presumably the aforementioned Holy Wisdom Church.

Sassanid vassal state period

Caliph Omar ordered a mosque to be constructed at the southeast corner, facing Mecca, near which the al-Aqsa Mosque was built 78 years later. The original building is now known to have been wooden and to have been constructed on the site of a Byzantine church with an elaborate mosaic floor. (The Persian conquest that immediately preceded the Arab conquest makes it uncertain who destroyed the church.)

In 691 an octagonal Muslim building topped by a dome was built by the Caliph Abd al Malik around the rock, for political reasons, in violation of the Caliph Omar's teachings. The shrine became known as the Dome of the Rock (Qubbat as-Sakhra قبة الصخرة). The dome itself was covered in gold in 1920. In 715 the Umayyads led by the Caliph al-Walid I, rebuilt the Temple's nearby Chanuyos into a mosque (see illustrations and detailed drawing) which they named al-Masjid al-Aqsa المسجد الأقصى, the al-Aqsa Mosque or in translation "the furthest mosque", corresponding to the Muslim belief of Muhammad's miraculous nocturnal journey as recounted in the Quran and hadith. The term al-Haram al-Sharif الحرم الشريف (the Noble Sanctuary) refers to the whole area that surrounds that Rock as was called later by the Mamluks and Ottomans.

The structures have been ruined or destroyed several times in earthquakes;[citation needed] the current version dates from the first half of the 11th century. For Muslims, the importance of the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque makes Jerusalem the third-holiest city, after Mecca and Medina. The mosque and shrine are currently administered by a Waqf (an Islamic trust).

In 1867, a team from the Royal Engineers, led by Lieutenant Charles Warren (later the London police commissioner of Jack the Ripper fame) and financed by the Palestine Exploration Fund (P.E.F.), discovered a series of tunnels beneath Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, some of which were directly underneath the headquarters of the Knights Templar. Various small artifacts were found which indicated that Templars had used some of the tunnels, though it is unclear who exactly first dug them. Some of the ruins which Warren discovered came from centuries earlier, and other tunnels which his team discovered had evidently been used for a water system, as they led to a series of cisterns.

Post 1967

During the 1967 Six-Day War Israel captured the Temple Mount. The Chief Rabbi of the Israeli Defense Forces, Shlomo Goren, led the soldiers in religious celebrations on the Temple Mount and at the Western Wall. The Israeli Chief Rabbinate also declared a minor religious holiday on the anniversary, called "Yom Yerushalayim" (Jerusalem Day), which also became a national holiday.

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Moon Anomalies: Giant Lunar Towers

There is growing evidence that, contrary to what we have been told, the US landed on the moon only to find that someone else had got there before them. This evidence may be disturbing to many, because it implies that a civilization, or civilizations, more advanced than our own has built enormous structures on the moon. This evidence comes not from some remote planet like Mars but from the Moon right above our heads.


Lobachevski crater.

In 1997 American researcher, Steven Wingate, discovered an anomaly in NASA image AS16-121-19407(H) shown below. The apparent structure looks like a huge tower standing at the rim of the Lobachevski crater on the ‘dark’ side of the moon. A distinct shadow cast by the structure is clearly visible on its right hand side.



NASA image AS16-121-19407(H) taken by Apollo 16.

More recently a probe launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) has also photographed a massive tower-like object on the inside perimeter of a crater on the far side of the moon. As shown below, the shadow cast by the structure is clearly visible on the left hand side. This image, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows crater Lomonosov. AMIE obtained the image on the 30th January 2006 with a ground resolution of 190 metres per pixel. The imaged area is centred at a latitude of 27.8º North and a longitude of 98.6º East [AMI-EAE3-001856-00042-00038].



ESA image AMI-EAE3-001856-00042-00038 taken by the SMART-1 spacecraft.

The Apollo 10 lunar orbiter photograph AS10-32-4822 and the three sequential photographs AS10-32-4854 - 56 all show two massively tall structures known as the "Tower" and the "Shard" in the southwestern area of Sinus Medii from different angles and different perspectives.

The Shard

The Shard is a structure which towers above the Moon's surface by more than a mile. Its overall irregular spindly shape, with constricted nodes and swollen inter-nodes, looks anything but natural. No known natural process can explain the presence of such a structure. Computer enhancement shows an irregular outline with more reflective and less reflective surfaces. The amount of sunlight reflecting from parts of the Shard indicates a composition consistent with crystal, glass or polished metal. Single crystals the size of city blocks are currently unknown. The Shard may be an eroded remnant of an artificial structure made of glass-like material.


