Ancient Cave Paintings Discovered In Unexplored Indonesian Islands

A team of scientists has uncovered 2,500 years old cave paintings in the unexplored, tiny Indonesian island of Kisar. The team was able to uncover a total of 28 rock art sites on Kisar which measures just 81 square kilometres and lies north of Timor-Leste. According to researchers, the paintings help tell the story of the region’s history of trade and culture. Sue O’Connor, from the Australian National University (ANU) said that archaeologically, no one has ever explored Kisar before. She added, “These Indonesian islands were the heart of the spice trade going back for thousands of years. The paintings we found depict boats, dogs, horses and people often holding what look like shields.” Researchers found that the Kisar paintings very much resembled those in the east end of Timor-Leste. O  ’Connor said that the art of both the islands have a distinctive feature – the size of the human and animal figures are exceptionally small, most being less than 10 centimetres. Despite their size, however, they are remarkably dynamic. O’Connor said the relationship between the two islands likely extends back to the Neolithic period 3,500 years ago when Austronesian settlers introduced domestic animals, such as the dog, and perhaps cereal crops.

Unresolved mysteries of India: Enigma that has prevailed for ages

India, land of many rich ancient civilizations, cultures, traditions, knowledge and prosperity sis ahead when comes to a flourished past. The well planned and administered kingdoms and their strategic mansions have not only attracted tourist attention but have been a subject of research for historians. Though many facts are now known and documented, some still are undiscovered while some stay a mystery. Let’s get acquainted with some of such mysteries. Cave paintings of aliens Archaeologists have found these creepy rock paintings on walls of caves near the town of Charama of Chhattisgarh. They claim the paintings to be of some alien structured humanoids with no facial features and also have found paintings of flying discs. Surprisingly, the tribal villages nearby have legends of small ‘Rohela’ people who used to land in flying discs and abduct people from the villages. Historians along with Indian Space Research Organisation are carrying out detailed study and research on this topic. Till date no conclusions are drawn. Son Bhandar caves These caves of Bihar are a complete mystery. The story is dated back to the times of the rule of Magadhan king Bimbisara. The king was imprisoned by his son, when he ordered his wife to hide his treasury in these caves. The doorway of this cave has clues to open this in Sankhlipi script but the script couldn’t be deciphered till date. Also British, during their rule tried to explode the doorway with a cannon ball but the rock doorway remained intact with only some black marks on the wall. Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? The Haunted Village A village of Kuldhara, which lies to the west of Jaisalmer was once upon a time a very rich place where Paliwal Brahmins hailed for centuries until one night, for some unknown reason, the entire village was evacuated. It is said that villagers there decided to leave to escape from the evil ruler named Salim Singh and cursed the entire village. The village now remains completely barren with no people staying there till date. Disappearance of Nana Saheb Peshwa After continuous defeats from the British, Nana Saheb Peshwa got mysteriously disappeared. There is neither a concrete information about how and where he left nor do historians know where he had hid his valued assets which would be of a billion dollar worth today. Some say that he fled to Nepal with most of his valued possessions but the Peshwa and his enduring wealth is still a topic of research for historians. Man who has survived 77 years without food and water Prahlad Jani, a yogi is alive even today without eating and drinking for almost 77 years. He became an ascetic when he was eleven years old. Since then he has stayed without food and water. In 2003 and 2010, twice Jani has been subjected to many tests to analyse what exactly helps him sustain, but all tests went futile. Scientists still are not able to claim the actual reason and say this is scientifically impossible as a person can stay without food and water for days, but for years is really a mystery.