Joe Rogan Reacts to Secrets of Egypts Great Sphinx

In this video we will see what Joe Rogan and Robert Schoch have to say about the age of this colossal figure.

One of history's most perplexing mysteries rises from the Sahara in Egypt. Its stone eyes peer out of an almost human face, surveying a land of ancient tombs and endless sand. For millennia, it has weathered the ravages of time and witnessed the rise and fall of civilizations. Yet, after all these hundreds of years, the Great Sphinx of Giza remains an enigma. Just when we believe we are about to solve its eternal riddles, the Sphinx reveals another layer of secrecy. One of the biggest mysteries in Ancient Egypt that swirls around this famous structure is, when was it built.

For years, Egyptologists and archaeologists have thought the Great Sphinx of Giza to be about 4,500 years old. However, some recent studies have suggested the Sphinx was much older than mainstream archaeologists, and Egyptologists claim it to be.

12 Most Ancient And Mysterious Objects Finds

Magnificent and mysterious ancient finds are the topic of this video, and we’ll be paying special attention to discoveries and objects made from solid stone. Our ancient ancestors were incredibly gifted at working with stone, but some of the things they made are a puzzle to our modern minds. Let’s see if we can unwrap some of these ancient mysteries together!

The Inhumane Punishments Of The Anglo-Saxons

Here's some irony: the Viking Age began circa 793 AD with the famous raid on the monastery at Lindisfarne on the northern English coast. The Vikings that attacked the monastery were probably Danes. And the ancestors of the people at Lindisfarne and many of the people of England were...Danes. Well, not "Dane Danes," but they were from Denmark and Germany near the modern German/Danish border.

In the 400s, the native people of England and Wales – the Britons, were subjected to successive waves of invasion by the tribes known to history as the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. The Angles, or as the Romans referred to them, the "Ængle," are believed to have inhabited the area of today's central Denmark. Just to the south of them was another Germanic tribe – the "Saxones." In the north of Denmark were the "Jutes. The far north of Denmark, even today, is called "Jutland" - not because it "juts" into the sea, but because the people that lived that in ancient times were the "Jutes."

Unfortunately for the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, the area of Europe they inhabited was either: surrounded by water on three sides or crowded with many other Germanic tribes – not all of which were friendly. But, you know, they were early medieval German tribes – so none were friendly. So, the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, who seem to have been able to, at the very least, reach an understanding about finding a new land to live in, decided to make their way across the sea to "Brittania" as the Romans called the British Isles.

When Roman Britain fell around 400, much of the southern part of the island was a Romano-Briton hybrid culture, and among the upper classes, Roman law, customs, dress, etc., were common. The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes put an end to that – in medieval fashion.

Over the decades and the next century or so, the Angles and Saxon cultures merged into what we know today as "Saxon England." The Jutes are believed to have settled in East Anglia, the large jutting (no pun intended) peninsula on the southern part of England's east coast. Unfortunately, records of the Jutes are almost nonexistent after they arrive in England. Most believe they were assimilated into the larger Anglo-Saxon culture.

15 Gemstones More Expensive Than Diamonds

We all know that, apparently, clear diamonds are a girl’s best friend. The problem is, they can just be so expensive to buy! As it turns out, they aren’t the most expensive gemstones out there. Other diamonds and gemstones take that title. From a stone found in just one place on earth to one costing millions per carat, here are 15 gemstones more expensive than diamonds.

Thor’s hammer from the Viking age unearthed in Sweden — but it’s not exactly mighty

Before construction on new homes could begin, archaeologists in Sweden excavated the area. What they found startled them.

Archaeologists in Ysby discovered a well-preserved torshammare — a Thor’s hammer — from the late Viking age, according to a news release from Kulturmiljö Halland, the cultural department of Halland’s cultural history museum.

Although the hammer mimics Mjolnir, the iconic symbol of the Norse god of thunder, it’s much smaller, archaeologists said. This hammer is just over 1 inch long and 1 inch tall — fitting easily in the palm of a hand, photos show.

This Thor’s hammer is made of lead but may have been covered in gold or silver, experts said. At the top, it has a hole, indicating it was likely tied onto a string or strap and worn as an amulet or other piece of jewelry, Swedish archaeologists said.

But the hammer may have had other significance, archaeologists said.

The artifact dates to the 9th to 11th century when Christianity began to spread in Sweden. As a symbol of Norse mythology, the hammer may have marked its wearer as someone who still worshiped these deities, researchers theorized.

