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Most Mysterious Architectural Finds That Baffled Historians · Be Amazed

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Everybody knows that secrets and intrigue are the building blocks of any great mystery, but what about when the building blocks themselves are the real mystery at hand?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: From secret chambers inside famous monuments to an ancient mega pyramid that no one can find, grab your chisels as we chip away at some of the most curious architectural mysteries that have bavult even the smartest historians.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For over 4,000 years architects, historians, and beyond have marveled at the great swings of Giza.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While most of us are preoccupied with the Statues' exterioric appearance, archaeologists have been investigating some tantalizing clues.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: hinting that the swing sits on top of an ancient underground network.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Usually hidden from the view of onlookers a small hole near the swing's tail can be found.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This, some theorists have suggested maybe connected to an underground city of chambers at interconnecting tunnels below.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There are several chants and holes dotted around the statue.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, I'll lead to dead ends and many are estimated to have been carved by treasure hunters after the Sphinx's construction.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There are plenty of theories as to what may lie within, or further beneath the Sphinx.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Legend has that that there is a maze below the Sphinx that leads to the mysterious Hall of Records, an ancient library that is said to house a central knowledge of mathematics, medicine, and beyond.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In other words, the answers that just how advanced the ancient Egyptians really were.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, there is no meaningful evidence for such a place ever having existed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Skeptics argue that the area under the swings would be a terrible place for any kind of library, especially since it's prone to groundwater flooding.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While it remains unclear exactly what's down there, who knows?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe the ancient Egyptians are still managing to hide secrets from us in the modern world, and up here amid scheme of secrets, if you will?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The mere mention of the word pyramid is sure to conjure images of those in Egypt, but what if I told you that China may be keeping a few enormous ancient pyramids of their own under wraps?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In the 20th century, there were multiple reports of Western visitors to China and cannering a gargantuan white pyramid, just outside the city of Xi'an.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sightings of the pyramid date back to 1912 when American travel agent Fred Schroeder wrote that he'd seen the pyramid well-woken with a Buddhist monk who told him that the pyramid was at least 3,000 years old and 1,000 feet tall.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's over twice the size of the great pyramid of Giza.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The second and third signings came from U.S. military pilots in 1945 and 1947.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Both reports claimed to have seen a white pyramid kept with a giant gemstone of some kind.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Soon after these signings, a photograph of the supposed pyramid appeared in western newspapers, but something was wrong.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The pyramid in the pictures was subsequently identified as the maling mausoleum, which is indeed in the Xi'an region, but it looks nothing like the white joltop pyramid described in the sightings.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What's more, it's some mere fraction of the alleged size being just 155 feet tall.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: These conflicting descriptions have led many to believe that there's something more to this pyramidical mystery.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Some online theorists believe that the Chinese government are deliberately concealing at least 40 pyramidal mounts around Xi'an.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: which appeared to have been planted over with fast growing cypress trees.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If true, this could explain why no one has seen the white pyramid in so long, if it's since transformed into a pyramid chia pet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's also possible and maybe more likely that the gleaming pyramid could have been some kind of optical illusion with reflections are glare from the sun accounting for the white-looking pyramid, as well as its jewel top.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Either way, the question of why the pyramids have been concealed remains.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Some scholars suggest it's merely an act of respect for the tombs of historic figures, taking precedent above explorative research.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: More wacky theorists think there may be secrets nestled in the tombs that the Chinese government wants kept under wraps.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One thanks for sure though, these pyramids aren't looking likely to be dug up any time soon.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So it seems true confirmation of the white pyramid and why it would be willingly concealed will remain entuned for now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If the idea of a pyramid in China isn't crazy enough, what about one in Antarctica?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In September 2016, a bizarre image appeared online showing what looks to be a long lost pyramid half buried in Antarctic snow.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Standing at over 4,000 feet tall, many saw this polar pyramid as a sign that Antarctica could once have been home to an ancient and very advanced civilization.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sadly, many scientists debunked any theories of advanced polar civilizations, stating that the structure was simply a mountain with an uncanny resemblance to the man-made pyramids we recognize.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Most likely it's unique shape was the result of a process called a freeze-thaw erosion in which water fills up cracks in the mountain and freezes and expands when temperature decreases.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This expansion can result in large chunks of cliff-face breaking off, leaving a smoother surface on each of the mountain sides, and occasionally appear middle-shave.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So as exciting as ancient Antarctic civilizations may be, for now, it looks like nature is the real master architect around these birds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Next up, widely regarded as America's Stonehenge, the creation of the Georgia Guide Stones is not quite as ancient, but it's just as peculiar.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In 1979, a mysterious man using the fake name or Robert Kirschgen approached the Albertin City Granite Company in Georgia.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: With him, Robert brought a scale model of an odd looking monument, as well as ten pages of comprehensive specifications, which included instructions for the monument to be erected off Route 77,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: nine miles outside Elberton.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On March 22, 1980, the commissioned monument was revealed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was a set of stones engraved with a set of cryptic instructions written in eight different languages, including English, Chinese, and strangely Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The instructions seemed to detail a plan for a post-apocalyptic society, with 10 commandments to follow in the new world, including an instruction that humanity should strive to keep the global population below
