Our past wonderful time, the legends of the Popol Vuh, the ancient Maya, were born there, whose sacred texts tell about the existence of five cosmic epochs. The first four are known as Water, Air, Fire and Earth, they have been completed, the fifth age is still in progress.

Each of the cycles witnessed the rise of human civilization for 5125 years. As a result of a new cycle, cultures disappeared in the sunset and were reborn to life again - this is the eternal pace of Nature.

While there are a lot of arguments today about floods of great magnitude after the time of glaciations, no definitive traces of the collapse of a large island in the Atlantic Ocean have been found.
However, in 1968, zoologist Valentina Munson discovered what appeared to be man-made walls in the waters of Bimini. Later, expeditions using a sophisticated seabed scanning system found blocks 5 by 5 meters in size, protruding 50 centimeters from the ground.

In the seventies, strange structures were found in the same place, geometric shapes, regular polygons and straight lines stretched for several kilometers. More recently, archaeologist and anthropologist William Donato said that the walls were not originally built under water and proposed the hypothesis that an important civilization existed in the Atlantic Ocean during the Pleistocene.

So maybe Plato's Atlantis is not a myth of an ancient philosopher? In fact, a lot of ideas and speculation have grown on Atlantis. Some believe that this story was just a fabrication used by Plato to support his philosophy and therefore there is nothing real in it.

Others see a more advanced culture of the lost world, able to build the famous pyramids of Giza in Egypt. This is a kind of monument of knowledge and unprecedented technological development of the island of Atlantis.

Of course, the hypothesis about the cyclical rise and fall of civilizations is a controversial point of discussion. In turn, new questions arise, like… where do these survivors live? After all, someone who helps people is saved new era Why don't we know anything about them? Maybe they are hiding?

Skeptics say that in the past there were no civilizations with advanced technologies and incredible structures. They try to explain each strange artifact or trace of the past from their point of view - they say, this is done by hand, and this is a natural formation. However, there is such convincing evidence of the presence in ancient times advanced civilizations that even the most convinced skeptics and rational scientists cannot disprove them.

This archaeological complex called Sahasralinga is located on the Shalmala River in the Indian state of Karnataka. When summer comes, and the water level in the river drops, hundreds of pilgrims come here. A variety of mysterious stone figures carved in time immemorial are exposed from under the water. For example, this amazing education. Are you saying it's handmade?

Barabar is the generalized name of a group of caves located in the Indian state of Bihar, near the city of Gaya. Officially, they were created in the III century BC, again, from the point of view of historians, manually. Is this so, judge for yourself. In our opinion, to make such a structure of hard stone - with high ceilings, with walls so smooth, with seams that a razor blade cannot penetrate - is very difficult today.

Baalbek - ancient city located in Lebanon. It has many different attractions. But most of all, the temple of Jupiter with multi-ton marble columns and the South Stone are surprising - an evenly hewn block weighing 1500 tons. Who and how could make such a monolith in time immemorial and for what purposes - science does not know the answers to this question.

West Baray is a man-made reservoir in Angkor (Cambodia). The size of the reservoir is 8 km by 2.1 km, and the depth is 5 meters. It was created in ancient times. The accuracy of the boundaries of the reservoir and the grandeur of the work performed are striking - it is believed that it was built by the ancient Khmers. Nearby are no less amazing temple complexes - Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, the layout of which is striking in its accuracy. Modern scientists cannot explain what technologies the builders of the past used.

Here is what Yoko Iwasaki, director of the Geological Research Institute of Osaka, Japan, writes:

Beginning in 1906, a group of French restorers worked in Angkor. In the 1950s, French specialists tried to lift the stones back onto the steep embankment. But since the angle of the steep embankment is 40º, after the first step 5 m high was built, the embankment collapsed. Eventually the French gave up on the idea of ​​following historical technologies and erected a concrete wall inside the pyramid to preserve earthworks. Today we do not know how the ancient Khmers could build such high and steep mounds.