Similar amulets have been found across Scandinavia, archaeologists said, but this is the first one found in Ysby and the Halland region. That makes it “one of a kind” hammer, Ancient Origins reported on October 2022.

During their excavation, archaeologists also found flint chips, ceramics, metal pieces, post holes and hearths that may date to the Viking age.

Ysby is about 320 miles southwest of Stockholm.

Source: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo...

Nikola Tesla Reveals Terrifying Truth About The Pyramids

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Born in 1856 in what is now modern-day Croatia, Tesla immigrated to the United States in the 1880s and worked for the inventor and businessman Thomas Edison before striking out on his own. Over the course of his career, Tesla filed more than 300 patents for his inventions and is regarded as one of the most important inventors of the 20th century.

"It is no coincidence that Nikola Tesla, the famed inventor who has gone down in history as one of the most wonderful minds of the last century, if not the most incredible, confessed to having a sort of obsession for these historical monuments, making them the object of study throughout his life. But... What could be the relationship between the pyramids and Nikola Tesla? Did the inventor discover a secret that remains hidden from our view? " Join us to discover and explore this story!

8 Most Beautiful Princesses and Queens in History

In the past, some women left their mark on history for such beauty that it shook the hearts of powerful men. And although some argue that beauty is not everything, it certainly helps to open up paths never traveled before.

5 Times it Wasn't Ancient Aliens

In today’s video we will be talking about some of the world’s greatest wonders that were just.. not ancient aliens! Enjoy!

Something Happens to Earth Every 200 Million Years

Earthquakes of unprecedented magnitude will destroy our metropolises. New mountains will rise right in the middle of the skyscrapers! And the remains of the ravaged neighborhoods will be swallowed up by a mega glacier. But the dead silence won’t last long. Soon, a comet will appear in the sky and turn the remnants of civilization into lava and ash! Our planet has cycles of catastrophic events that sometimes stretch for millions of years, and therefore, they are very difficult to notice.

New Theory Why the Giza Pyramids are Part Cased in Granite Ancient Architects

What we will be talking about in this video are the Caffrey and Min Quarry pyramids' casing stones, which are set to the southwest of the Great Pyramid.

These pyramids are often overlooked in favor of their larger sibling, but they do deserve more retention. They are particularly unusual because, in contrast to the Great Pyramid, both had granite casing stones, at least in part. The Caffrey pyramid had granite casing for its lowermost course around the bottom up to a height of 41 inches or just over a meter.

How advice said two courses would double the height of the grenades around the base, but this is unconfirmed. We can see surviving examples of the granite casing on the south side of the pyramid. The rest of the structure was cased in Makkah team limestone, a different quality to that used on the Great Pyramid being harder and grayer and less spectacular in appearance. The smaller men quarry pyramid was also poor cased in Granite Diodorus Siculus stated that this pyramid had 15 courses of the harder pink stone whilst Flinders Petrie thought there were 16 This means it covered a quarter of the height of the pyramid.

12 Most Mysterious Archaeological Finds Scientists Still Can't Explain

It’s sometimes said that the last person to exist who knew literally everything there was to know at the time they were alive was Aristotle, and that was 2300 years ago. In truth, even Aristotle probably didn’t know everything - nobody does. That goes for experts as well as people who have a casual interest in things, and it’s often true of archaeologists. Putting together the pieces of the past can be a real puzzle - and this video proves it!

Archaeologists Have Just Unearthed The Earliest Copy Of History’s Most Famous Epic Poem

Ancient Greece was one of the most important civilizations in European history. One of its more significant sites was at Olympia, where archaeologists have been excavating for over a century. Today, they’re still finding priceless artifacts – and they’ve recently discovered something that may shed light on one of Greece’s greatest poems.

20 Ancient Cults With Gruesome Rituals That Wouldn’t Ever Fly Today

Throughout history, wherever there have been cults, there have been rituals. But certain groups of the past took their rituals to the extreme. We’re not just talking about your average sacrifices, either. Think playing ball games to the death, using internal organs to predict the future, and hanging human limbs from trees. As it turns out, human history is littered with gruesome rites and ceremonies that would be totally unacceptable in today’s world. Here are the most fascinating.