The Tower



The Tower is even more massive than the Shard soaring to more than five miles above the surface of the Moon. It has been photographed from five different angles and two different altitudes (from 30 miles altitude, and from 70 miles altitude at three different distances). In all four photographs the same structure is visible and can be viewed from two different sides. The Tower exists in front of and to the left of the Shard in the Lunar Orbiter III-84M photograph. The distance from the Tower and the camera is estimated at about 200 miles, while the distance of the Shard beyond the Tower is estimated at about 230 miles. The top of the Tower has a very ordered cubic geometry, and appears to be composed of regular cubes (similar in size) joined together to form a very large cube with an estimated width of over one mile. There is apparent damage to the outline and surface of this structure. A narrow columnar structure appears to connect this cube with the surface of the Moon. The columnar support is at least three miles in height.

Six mysterious statuesque towers

Photographs of strange surface anomalies made the front page of a November 1966 edition of The Washington Post. NASA Lunar Orbiter 2 had photographed what appeared to be six or seven towers, arranged in a specific geometric pattern, in the Mare Tranquilis region of the moon. Their pointed shadows indicated that they were either conical or pyramid-shaped. One of the apparent towers measured over 200 metres in height. NASA countered that the photographs did not show anything of any interest… whatsoever. The Russian magazine Argosy published comments made by Russian space scientist Alexander Abromov. He stated that the Russian Luna 9 probe had, on landing on the Moon on the 4th February 1966, taken some strange looking photographs: structures that stood in the landscape in a distinct pattern. The tops of the structures appeared to have a profile similar to a pyramidion.

More lunar towers

Looking at the old Apollo photographs and more recent pictures taken by satellite, ink spots and blurs can frequently be seen. NASA and the US air force censors have carefully inspected every single photograph and have blurred some areas while applying black ink to others. What are they trying to hide?

Technology has moved on since the days of the Apollo missions. Computers and their software are now vastly more sophisticated. Features that were not evident on lunar photographs released to the public in the 1960s and 1970’s, and thus missed by the censors, can now be discerned using modern image analysis software. Detailed analysis of photographs released by NASA has revealed evidence of what appear to be ruins and artificial constructions of various types.

Numerous massive towers have been discovered on the lunar surface. Below is an attempt by the NASA censors to smudge out one of these towers from an Apollo photograph.

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MYSTERY AT ABYDOS

In 1848, an archaeological expedition working in Egypt discovered strange hieroglyphs on a ceiling beam at an ancient temple in Abydos, several hundred miles south of Cairo. The hieroglyphs were carefully copied and brought back to Europe. The mysterious images gave rise to heated debate amongst Egyptologists. Eventually, however, they were dismissed as bizarre objects that nobody could adequately explain and were forgotten.





In the mid 1990's photographs and videos, taken primarily by tourists who had visited Abydos, began to appear on the internet. They depicted the 'strange machine hieroglyphs' originally discovered in the nineteenth century. The temple in which they were found was built by Pharaoh Seti I around three thousand years ago. To the modern viewer it is clear that the strange machines, so mysterious to the Victorians, are in fact various types of flying craft and a tank. One of the aircraft is a helicopter. There is no mistaking it. It has a rotor blade, cockpit and tailfin typical of a modern battle helicopter. On the face of it, this is one of the most astounding discoveries ever to have been made in Egypt.

THE EGYPTOLOGISTS EXPLANATION


Not surprisingly, perhaps, the ancient high-tech machinery glyphs have been dismissed out of hand by modern Egyptologists. Given the great body of knowledge that now exists with regard to ancient Egypt, the concept of the Egyptian military flying around in sophisticated aircraft three thousand years ago is simply ludicrous. The conventional explanation for these mysterious carvings, fielded by Egyptologists, is that they are just illusions. The most likely cause of these anomalous hieroglyphs is considered to be due to re-facing and re-carving of the original temple stonework, and to weathering effects. Over a protracted period of time, it is believed that parts of the reworked stone have fallen away, revealing older hieroglyphs underneath. In effect, sections of the original and re-carved hieroglyphs have become overlapped to produce altered images that bear little, if any resemblance, to the original images. Such images are termed 'palimpsests' by Egyptologists.