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But the instructions themselves weren't even the strangest twist in this tale.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In July 2022, the monument mysteriously met its demise at the hands of an unknown shadowy figure over four decades after its creation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The only evidence relating to the guidestone's destruction is the footage of an unidentifiable figure running around the stone shortly before the explosion.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: With quite the web of unanswered questions, there's some down as to whether the Georgia guidelines will even be rebuilt, but if they do, hopefully they'll add an 11th commandment which states, do not blow me up.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Unless you're a moon landing conspiracy theorist, you probably believe humans first achieved space travel in the 1960s.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But what if I told you there's some medieval architecture hiding mysterious details that seemed to suggest otherwise?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The cathedral of Salamonka in Spain is actually two churches joined together, one dating back to the 12th century and one from the 16th century.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While there are many unique carvings on site, there's one that's truly out of this world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The card figure of what is undisputably, an astronaut.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But that doesn't make any sense.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If this cathedral was built in the 16th century at the latest, does that mean they were ancient astronauts?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Before your mind races with conspiracies of medieval space traveler alien architects, let's see if we can figure out exactly what's going on here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While it's true that the construction of Salamanca Cathedral's newer side began in 1513, there was no such astronaut carving at the time of the Cathedral's completion.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: How do we know that?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, fastward to 1992, a restoration project for the Cathedral was underway, and one of the tasks involved the Stone Mason's adding in some corgi touches to reflect our modern world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The astronaut as well as a cheeky gargoyle enjoying an ice cream are the result of this restoration project.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While there are still infinite mysteries to unravel when it comes to the future of space exploration, it's nice to think that this stony astronaut will remain as an important signifier of its history.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nestled in the hilltops of the Portuguese Riviera,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Those who look upon the exterior of the Kinta de Regalera, a state will recognize it as a masterclass and gothic style architecture.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But it's what lies beneath that makes this fortress a true enigma.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In the grounds of the estate is a mysterious twin set of wells but curiously, neither of them has ever been used to collect water.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On the contrary, the two wells function more like inverted towers, spiraling downwards via staircases adorned with occult symbols, descending into a mysterious abyss, but for what purpose?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, it's about as strange as you can imagine.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: These pits are said to have been used as part of a mysterious initiation ritual for one of the most famous secret societies in history, the Knights Templar.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Kinta-Derega Lera, as it appears today, was constructed between 1904 and 1910 by Antonio Montero, a man said to have possessed a deep interest in the Knights Templar.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Originally, an elite Catholic military organization formed in the 12th century, most historians agree that the Knights Templar expanded more than 700 years ago.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But some believe there are those who have made efforts to revive the society in more recent history, including Montero.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Local historians believe that candidates would enter one of these initiation wells blindfolded to descend 9 flights of spiral steps before facing the challenge of navigating a pitch-black labyrinth-like grotto.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Only if they emerged from the labyrinth, would they finally be welcomed into the mystical Templar Brotherhood or similar mystic organization?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well Templar initiations no longer
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  [SPEAKER_00]: at least not that we know of.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The mystery of the Knights Templar and their many secrets are sure to live on for all time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Hogwarts, Ministerith, the Red Keep.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While you may think mysterious and magical castles like these only exist in fantasy,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A select few have captured imaginations in the real world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Perched in the middle of a 400-foot cliff in South Central Slovenia, Prajama Castle is hiding a secret that you think only possible in fiction.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It has the entrance to a complex network of hidden tunnels.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: woven into a nine mile long natural cave system, the tunnels are said to have been built to serve as a convenient hideehole for their castle's residents.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The tunnels which lead to an exit at the top of the mountain allowed inhabitants to continually gather supplies from the nearby town without being noticed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Why was this sneakingness important?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, for a jump I and its caves are once home to the legendary Arasmus von Lug, a local Robinhood figure, who was said to have led to the castle after putting an end to an adversary at the Vienna Court in 1483.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Despite finding himself under siege at the castle for his crime, Arasmus stood firm thanks to his network of tunnels which alone him to sneak in and out and well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But despite his secret tunnel's legend says that Erasmus ultimately met his end when one of his men betrayed him, blasting him out of the castle's walls with no less than a cannon.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Whether the tale is true or not, while Erasmus ended up being permanently erased from
