It seems as if in the modern world everything obeys a certain law. However, there are many white spots in our history, the secret of which is not even within the power of even the most brilliant scientists. Let's get acquainted with the greatest mysteries of mankind, because they excite the minds of millions of people on earth for many years.
Voynich manuscript
For several centuries, experts have been struggling with the clues of encoded messages left by our ancestors. Someone will recall D. Brown's cult book, The Da Vinci Code, in which Harvard professor Langdon deciphers mystical symbols and secret messages. However, this is a fictional story that has nothing to do with reality.
But the document, called the Voynich manuscript in honor of the antique dealer, is one of the greatest mysteries of mankind, over which the best cryptographers of the world are puzzling. Some businessmen even offered a reward of several million dollars for solving the manuscript. In 1912, W. Voynich acquired an old book written in an unfamiliar language. As shown by radiocarbon analysis, a 240-page manuscript, whose author is unknown, was written at the beginning of the 15th century.
Is the task impossible?
The alphabet of the most mysterious manuscript in the world has no visual similarity with any writing system known to contemporaries. The text of the manuscript is not deciphered, and the only thing experts can grasp at is illustrations. The pages of the book are filled with colorful drawings, fancy diagrams, unusual images. According to scientists, the manuscript is a guide for alchemists. Some researchers are inclined to believe that the artifact is of extraterrestrial origin, while others considered it a fake, which Voynich made himself.
To date, Yale, the current owner of the greatest mystery of mankind, has announced the launch of a new program to decrypt the text of the manuscript, the authenticity of which is beyond doubt. Unfortunately, to this day there is no translation, and the secret remains a secret.
Mysteries of Easter Island
Lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a tiny corner belonging to Chile, raises many questions among scientists. Easter Island, known around the world for its amazing stone idol statues (moai), is an isolated place, located away from the mainland.
More than 800 giants carved from basalt are scattered on a small corner of the land. Some of them rise on peculiar platforms, and there are those that have remained incomplete. Near the idols, the inhabitants of Easter burned ritual bonfires, arranged dances to appease the Polynesian gods.
The secret of making and moving giant moai weighing more than a hundred tons islanders carried with them to the grave, and now it is one of the greatest mysteries of mankind. How did natives with primitive tools who did not know complex tools manage to knock down huge idols and then raise multi-toned statues to a height? The silent guards of a civilization that has disappeared from the face of the earth jealously keep their secrets and are in no hurry to reveal them.
Rongo-rongo tablets
In addition, modern scholars are trying to unravel the system of mysterious signs inscribed on wooden tablets on the island. Fifteen artifacts known as rongo-rongo have survived. All characters are carved with a shark tooth, and the letter itself has a pictographic character.
Lines written from left to right alternate with lines made from right to left, and some of them are turned upside down in relation to each other. You will have to turn the plates over to read what is written on them. Some signs depict people, birds, fish.
Unscrambled writing remains the greatest mystery of mankind. The facts say one thing: no one knows when and where the letter originated, whether it was invented on the island or whether it was brought from outside. Scientists tried to decipher the inscriptions on the tablets with the help of the natives, but the island's inhabitants could not help them. While the origin of writing is shrouded in darkness. Unencrypted signs, according to other researchers, contain clues about the fate of a vanished civilization, whose representatives have established stone colossi on the island, and, most likely, will never be guessed.
Crystal skull
In 1927, an English traveler discovered something amazing, which led him to indescribable delight. On the Yucatan Peninsula, in the ancient Mayan city, a crystal skull was found without any signs of processing. A unique artifact made of crystal of the highest quality, created from a single piece, which has puzzled specialists.
A mysterious find, which was immediately dubbed the "greatest and unsolved mystery of mankind", someone created long before the appearance of the most famous civilizations in this region. As it turned out, it is impossible to find crystal in these places, but the main thing that scientists were puzzled with is that the structure of a full-size transparent skull contradicts all the laws of physics. Unknown, but extremely talented masters did not know the fundamentals of crystallography and ignored the axis of symmetry. Despite everything, they managed to create a unique object that should inevitably fall apart during processing. And it is impossible to imagine why this did not happen.
A device capable of transmitting thoughts and images
Over time, archaeologists have discovered other crystal skulls, which were visible features of creatures of extraterrestrial origin. Scientists said that artifacts, thanks to a mystical aura, affect the subconscious of people who fall into a state of nirvana or experience fear. And someone is even cured of serious illnesses. In addition, it was noted that the mysterious finds allow you to enter a person into a trance, in which visual hallucinations occur.