Cumbe Mayo is located near the Peruvian city of Cajamarca at an altitude of about 3.3 km above sea level. There are the remains of an ancient aqueduct, which was clearly not made by hand.

It is known that it was built before the advent of the Inca Empire. Curiously, the name Kumbe Mayo comes from the Quechua expression "kumpi mayu", which means "well-made water channel". It is not known what civilization created it, but presumably it happened around 1500 AD.

The Cumbe Mayo aqueduct is considered one of the oldest structures in the territory. South America. Its length is about 10 kilometers. However, if on the way ancient way there were rocks for water, then unknown builders cut a tunnel right through them.

6. The Peruvian cities of Sacsayhuaman and Ollantaytambo

Its weight is about 600 tons. It is known that it was created BC. The stone is a local landmark - and looking at its photographs and old drawings, you understand why it is so popular.

The Pyramid of Menkaure (or Menkaure) is located in Giza and is one of the Great Pyramids. At the same time, it is the lowest among them - only 66 m in height, which is half the size of the Cheops pyramid. But she strikes the imagination no less than her famous neighbors.

For the construction of the pyramid, huge monolithic blocks were used, the weight of one of them is about 200 tons. It still remains a mystery how it was delivered to the place of construction. The quality of the finishing of the blocks outside and inside the pyramid, as well as carefully crafted tunnels and internal chambers, is also surprising.

In this pyramid in the 19th century, a mysterious basalt sarcophagus was discovered, which was decided to be sent to England. But along the way, the ship got into a storm and sank off the coast of Spain.

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Civilization (from Latin civilis - civil, state) - 1) general philosophical meaning - a social form of the movement of matter, ensuring its stability and ability for self-development through self-regulation of exchange with environment (human civilization on the scale of a space device); 2) historiosophical meaning - a concept denoting the unity of the historical process and the totality of the material, technical and spiritual achievements of mankind in the course of this process (human civilization in the history of the Earth); 3) the stage of the world historical process associated with the achievement of a certain level of sociality; 4) a society localized in time and space. Local civilizations are integral systems, which are a complex of economic, political, social and spiritual subsystems and develop according to the laws of vital cycles.

Lemuria or Mu. Many researchers believe that as early as 80 thousand years ago, an ancient civilization arose on the giant continent of Lemuria, the first on Earth. It lasted for 50,000 years. The cause of her death was the devastating earthquakes caused by the displacement of the earth's pole, which just happened 26 thousand years ago. It is believed that the civilization of Mu did not achieve such high knowledge in the field of technology as later ones, however, the peoples of Lemuria were able to master the construction of huge stone buildings that were able to withstand earthquakes. It was construction technology that was the most great achievement civilization of Mu. Probably, then there was a single language and government on the whole Earth. It was education that allowed the state to flourish, because all citizens knew the laws of the Earth and the Universe. Already at the age of 21, a person comprehended the basic knowledge, and became a full-fledged citizen by the age of 28.

Ancient Atlantis. Long ago, the continent of Mu, under the influence of cataclysms, plunged into the ocean, the Pacific Ocean was formed, while the water level in other parts of the Earth decreased. As a result, the small islands of the Atlantic grew noticeably in size. The Poseidonis archipelago has become a small continent. Later, historians forgot its true name, calling it Atlantis. It is believed that that civilization surpassed even the modern one with its level of technology. In 1884, Tibetan philosophers dictated to the young American Frederick Oliver the book The Earthly Return of the Dweller, which mentions such inventions as electric rifles, air conditioners that purify the air from harmful fumes, fluorescent lamps, vacuum lamps, monorail transport. Water generators, mechanisms for obtaining water from the atmosphere, aircraft controlled by anti-gravity forces. And the clairvoyant Edgar Cayce mentioned that planes were used in Atlantis and crystals existed. Helping to receive great amount energy. Casey also talked about how the Atlanteans misused their power. This led to death ancient civilization.

