Mysteries & Strange Facts

The world holds many mysteries, strange facts and happenings that puzzle us. And if we are to solve the riddles of life and the universe, we need to explore with a curiosity as big as the universe. The more amazing things we discover, the more we learn life is a wonderful playground where the imagination can run with the wind. We can be more and do more than we have ever guessed. We just need to believe we have power to be creative, find joy and know we are special.

So happy journeys into the mysteries. Perhaps you will become an explorer who helps answer life’s questions.

Nearly everyone has heard about the mummies of Egyptian kings. Few know that people were not the only creatures to be mummified. In fact hundreds of thousands of crocodiles, snakes, hippos, baboons, owls and many more animals were preserved in this strange manner. Bulls were especially sacred to ancient Egyptians. Priests performed special ceremonies and went to great work to save them in splendid sarcophaguses.

Perhaps the strangest mummies are the millions of ibis carefully wrapped and put into vases. The ibis was also sacred to ancient Egyptians. It is a long-legged wading bird related to the heron. The vases were stacked in countless underground shafts and chambers that sprawl for miles. Many are large enough that tractors could have passed through to work in them. Everyone who sees these amazing sites is stunned with wonder. Who and why would people thousands of years ago have hammered through rock and labored to create these huge catacombs? And why did they work so hard to preserve millions of animals in this manner?

The history of mankind goes back many thousands of years. Discoveries of how people lived in past ages continue to surprise and amaze us. One of these surprises was discovered in 1963 near the small village of Kaymakli in Iraqi Kurdastan. Here a vast underground city sprawls for an estimated two and a half square mile and descends many stories deep into the earth. Stone steps, corridors and rooms were carved out of volcanic rock, which hardened after exposure to air.

Bedrooms, stores, warehouses, temples, and thousands of rooms for every aspect of human life fill the minds of modern tourists with questions of who could have carved this city, when and why. Perhaps as many as 100,000 – 200,000 people called this space home. The height of the rooms and passages suggests that the people who lived here were at least as tall or taller than people today.

Thousands of airshafts run up to the surface to bring sufficient air down to support life. Some of these shafts are as small as four inches in diameter and since they are several feet long, raise the question how they could have possibly been made without metal tipped drills? Could people of long ago have had such sophisticated tools?

Still more amazing is the fact that this is only one of at least 35 underground cities in this part of the world and that they are connected by miles of tunnels.

It is apparent that no one has lived in these cities for hundreds of years. But when did they live here? How many thousands of years old are these cities? How many hundreds or thousands of years did people live there? And why would they have chosen to live underground? Were the conditions on the earth’s surface too harsh for them to survive or were they afraid of something? And how could they have built them? No one knows yet.

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The world holds many mysteries, strange facts and happenings that puzzle us. And if we are to solve the riddles of life and the universe, we need to explore with a curiosity as big as the universe. The more amazing things we discover, the more we learn life is a wonderful playground where the imagination can run with the wind. We can be more and do more than we have ever guessed. We just need to believe we have power to be creative, find joy and know we are special. So happy journeys into the mysteries. Perhaps you will become an explorer who helps answer life’s questions. Nearly everyone has heard about the mummies of Egyptian kings. Few know that people were not the only creatures to be mummified. In fact hundreds of thousands of crocodiles, snakes, hippos, baboons, owls and many more animals were preserved in this strange manner. Bulls were especially sacred to ancient Egyptians. Priests performed special ceremonies and went to great work to save them in splendid sarcophaguses. Perhaps the strangest mummies are the millions of ibis carefully wrapped and put into vases. The ibis was also sacred to ancient Egyptians. It is a long-legged wading bird related to the heron. The vases were stacked in countless underground shafts and chambers that sprawl for miles. Many are large enough that tractors could have passed through to work in them. Everyone who sees these amazing sites is stunned with wonder. Who and why would people thousands of years ago have hammered through rock and labored to create these huge catacombs? And why did they work so hard to preserve millions of animals in this manner? The history of mankind goes back many thousands of years. Discoveries of how people lived in past ages continue to surprise and amaze us. One of these surprises was discovered in 1963 near the small village of Kaymakli in Iraqi Kurdastan. Here a vast underground city sprawls for an estimated two and a half square mile and descends many stories deep into the earth. Stone steps, corridors and rooms were carved out of volcanic rock, which hardened after exposure to air. Bedrooms, stores, warehouses, temples, and thousands of rooms for every aspect of human life fill the minds of modern tourists with questions of who could have carved this city, when and why. Perhaps as many as 100,000 – 200,000 people called this space home. The height of the rooms and passages suggests that the people who lived here were at least as tall or taller than people today. Thousands of airshafts run up to the surface to bring sufficient air down to support life. Some of these shafts are as small as four inches in diameter and since they are several feet long, raise the question how they could have possibly been made without metal tipped drills? Could people of long ago have had such sophisticated tools? Still more amazing is the fact that this is only one of at least 35 underground cities in this part of the world and that they are connected by miles of tunnels. It is apparent that no one has lived in these cities for hundreds of years. But when did they live here? How many thousands of years old are these cities? How many hundreds or thousands of years did people live there? And why would they have chosen to live underground? Were the conditions on the earth’s surface too harsh for them to survive or were they afraid of something? And how could they have built them? No one knows yet. For more mysteries and strange facts, please return often.
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