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Stonehenge is one of the great archeological wonders of the world, a megalithic monument that surprises with its majesty and the amount of questions it raises both in terms of its meaning and usefulness and how it was built with precarious means of the time.And it is that Stonehenge was built between 3,000 and 1,600 BC near the town of Amesbury, County Wiltshire, England .This chromlech-type megalithic building is undoubtedly the most impressive witness of megalithic culture.In this article we bring you closer to one of its greatest mysteries: Where do Stonehenge's famous blue stones come from? The structure of Stonehenge It is formed by two large concentric circles and formed by large stones of several tons of weight.The outer circle is about 30 meters in diameter and is composed of rectangular sandstone stones topped s by other stones placed horizontally forming lintels. In the interior there is another circle of smaller size , but this one is built with blocks of sandst...

The deepest cave in the world has several names: the cave of Voronia, cave of Krubera-Voronya or cave of Kruber.Surely Julio Verne would have baptized it with a more original name, and would have used it without doubt as a fantastic context for some of his novels.The truth is that today we do not know what its exact depth is, but what has been explored so far indicates a depth of nothing more and nothing less than 2,191 meters. The cave of Voronia and its unexplored depths To visit it, and if you risk an adventure with your caving team, you should approach the Arabian mazizo of the mountains of Gagra, in the republic Autonomous of Abkhazia in Georgia.A little far right? But the trip should be worth it if you are one of those who have a curious and risky spirit. Until 2004 the depth record achieved by the research teams was in the very acceptable 1710 meters.throughout 2004 and 2005, and through three complex expeditions by the CAVEX team , it reached already at 2140, finding ...

The ancient Egyptian civilization continues to fascinate academic experts and the general public alike, due to the incredible architectural feats and the enigmatic culture that characterized them, especially the beautiful pyramids that have adorned the desert for millennia.past since the time they were erected and Egyptian society has gone through innumerable changes, so it is worth asking if, in fact, the current Egyptians are descendants of the pyramid builders .Discover the answer. The current Egyptians and their ancestors, what do they share so much? To answer this question, it is logical to refer to the numerous genetic studies that have led to out in the modern Egyptian population and the incredibly preserved mummies of their ancestors. Contamination by microorganisms and by the management of the remains are obstacles to the recovery of ancient DNA.This reason, most DNA studies have been carried out in the modern populations of Egypt with the intention of learning abo...

In this article, we are going to talk about one of the most exotic countries of the Asian continent.Vietnam is one of the destinations that is becoming more fashionable today because it offers many alternatives especially for the more adventurous.If you want to know the most incredible curiosities of Vietnam, this article is made for you. Discover them! Centuries and centuries old, wars and millenary traditions...Each corner of its different Landscapes will surprise and captivate you.Among these words you will find the help to live a season with the inhabitants of this wonderful country and you will know the most emblematic customs of the area. Encourage them to read! Content Index 25 very exotic curiosities of Vietnam | Enjoy all its traditions! 1.In this country live almost 92 million people , being in the top fifteen of the most populous countries on planet Earth. 2.One of the most striking curiosities of Vietnam is that in this Asian country there are fifteen milli...

If you are a fan of animated shorts in general, you should not miss "Johnny Express" .Usually, this kind of delicious productions of just over 5 or 10 minutes, always have in the power to touch the most sensitive fiber of our emotions, of our feelings. With Johnny Express you will laugh, you will laugh a lot , but we also know that an instant will come that you will simply be out of breath.So, if you already knew this short, please ask us not to reveal the end on social networks, do not forward spoilers to your friends if you share it with them. The magic of the shorts lasts a few minutes and must be lived until the end! Johnny Express, the worst package delivery company in the world The Johnny Express company does not yet exist, in fact, it will appear on our commercial horizon in the year 2150.A distant future where it is supposed, man has already reached a level of technology so refined and powerful, that he has calmly initiated a package delivery service t...

Science fiction is a literary and cinematographic genre that usually generates opposite feelings in the public; there are so many people who love science fiction as people who hate it.Some (among those who include me) enjoy reading and imagining how the future will be or how other alternative realities could be, others instead get bored thinking that science fiction is mere speculations that little or nothing have to do with reality or with a possible reality. In Curious we already made an article about the 10 best fantasy novels and in this article we are going to see the 10 best science books ficcion.Of course as the taste for books is something subjective and not at all accurate there will be those who largely coincide with this list, others that match a little and others that do not match at all.In any case I invite you to share in the comments that add books and which quitarias.Instead of turning the possible comments into a discussion, let's turn them into a large collecti...

