Geography

“Ħaġar Qim” (Maltese pronunciation: [ħadʒar ˈʔiːm]; “Standing/Worshipping Stones”), is a megalithic temple complex, which is located on the southwest coast on the Mediterranean island of…

“Palenque” (Spanish pronunciation: (pa’leŋke); Yucatec Maya: Bàakʼ /ɓàːkʼ/), also anciently known as Lakamha (literally: “Big Water”), was a Mayan city of the Late Classic Period…

“Machu Picchu” (English: /ˈmɑːtʃuː ˈpiːktʃuː/ or /ˈpiːtʃuː/, Spanish: ˈmatʃu ˈpi(k)tʃu; Quechua: Machu Pikchu [ˈmatʃʊ ˈpɪktʃʊ]), also spelled ‘Machupijchu’, site of ancient Inca ruins located about…

A ‘Geomagnetic reversal’ or a magnetic ‘flip’ of the Earth is when the orientation of the Earth’s magnetic field becomes reversed. It is a change…

Easter Island, Spanish Isla de Pascua, also called Rapa Nui, the volcanic origin, is one of the fascinating but least visited archeological sites. The treeless…

The ‘Bélmez Faces’ or the ‘Faces of Bélmez’ is an alleged paranormal phenomenon in a private house of Spain, which was started in 1971. Residents…

Over the last few decades, miners in South Africa have been digging up mysterious metal spheres. Origin unknown, these spheres measure approximately an inch or…

On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia, in the United States stands a giant granite monument, which is known as “The Georgia…

The ‘Flower of Life’ is a name for a geometrical figure composed of seven or more evenly-spaced, overlapping circles. The pattern formed by the circles…

Ferropericlase or magnesiowüstite is a magnesium/iron oxide [(Mg, Fe)O] that is interpreted to be one of the main constituents of the Earth’s lower mantle together…

Andesite Definition Andesite is a gray, fine-grained volcanic rock. Andesite consists mainly of sodium-rich plagioclase and one or more mafic minerals such as biotite, hornblende,…

Basalt Definition Basalt is a dark, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting mostly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, and sometimes olivine. Basalt makes up most of the…