Indian empire of Rama. Fortunately for us, the ancient writings of the Indian empire of Rama have been preserved, while many documents of the Indians, Egyptians and Chinese have been lost. Today, most of the empire is at the bottom of the ocean, while the rest has disappeared into the impenetrable jungle. However, India, despite the military devastation, was able to preserve a significant part of its ancient history. Scientists believe that civilization here was formed around 500 BC, two centuries before the invasion of the troops of Alexander the Great. But not so long ago, on the territory of modern Pakistan, in the Indus Valley, the remains of the cities of Harappa and Mozhenjo-Daro were discovered. This discovery allowed scientists to doubt the previous conclusions and postpone the date of the emergence of civilization by thousands of years ago. The researchers noted the high organization of cities, their brilliant planning. The sewerage system of the ancient Indians was so developed that not all Asian cities can compete with them.

Mediterranean civilization of Osiris. In those days when Atlantis and Harappa existed in the basin of the present Mediterranean Sea, there was a large fertile valley. The civilization that existed there became the progenitor ancient egypt with his dynasties. It was called the Civilization of Osiris. In those days, the Nile flowed quite differently and it was called Styx. The river did not flow into the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt, but turned west, forming a huge lake in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe present center of the sea. From there the river flowed out in the area between Malta and Sicily and flowed into the Atlantic near Gibraltar (then the Pillars of Hercules). With the destruction of Atlantis, the waters of the ocean slowly flooded the entire basin, flooding the cities of the Osirians and forcing them to relocate. It is this theory that explains how megalithic remains ended up at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. Archaeologists do not hide the fact that there are more than two hundred sunken cities at the bottom of the sea. The Egyptian civilization, like the Minoan, located in Crete, as well as the Mycenaean, Greek, are traces of a single ancient Osirian culture. That civilization was able to build megalithic structures that could withstand earthquakes. As in Atlantis, the locals used electricity, airships, and other vehicles using electricity. Maltese mysterious paths found under water may be part of the ancient transport route of the Mediterranean civilization. The best example of its technology can be considered an amazing platform found in the Lebanese Baalbek. Its main part consists of large cut rock blocks, each of which weighs from 1200 to 1500 tons. Scientists believe that this work has not yet been completed.

Uighur civilization. Many ancient cities were once located on the site of the current Gobi Desert during the time of Atlantis. Now there is only land scorched by the sun and it is hard to believe that once the ocean was splashing here, life was seething. No significant traces of civilization have yet been found. But there are many references to vimanas (ancient flying machines) in this area, as well as other technical devices. The famous researcher Nicholas Roerich spoke about observations of some flying discs just in the region of northern Tibet in the 30s. Many believe that the elders of Lemuria transferred part of their culture even before the cataclysm that destroyed their civilization, just to the then uninhabited plateau in Central Asia. Now here is the mysterious Tibet. It was then that the elders founded a school called the Great White Brotherhood. The great Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, before his death, went to the legendary land of Hsi Wang Mu, which, perhaps, was the possession of the mysterious White Brotherhood.

Tiwanaku. Like the civilization of Mu and Atlantis in South America, construction was also carried out on a megalithic scale in the construction of earthquake-resistant buildings. Although public and residential buildings were built from ordinary stone, an unusual polygonal technology was used. As a result, the buildings are still standing today. ancient capital Peru, the city of Cusco, even today it's pretty populated city, although it was built before the Incas, thousands of years ago. In the business part of the city, most of the buildings are still united by walls that were laid out centuries ago. The relatively young buildings built by the Spaniards are already being destroyed, while the ancient structures are standing. A few hundred kilometers to the south separate Cusco from the fantastic ruins of Puma Punqui, perched high in the Bolivian altiplano. It is not far from here to Tiahuanaco, a huge megalithic place, where 100-ton blocks are scattered everywhere by an unknown force. Once upon a time, South America was subjected to a grandiose cataclysm caused by a pole shift. The former oceanic ridge is now located at an altitude of almost 4 kilometers in the Andes. Indirectly confirm this version and a lot of oceanic fossils around Lake Titicaca.

