world's mysteries

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MYSTERIES


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WHAT IS A MYSTERY?

A mystery is

something not understood or beyondunderstanding

whatever resists or defies explanation

profound, inexplicable, or secretive quality

a religious truth that one can know only byrevelation and cannot fully understand

A mystery could belost civilizations, ancient ruins, sacred writings,

unexplained artifacts, science mysteries


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1- GIZA PYRAMIDS

Egypt is known as a land of mysteries and no otherplace has remarkable mysteries like this. Mysterysurrounds its religion, its origin and its monumentalarchitecture such as pyramids, temples and theenormous Sphinx.

The Egyptians believed that the soul and body wereimportant to human existence in both life and death.Their unique funerary practices were designed tofind their path in the afterworld. They mummified

their bodies and buried them in tombs that werefilled with all necessities of life such as food,domestic wares and treasures. They believed thesoul returns to the body after the death so doing

this would ensure happy life ever after.


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The famous tombs are the pyramids. These

were the largest ever built. These constructions

were highly engineered. Paid workers moved huge

lime stones blocks without using wheels, iron tools

and horses. They did it because they believed

doing this would improve their own prospects in

the afterlife.


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2- THE TITANIC

Why are we so interested in shipwrecks and other

underwater wonders? The idea of buried treasures,

mysterious happenings, mystical pirate stories and

awesome man-made underwater ecosystems alldraw people toward mysteries, developments and

disasters of the sea. Shipwrecks are so engaging to

us for so many reasons, but what are the most

famous, most historical, and most amazing

shipwrecks of all? Well, here are some of the most

spectacular shipwrecks around the world.


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The unsinkable Titanic is by far the most famous

shipwreck of all time, which is in large part due to

the popular movie released in the late 1990s. TheTitanic set off on her maiden voyage in April of 1912

with 2,227 passengers and crew, and a few days

later struck an iceberg then sank about 350 miles

southeast of Newfoundland, Canada. In the wreck,

1,522 people were lost at sea.

The Titanic wreck was discovered in 1985

approximately 12,500 feet below the surface of theNorth Atlantic. The wreck has been photographed

by underwater remotely operated vehicles; its far

too deep for scuba divers to dive there.


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3- NORTHERN LIGHTS

What are the northern lights? The northern lights, one of several astronomical

phenomena called polar lights, are shafts or

curtains of colored light visible on occasion in thenight sky.

Polar lights (aurora polaris) are a naturalphenomenon found in both the northern and

southern hemispheres that can be truly aweinspiring. Northern lights are also called by theirscientific name, aurora borealis, and southernlights are called aurora australis.


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There is a scientific explanation behind the

cause of the lights. The auroras receive power

from the sun. When electrically charged

particles leave the sun and enter the earths

magnetic field, some of the energy created in

the upper atmosphere creates an aurora light

show. The colors will change depending on

how the electrons penetrate the atmosphereand which atoms are affected.


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4- EASTER ISLAND

THE STATUES THAT WALKED

One of the greatest mysteries on Earth are the statuteswhich stand on Easter Island. Easter Island, RAPA NUI is

one of the most remote islands on Earth. It is in thesouthern Pacific Ocean, 2,300 miles west of the coast of

Chile and 2500 miles southeast of Tahiti. Easter Island,which was almost uninhabited when it was discovered onEaster Day in 1722 by a Dutch captain, is covered withhundreds of giant statutes called MOAI, each weighing

several tons and some standing more than 30 feet tall.

Who built these statutes and why and how did they

get there?


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There are 887 statutes which have been discoveredon the island. However, only a few statues made itto their intended destination. The rest were

abandoned along the way.

The statues appear to have been carved out of thetop edge of the walls of a volcano on the island.After a statue was carved, it may have been rolledor dragged down to the base of the volcano. Then,it was stood upright and ropes were tied around it.Using a pulley system, the statue was walked to its

intended destination. Perhaps the statues, known as moai, were

"engineered to move" upright in a rocking motion,using only manpower and rope.

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