Mysteries of our planet

In Babylon it was forbidden to eat walnuts. The reason for this ban is the shape of the nut. The priests believed that a person who ate a nut similar to a brain could become smarter.

The face of ancient Egypt's most powerful pharaoh can be seen for the very first time since he walked the Earth 3000 years ago. Ramesses II, who reigned in the 13th century BC, is known for his military victories and revolutionary building projects like the iconic Abu Simbel. The legend also shockingly goes down in history for having over 200 wives and 100 children. Now he is visible to the modern world as his ancient, mummified skull has been used by scientists to recreate his face at his age of death -sitting at around an astonishing 90 years old.

The Blythe Intaglios or Blythe Geoglyphs are a group of gigantic figures incised on the ground near Blythe, California, in the Colorado Desert. The ground drawings or geoglyphs were created by humans for an, as yet, unknown reason. The Blythe Intaglios contain three human figures, two four-legged animals, and a spiral. The largest human figure in the Blythe Intaglio group is 171 feet long. The intaglios are best viewed from the air.

51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting may be the world's oldest storytelling art A cave painting on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi may be the oldest evidence of narrative art ever discovered, researchers say. The artwork, which depicts a human-like figure interacting with a warty pig, suggests people may have been using art as a way of telling stories for much longer than we thought.

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The longest road in the world that a person can walk on

The Leshan Giant Buddha is a 233-foot-tall stone statue built between 713 and 803. The stone statue faces Mount Emei, with rivers flowing beneath its feet. It is the largest and tallest stone statue of Buddha in the world.

Earth's blue oceans are mysteriously turning green This colour change, while subtle to the human eye, provides crucial insights into the health and composition of ocean ecosystems. The research, which analysed 20 years of data from Nasa's Aqua satellite, found that 56 per cent of the global sea surface has undergone a noticeable change in colour since 2002, primarily turning greener. These colour shifts likely signify broader changes in ocean ecosystems, potentially including different assemblages of plankton, increased detrital particles, or changes in zooplankton populations.

The Valley of the Kings is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock-cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom. The valley stands on the west bank of the Nile opposite Thebes (modern Luxor), within the heart of the Theban Necropolis.

Archaeologists Discover ‘City of the Dead’ Housing Thousands of Mummies Archaeologists have discovered a “City of the Dead” in Aswan, Egypt near the Mausoleum of Aga Khan III, putting an end to five years of digging. Three hundred tombs housing ancient mummies were ultimately discovered on a burial plot spanning 270,000 feet. According to Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, officials believe that each of the tombs contains about 36 mummies, which would mean there are roughly 100,000 mummies located within the fairly small gravesite. It’s believed that the site was in use for about 900 years, between the 6th century B.C. and 9th century A.D., by citizens of the ancient city, then known as Swenett. When it was founded 4,500 years ago, Aswan was a military post and an important trade location which housed a vast granite quarry at the base of the Nile River.