Mayan civilization. Surprisingly, the Mayan pyramids found in Central America have their twin counterparts on the Indonesian island of Java. On the slopes of Mount Lavu near Surakarta in the central part of the island, there is an amazing temple with a step pyramid and a stone stele, which, it seems, should have been found in South America. After all, such a pyramid is actually identical to those found in Washaktun, near Tikal. The Mayan civilization could boast of its achievements in the field of mathematics and astronomy, the cities of these ancients existed in harmony with nature. On the Yucatan Peninsula, the Maya built their garden cities and canals. The mentioned Edgar Cayce said that the records of the knowledge of the Maya and other ancient civilizations are stored in three places on the planet. First of all, in Atlantis, whose temples may yet be discovered under centuries of bottom sediments, for example, in the Bimini area off the coast of Florida. The second part is found in Egyptian temple records, and the last part is in America, on the Yucatan Peninsula. Somewhere there is an ancient hall of records, which can be located anywhere, for example, in an underground chamber under one of the pyramids. Some researchers claim that the vault contains quartz crystals that are capable of storing a large amount of information, similar to modern CDs.

Ancient China. This civilization is also known as China Hanshui. It originated from the vast Pacific continent of Mu. In ancient Chinese records, there are descriptions of celestial chariots and jade production, which was also the Maya. And the ancient languages ​​of these peoples are very similar. Scientists note the strong mutual influence of South America and China, both in the field of trade and in symbolism, mythology and linguistics. The ancient Chinese are credited with amazing discoveries - rockets, earthquake detectors, printing, and even toilet paper. In the middle of the 20th century, archaeologists discovered aluminum tape, created several thousand years ago with the help of electricity.

Ancient Israel and Ethiopia. The Ethiopian book Kebra Negast, like the ancient texts of the Bible, tells about the high technologies of this civilization. Thus, the temple in Jerusalem was located on three giant blocks of hewn stone, similar to those found in Baalbek. Now on the site of Solomon's temple there is a Muslim mosque, its foundations are rooted in the civilization of Osiris. Solomon's temple itself was an example of megalithic construction; the Ark of the Covenant was kept here. It is assumed that it was an ancient electrical generator that killed those who inadvertently touched it. The ark itself, as well as the golden statue, were once carried by Moses from the King's chamber to Great Pyramid at the time of the Exodus.

Sun's Kingdom pacific ocean. After the sinking of the Mu continent into the ocean, due to the shift of the poles, the islands of land in the Pacific Ocean were inhabited by the races of China, India, America and Africa. On the islands of Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia, the Aroe civilization formed, which left behind megalithic platforms, statues, roads and pyramids. So, in New Caledonia, cement columns were found, which are from 7 to 13 thousand years old! On Easter Island, the statues were arranged in a clockwise spiral around the island, and on the island of Pohnpei, a huge stone island once existed. Today, the Polynesian peoples of Tahiti, New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter believe that their ancestors could move freely between islands and even fly.

What secrets do lost civilizations keep? Do we need to unravel these mysteries? The Eternal Stones are reluctant to reveal their secrets. Will they help to figure out who we are now and who we will be tomorrow?
By presenting information about ten disappeared ancient civilizations, we hope that they will help.