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Next up, found in Western Bolivia, Puma Pungu is a curious, ruined temple complex that baffles the store into this day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The stone work is widely thawed to date back to 536 AD, built by the Tuannaku civilization, but there are some details that call this interpretation of its origins into question.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, he one of the biggest mysteries of Puma Punku's construction, is that the only rudimentary tools we have evidence of being used here are super simple hammerstones.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Despite these tools usually being assumed to be fairly basic and emphasized, some of these blocks looked to have been finished to machine levels of precision with perfectly drilled holes and razor sharp edges.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Stranger still is the fact that all of this precision is supposed to have been achieved by a civilization that had no writing system and no knowledge of the existence of the wheel, so as far some folks are concerned something doesn't add up.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: French theorist argue that it was another more advanced civilization currently unknown to historians that built Puma Ponku, and some go as hard of her bows that the site was made possible through alien intervention.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, aside from the strange look of the blocks, there's no concrete evidence that aliens were involved here, and, as happens all too often, this could be a case of us underestimating our amazing ancient ancestors.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Perhaps only time will tell.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In 1873 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Catholic order of nuns known as The Sisters of
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Legend says the nuns had been unable to find anyone to devise a staircase to the choir law that was suitable for the chapel small size.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The nuns began praying for a resolution when a mysterious man showed up at the chapel, demanding to be left alone while he worked on his very own secret solution to their dilemma.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Six months later, the man vanished without a trace leaving behind the magnificent but bizarre staircase he'd built.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But what made it so strange?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One thing the spiral stabs which have since been decorated with elaborate handrails had two full 360-degree turns, a mean feat to design in a self-supporting structure without the aid of modern architectural computer programs.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The staircase didn't appear to have a central support beam for the stairs to spiral around, leaving many to claim that it was defying the laws of physics, an active divine intervention.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, many historians and architects agree that the staircase is a marvel of craftsmanship.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Most of us agree that there must be an earthly explanation behind its mysterious construction.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The main theory is that the twisted outer and inner rings of wood that encapsulate the step's work to support the structure, and the nearer inner spiral takes the
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So while the construction of the Loretto staircase does seem to adhere to the natural laws of physics, the real mystery lies with the man who built the staircase whose identity remains unknown to this day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While the staircase headlorado chapel is considered by many to be a sort of stairway to heaven, there are some even more mysterious stairways out there that some say could have more hellish purposes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The inner webs are rife with people sharing pictures of creepy staircases and places like forests which seem to lead to nowhere.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Often these fakes are paired with an eerie but often fictional backstory of some kind of shady occult goings on or even interdimensional glitches in the matrix.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But there may in fact be a logical explanation hands to why they're there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A remarkable one that went viral for instance was actually part of a sculpture trail in the forest of Dean and Glosta Sharingland.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Dubbed the observatory the stairs are based on the shape of
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, while many Redditors would tell you to run at the mere side of them, a trip to the top will most likely result in nothing more than a very slightly better view of the stars.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: India is the home of more than 2 million Hindu temples.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One of these is the Vituvan Coil Temple, a what sets it apart from most of the others is the mystery of its origins.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Located in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Vituvan coil was constructed all the way back in the 8th century but is known to this day for its intricate stone work.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, the biggest mystery here is the fact that the temple carved out of a single 25 foot tall piece of rock was strangely abandoned before completion.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While the top of the Vatuvian Coil is amassed with highly detailed figurines of Hindu deities, the bottom remains largely unfinished.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But why?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Historians have noted that there is another temple in India that bears a striking resemblance to the Vatuvian Coil, despite being located more than 800 miles from the Vatuvian Coil
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Kylasa Temple shares some uncanny similarities.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Both structures were carved into their respective hills in the 8th century and both are dedicated to Shiva, one of the principal deities of Hinduism.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While the Vatuvan Coil stands at 25 feet, the Kylasa Temple is more than double the size at 60 feet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Because of this size difference, some historians have theorized that the Vatuvan Coil is a scale model of the Kylasa Temple,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Like how modern architects create smaller models of planned buildings to help them understand what it takes to build a larger version.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Local Legend, however, has its own take on the unfinished temple, telling the story of a father and son competing to see you could build the most spectacular temple.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This story concludes with the son who allegedly built the nearby Moturugan shrine, ridiculing his father for taking too long to finish his own shrine.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and meeting a very permanent end via his father's and suing rage.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The father legend has it subsequently returned to his senses, abandoning the partially finished of a two-in-coil engrave.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yikes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This father's son tragedy is said to be how the Vittuven Coil got its name which loosely translates to, Temple of the Slayer, and awesome band name you can use for your next guitar or speedrun.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here welcome.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Allegiance aside, I actually think the scale model theory is more interesting and makes the practices of ancient architects all the more awe-inspiring.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Located in Pennington County, South Dakota, the world-famous Mount Rushmore attracts over 2 million visitors per year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But despite its popularity, few people realize that this monument of faces is masking a hidden secret.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Obscured from view behind the stonehead of Abraham Lincoln is an 18-foot doorway, leading to a secret chamber deep inside Mount Rushmore's cliffside.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Weirder still is that the doorway looks strangely unfinished as if it was suddenly abandoned along the way.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You can't even investigate the chamber further in person because Axis is strictly forbidden, even for high-ranking officials, but we do know a little bit about its history.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While the construction of Mt.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Rushmore began in 1927 and concluded in 1941, the idea for the secret chamber came in 1938 from head sculptor for the monument, Gootsen Berglum.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Dubbed the hall of records the chamber was meant to function as a sort of elaborate
