History is a funny thing. Suppose you have no means of documenting everything that happens around you, but it looks like you are back in the Middle Ages … In fact, you are in the prehistoric period. Preliminary history largely means "the time before writing" - about 6,000 years ago and earlier.
Ancient history implies the presence of prehistoric monuments, lost cities, unimaginable technologies. It is proof of these old days without Wi-Fi and all the technological delights of our time. We may not know everything about this time, but the fact that these seven ancient civilizations did exist is nothing more than speculation.
Curious ancient devices
Two ancient artifacts, the Nimrud lens and the world famous Antikythera mechanism, are proof that our predecessors were much smarter than we might have thought.
Nimrud's lens is currently the oldest known human-made lens and is said to be part of an ancient Babylonian telescope.
The Antikythera Mechanism (200 BC) was used to predict celestial events. With the help of it, they observed the movement of the moon, planets and our sun. Which civilization created these two wonderful inventions, we will most likely never know, but the fact that someone created and used a real lens 3000 years ago is incredible.
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Longue Caves
Around 500-800. BC e. someone decided to carve these mysterious twenty-four caves in China. Undoubtedly, many people are expected to participate, but who knows if this was actually the case. Perhaps it was magic! In any case, the Chinese call the Longyu caves the ninth wonder of the ancient world, and to this day these caves are shrouded in mystery. The carvings inside the caves show a specific pattern that is believed to carry a symbolic meaning.
Stone age tunnels
Beneath the Neolithic settlements scattered throughout Europe, archaeologists have discovered a huge network of tunnels running deep underground. Most of the tunnels, which have survived 12,000 years of exposure to changing weather conditions, irrigation and other possible destructive factors, stretch up to almost 700 m in Germany to 350 m in Austria.
Imagine how big the network is that has survived all these millennia. Although the tunnels are not all connected, scientists believe they were used by humans to travel safely.
Pumapunku and Chiunaku
Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, in South America, the people of the ancient Inca city of Tiwanaku created Pumapunku. These massive stones do not have a single tool mark, but they connect with each other almost without problems.
This ancient city also had an irrigation system, sewer lines, and even water mechanisms. Interestingly, 15,000 years ago, the Egyptians all lived in the sands. Unfortunately, there are no records of the people living here, about their culture, stone processing methods and construction technologies. This is a mystery shrouded in darkness.
Metal clamps
Even a monkey could figure out how to use these metal clamps. But everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance. First, you would need to mine the metal, melt it, and then somehow pour molds out of it in the holes of the stones. But how was this achieved if the builders 12,000-15,000 years ago did not have portable factories? From the outside, it looks like a caveman is running with a samurai sword. Technology in those days should not have been, but the proof of the impossible is there.
Pyramids of Giza
Ancient Egypt is full of incredible secrets. Was the great pyramid of Giza actually the tomb of the pharaoh? How old is the sphinx? Could these two structures and many other Egyptian structures have been erected by a lost civilization about 10,000 years ago?
The simple answer to all these questions is: "We don't know anything, but wouldn't it be amazing if it were true?"
Gebekli Tepe
In conclusion, the temple complex in the south-east of Turkey should be noted. The construction dates back to the end of the last ice age (12,000 years ago), and curiously, none of the civilizations of the Paleolithic period had the appropriate technology and skills to create a structure of this level of complexity.
History shows that the tribes living in the area were hunters and gatherers, and the ancient people could not have built these 20 circular structures and giant pillars up to 5.5 meters high and weighing about 15 tons each. There is clearly something amiss here, but we can not prove or disprove anything.
Maya Muzashvili