1 Hyperborea (Country behind the north wind - Borea)

Mentions of a mysterious country beyond the North Pole go back centuries, to the seventh century BC. The purity of the thoughts of the Aryans, their peacefulness and diligence were approved by higher powers, which taught the Hyperboreans to be able to do almost everything. Aircrafts, beautiful buildings, decorated with golden pyramids, communication with the gods made life long and happy.
They are looking for Hyperborea, trying to find the secrets of immortality and acquire supernatural abilities and knowledge. Whoever honors the book of knowledge of the Hyperboreans, then he will control the Universe. According to rumors, in 1920, a Russian expedition found evidence of the existence of the most ancient civilization of the Hyperboreans on Kola Peninsula. However, humanity never learned about the results of the research: all members of the expedition were destroyed by the NKVD. Materials of another, but already German expedition to North Pole were classified, then disappeared.
Where did Hyperborea go? Researchers are talking about a planetary catastrophe - a blow from space destroyed it. The survivors had to leave native land. They moved south, bringing their knowledge to the world.

2 Atlantis (an island that has sunk into eternity, 9 thousand 500 years BC)

lives in history for about two thousand years. "Atlantis is not fiction - a real-life state of demigods," Plato argued. Since then, 50 points of the alleged flooding of the island have been plotted on the world map. According to Plato's dialogues, the six-meter-high Atlanteans created a civilization that was too modern for its time. They were able to melt metal, process any materials, rise beyond the atmosphere on aircraft.
Why did Atlantis disappear? Gradually, the greed and pride of the Atlanteans reached a peak - a point of no return. The demigods began to degenerate. The enraged Zeus decided to "nullify" the program of the existence of these demigods - the abyss of the sea became a way to solve the problem.
There are several versions that not all Atlanteans died. Some researchers are convinced that some of the inexplicable discoveries on Earth belong to the surviving Atlanteans, others are sure that the Atlanteans turned into dolphins, which today have received personality status. The search continues.

3 Shambhala

Researchers are looking for another mythical country described in the legends of many peoples - Shambhala.
Some orientalists are sure of the existence of such a state as early as the 3rd-2nd century BC. BC. People have lost their spirituality, Shambhala has ceased to be visible to them, but has not disappeared. The inhabitants of a country of high civilization have vast knowledge. They secretly help the best representatives of humanity to move the development of the planet in the right direction. Expeditions different countries looking for a mysterious country in the Himalayas. Finding the entrance to it means gaining the knowledge of the ancients, touching the creator's wisdom, moving to a new stage of development. If the "City of the Gods" is found, the door to Shambhala will also be found. Researcher Ernst Muldashev claims the discovery of the "City of the Gods" in Tibet. The “door” to it looks very much like a human DNA molecule. Scientists called the find "the matrix of life." The door to Shambhala, according to legend, will be opened when humanity is cleansed of material dependence, becomes disinterested and spiritually enlightened - that is, it is ready to meet with a higher civilization.

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An unknown people appeared in 4 thousand BC in the Southern Mesopotamia on the lands of ancient Mesopotamia. No one knew where this people came from and where their historical roots were. They brought with them extraordinary knowledge in the field of arithmetic and geometry, possessed writing using cuneiform. The Sumerians had a deep understanding of the structure of the solar system, artificial insemination. Legends and myths of other peoples are based on the mythology of the Sumerians. They possessed knowledge and technologies that came much later with the advent of computers. The Sumerians knew about the existence of the planet Nubiru - a hidden planet solar system. Linguists cannot define a language that would have common roots with Sumerian. Researcher Zecharia Sitchin, who deciphered the Sumerian language, is convinced that the Sumerians came to Earth from the planet Nubiru in search of gold. The best part of those who arrived returned to Nubiru, the rest stood at the origins of the birth of civilization.
What happened to the Sumerians? This is a big mystery. About 2 million people disappeared overnight without leaving any trace behind. Where did the ancient Sumerians go? Most likely, they mixed with other ethnic groups and formed a new people, the Babylonians, the Sumerians disappeared, leaving knowledge to people.

