http://thealienworld.com An effort to understand the real world! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:17:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thealienworld.com/2010/11/01/mayan-revisited/ http://thealienworld.com/2010/11/01/mayan-revisited/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:04:26 +0000 Nitin http://thealienworld.com/?p=949 The Blood thirst Have you watched Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto? This is how IMDB describes the movie: “As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate.” The movie Apocalypto [...]

]]> http://thealienworld.com/2010/11/01/mayan-revisited/feed/ 1 http://thealienworld.com/2010/09/26/the-face-on-mars-nartural-or-artificial/ http://thealienworld.com/2010/09/26/the-face-on-mars-nartural-or-artificial/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:41:56 +0000 Nitin http://thealienworld.com/?p=940 On 25 July, 1976, Viking-1 while acquiring images of the Cydonia region of Mars, photographed a region relatively crater-free, lowland plains to the north. Among the hills was one that resembled a human face (frame 35A72 shown above). This discovery was made by Tobias Owen from Jet Propulsion laboratory (JPL), a subsidiary of NASA. Few [...]

]]> http://thealienworld.com/2010/09/26/the-face-on-mars-nartural-or-artificial/feed/ 0 http://thealienworld.com/2010/07/31/atlantis-vs-dwarka/ http://thealienworld.com/2010/07/31/atlantis-vs-dwarka/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:12:31 +0000 Nitin http://thealienworld.com/2010/07/31/atlantis-vs-dwarka/ Atlantis & Dwarka are two oldest cities lost to sea. While the former is still a myth (until discovered), the later has been found in Gulf of Cambay. Below is a comparison of two cities. Atlantis Dwarka Atlantis was relatively advanced, well-organized and prosperous civilization. “…island of Atlantis there existed a confederation of kings, of [...]

]]> http://thealienworld.com/2010/07/31/atlantis-vs-dwarka/feed/ 1 http://thealienworld.com/2010/06/13/how-old-is-urbane-indian-civilization/ http://thealienworld.com/2010/06/13/how-old-is-urbane-indian-civilization/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:38:16 +0000 Nitin http://thealienworld.com/?p=855 Our world is full of ancient mysteries. From Mayan or Aztec or Mesopotamia or Egypt or India, thing & events have remained unexplained, and will remain so for generations to come. Of all these ancient civilizations, India’s Indus-Saraswati civilization is most urban of all, at the same time being categorized as one of the oldest. [...]

]]> http://thealienworld.com/2010/06/13/how-old-is-urbane-indian-civilization/feed/ 4 http://thealienworld.com/2010/05/09/nasca-lines-the-mystery-continues/ http://thealienworld.com/2010/05/09/nasca-lines-the-mystery-continues/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 05:17:30 +0000 Nitin http://thealienworld.com/2010/05/09/nasca-lines-the-mystery-continues/ There are very few places on earth more mysterious than Nasca Lines in Peru, South America, with Pyramids of Egypt still topping my list. Nasca is one of the driest places on earth, and that is one of the reason they are well preserved. Around 1500 figures have been discovered till now, made of straight [...]

]]> http://thealienworld.com/2010/05/09/nasca-lines-the-mystery-continues/feed/ 0 http://thealienworld.com/2009/05/10/cleopatra-%e2%80%93-the-mystery-continues%e2%80%a6/ http://thealienworld.com/2009/05/10/cleopatra-%e2%80%93-the-mystery-continues%e2%80%a6/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 12:59:49 +0000 Nitin http://alienworld.wordpress.com/?p=404 Cleopatra – this name is the synonym of love, lust, power, seduction, mystery, and beauty. Many of them are myths. The fact that her tomb is still not found increases the mystery surrounding her. Cleopatra died pretty young, 2039 years ago in 30 BC at the age of 39. Of these 39 years she ruled [...]

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