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Unsolved mysteries. Mystery 1 :. It is a manuscript written in the Middle Ages (carbon dating 1404-1438) in an unknown language using an unknown alphabet system. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Unsolved mysteries
Mystery 1 : It is a manuscript written in the Middle Ages (carbon
dating 1404-1438) in an unknown language using an unknown alphabet system.
Its pages are also filled with colorful drawings of strange diagrams, odd events and plants (with some of them being unknown to modern botanists)
Some people believe it was meant to be a pharmacopoeia, to address topics in medieval or early modern medicine. Others think that that the book may have an alien origin.
The Voynich Manuscript
HypothesisIt is unlikely to be a hoax, given the amount of
time, money and detail that would have been required to make it.
It is possible that the book is the work of an alchemist who used codes to keep his discoveries a secret but, until the book is decoded, no one knows for certain.
Mystery 2 :It has been imagined as the crowning city of
Neptune, where mermaids and mermen live.
According to Plato’s account, written around 360BC, it was a major sea power located in the Atlantic.
Over 11,000 years ago this island nation located in the middle of the ******** ocean was populated by a noble and powerful race.
The lost city of Atlantis
HypothesisIt is a Greek myth: it is likely to be in the
Mediterraneen Sea.
Hypothesized location of Atlantis in worlwide
Mystery 3 :This civilization is responsible for some of the
most fascinating geoglyphs on the face of the Earth.
They include everything from spiders, monkeys, sharks, orcas, and flowers.
The precision of which is incredible given that the Nazca had no way of examining their work from above.
The Nazca civilization
HypothesisMaybe designed to help landing UFOs.
They had very powerfull Mathemetics tools.
Mystery 4 :It happens in Racetrack Playa which is a
seasonally dry lake located in the northern part of California, USA (Sierra Nevada Mountains).
Nobody has ever witnessed or filmed this phenomenon.
It’s a non living thing which can move.
Living rocks
HypothesisEarly investigators explained the phenomenon as
the result of the rocks being embedded in an ice sheet in the coldest storms of winter. However, experiments to set up similar phenomena in 1996 did not fully support this theory
Nevertheless, further measurements using very accurate GPS measurement instruments have found that there is a general movement trend towards the north-north east, which is the same direction that the prevailing winds move towards.
Mystery 5 :It is an island in the southern Pacific Ocean, 2,300
miles west of the coast of Chile and 2500 miles southeast of Tahiti.
It was almost uninhabited when it was discovered on Easter Day in 1722 by a Dutch captain.
It is covered with hundreds of giant statutes, each weighing several tons and some standing more than 30 feet tall.
Easter Island
Hypothesis For centuries, scientists have tried to solve
the mystery of how the colossal stone statues of Easter Island moved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpNuh-J5IgE#t=21
But they found another ones that were too big to be moved with this technic.
Mystery 6 :This legend dates back to the 17th century.
It was a thing that fly over oceans and was related by lots of sailors.
It was a sign for sailors that a terrible storm was coming.
The Ghost Ship Flying Dutchman
HypothesisThey're just falling victim to an optical illusion called fata morgana wich happened in cold water where atmospheric condition were perfect to creat it.
Mystery 7 : It’s legendary expanse of ocean.
Pilots often tell of their instruments going haywire and numerous ships have been lost at sea.
It can be found between the points of Miami, B******, and Puerto Rico.
Bermuda Triangle
Hypothesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfsQBeXWktU
DebateDo you believe to these things or not?
Do you feel confortable facing all these unsolved mysteries ?
What about considering the Malaysian airplane as a new mystery of our world ?