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One of the first civilizations in Europe. Appeared for several centuries before the first settlements in Egypt and Mesopotamia. It existed in 6-3 thousand BC. on the territory of the Danube-Dnieper interfluve on the site of modern Ukraine, Romania and Moldova.
A well-established economic mechanism, the manufacture of unique painted pottery were combined with high spirituality, following traditions, and a passion for magic.
This ancient civilization is interesting for the strange custom of burning their own villages every 60-80 years. Excavations of ancient settlements have shown that each family had a set magic symbols: swastikas, crosses, spirals. Yin-yang symbols were also found. Scientists cannot yet explain how these symbols could be used, if the existence of China in Europe was known only after several millennia. Civilization ceased to exist in 3 thousand BC. All versions of a possible disappearance are not supported by evidence.

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Central America - from here in the 2nd century. BC. the Mayan peoples began to descend into the plains and created great empire. Temples, pyramids, writing, a perfect calendar, knowledge of astronomy, developed agriculture are the main achievements of the Mayan people known to us. This civilization is one of the most mysterious on the planet. Perfect scientific discoveries have come down to our days as predictions, which, however, have a real basis. The highest flowering of civilization is its golden age of the 7th-10th centuries. However, the Maya mysteriously left the cities forever, where the Maya disappeared is not known. The next stage for the rest of the Maya civilization was the arrival of Europeans, how it ended is known to everyone.

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The powerful Hittite state existed in the 7th-8th century BC. in Asia Minor. Historical sources contain information that the Hittites came from the Balkan Peninsula, founding several city-states. They began to develop crafts, build roads, etc. According to another version, people from the Balkans were warlike conquerors who conquered the already existing state of the Hatti peoples on that territory and took his name. At the height of its power, the Hittite state leaves the political arena. The unexpected disappearance of a strong state still causes a lot of assumptions and hypotheses among specialists. Another riddle added in 1963. In Turkey, in one of the villages, the largest underground city to date was accidentally discovered. Its construction began with the Hittites. This metropolis amazes with thoughtfulness and scale. 12 floors of the city can simultaneously accommodate 50 thousand people. human.
How could the underground civilization of the Hittites exist unnoticed? What other mysteries will this unsolved mystery present to scientists?

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Only a satellite can see 700 geometric shapes, 30 images of animals and birds, thirteen thousand stripes and lines left to us by an ancient lost civilization. The time of its existence is the period from 300 AD. to 800 AD
On google maps it looks like this
How are drawings made on the ground of such impressive dimensions, which do not disappear in time? For what purpose, by whom and to whom was the information transmitted in such an amazing way? These questions from scientific point visions remain unanswered to this day. The Nazca civilization disappeared in the eighth century. The reason for the disappearance is unknown. The alien version of the existence and disappearance of civilization is indirectly confirmed by a strange phenomenon - scientists have recorded the release of an unidentified nature of energies in the form of a cosmic ray descending up to five times a year on a spiral pattern twisted in different sides. Another mystery was added to this: pyramids were found in the soil of the Nazca desert, which cannot be studied, because. excavations are temporarily prohibited here.

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Appeared in the Gulf of Mexico 3000 years ago. No traces of the origin of this civilization have been found. The Olmecs did not leave information about their language, race, religion. Only the ruins of the pyramids, majestic sculptures, children's toys and huge stone heads of representatives of the Negroid race on the plateau were found. They are the main mystery of the Olmec civilization.

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Sensational find in South Africa can redefine the history of mankind. The remains of a metropolis have been discovered, which testify to the existence of a civilization, perhaps the oldest on earth. Until now, it was believed that there were no developed civilizations of antiquity in Africa - only savages and cannibals lived there. Studies of stones by radiocarbon method indicated that the age of buildings is from 160 thousand to 200 thousand years BC. In these places, the oldest gold mines were previously found in in large numbers, which in itself indicated the possibility of the existence of an ancient civilization here. But the found metropolis removed all doubts - the most ancient civilization of Africa and, apparently, the world was found.

Traces of lost civilizations appear in different places on the planet. Any messages about new discoveries of ancient civilizations give humanity a chance to change the future by studying and understanding its past.