Monsters of Celtic Mythology

Some of the most frightening and disturbing creatures ever imagined come from stories told in the British Isles of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. From the Banshee to cries at the arrival of death, to the forever hunted Questing Beast. This program will cover a handful of the most dreadful, most mysterious, and most mischievous creatures and monsters of Celtic mythology!

Kerma: The Ancient African Kingdom

Kerma was the capital of one of the earliest Kingdoms in Africa and is a huge display of a unique and rich culture. The Kerma region is in the center of the Nubian Civilization, and spanned from the first to the sixth Nile cataracts and was located in present day Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt. Kerma Kingdom was established in around 2500 BCE, a couple of centuries after ancient Egypt. The City at it's peak rivalled the neighboring Kingdom of Egypt in it's extension. Their relations were always bittersweet as they experienced great moments where they traded and exchanged a lot of culture, while at other times, the Kingdoms went to war with each other.

Kerma is a very important civilization in the world, though very little is known about it.

The Creepy Anglerfish Comes to Light. (Just Don’t Get Too Close.)

Few wonders of the sunless depths appear quite so ghoulish or improbable as anglerfish, creatures that dangle bioluminescent lures in front of needlelike teeth. They are fish that fish.

Typically, the rod of flesh extending from the forehead glows at the tip. Anglerfish can wiggle the lure to better mimic living bait. Most species can open their mouths wide enough to devour prey whole, using their fangs not only as daggers but as bars of a cage. Some can open their jaws and stomachs so wide as to trap victims much larger than themselves.

Anglerfish came to the attention of science in 1833, when a specimen of the bizarre fish — a female — was found on the shores of Greenland. Since then, scientists have learned most of what they know by pulling dead or dying specimens from nets. Lifestyle clues have been sparse.

That is changing. In the past two decades, deep-sea explorers have begun to catch glimpses of the creatures in their own habitats, and have recorded with video cameras a range of surprising behaviors. In a first, a recent expedition off the Azores caught sight of a female and her tiny parasitic mate locked in a procreative embrace.

“It was amazing,” Theodore W. Pietsch, an emeritus professor at the University of Washington in Seattle and a world authority on anglerfishes, said of the video. “They’re glorious, wonderful things that need our attention, and our protection.”

In 2014, Bruce H. Robison, a senior marine biologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California, caught sight of an anglerfish known as the black seadevil while exploring the deep bay, and managed to record minutes of its enigmatic swimming.

“Instead of examining dead fish, we’re now doing behavioral studies,” he said in an interview. “It’s a significant transition.”

Many kinds of anglerfish inhabit the ocean. But most attention goes to deep-sea variety. So far, scientists have identified 168 species of the strange, elusive fish.

The new videos add otherworldly drama and insights to a sparse but fascinating body of existing knowledge. In his 1964 book “Abyss,” Clarence P. Idyll, a fisheries biologist at the University of Miami, said the rod tips could glow in yellows, yellow-greens, blue-greens and oranges tinged with purple.

“Deep-sea creatures must find these colored lights irresistible as they flicker and flash faintly in the dark waters,” he wrote.

Speciation has produced a great diversity of protruding lights and rods. Some anglerfish have a long barbell extending from the lower jaw as well as a rod above. One species, Lasiognathus saccostoma, bears not only a movable rod but extending from it a line, a float, a lighted bait and three hooks. The hooks, Dr. Idyll wrote, “are, alas, not actually for catching prey” but simply ornamental.

Anglerfish, he noted, are “rarely as large as a man’s fist.” But one specimen, from a depth of 2.2 miles off West Africa, was a foot and a half long. It was also unusual in having its glowing bait conveniently located inside its enormous mouth.

The largest known deep anglers are the warty seadevils. The females typically run about two-and-a-half feet long, and free-swimming males less than a half inch.

The examination of stomach contents has revealed that anglers eat shrimplike animals, squids, worms and lanternfish, a common type of deep-sea fish with large eyes and a highly developed visual system that apparently can detect colors.

When an anglerfish suddenly opens its giant mouth, Dr. Idyll wrote, the resulting suction pulls in the luckless victim. After the jaw slams shut, small teeth on the floor of the mouth and throat deliver the meal to the fish’s belly.

Caught on video

The first undersea video recordings of the creatures were made in 1999, and caught a surprise. Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, Mass., had set up an undersea observatory in the North Pacific between California and Hawaii. It lay more than three miles down.

A seven-foot-long tethered robot named Jason was lowered to survey the surrounding area. Soon, its operators were startled to see a fish drifting in the bottom current upside-down, with its extremely long rod hanging downward in a graceful, forward-arching curve. Unexpectedly, they found two other fish similarly upended.

