Horror secrets were discovered in 2013

1500 year massacre fortress, strange treasure in the tomb of ancient people, the large Mayan Red Stone city, mysterious artifact penis . are the most shocking findings among hundreds of secret discoveries hide the history of human shock in 2013

1. The massacre at the 1500-year-old fortress in Sweden

Archaeologists at Lund University unearth an area of ​​Sandby Borg on the island off Öland, Sweden, were stunned to discover the body of a couple on the walls and windows as well as 5 human skeletons in an old grand cannon building from the 5th century.

Massacre fortress in Sweden

This is considered strange because at that time it was a migration period in Scandinavia. The dead are often cremated. In addition, it was found that precious metal artifacts here showed that they were most likely killed by bandits. Excavators believe that there may be hundreds of people who once lived in this fortress.

2. Sarmatian burial ground with strange treasure

The Sarmatian burial ground used to bury the Kurgan was excavated in the summer of 2013 in the Ural steppe, south of Russia, revealing many strange things. Besides dead bodies, there are countless precious artifacts with more than 1000 sophisticated artifacts of strange image engraving stations.

Treasure burial ground

For example, large silver mirrors touch an eagle and gilded bulls, antelope jewelry, 395 gold leaves sewn into pants, shirts and scarves.

All proved a highly golden Kurgan nomadic culture in the first millennium BC that had never been known before.

3. Discovered the Mayan Red Rock city in Campeche

The Mayan Red Rock ruins

In June 2013, a group of archaeologists discovered an ancient Mayan city called Chactún. This 22-hectare city is located in the southeastern area of ​​Campeche, one of the largest lowlands of Central Mexico, existed around 600-900 AD.

4. The epic poem was misunderstood for 200 years because of the extra exclamation point

The verse was misunderstood for 2 centuries

Dr. George Walkden, a historical linguist at the University of Manchester discovered that the first line of a poem Beowulf translated into English in 1815 from the Anglo-Saxon language was misunderstood throughout. 200 years.

According to Dr. Walkden, the first line of Beowulf translated is: 'Listen! We have heard about the power of kings' but in fact it must be: 'We have heard about the power of kings'. Because of the fact that ancient Anglo-Saxon language did not use punctuation. So just add the '!' entry also makes the meaning of the sentence misunderstood.

5. The mystery of Babylon's hanging garden

Real Babylon hanging garden

Babylon's Hanging Gardens believed to have existed since ancient times and was recognized as one of the seven wonders of the world. But before that no one could find any trace of this hanging garden. It was not until 2013, after 20 years of research, that Dr. Stephanie Dalley at Oxford University could find the reason why he could not find convincing evidence of this legendary hanging garden.

Dr. Stephanie Dalley found archaeological evidence that the real hanging garden was built in the 7th century BC at Nineveh, 300 miles from Babylon (not in Babylon), at the beginning of the 7th century BC Originally by the Assyrians under King Sennacherib, in northern Mesopotamia, now in Iraq.

6. Found a 5,000-year-old stone tomb in Switzerland

Stone tombs in Switzerland

An archaeological discovery was sensational when scientists discovered the stone tissue (dolmen) right in the Bern area, Switzerland in February 2013.

At this grave, there are 30 bodies and many Stone Age artifacts buried that were never found before in the northern Alps.

7. Discover a mysterious penis-shaped artifact in New Britain Island

Penis shaped penis

These are artifacts discovered by accident when planting palm trees in New Britain, Papua New Guinea. According to the analysis, these antiquities are made of glass from volcanic origin and carved in the shape of a penis dating from 10000-3000 years ago.

Experts speculate that it may have special significance in adult rituals for men or as a symbol of the power of men in ancient times.