Re-carving of inscriptions was a common phenomenon in ancient Egypt. When newly installed Pharaohs adopted the structures of previous rulers, they sought to make them their own by overwriting the hieroglyphs of their predecessors. Indeed, some refurbishment of the Seti I temple at Abydos is known to have taken place when it was acquired by his son and successor Ramasses II. Looking at the photograph shown above, however, or higher resolution photographs readily accessible on the internet, it is clear that nothing has fallen away from the carving of the helicopter and other military craft. They are continuous intact images. The helicopter, for example, is precise in every detail, down to its finely carved rotor blade.
ASTONISHING NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

Recently, the respected Arab newspaper 'Al-Sharq Al-Awsat' published several photographs taken at another Egyptian temple, the Amon Ra Temple in Karnak. The photographs are of carvings believed to be three thousand years old. They appear very similar to the carvings found at Abydos. There is a battle helicopter with a distinct rotor and a tail unit, and nearby, other modern-looking flying craft. So, there are in fact not one, but two almost identical sets of carvings at Karnak and Abydos. What are the chances of that being due to identical palimpsest effects at both locations?

ANCIENT FLYING CRAFT

So accepting the fact that the ancient Egyptians did not have the technology to build helicopters or other aircraft, where did the images of the flying machines come from?
The history of the human race has been turbulent to say the least. Many of the fabulous ancient libraries, such as the library at Alexandria and the vast libraries of ancient China have been destroyed. Much of the priceless evidence of the distant past has been obliterated. Fortunately, however, ancient writings have survived, particularly in India. Amazingly, some of these ancient texts speak of highly sophisticated flying craft.



Recently, it was reported that the Chinese have discovered extremely old Sanskrit documents in Tibet and sent them to the University of Chandrigarh in India to be translated. Apparently, the documents contain instructions for building spacecraft. Surprisingly, the Chinese announced that they were evaluating this ancient technology for potential inclusion in their space program!

There is increasing evidence that the so-called 'Rama Empire' of Northern India and Pakistan is far more ancient than had been originally supposed. Remnants of its large sophisticated cities are still to be found in the deserts of Pakistan, and in Northern and Western India. According to ancient Indian texts, the Empire of Rama had flying machines which were called 'Vimanas'. The texts on Vimanas are numerous, and highly detailed. The ancient Indians wrote entire flight manuals on the control of the various types of Vimanas, many of which are still in existence; some have now been translated into English. Different types of Vimanas were described; some were saucer shaped, others cigar shaped. The Vimanas appeared to be powered by some sort of anti-gravity device, as they took off vertically and were capable of hovering in the air.

THE NAZI CONNECTION

Interestingly, it was the Nazis who developed the first pulse-jet engines for use in their V-8 rocket bombs. Prior to and during World War II they had an intense interest in ancient civilisations, and India and Tibet in particular. They mounted many expeditions to these two countries in search of ancient knowledge and technologies. Perhaps it was from here that they gleaned critical information that enabled them to develop jet engine technology, and even saucer-shaped flying vehicles. It is a documented fact that the Nazis had their own flying saucer programme during the last war.

HIDDEN SECRETS

It is possible that knowledge of a previous highly advanced civilisation may have been preserved by ancient secret Brotherhoods. When Alexander the Great invaded India over two millennia ago, his scribes chronicled an attack by 'flying fiery shields' that panicked the horses. These flying vehicles did not deploy any weapons against the invading army, which marched on to conquer the country. It has been speculated in many books that secret Brotherhoods have preserved and maintained Vimanas for many thousands of years. They are alleged to keep them hidden in caverns and underground bases.

CONCLUSION

The compelling temple carvings at Abydos and Karnak, and ancient texts from India and Tibet, speak of a bygone era when powered flight was highly advanced and even commonplace. They speak of a long-lost civilisation that was at least as advanced as our own. It was not a civilisation that existed three thousand years ago, but much further back in the mists of time; a civilisation that was suddenly wiped from the face of the Earth. Unfortunately, as has been seen all too often, history has a habit of repeating itself.

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Adams Bridge

Adam's Bridge (Tamil: ஆதாம் பாலம் āthām pālam), also known as Rama's Bridge or Ram Setu (Tamil: இராமர் பாலம் irāmar pālam, Sanskrit:रामसेतु rāmasetu), is a chain of limestone shoals, between the islands of Rameswaram, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar, near northwestern Sri Lanka. Geological evidence indicates that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka.

