Eighth wonder of the world? The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground by 'paranormal' eccentric. Nestling in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 miles from the ancient city of Turin, lies the valley of Valchiusella. Peppered with medieval villages, the hillside scenery is certainly picturesque. But it is deep underground, buried into the ancient rock, that the region's greatest wonders are concealed. Scroll down for more... Here, 100ft down and hidden from public view, lies an astonishing secret - one that has drawn comparisons with the fabled city of Atlantis and has been dubbed 'the Eighth Wonder of the World' by the Italian government. For weaving their way underneath the hillside are nine ornate temples, on five levels, whose scale and opulence take the breath away.
Constructed like a three-dimensional book, narrating the history of humanity, they are linked by hundreds of metres of richly decorated tunnels and occupy almost 300,000 cubic feet - Big Ben is 15,000 cubic feet. Few have been granted permission to see these marvels. UNEXPLAINED AMERICA - UNSOLVED MYSTERIES! Mysterious Britain & Ireland | Mysteries, Legends & The Paranormal. The List Blog - StumbleUpon. 10. Why are dogs committing suicide by jumpingoff the Overtoun Bridge? The Overtoun Bridge is an arch bridge located near Milton, Scotland, overthe Overtoun Burn. A burn is a term used to describe a type of streamwhich is smaller than a river. Milton is a village in West Dunbartonshire,which is just on the outskirts of Dumbarton. The Overtoun Bridge hasgained public attention because of the unusually large number of dogs thathave allegedly leaped to their deaths off the bridge.
It is not known exactlywhen or why dogs began to leap from the bridge, but news stories andstudies have indicated that these deaths might have begun during the 1950sor 1960s, at the rate of about one dog a month. The long leap from the bridge onto the waterfalls of the Overtoun Estatealmost always results in immediate death. 9. In the 1960s a group a marine biologists planted microphones in the world’soceans to record the songs of blue whales. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4.
In 1940, Willard F.M. 3. 2. 1. Moonlight Maze. Visible Only From Above, Mystifying 'Nazca Lines' Discovered In Mideast. The giant stone structures form wheel shapes with spokes often radiating inside. Here a cluster of wheels in the Azraq Oasis.David D. Boyer They stretch from Syria to Saudi Arabia, can be seen from the air but not the ground, and are virtually unknown to the public. They are the Middle East's own version of the Nazca Lines — ancient "geolyphs," or drawings, that span deserts in southern Peru — and now, thanks to new satellite-mapping technologies, and an aerial photography program in Jordan, researchers are discovering more of them than ever before. They number well into the thousands. Referred to by archaeologists as "wheels," these stone structures have a wide variety of designs, with a common one being a circle with spokes radiating inside.
Researchers believe that they date back to antiquity, at least 2,000 years ago. His team's studies are part of a long-term aerial reconnaissance project that is looking at archaeological sites across Jordan. Fascinating structures. Ancient Mysteries - Puma Punku in Tiahuanaco. The simple answer; we have absolutely no idea who did all this, or even how they could have done it.
There have been a few suggestions, but as you could imagine, they are widely criticized for the most part. One suggestion has been made that there had to have been some kind of ancient aliens who interceded on humanity's behalf, and our ancestors learned how to do all of this from them. There are actual records of mythical origin, regarding gods and the part that they took in the creation of these places. Not sure how we have certain mythical records, yet no records of plans or writing that contributed to the creation of these places? Another suggestion, is that a cataclysmic event such as a flood, wiped out these ancient peoples along with any records they may have kept. Did they have advanced technology similar to ours, and then die off? Maps have been found that would seem to support this theory. Just how much did these ancient people know, and what were they able to do?