Two massive sea creatures found in the world’s largest cave, located in Kentucky
Mammoth Cave tour, Kentucky, Deep South
Hidden beneath [landlocked] Kentucky's rolling hills lies Mammoth Cave, the world's largest known cave system.
Recently, scientists made a jaw-dropping discovery that has rocked the scientific community -- fossils of two massive prehistoric sea creatures (ancient sharks).
The world's largest cave: It has a forest, a river, and clouds inside
(Ruhi Çenet) Vietnam's Son Doong is the largest [known] cave in our planet. To learn more about Son Doong or to visit Son Doong, check out Oxalis's website: oxalisadventure.com.
This cave is so massive that it has a completely self-sustaining ecosystem with its own climate conditions. Hundreds of meters underground, clouds like the ones we're used to seeing in the sky form inside this enclosed cave.
Son Doong even has an untouched prehistoric rainforest hidden far below the surface and a vast underground river.
Flora and fauna
From transparent fish to colorful monkeys, over 250 endemic [found nowhere else but here] plant and animal species live in this underground world. Seven new animal species were recently discovered here and are unique to this place.
Stretching 5.6 miles (9 kilometers) in length, this cave encloses 38.5 million cubic meters of space. Its passages are so enormous that a 40-story skyscraper could fit inside. Its giant stalagmites rise like towers from ancient cities. Walking inside, it’s impossible not to feel as small as a tiny bug.
Son Doong even contains phytokarst rocks, which move towards the sun like semi-living organisms. Rare cave pearls and many other unique formations are also found here.
For 3 million years since its formation, the world had no idea about this cave's existence until it was fully explored in 2009 in Vietnam. Now, it’s time for you to see the largest cave on earth.
Individual access is forbidden to protect both visitors and the fragile environment. This expedition is operated by Oxalis, the only authorized agency.
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Mexico is full of magnificent architecture built by Sky People like Nohoch Mul, Quintana Roo
Where is the world's largest pyramid? It is in Mexico, in CHOLULA, not in Egypt nor in the places with more pyramids than Egypt, namely, Sudan, the Americas, and China.
After 20 years of research, Graham Hancock does not reveal how the pyramids were built
(Business Hook) March 26, 2025: The Great Pyramid of Giza harbors unimaginable secrets. Graham Hancock (grahamhancock.com) has spent decades uncovering its real purpose. Was it just a burial site, or does it align with the forces of the universe? The pyramids mirror Orion's Belt, and the Sphinx may be older than 12,000 years old. Ancient wisdom, lost civilization, and bizarre accuracy, this mystery is profound. Let's crack the case about Egypt's greatest mystery.
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Don't worry who I am. Worry where I am. Mexico and nearby lands are full of pyramids.
Mexico's Great Pyramid of Refuge (Cholula) is shown here defiled by Catholic church.
Lake of Mercury sits under Chinese pyramid (Terracotta Army)
The Great Pyramid of Cholula
Pyramids in Indonesia? You bet!
According to the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ["National Institute of Anthropology and History"] the Great Pyramid of Cholula is also known as Tlachihualtepetl (Nahuatl for "Constructed Mountain" or "Made-by-hand Mountain").
Nahuatl(pronounced \nah-wah\) is the national indigenous language of Mexico, not Spanish which is byproduct of conquest and European imperialism in the Americas. It is that same imperialism and hegemony (conquest and influence) that tried to hide this world-class discovery centuries ago when Catholic-Christian missionaries buried it and built a church on top of it.
Buddhist Borobudur Pyramid is topped by stupas and Buddha statues: hidden by Muslim invaders
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Behind the facade of white stones
Made-by-hand Mountain is a complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. It is the largest archeological site of a pyramid (temple) in the New World -- as well as the largest pyramid by volume known to exist in the world today [1, 2] (though there may be larger ones in Indonesia, Bosnia, Antarctica, and the Moon, not to mention the massive Buddhist pyramid in Java known as Borobudur).
The adobe brick pyramid stands 82 feet (25 meters) [3] above the surrounding plain, which is significantly shorter than the Great Pyramid of Giza's height of 481 feet (146.6 meters), but much wider, measuring 984 by 1,033 feet (300 by 315 meters) in its final form [3], compared to the Great Pyramid of Giza's base dimensions of 756 by 756 feet (230.3 by 230.3 meters) [4].
After and before renditions of the amazing pyramids of Egypt, all white with gold capstone.
Humans may have built the Egyptians but only with help from the space "gods" (devas).
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The pyramid is a temple that traditionally has been viewed as having been dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl [5]. The architectural style of the building was linked closely to that of Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico, although influence from the Gulf Coast is evident as well, especially from El Tajín [6].
