Mysteries of our planet

A Monastery in Cappadocia: Gumusler Monastery, Nigde There is no source of any period about its name and history in the Middle Ages. Although the exact date of construction is unknown, it is thought to have been built between the 8th and 12th centuries AD. The monastery carved into a large rock church; Although it is located within the borders of the Cappadocia Region, it has been very well preserved until today.

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.

Climate Change Catastrophe - 1982 - CBS Evening News

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.