Having collected a lot of data, experts put forward an interesting theory, according to which the crystal skull serves as a transceiver, capable of transmitting thoughts and images. Allegedly secret people could communicate not only with representatives of their civilization, but also with the inhabitants of other planets.
So far, researchers have not given any scientific explanation for the unique properties of skulls, although they have suggested that artifacts may have their own memory. They remember the events that take place, forming a kind of historical chronicle that contains all periods of human development. Modern science is not able to uncover the mystery of magic objects, and the greatest mystery of mankind remains unanswered.
Architectural Miracle of India
Interest in the long past will never lose its relevance. Many found artifacts that break the usual views on the history of mankind are waiting for their explanation. Among them is a monumental structure located in India. The unique multi-stage well Chand Baori is considered one of the most mystical places of a colorful state.
A man-made object located in the city of Abhaneri was built to provide local residents with drinking water. It resembles an inverted pyramid, designed in such a way that life-giving moisture during the rain accumulated in the lower tier and remained for a long time. You can get down the stairs, the number of which exceeds 3 thousand, moving from one level to another. The depth of the well is 30 meters, and 10 of them are water.
It is curious that the temple was located near the building, and it was possible to enter it only after you washed off all the dirt in the well, and regular ablution of the pilgrims caused the water to stop being used for drinking.
Unsolved Mysteries
The well Chand Baori for many years remains a favorite tourist attraction, the construction of which raises a lot of questions. The appearance of a curious object is the greatest and unsolved mystery of mankind. Some researchers are sure that it was erected before our era, while others do not agree with this version. They consider the X century the same period when unknown builders laid the first stone of the architectural miracle, the accuracy and symmetry of all lines of which make us think about the unique skill of the workers.
According to scientists, people at that time could not have erected a multi-tiered masterpiece, striking in its scale. A stepped well, the height of which is equal to a 13-storey building, in their opinion, appeared due to certain technologies that are not available to modern people. Perhaps representatives of a vanished civilization were builders who showed miracles of ingenuity and ingenuity. They left behind an object that was complex from an engineering point of view, designed taking into account a huge number of technical parameters. The construction of an architectural monument required both accurate calculations and material means. And even now, the overall picture of the giant well amazes visitors.
Holy relic
According to most people, the greatest mystery of mankind in the world is the Shroud of Turin, discovered in Paris in the 14th century. The knight, who found the canvas, announced that the crucified Jesus was buried in it. A century later, a wealthy family of the Dukes of Savoy bought the relic and transferred it to Turin. But only in 1898 the main shrine of the Christian world was photographed, and when processing the image, the author discovered the face of a man with arms crossed, on whose body numerous wounds are visible.
Soon the whole scientific world took up the Shroud of Turin, and experts who examined the ancient canvas proved that the image was miraculous. The fabric was boiled in boiling oil, subjected to fire, rubbed, but the dark brown face of the man remained in place.
Shrine or work of art?
A lot of time has passed, but the debate around the canvas does not subside. The Catholic clergy sees in the relic a work of ancient artists, that is, not a shrine, but an object that leads people to faith. At the beginning of the 20th century, the shroud turns from an object of worship into the greatest mystery of mankind. Theories about the nature of the appearance of the image, which were put forward by scientists, were carefully tested. There is even a new direction, called "syndology" (from the Greek word "sindon", which means "burial cover").
What do scientists say?
Specialists studying the greatest and most amazing mysteries of mankind suggest that the image arose at the time of the resurrection from the dead, which was accompanied by powerful radiation. A partial carbonization of the fibers of the canvas appeared when a person passed through the tissue in the form of a kind of plasma formation. The age of the find was established - about two thousand years, although some experts question this fact.
However, it is well established that the dark spots on the fabric are in fact blood, and not traces of paint by unknown artists. And now most people tend to believe that the shroud is one of the main miracles in the history of mankind, which confirms the return to life of the one who lost it.
A book to help you find out the truth
Those who are interested in the amazing events taking place in history can be advised to read the book "The Greatest Mysteries of Mankind, " written by Nikolai Nepomnyashchy. The author tells fascinatingly about mystical and real phenomena, united by what attracts people the most - an undisclosed secret. In the collection, which was released in 2006, you can read about the mummies of the pharaohs, the mysterious Stonehenge, the secrets of the Etruscans and Sphinxes, Russian Atlantis, the hiding places of the Kremlin and much more.