Location and etymology
The Cholula archeological zone is situated 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) west of the city of Puebla [7], in the City of Cholula. The pyramid is located in the San Andrés Cholula, Puebla municipality, and marks the area in the center of the city where this municipality begins.
The city is divided into two municipalities called San Andrés and San Pedro. This division originates in the Toltec-Chichimeca conquest of the city in the 12th century. These pushed the former dominant ethnicity of the Olmeca-Xicalanca to the south of the city [8].
These people kept the pyramid as their primary religious center, but the newly dominant Toltec-Chichimecas founded a new temple to Quetzalcoatl where the San Gabriel Monastery is now.
The Toltec-Chichimec people who settled in the area around the 12th century AD named Cholula as Tlachihualtepetl, meaning "artificial" or "handmade hill" [9]. The name cholula has its origin in the ancient Nahuatl word cholollan, which means "place of refuge" [7]. More
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Last weekend, the largest Hindu temple in the United States opened its doors on over 183 acres of former soy farmland in rural Robbinsville, New Jersey.
Standing 191 feet at its highest point and decorated with 10,000 statues, the highly intricate, carved stone Swaminarayan Akshardham is a religious beacon amid fields of green.
However, the temple has also been mired in controversy over allegedly poor labor practices during its nearly 15-year construction, resulting in an ongoing lawsuit and federal investigation, as well as the deaths of two “volunteer” builders. More
What are the world's biggest flowers? From palms with trailing flowerscapes bearing millions of little flowers to giant Rafflesia flowers up to one meter across, to gigantic arum lilies that stand over ten feet (3 meters) tall. Join Stewart McPherson on a quest to discover the world's biggest flowers. This is the second in a series of 14 "World's Most Spectacular Plants" videos.
Race to save Afghanistan's Buddhist treasures: Mes Aynak ("Copper Well")
Archeologists just south of Kabul are racing to preserve one of the richest Buddhist historical sites ever found.
The ancient Buddhist monasteries and statues in Mes Aynak are under threat from a Chinese mining company that plans to raze the area to tap into the world's second largest known copper deposit.
Many fear the (US$) 3 billion dollar mining contract, Afghanistan's biggest commercial deal, will lead to the utter destruction of a [2,600-year] old heritage site [with indications the area has 5,000-year-old artifacts as well]. Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse reports from Mes Aynak.
The Scythians of Central Asia, Shakyians of Gandhara/Afghanistan, were the Buddha's extended family or clan and were very rich settled nomadic warriors along the Silk Road. They renounced, following the example of Prince Siddhartha, and became the monks of the mines (NatGeo).
(NatGeo) Archeologists go in search of Buddhist treasure -- more gold than found in King Tut's tomb and the world's largest Buddha statue in Bamiyan, Afghanistan (ancient Kapilavastu, Gandhara).
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Hundreds of thousands pack streets for annual Halloween Carnaval in West Hollywood
(KCAL 9, Oct. 31, 2016/CBS Los Angeles) From creepy clowns and trolls to sexy Bernie Sanders costumes and Tulsi Gabbards, it's the party of the year in West Hollywood for Carnaval. It can get very sexualized (and is not yet as "family friendly" as it wants to be) with Art Mann walking around.
The Biggest Disease Affecting Humanity: “I’m Not Enough”
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The evidence that there is more to ancient Asian history than we were taught in school is coming in thick and fast.
Find out about cities that are many thousands of years old, about artifacts that curiously resemble modern inventions, and customs and traditions that have their beginnings before modern civilizations.
There are some great mysteries in this world that cannot be explained, as we see with some of these impossible artifacts. We look at details conjuring up the most awe: ancient pyramids, caves, artifacts, and ruins like the Buddhist/Hindu wonders of Angkor Wat -- a temple complex in Cambodia, the largest religious monument in the world.
Technology associated with these relics are then the object of investigation. Rationales remain fact-based against many of the pre-existing theories for the accomplishments of our ancient ancestors.
Their accomplishments and disappearances could have been the result of technologies that to us would appear supernatural in nature or origin.
Local Farmer Wanders Through Jungle and Discovers The World’s Largest Cave
It
was a balmy April day in Vietnam and Hồ Khanh had taken some time to
explore the jungles near his home. He was surrounded by the sounds of
bird calls and buzzing insects, but he overheard something unusual over
the din of the jungle, the sound of wind whistling through something. What Hồ Khanh was about to discover was perhaps the most significant geographic discovery of the past 50 years.
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Archeologists just south of Kabul are racing to preserve one of the richest Buddhist historical sites ever found.
It
was a balmy April day in Vietnam and Hồ Khanh had taken some time to
explore the jungles near his home. He was surrounded by the sounds of
bird calls and buzzing insects, but he overheard something unusual over
the din of the jungle, the sound of wind whistling through something. What Hồ Khanh was about to discover was perhaps the most significant geographic discovery of the past 50 years.