Jon A. Moore, a fisheries biologist at Florida Atlantic University, identified the creatures as whipnose anglerfish, although of an unknown species. In a 2002 paper, he wrote that they apparently were looking for prey by trolling over the muddy seabed with glowing bait. Visible just below the fish, he noted, were “numerous small burrows.”

In an interview, Dr. Moore said the video represented “the first time anyone had seen” any kind of whipnose in its own dark habitat. He added that, despite the intervening years, the question of what the fish were pursuing on the Pacific floor remains a mystery.

The Monterey research institute — in Moss Landing, Calif., at the midpoint of the bay shoreline — was established in 1987 by David Packard, the billionaire co-founder of Hewlett-Packard and a creator of Silicon Valley. It has built generations of increasingly smart, fast robots that probe the nearby waters.

In 2005, nearly a mile deep in the waters off Monterey, institute scientists were flying a tethered robot when they tracked an angler for a record 24 minutes. The resulting paper, by Dr. Pietsch and another University of Washington scientist, detailed a series of behaviors, from swimming bursts to long bouts of drifting.

Overall, they wrote, their observations supported the theory that “these animals are lethargic, lie-and-wait predators.”

The range of known behaviors grew larger when institute scientists probed seamount chains west of the Monterey Canyon. Expeditions in 2002 and 2010 videotaped odd anglers with a bulbous body, a shaggy lure and fins that the fish used to walk along the rocky seabed. The scientists speculated that walking disturbs the seawater less than swimming does, reducing the chances of startling nearby prey.

The newest video to go public was made off the Azores by a research team from the Rebikoff-Niggeler Foundation, based on the island of Horta. In 2016, a half-mile down, Kirsten and Joachim Jakobsen were returning to the surface in their submersible when they spotted a female angler “resplendent with bioluminescent lights,” as Science magazine described the fish. It was later identified as a fanfin seadevil, a ghoul of the deep with a bushy lure.

The team also videotaped a dwarf male fused to her underside — a permanent sperm donor. Males of that species had never before been seen by humans.

Denizens of the deep

Young male anglerfish face the challenge of finding a mate in the ocean’s vastness. They have large olfactory organs, which suggests that suitors follow a trail of pheromones. If courtship is successful, the male fuses permanently to the female, and their tissues and circulatory systems commingle.

In the case of the Azores discovery, “the size of her belly indicates that she was gravid,” or full of offspring, Kirsten Jakobsen said in an email.

The foundation team was able to track the pair for 25 minutes; what mesmerized was not only the procreative union but the halo of filaments that radiated outward from the female’s body, shimmering with points of light.

Dr. Pietsch, of the University of Washington, said the rays contain nerves and may act like sensory antennae, alerting the angler to nearby prey. “We’ve hypothesized that they pick up vibrations, like the whiskers of a cat,” he said.

He and a colleague in Germany are trying to determine whether the shimmering lights in the rays are bioluminescent or were merely reflecting light from the submersible. If the rays are glowing, he said, “it would be really important.”

The new videos make clear — more so than the old sketches and portraits — that anglerfish look truly demonic. Why the nightmarish appearance?

Dr. Robison noted that the exotic features of anglerfish make perfect sense as evolutionary adaptations to an icy, dark world in which meals are few and survival depends on cunning.

“Part of what appeals to us about other fish is that they’re sleek and streamlined and built for speed,” he said. “That’s attractive. But most anglerfish aren’t built for speed. Their predatory approach is ambush. They draw things in. To aid that approach, they need to be stable in the water column, to hold themselves in position.”

In the desert of the deep sea, he said, “they have to take advantage of every prey opportunity that comes by. That’s why they have such huge mouths and distensible stomachs: to take in a meal that might have to last for months.”

“The big teeth may appeal to the 12-year-old in all of us,” he added. “But those are really useful, too, in not only grasping prey but trapping it in that maw.”

Most exciting, Dr. Robison said, is that much about the realm of the anglerfish remains ripe for discovery. Monterey Bay may be “the best studied patch of ocean in the world,” but it still produces surprises about life in the abyss.

Water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface and goes down miles; all told, the global sea accounts for 99 percent of the terrestrial biosphere.

“There’s a whole world of ocean out there,” Dr. Robison said. “And most of it is unexplored.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/science...