The bridge is 30 miles (48 km) long and separates the Gulf of Mannar (southwest) from the Palk Strait (northeast). Some of the sandbanks are dry and the sea in the area is very shallow, being only 3 ft to 30 ft (1 m to 10 m) deep in places, which hinders navigation.



Name
The bridge was first mentioned in Valmiki's ancient Sanskrit epic, Ramayana. The western world first mentioned it in "historical works in the 9th century" by Ibn Khordadbeh in his Book of Roads and Kingdoms (ca. 850 AD) and was called Set Bandhai or "Bridge of the Sea". Later Alberuni described it.

The name Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu (Sanskrit; setu: bridge) was given to this bridge of shoals in Rameshwaram, as Hindu legend identifies it with the bridge built by the Vanara (monkey-men) army of Rama , which he used to reach Sri Lanka and rescue his wife Sita from the Rakshasa king, Ravana, as stated in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. It is called as Adam's Bridge in the west and the name probably comes from an Islamic legend, according to which Adam used the bridge to reach Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka, where he stood repentant on one foot for 1,000 years, leaving a large hollow mark resembling a footprint. Both the peak and the bridge are named after this legend.

The sea separating India and Sri Lanka is called Sethusamudram "Sea of the Bridge". Maps prepared by a Dutch cartographer in 1747, available at the Tanjore Saraswathi Mahal Library shows this area as Ramancoil, a colloquial form of the Tamil Raman Kovil (Rama's Temple)Another map of Mogul India prepared by J. Rennel in 1788 retrieved from the same library called this area the area of the Rama Temple [8] Many other maps in Schwartzberg's historical atlas and other sources call this area with various names like Koti, Sethubandha and Sethubandha Rameswaram along with others. Valmiki Ramayan called the bridge built by Lord Rama Setu Bandhanam in verse 2-22-76.

The earliest map that calls this area Adam's bridge was prepared by a British cartographer in 1804.

Location
Adam's Bridge starts as chain of shoals from the Dhanuskodi tip of India's Rameswaram Island and ends at Sri Lanka's Mannar Island. Rameswaram Island is connected to the Indian mainland by 3 km long Pamban Bridge. Adam's bridge and neighbouring areas like Rameswaram Dhanushkodi, Devipattinam and Thirupullani are mentioned in the context of various legends in Ramayana.

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Kamasutra Temple

Khajuraho (Hindi: खजुराहो) is a village in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about 385 miles (620 kilometres) southeast of Delhi, the capital city of India. The Khajuraho group of monuments has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is considered to be one of the "seven wonders" of India. One of the most popular tourist destinations in India, Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for their erotic sculpture. The name Khajuraho, ancient "Kharjuravahaka", is derived from the Sanskrit word kharjur meaning date palm.

History
In the 27th century of Kali yuga the Mlechcha invaders started attacking North India some Bargujar Rajputs moved towards east to central India, they ruled over North-Eastern region of Rajasthan called Dhundhar and were referred to as Dhundhel/Dhundhela in ancient times, for the region they governed. Later on they called themselves Bundelas and Chandelas those who were in the ruling class having gotra Kashyap were definitely all Bargujars they were vassals of Gurjara - Pratihara empire of North India which lasted from 500 C.E. to 1300 C.E. and was at its peak when major monuments were built. The Bargujars also built the Kalinjar fort and Neelkanth Mahadev temple similar to one at Sariska National Park and Baroli, being Shiva worshipers. The city was the cultural capital of Chandela Rajputs, a Hindu dynasty that ruled this part of India from the 10th to the 12th centuries. Political capital of Chandelas was Kalinjar. The Khajuraho temples were built over a span of 200 years, from 950 to 1150. The Chandela capital was moved to Mahoba after this time, but Khajuraho continued to flourish for some time. Khajuraho has no forts because the Chandel Kings never lived in their cultural capital.



The whole area was enclosed by a wall with eight gates, each flanked by two golden palm trees. There were originally over 80 Hindu temples, of which only 25 now stand in a reasonable state of preservation, scattered over an area of about 8 square miles (21 km²).





The temples of Khajuraho suffered destruction by early Muslim invaders between c. 1100-1400 AD as various disfigured statues at the temple complex attest. Today, the temples serve as fine examples of Indian architectural styles that have gained popularity due to their explicit depiction of the traditional way of sexual life during medieval times. Locals living in the Khajuraho village always knew about and kept up the temples as best as they could. They were pointed out to an English man in late 19th century and the jungles had taken a toll on all of the monuments.

Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census, Khajuraho had a population of 19,282. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Khajuraho has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 62%, and female literacy is 43%. In Khajuraho, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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Mayan Pyramids and Temples

The Maya are a people of southern Mexico and northern Central America (Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and El Salvador) with some 3,000 years of history. Archaeological evidence shows the Maya started to build ceremonial architecture approximately 3,000 years ago. The earliest monuments consisted of simple burial mounds, the precursors to the spectacular stepped pyramids from the Terminal Pre-classic period and beyond. These pyramids relied on intricate carved stone in order to create a stair-stepped design. Many of these structures featured a top platform upon which a smaller dedicatory building was constructed, associated with a particular Maya deity. Maya pyramid-like structures were also erected to serve as a place of interment for powerful rulers. Maya pyramidal structures occur in a great variety of forms and functions, bounded by regional and periodical differences.

Altun Ha
Altun Ha is the name given ruins of an ancient Maya city in Belize, located in the Belize District about 30 miles (50 km) north of Belize City and about 6 miles (10 km) west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea."Altun Ha" is a modern name in the Maya language, coined by translating the name of the nearby village of Rockstone Pond. The ancient name is at present unknown.



The largest of Altun Ha's temple-pyramids, the "Temple of the Masonry Altars", is 54 feet (16 m) high. A drawing of this structure is the logo of Belize's leading brand of beer, "Belikin".

The site covers an area of about 5 miles (8 km) square. The central square mile of the site has remains of some 500 structures.

Archeological investigations show that Altun Ha was occupied by 200 BC. The bulk of construction was from the Maya Classic era, c. 200 to 900 AD, when the site may have had a population of about 10,000 people. About 900 there was some looting of elite tombs of the site, which some think is suggestive of a revolt against the site's rulers. The site remained populated for about another century after that, but with no new major ceremonial or elite architecture built during that time. After this the population dwindled, with a moderate surge of reoccupation in the 12th century before declining again to a small agricultural village.

The ruins of the ancient structures had their stones reused for residential construction of the agricultural village of Rockstone Pond in modern times, but the ancient site did not come to the attention of archeologists until 1963, when the existence of a sizable ancient site was recognized from the air by pilot and amateur Mayanist Hal Ball.

Starting in 1965 an archeological team lead by Dr. David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum began extensive excavations and restorations of the site, which continued through 1970. Among the discoveries is a large (almost 10 pounds, or 5 kilograms) piece of jade elaborately carved into an image of the head of the Maya sun god, Kinich Ahau. This jade head is considered one of the national treasures of Belize.

The Old Northern Highway connects Altun Ha to Belize's Northern Highway, and the site is accessible for tourism.

Calakmul
Calakmul (also Kalakmul and other less frequent variants) is the name given to site of one of the largest ancient Maya cities ever uncovered. It is located in the 1,800,000 acre Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in the Mexican state of Campeche, deep in the jungles of the greater Petén Basin region, 30 km from the Guatemalan border.




Caracol
Caracol or El Caracol is the name given to a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District of Belize. It is situated approximately 25 miles south of Xunantunich and San Ignacio Cayo, at an elevation of 1500 feet (460 m) above sea-level, in the foothills of the Maya Mountains. The site was the most important political centre of Lowland Maya during the Classic Period within Belize.



Comalcalco, Tabasco
Comalcalco is both a modern-day city and municipality about 45 miles (60 km) northwest of Villahermosa in the Mexican state of Tabasco and a Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site. The literal English translation of "Comalcalco" is "In the house of the comals". A comal is a pan used to prepare tortillas.

The present-day city of Comalcalco reported a 2005 census population of 39,865 inhabitants, while the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat had a population of 173,773. The city is the third-largest community in the state of Tabasco, behind Villahermosa and Cárdenas. The municipality, which has an area of 723.19 km² (279.225 sq mi), includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which are Tecolutilla, Chichicapa, Aldama, and Miguel Hidalgo.




The site of Comalcalco, whose coordinates are 18°16′N 93°10′W, is notable for two characteristics. First, it is the westernmost known Maya settlement. Second, and due to a dearth of locally available limestone (the primary material used in architectural construction), the city's buildings were made from fired-clay bricks held together with mortar made from oyster shells. The use of bricks at Comalcalco was unique among Maya sites, and many of them are decorated with iconography and/or hieroglyphs. Important architectural features include the northern plaza and two pyramids, the Gran Acropolis and the Acropolis Este.

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