Geography

The Richat Structure, also called Guelb er Richât (Arabic قلب الريشات Qalb ar-Rīšāt), the “Eye of Africa”, or “Eye of the Sahara” is a prominent…

“Uluru” (/ˌuːləˈruː/, Pitjantjatjara: Uluṟu /ˈʊ.lʊ.ɻʊ/), also known as “Ayers Rock” (/ˌɛərz -/, like airs) and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, is a giant…

The “Yonaguni Monument” (Japanese: 与那国島海底地形 Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei, lit. “Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography”), is an underwater rock structure that was discovered in the mid-1980s…

Stone Balls (or the stone spheres) of Costa Rica are an assortment of over three hundred petrospheres in Costa Rica, located on the Diquís Delta…

The Carnac Stones (Breton: Steudadoù Karnag) are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites in Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens…

“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…