A Beacon in the Land of Pharaohs: What the Great Pyramid Looked Like More than 4000 Years Ago

Though I've never had the pleasure to visit Egypt and contemplate the massive splendor of the Great Pyramid (yet), modern tourists will never truly grasp why sheer size and geometric perfection weren't the only things that made this monument the biggest wonder of the Ancient World.

That's because what remains of the pyramid attributed to the pharaoh Khufu is now almost completely devoid of its outer layer of highly polished limestone blocks, which would have made it look shiny white to the naked eye, and easy to spot for many miles around - a vision Egyptologist Dr. Jacquelyn Williamson has tried to recreate using the magic of CGI for a documentary produced by the Smithsonian channel.

I hope the documentary remembers to mention an oft-forgotten aspect in the mystery of the Great Pyramid: that of the missing capstone, which some believed was made of pure gold -- and which was supposedly going to be replaced as part of a grandiose ceremony at the start of the current millennium.

Seeing how the structure was covered in a bright material such as limestone, it makes sense the top portion of the pyramid, which would have been hit first by the ray of the rising sun, should have been made of an equally-reflective or more reflective substance, in order to turn it into a beacon presiding over the land of the pharaohs, bringing forth illumination from the realm of the gods.

Source: http://www.dailygrail.com/

Is This Real or Fake? An Alien Allegedly Photographed In Laguna

A picture believed to have captured an alien is making a scene in Victoria, Laguna. However, the residents were not alarmed because they know that the said photo may be photoshopped.

The news report below is not in English, but it contains all the images. Check it out:

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Man in Rock Hill Reports ORB on Surveillance Cam and Holes in Yard

A Rock Hill man believed that recent “strange activity” could possibly be from alien origin, his evidenced included an unidentified flying object and three holes in his yard. This past weekend, he reported the incident to York County deputies.

He told the deputies that there was a history of break-ins on his property, then he showed the Rock Hill officers his surveillance cam video of a “small bright ball fly on screen, hover for a few seconds, then fly off again.” The man also brought the officers to his yard where he claims three mysterious holes mysteriously appeared in his yard, he commented that the grass was “pressed down in a circular pattern.”

Rock Hill officers proceeded to tell the man that they saw “nothing criminal” about the video or the marks in the yard.

Source: http://globalflare.com/

Moon size UFO near sun may be evidence of Type II alien civilization

A moon sized UFO appeared near the sun in film footage captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory recording solar activity in a video uploaded to Youtube on November 2. 

According to a post on UFO Sightings Daily released today, the UFO has an unusual geometry comprising right angles that leads to the conclusion that it is of alien origin. 

The UFO appears to have a trail of solar particles behind it in the film footage of large solar flare activity originally recorded on October 28. If the UFO is of alien origin, it would be a dramatic example of a Type II extraterrestrial civilization able to harness solar energy according to the Kardashev scale of a civilization’s technological advancement.

The November 2 video shows large solar flare activity in the form of coronal loops occurring near the sun on October 28 as recorded by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The film footage was recorded by the SDO ultraviolent instrument called the Extreme ultraviolet Variability Experiment(EVE). EVE provides dramatic real time footage of the sun which is regularly released to the public as still shots and short movies. NASA SDO film footage of coronal loops recorded from October 26 to 29 is available here.

According to Scott Waring from UFO Sightings Daily:

We have a nice close up of the UFO and behind it you can see there is a trail of solar particles in its wake. This UFO has a really interesting geometric form to it. Notice the uneven shape with many right angles to it. Maybe aliens don't want humanity to know about them yet, but I say why wait for an invitation. We may not be able to shake their hands, but we sure as heck can track their ships near our sun. SCW

The unusual geometry and the solar trail behind the UFO suggest it is not a camera anomaly due to pixelation. Another possibility, that the UFO is a comet is not likely given its proximity to the sun. This makes it plausible that the moon sized UFO interacting with the sun is an alien spacecraft. The long solar trail may be evidence that the UFO is harnessing the Sun’s plasma energy suggesting that it belongs to a Type II extraterrestrial civilization according to the Kardashev scale.

The Kardashev scale of extraterrestrial civilizations was developed by Soviet Astronomer Nikoli Kardashev in 1964, and distinguished between extraterrestrial civilizations based on their ability to harness different types of energy at a macro scale. A Type I civilization harnesses energy at planetary level, a Type II uses energy at a solar level, while Type III civilizations use galactic level energies. The November 2 video of the moon sized UFO near the sun may be evidence that our solar system is being visited by very advanced extraterrestrial civilizations that can harness the sun's plasma energy.

Source: http://www.examiner.com/

Bizarre cloud spotted above seaside town, freaks everyone out

On Monday at approximately 1 p.m., something strange happened in the small, seaside town of Wonthaggi. A resident by the name of Carol spotted an unidentified rainbow object in the sky.

Was it a doorway into another realm? Had the aliens finally arrived? Wonthaggi, 132 kilometres out of Melbourne, knew it must have a purpose — was this it?

Carol did what many residents would have done: she called radio station 3AW in a cry for help. By this stage, the town was in a panic, posting photos of various sightings on Twitter, begging for answers. It felt like it may be the final communication before the world reached its colourful end.

Fear not, humankind. Michael Efron from the Bureau of Meterology saved the day.

“It looks like a fallstreak cloud, also known as a punch hole cloud,” he told Fairfax Media.

“They form when the water temperature in the cloud is below freezing, but the water has not yet frozen due to a lack of ice nucleation particles. In this case, when the water does start to freeze, it falls down to the surface … so you’re left with this cloud surrounding it, this clear area.”

As you were, everyone.

