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Mysterious Things Found Frozen in Ice!! From mummies to personal belongings, stay tuned to number 1 to find out what proved to be one of the most important archaeological finds of all time!
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From mummies to personal belongings, stay tuned to number 1 to find out what proved
to be one of the most important archaeological finds of all time!
Number 10: Strange Bacteria.
A team of Russian scientists were digging deep down into the surface of Antarctica,
when they found a very, very old lake.
As strange as it might sound to you, they found a lake below the surface of the Icy
Continent!
This is not a typical phenomenon, but they do exist, and scientists refer to them as
subglacial lakes.
This lake, in particular, is Lake Vostok, and it is the biggest subglacial lake on the
continent of Antarctica.
But finding a subglacial lake wasn’t the strange part…what happened afterwards is more mysterious.
When the team of scientists took some samples, they brought them over for analysis…and
what they found amazed them.
A sample of bacteria from Lake Vostok was completely unique, as they couldn’t find a
match for it anywhere else in the known world.
This made them consider the possibilities of alien origins, as it was hard to explain
the existence of the bacteria otherwise.
However, it turned out that the reason for the unmatchable bacteria was quite simple.
According to scientists, Lake Vostok was isolated for so long that the specific form of bacteria
probably evolved on its own, in a separate mutational path.
Number 9: Swarm of Grasshoppers.
Grasshoppers in ice?
It doesn’t sound right, does it?
Well, you wouldn’t normally associate these insects with snow and ice, but we’re not making
it up.
Actually, there’s a place in Montana, near Cooke City…that’s called “Grasshopper Glacier.”
And the name isn’t a metaphor, as it’s actually a glacier filled with grasshoppers.
Millions of them.
In 1914, there was an analysis which revealed that the grasshoppers inside of this glacier
actually belonged to a species that had gone extinct a couple of centuries before.
The safe guess was that the swarm of grasshoppers, while passing by, had been caught in a huge
blizzard, getting trapped there forever, under a big pile of ice and snow.
And this is not the only type of grasshopper-infested glacier, as there are quite a number of them,
with similar names.
Is it just me?
Or, does this sound eerily like the microbursts in the movie “The Day After Tomorrow?”
Number 8: WWI Artifacts.
One of the big military fronts of World War I was in northern Italy, in the mountainous
region close to Switzerland.
This area was largely covered in snow and ice, but this started changing in the 1990s,
when the glaciers started melting.
It was then that many WWI artifacts started being found in the region near the town of
Peio, including personal items and military equipment.
This was all kept practically intact because the soldiers died of extremely low temperatures,
but also because of avalanches caused by the fighting.
A huge number of young men, barely passed their teens, died and were never found, because
there was no way to get to their bodies that were buried deep in the snow.
But as the snow began melting, the bodies of soldiers who died, along with their belongings,
started to surface.
Among those things that have been found are ammo cases, parts of trenches, old photographs,
helmets, and more!
Number 7: A Fish-Eating a Fish.
When two brothers went fishing on Lake Wawasee in Indiana, they came across a strange sight…one
fish was half in ice, trying to eat another fish.
The two fish, a Northern Pike biting on a Bass, were both frozen, but it almost just
looked as if the two creatures were just pausing for a second, because of how intensely real
it looked.
The two men wanted to share their find with the world, so they posted a photo of what
they found, only to be accused of faking the whole thing for a few likes on social media.
But since it was true, the brothers decided to go one step further.
They went back and actually shot a video of the two of them cutting a block of ice with
the fish.
When the video was posted, it was clear what had happened: the pike, wanting to swallow
the bass, most likely choked to death, and froze with its prey still in its mouth.
What a turn of events.
Number 6: Alaska Aircraft Wreckage.
In 2012, a helicopter pilot flying above Alaska noticed something sticking out from the snow,
and he decided to inspect it more closely.
It turned out the object was a wreck of an airplane, which was strange, because there
hadn’t been any crashes in that area in recent years.
But upon further inspection, the wreckage was much older than anyone could expect.
It was discovered that the plane in question had crashed back in 1952!
However, this wasn’t the end of it.
The actual place where the plane crashed in 1952 was far away from the place where the
wreckage was found – some 20 kilometers away.