The task of the cartographers has never been an easy job.In ancient times they were subject not only to the precariousness of the data to make their maps, but also to the religious and political conceptions of the world.These imposed their criteria and In most cases, they forced the cartographer to reflect his ideas in his letters, which is why it is so interesting to study and know the ancient maps of the world, since they offer us much more than some data that, in many cases, are completely erroneous from the current perspective.In Curious we had the opportunity to approach a mysterious map that has raised a lot of controversy, The enigmatic map of Piri Reis and on this occasion we wanted to approach 5 Ancient Maps of the Bestial World to discover how they saw the world our ancestors. The oldest maps in history are not those of Greece and Rome.Millennia before there were people who were dedicated to draw maps or plans of the world that r Odeaba.Although scholars do not agree on ...

Even if you feel you are unique, among the seven billion people on earth there may be someone who has an incredible resemblance to you, that is, a doppleganger .If this fact has ever caused you curiosity, You may be pleased to know that it is possible to find that person through a new online service.Find out what is going on. Finding your doppleganger can be as easy as clicking The idea of the doppleganger has inspired writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov, and few are immune to the intrigue one feels when a friend claims to have found someone who had an exact resemblance to him on the bus. The word is the German word with which they designate a "spooky double" of a living person.The word comes from the term doppel , which means "double »And ganger :« walking ».Its oldest form, cradled by the novelist Jean Paul in 1796, is Doppeltganger , 'he who walks to the side'. In the literature, they use this word to refer to the "evil twin" o...

Spain, is a country that houses cities with great beauty either in the North or in the South.In this article by Curious, we are going to tell you about one of the cities with the most elf in all of Andalusia.> the best curiosities of Cordoba , so that you discover this wonderful Spanish city. Cordoba is a city with a mixture of tremendous roots and through which the most important artists and personalities of the history of Spain, in all its epochs.If you want to discover the mark that they left or review some of the curiosities of Cordoba that you already knew, this article is made for you. Discover it! Content Index 25 Curiosities of Cordoba with a lot of elf 1.Cordoba had the honor of being, at one time, the largest city in the world .Specifically in the 10th century, a million inhabitants lived there. 2.Coriously, there are other Cordobas in the world, in Argentina and Mexico two cities share a name with the Spanish. 3.It is one of the few places that can boa...

Viking rituals are part of the best known and studied of antiquity, because of how shocking they were and, of course, how useful they are to help us understand how the Vikings lived. Today we will dedicate the present Curious article to discover how was the Viking funeral , an activity that was carried out every time someone from this Nordic town died naturally or was killed.If you are interested in discovering 10 curiosities of this incredible ritual, read on ! The Viking funeral was a ritual that today has records from the poems of this time .Of course, his study has been conducted exhaustively and has been discovered really interesting practices that have allowed us to obtain the greatest amount of data from this ritual.Then we share 10 data of the Viking funerals that, without a doubt, will leave you speechless. 10 Functions of the Viking funeral | Gifts and fire played a fundamental role 1.The Vikings burned the bodies of dead people in ships , specifically in funeral sh...

The number of Disney company movies grows year after year.They all hide secrets that most of us love to know.As we are so familiar with the films, knowing data that we do not see with the naked eye in the movies gives us a new perspective .On this occasion we bring you 10 secrets of Disney movies cartoons. 10 secrets of Disney movies 1.In 1940, Disney studios released a movie that had no success at its premiere, was "Fantasy." In principle it was thought that the protagonist was "Mudito »Snow White's dwarf.But Disney wanted to throw his mouse, Mickey, to fame, and he was finally the protagonist. 2. The vultures of« The Jungle Book » are inspired by Beatles .Se esp it was that they put the voices and, if not, it was an excuse that they had agenda problems.Actually it was John Lennon who completely veto the project of his manager Brian Epstein . Too bad they didn't sing! 3.Many Disney and Pixar movies show the number A113 .This code c...