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Source: http://alien-ufo-sightings.com/

The Creepiest Places You Can Visit in Europe (But Should Probably Avoid).

If you're looking for something spooky to do in Europe this Halloween, there are many eerie sights to see...if you dare. While there are no grand tours for the scariest sights across the continent, you can easily plan a trip for yourself. These are some of the best places to visit if you're looking to shake in your boots.

1.) The Crypt Of Santa Maria

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This creepy crypt is located in Rome, Italy. Thousands of bones line the walls, including skeletons left fully in tact and placed in traditional robes for everyone to get spooked.

2.) Maunsell Forts

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In the U.K., these abandoned forts from WWII are enough to give anyone the willies.

3.) Skull Chapel

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Poland is home to this intricate arrangement of bones known as Skull Chapel. The main chapel with made of the remains of over 3,000 people, and this was built by ONE MAN.

4.) City of the Dead

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This Russian hillside seems like a nice little cottage community, but those little houses are really tombs. They are filled with possessions, clothing, and of course, bodies.

5.) Pripyat

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In the wake of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, this Ukrainian town was abandoned due to the dangerous radiation levels. It is one of the spookiest and most dangerous ghosts towns you can visit.

6.) Sedlec Ossuary

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Thought to contain the remains of up to 70,000 people, this creep show in the Czech Republic was created in 1870. The bones were exhumed over 300 years, when the current church was constructed and bodies were taken from a mass grave of 14th century plague victims.

7.) Bran Castle

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Transylvania, Romania. Ring a bell? It should, because that is the fictional hometown of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The castle where he got his inspiration is the one seen above, the castle of the cruel leader, Vlad the Impaler.

8.) Miranda Castle

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Belgium is home to one of the creepiest old castles in the world. This foreboding Gothic castle served as an orphanage for much of the 20th century. Since 1990, it was totally abandoned and is now (perhaps unsurprisingly) said to be haunted. Children’s dolls lay scattered throughout some of the rooms – a ghoulish reminder of the castle’s history.

9.) The Catacombs of Palermo

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This Sicilian monastery buried their monks beneath the church...until one day, when they began mummifying and hanging them on the wall in their Sunday best.

10.) Old Jewish Cemetery

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Established about 600 years ago, the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague contains more than 12,000 tombstones. However, many more thousands of people are thought to be buried there. The reason for the extreme overcrowding is due to Jewish religious law, which prohibits the disturbance of graves.

11.) Hill of Crosses

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No one is quite sure how or why this small patch of land in northern Lithuania became a site for hundreds of thousands of crosses. Yet the tradition is well and truly cemented, as thousands more appear each year (these days mainly from Catholic pilgrims). At first glance, it looks like an incredibly crowded burial ground, but as far as anyone knows, there isn’t a single grave here.

12.) SS America

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This magnificent vessel was built in America in 1939 and served as a cruise liner and US Navy ship for half a century. At the time of its construction, the SS America was the pride of the U.S. maritime industry and a pinnacle of ship design. As the years passed, the competition from newer and faster ships led to its demise. It was eventually sold to a Thai company planning to renovate it into a floating hotel off the coast of Phuket. However, when it was towed from Greece, the SS America was caught in a thunderstorm. It was eventually wrecked off the coast of the Canary Islands in Spain.

13.) Capuchin Crypt

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This recently discovered crypt is another creepy place to visit in the Czech Republic. This ghoulish crypt beneath the Holy Cross Church in Brno is home to 24 former monks and churchgoers, who were entombed hundreds of years ago. Each of their heads is propped up by a pillow of bricks, and they all clutch an ancient rosary in their folded arms.

If you were planning a Halloween trip to Europe, hopefully these can help get you in the spirit. If you're looking to avoid Halloween, now you know where you shouldn't go! Either way, maybe it's best to stay out of a place made entirely out of skeletons at all times.

Source: http://www.viralnova.com/

(VIDEO) Yowie found in Douglas cave?

A local adventurer has captured footage of what he says is a mythical creature called a 'Nephilim' deep within a cave somewhere in Douglas Shire. 

The footage, viewable here, comes after sightings of a ‘yowie’ creature reported on the front page of the Port Douglas Gazette last week.

The Nephilim Hunter, as he is known, delved deep into the cave - the location of which is is a closely-guarded secret - on an expedition to find an ancient relic called the ‘Eye of Ra’.

Colleagues reviewing the footage later saw that the torch attached the Hunter’s pole-mounted video camera had illuminated a dark alcove in the tunnel wall, revealing what appears to be a silent and immobile humanoid figure, crouching down with its arms folded over its legs. 

The Hunter estimates that the creature would be nearly three metres tall when standing straight. 

“Normally I know the smell of these things but one of the guys had a flaming torch so I couldn’t catch his scent over the kerosene,” the Hunter told the Newsport in an exclusive interview.

“We walked out unharmed, so we know it wasn’t there to harm us.”

In Hebrew mythology, Nephilim was the name given to the descendants of fallen angels and human women. 

The Hunter points out common depictions of Nephilim-like creatures throughout the mythologies of cultures across the globe, including the Dreamtime figures of Aboriginal Mythology, carvings on the Angkor Wat jungle temple in Cambodia and the animal-headed gods of the ancient Egyptian pantheon.

The Nephilim are expected to rise from beneath the earth to the surface during a 24-hour eclipse in the future.

The Hunter has a long history exploring the unknown regions around Douglas Shire and has had many close encounters with creatures believed by most to not exist. 

He will be returning to the cave in the near future to complete his exploration and, if he returns alive, may bring back more evidence of these otherworldly creatures.

What do you think? Are there creatures out there unknown to the public or is it all a load of bunk?

Source: http://www.tourismportdouglas.com.au/