UnManifest History

2022-05-29 19:00:02 Those who have not heard of electric guns that fire without gunpowder and use the power of a magnet are behind the times.

And he was about 100 years behind. In June 1932, the magazine Modern Mechanix reported on the achievements of science, and in fact continued the work of Tesla and the Russian inventor Filippov.

"Silent cannons sending their whistling messengers of death into the sky at speeds far in excess of those now attained by gunpowder shells seem likely for the next war, using magnetic fields so powerful for motion that when short-circuited they cause miniature earthquakes."

Promising developments, expectedly, got lost-forgotten, and people went back to gunpowder weapons and gasoline and gasoline-powered vehicles. Open / Comment

2022-05-29 08:00:01 The Aswan vase dates back more than 2,000 years.

What is unusual about a simple basalt bowl? High precision manufacturing and machining

In the opinion of a modern turner, such artifacts cannot be made without the use of specialized machines - you can't saw this by hand, but what machines 2,000 years ago?

The vase has such a precise and well-defined thickness of 6 centimeters, that one can only wonder at the skills of the ancient craftsmen. Or the precision of their looms. Open / Comment

2022-05-28 19:00:06 A surviving 13th- and 14th-century Chinese drawing depicts Genghis Khan on a falconry hunt, with blue eyes, a thick red beard, and all the attributes of a white man. Open / Comment

2022-05-28 07:01:35 Babylonian tablets with astronomical calculations

The Babylonians were excellent astronomers, and many of their tablets correctly described the movements of the stars. But the tablet below, which is now preserved in a London museum, is unique.

The fact is that this tablet calculates the path of Jupiter across the sky...using the methods of modern mathematics. Using integrals and velocity-time diagrams!

These methods did not appear in modern mathematics until the 17th century with the light hand of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz. This plate ... should not be there!

Where did the Babylonians get their knowledge of mathematical analysis? Historians are waving their hands. Open / Comment

2022-05-27 18:00:11 There are things in history that do not like to be told and are not taught in school.

Russian history does not like to mention the famine of 1891 - 1892, which covered the Volga River region and the southern provinces. The reason for it used to be called adverse weather conditions, but it was omitted that Russia exported large quantities of wheat every year. 

People were dying out their families and villages. At the same time the Emperor Alexander III denied the existence of famine, saying: 

I have no starving people, only those who suffered from crop failure.

According to rough estimates, 10,000 tons of valuable cargo arrived in the Russian Empire, which was distributed to the starving with a grandiose American flag. It was this moment that Aivazovsky depicted on his canvas. Open / Comment

2022-05-27 09:41:06 In India, the villagers of Peramalla Padu have found and excavated an ancient temple, which, for the past 80 years was under a layer of sand. It is believed that it was built about 200 years ago.

The elders said the sanctuary was completely buried under a layer of silt and sand when the Penna River changed its course. It happened so quickly that the locals did not have time not only to save the temple itself, but also to remove the relics from it.

And only now, on their own initiative, have the villagers excavated the temple.

By the way, during the excavations, the villagers came across a statue of Shiva. The find has already attracted the interest of scientists.

You can see that they didn't dig up the whole temple, but only the top of it. How deep would a river have to be to bring the whole temple and for what reason did it change its course? Open / Comment

2022-05-26 18:00:12 A sapphire ring with an incredibly detailed portrait that is 2,000 years old

This almost two thousand year old sapphire ring is not only aesthetically impeccable, it also has a fascinating history.

It is thought to have belonged to Caligula, the Roman tyrant and his illustrious emperor. The reign was short-lived and ended with the assassination of Caligula by the Praetorian Guard.

How did people of that era have the means to make such a work of art? Open / Comment

2022-05-26 09:17:17 In St. Petersburg in Peterhof (Russia) there is the so-called Island of Ruins.

Officially it is believed that during the construction of the Engineering Castle, left "extra" columns and, on this island, from them erected artificial ruins in the style of an ancient Greek temple.

Why and why it was necessary to do - history is silent.

But it is obvious to everyone that it makes no sense. Therefore the mystery of these ruins clearly requires another explanation.

The columns are clearly made in the ancient style. Open / Comment

2022-05-25 16:00:04 On the old German map of the 18th century, the Russian borders run through the Urals, despite the annexation of Siberia back in the late 16th century.

Maybe the Germans made a mistake?
Then the Greeks and the Russians themselves were mistaken when they erected the monument "Grateful Russia" in memory of the events of the War of 1812.

The first time was an accident, the second a coincidence, the third a regularity. Open / Comment

2022-05-25 08:00:02 On the photo: Pompeian mosaic in the Palazzo Massimo.
Located in the National Museum of Rome.

Note: there is a lemon in the fruit vase.

Official data:
Pompeii - Destroyed in the 1st century.
Lemon - Came to Europe in the 12th century... Open / Comment