What happened is that, due to global warming and changes in climate, the wreckage was slowly
moving.
As no human remains were found, it is suspected that they must have moved even farther down,
possibly into the depths of Lake George.
In the years to come, we might expect to have more finds pertaining to this 1952 crash.
Number 5: A Horse.
High in the mountains of Norway, near Oppland, in a site that’s 6,500 feet high, the bones
of a horse dating all the way back to the Iron Age were found.
Along with the bones, there was a horseshoe and some manure preserved in perfect shape.
This was a very interesting find, as it enabled scientists to learn more about prehistoric
cultures living in present-day Norway.
This evidence proves that the people in this region used horses to take products and materials
high up in the mountains, which is an interesting glimpse into their way of life.
The region where the horse bones were found is a very important location in the archeological
world, as a couple of months prior to this…a woolen tunic was found, dating back almost
2,000 years.
The only problem here is that the ice is melting extremely fast, and there is a risk that all
of these unearthed artifacts may be permanently destroyed…once they come in contact with
the open air, their degradation will ensue.
Number 4: Siberian Copper Mummies In 1997, near Salekhard in Siberia, two mummified
bodies were found.
They belonged to an adult and a child, around six months old.
According to the research conducted at the time, the two bodies date back to the Medieval
period.
Found in the place called Zelenyy Yar, a necropolis from the ancient times, they were simply lying
in the melting permafrost.
In addition to these two bodies, more than 100 mummified corpses were found in this area,
and it became one of the most important archeological sites for miles around.
It’s interesting that the mummy of the adult was covered birch bark and canvass, but also
overlaid with strips of copper.
Little is known about old cultures in these sub-arctic regions.
Hopefully, the finds from Zelenyy Yar will shed some more light and help scientists learn
more about old Siberian peoples and their day-to-day rituals.
Number 3: Sasha, the Baby Woolly Rhino.
In 2014, in the Siberian region called Yakutia, a man named Sasha discovered something unique…the
remains of a baby Woolly Rhinoceros.
Scientists immediately took the animal for research, as this was an extremely unique
find.
It turned out that the baby rhino was around 7-months-old when it died.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t possible to find out whether the animal was male or female,
because its internal organs weren’t preserved.
But, nevertheless, this is a very important find, because it helped scientists discover
much more about the woolly rhinos, living in prehistoric times.
We can now safely say that this animal was covered in very thick hair, because there
is solid evidence.
Before the discovery of Sasha, scientist could only assume according to rock paintings in
French caves, as there was nothing else to lean on.
Apparently, woolly rhinos were fully equipped for cold climates right from the start of
their life.
Number 2.
Otzi.
Otzi is a preserved mummy found in September of 1991 in the region of Otztal Apls, on the
Italian-Austrian border…hence his nickname.
This is the oldest human mummy found in Europe, and it represents of the most important finds
of its kind ever.
The mummy was found by two tourists from Germany, on September 19, 1991, when the two of them
were walking across some mountain passes.
At first, the two tourists thought they came across a body of a mountaineer.
A couple of days later, the body was successfully extracted from the location, and it was then
moved to the city of Innsbruck.
When it was finally examined by archeologist Konrad Spindler, the body was dated at around
4,000 years old.
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Number 1: Mummy Juanita.
This is the name given to a well-preserved body of a girl, found in 1995 in Peru by an
anthropologist Johan Reinhard.
According to Time magazine, Mummy Juanita among the top ten most important discoveries
of all time.
Why, you ask?
Well, when found, the mummy was wrapped in a bundle.
But, along with the girl’s body, there were other things as well, such as pieces of food
and some statues.
The girl was probably sacrificed as an offering to the gods, being killed with a strong blow
to the head, as the examination revealed.
But the real reason why Juanita is an extremely important find is the way it was preserved.
Unlike other mummies, found in other parts of the world, Juanita is practically intact…which
is very rare.
Her body was naturally mummified as a result of being frozen for so long, and her skin,
organs, hair and garments are in perfect condition.
This gives scientists a chance to “teleport” themselves five centuries earlier, and learn
more about what it was like to be an Inca during the second part of the 14th century.
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