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  [SPEAKER_00]: containing cabinets filled with some of the most important documents from American history, including the Declaration of Independence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, around the onset of the USA's involvement in World War II and 1941, the ambitious project stalled and was never fully realized.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Today, it's reported that a small repository of records including a biography of sculptor Goots and Berglum, as well as copies of the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence, are indeed stored in the floor beyond the doorway.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But who really knows what's lurking back there?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I don't know about you, but this seems to me like the perfect spot for a secret society meeting, perhaps we'll never really know for sure.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Another land of beauty and mysticism, India is a place where the certain magic in the air, and that magic extends to its architecture.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Located in Andhra Pradesh, the Lapakshi Temple is a 16th century temple surrounded with 70 magnificently carved pillars, but one of these 70 is hiding as seemingly miraculous
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's hovering above the floor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Note around the world as the famous hanging pillar, the structural detail appears to be attached solely to the temple's roof, leaving a thin gap just above the ground.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The hanging pillar sees curious locals in tours to like often testing out its gravity-defined capabilities.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: making for some perplexing photographs.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Of course, it's certainly possible that the right kind of concrete attaching it, the roof has enough structural integrity of its own to hold up the pillar's weight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, some eagle and visitors have noticed a slightly more likely explanation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There is what appears to be a small section of the pillar that is in fact in contact with the ground, which could explain how the pillar remains structurally sound.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Local sources claimed that in the early 1900s, a British engineer tried to move the pillar to attempt to uncover its structural secrets and dislodged it, leaving part of it touching the ground, though this theory isn't universally accepted.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So the questions of why the lapoxi's pillar would have been constructed with a gap and whether the brits knocked it over will continue to hang in the balance.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Globe-training expeditions are great, but if you look closely, there might be some architectural anomalies to be found just outside your own front door.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For decades, residents of Vermont have noticed peculiar crooked windows all over their neighborhoods.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And local legends suggest their origins are even stranger than they look.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Dubbed which windows local legend alleges these architectural anomalies are so oddly positioned to make it impossible for broom flying witches to enter through them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Or buy some alternative theories to make it easier for morally crooked demons to exit the home.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While the thought of which is attempting to zoom through people's windows may seem a little silly today, ideas of witchcraft and demons or ones of very real in the minds of strongly Christian 17th and 18th century New England settlers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks to this, the witch windows spooky moniker who seemingly become local legend, but as with most things magical things are not what they appear.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For one thing, there's the question of why Vermont residents would only make use of one small side window to supposedly protect their homes from witches rather than several.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And most significantly, these cricket windows only seem to have shown up two whole centuries after the witch trials.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Despite their creepy connotations, it turns out that so-called witch windows have a more practical history.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ramon is a state known for its old housing stock with many homes dating back to the early 1800s.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Many of these houses have since had new wings installed to maximize space, but the problem was that many of these extensions would cover windows on the original structure.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The saw of this problem builders would often angle the window to fit on the narrow available
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So well, which Windows may not be linked to any occult magic, the real magic at hand, is the creative skills of New England's construction workers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now featuring the big bin booking ham palace red phone boxes, there's no question that London is filled with some of the most iconic architecture on Earth.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What's so much to see, it's no surprise that there are a whole host of mysterious things to sniff out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Like the fact that, for some reason, multiple buildings around the city seem to have little noses.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Why?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, in 1997, artist Rick Buckley fixed 35 replicas of his own nose onto various buildings across the city as a creative protest against CCTV surveillance, placing them right under the noses of street cameras.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While most of the noses were quickly detected and cut off swiftly by officials, some of Rick's noses remain.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The most famous no-still standing is an admiral to Yark.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: About seven feet up the north facing arc, certainly not something to be sniffed at.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Which of these architectural enigma has intrigued you the most?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Are there any architectural mysteries in your town?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.