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Scientists and historians have some of the answers to life on earth, but not all of them.

By Idowu OlaworePublished 3 years ago 5 min read
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Scientists and historians have some of the answers to life on earth, but not all of them. They can reach grand conclusions based on tiny clues and pieces of evidence, but sometimes they encounter something that leaves them totally perplexed. That's what today's video is about: these strange and wonderful places all over the world that are amazing to see but impossible to understand for anyone, even scientists. CASUSO

Italy seems to be a popular place for this sort of thing. It is unusual to see two trees growing together in the same field. The bottom tree is a mulberry, but the top one is a cherry. It's a type of situation where two different species of trees grow together, and it's very unusual to see this happen. Usually one of the trees will suffer because of the other's good health. As the beautiful white flowers on the cherry tree demonstrate, not all trees are the same. Unsurprisingly, the strange tree has become a tourist attraction for the area. However, it has had to be fenced off for its own protection. It's also illegal to climb it. But despite this, some people still try. The origins of the tree are a mystery. Some believe it was built during the reign of Emperor Constantius II, who ruled between 351 and 361 AD, but that's just a best guess. The ancient Romans sometimes built structures like this to mark significant military victories. In fact, Carnuntum may well have been one of these victory sites. Not all trees are created equal, as evidenced by the cherry tree's stunning white blooms. Unsurprisingly, the peculiar tree has grown to be a popular tourist destination in the region. To ensure its own safety, though, it had to be caged in. Additionally, climb it. Some people nevertheless attempt it despite this. The tree's beginnings are unknown. Although it is only a best guess, some people think it was constructed between 351 and 361 AD, during the reign of Emperor Constantius II. These kinds of monuments were occasionally erected by the ancient Romans to commemorate important military victories. Carnuntum may have even been one of these winning locations. There is now no evidence of the Roman tetrapylon, which would have had a statue of an emperor or a god in the center. However, the name of the island in Kenya, Inventonate, provides a clue as to how the people there feel about it.

In 1935, English explorer Vivian Fusch decided to test that theory by visiting it with colleagues Bill Dason and Martin Shelfields on a research mission, but when they failed to return, it only became a legend. The name of the strange-looking island on Lake Turkana translates as "no return," which ties in with the myths and legends that surround the place and suggest that nobody who enters it will ever return.

There is a tale to tell, but the attraction to the temple of Andara is particularly strong.

That's mainly because of the enormous human foot impressions that are visible at the temple's entrance; They have existed for at least 3300 years, making them older than the temple itself, and their origin is a matter of debate.

Scientists and archaeologists claim that they were carved by the same people who built the temple and are meant to depict the procession of the gods into the temple's inner chambers; however, many local legends claim that the temple itself was visited by a great god with clawed feet who left the imprints himself. Still another school of thought claims that the people who built the most temples were the ones who left the most imprints. Archaeologists have concluded that the pyramid was farmed for a period of time that started around 3200 years ago and ended during the first century, when the seat of the volcano erupted. This tragedy of irony caused the Mesoamerican population to flee to other parts of Mexico, taking elements of their culture with them. Eventually, these survivors played a role in the rise of Tohol Hunan. There's a thriving population of snakes and spiders, making it a somewhat hazardous place to visit. The mystery of the lost city of the Kalahari is an existential one, by which we mean that there's controversy about the question of whether it really exists at all. The story begins in 1885, when the Canadian magician and explorer William Leonard Hunt, also known as the Great Farini, claimed to have found an empty city of ancient ruins while crossing the Kalahari Desert on foot in his report to the Royal Geographic Society. He spoke of seeing half-buried ruins, shattered temples, burial grounds, and semi-collapsed walls that prompted no less than 25 expeditions in the decades that followed, none of which found anything like what the great Farini described. In 1964, a new idea had arisen: Aj Clement hypothesized that the magician had been mistaken about the route he took through the desert and devised an alternative route that Hunt may have taken by accident by following it. He found a series of colossal stone monoliths made of dolerite, a material that, as it erodes, can begin to resemble straight square blocks that resemble walls. Clement concluded that what Hunt actually saw was nothing more than stones scattered across the desert—not a lost city of ancient ruins. Many strange structures were built all over Europe during the Second World War, and some of them remain unexplained. Some wild and fanciful theories about these structures have emerged, such as the belief that they may be connected to UFOs or secret weapons. The Soviet military took ownership of many of these sites after the war and refused to let anyone else study them for several decades. There is still much speculation about what these sites may have been used for. Some believe that they were connected to a terrifying weapon called "Die Locke,"' while others believe that they were concrete bases for rotating artillery pieces. Some people in a town in North Yorkshire believe that there's an ancient temple nearby. When one examines Swinton Druids Temple, it is easy to see why it appears to be

It was constructed just two centuries ago by a very eccentric landowner named William Danby. Danby, who lived in Swinton in the 1820s, was a wealthy and kind man who was concerned about rising unemployment in his hometown. To help solve the problem, he paid dozens of locals to build the temple for him as an effigy of Stonehenge. Once that was done, he offered a huge donation to the community.

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