 One of the more obscure and personal favorite uparts of mystery history is a small yet incredibly special unique figurine. Dated to the Stone Age, yet regardless of this extraordinary antiquity, this hollow figurine remaining unopened and unbroken for so long, interestingly, rattled. After a delicate extraction procedure was undertaken, a metallic ball was found inside. A sphere, which due to the aforementioned age of said upart, should simply not exist. Yet after further research, we have discovered that this unique figure wasn't a singular anomaly as we first presumed, but was actually part of a collection of equally puzzling artifacts, some of equally unexplainable characteristics. We now know it was found amongst a collection by locals mining for gold in Sierra Leone. They are now known as the anomaly figures. The statues are now attributed to a number of varying legends in Sierra Leone. Dating from 17,000 BC, some believe that angels who once lived in the heavens were as a punishment for causing bad behavior turned into humans and sent to Earth, a legend uncannily similar of certain fallen angel theories. The anomaly figures are thusly thought to serve as representations of those entities, and were cast as a reminder of how they were banished from the heavens to Earth to live as humans. There are many strange hybrid interpretations within the collection. It includes animals such as monkeys, elephants, lizards, among other curiosities, some also depicted as giants. Quote, while the figures are varied in shape and type, they are uniform in appearance, indicative of a common purpose. That purpose remains unknown, however. The figures were part of a temny culture and tradition, but that, upon invasion by the mendee, the tradition was lost and the civilization displaced to other locations. With so many questions and uncertainties, it is unknown if we will ever have definitive answers as to the dating, origins, and purpose of the anomaly figures. For now, they remain a magnificent representation of the ancient civilizations that preceded those that now live in Sierra Leone. Quote, asserted curator Frederick Lamp. We find the entire collection, especially our previously covered upart's metallic sphere, highly compelling. Often within adventure movies, the household hero will be traversing some deep, dark, ancient corner of our world, accompanied by a trusty flaming lantern, a light source which will often seemingly have an endless fuel supply. Additionally, the lamps which litter the walls of these elaborate film sets were presumably lit many hundreds, even thousands of years prior to our intrepid explorer's entry into the ancient booby-trap laden lair. Many perceive these flaming props as mere stage trickery, a subtle showbiz deception, helping with the lighting of often dungeon-esque locations. Amazingly, however, it seems that these apparent ever-burning cave lanterns may have been included by an astute understanding of, as yet, unexplained historical realities. One Egyptian death tradition, a custom rarely shared academically, was the frequent placement of an eternal burning lamp somewhere inside the sealed chamber. How were ancients able to produce seemingly ever-burning lamps? Lamps which could burn apparently without fuel. Based on overwhelmingly large volumes of reports of their existence, discoveries in tombs, underground chambers, temples, and many other places dotting the entire earth, it's hard to see how these amazing light sources could have just been a mere rumor. Yet unfortunately, or rather conveniently, not a single lantern is known to exist today for study. At times in human history, before the birth of particular global commercial agendas, inventors and pioneers of many scientific fields were encouraged, rather than stifled into the investigation into the functioning of such ancient high technologies. During the Middle Ages, for example, 170 exploratory, in-depth reports surrounding these astonishing finds were published, most stating that they clearly demonstrated a valuable phenomenon. In the year 140, a lamp was discovered in the tomb of Pallas, son of King Evander. This light source had apparently been burning bright for over 2,000 years. From an in-depth examination involving a testing of the flame's robustness, it could apparently resist all ordinary methods of extinguishment. In about 1540, during the papacy of Paul III, a burning lamp was found in a tomb in Rome. The tomb belonged to the daughter of Cicero. She died in 44 BC, meaning this lamp had been burning in the sealed vault for 1,550 years, yet it strangely extinguished the moment it left the room. When King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church in 1534, he ordered dissolution of monasteries in Britain. Many tombs were opened. In Yorkshire, a burning lamp was discovered in a tomb of Constantius Chlorus, father of the great Constantine. He died in 300 AD, which means that this lamp had been happily burning for more than 1,200 years. With such overwhelming numbers of reports, reliable testimonies attesting to the existence of these lamps, it's hard to see how they could just be a product of Hollywood. Regardless, it seems all have successfully been erased from public view, presumably hidden within the chasms of scientific institutions whose financial insurance policy is, unfortunately, often implicated in the concealment of historical artificial evidence, physical objects in direct disagreement with their highly profitable, yet shoddy foundation for scientific direction. Thanks for watching, guys, and until next time, take care. Our choice of the most compelling would have to be that of the Dogons in Africa, one of the oldest surviving tribes on Earth. They not only have a legend which tells of alien visitors, but they retained invaluable data, reliable knowledge which was passed down from generation to generation, details surrounding their ancient visitors' home solar system. Details that, at the time, modern civilization had yet to discover. Known as the Nomo, the Dogon tell of giant reptilians who had travelled here from a small sister star of Sirius, a star with a 40-year orbit that the Dogons still celebrate every 40 years. What is remarkable about their claims, however, is the details they give regarding their Sirius system, and indeed the Nomo's home star, a tiny star which our modern telescopes did not confirm the existence of until several years after the first cataloging of this information. Another strange reaction to these remarkable experiences within these ancient cultures is a wanting to replicate the appearance of these entities. These interplanetary visitors, however, have no idea of the existence of the Dogon, these interplanetary visitors often brought gifts in the form of knowledge. Due to these revelations, many of our ancestors have perceived these beings as godlike. The teaching of agriculture, the gift of hops, cannabis, the Dogon state that hemp was a gift from the Nomo. Indeed, the dog star is the source of the planet's name. Even strawberries, among many other living things, and ingenious techniques of managing such, have been said throughout antiquity, indeed throughout the world's cultures, to have first arrived here on Earth in the form of gifts from these beings. The Dogu, Dogu meaning clay figure, could be seen as commemorative creations in memory of such entities visiting our planet in the past. Made during the late Jomon period, over 10,000 years ago, made with such tremendous skill and artistic accuracy, you have to wonder if these were not created with the purpose of remembering a detailed image of our guests' appearances, then what else were they created for, or more specifically, to look like. Interestingly, some of the figures appear to have been deliberately created missing limbs, resting on intricately made crutches. Was this done with a likeness to real beings, possibly battle-scarred from previous, more hostile encounters? The Incas, Mayans, Aztecs, Dogons, indeed, anywhere you look within antiquity, you will inevitably be confronted with fantastic tales of ancient visitors. Even detailed knowledge of things so far out, we cannot even confirm if what they say is true. With so many similar legends found all across the world regarding ancient astronauts, it's safe to say the truth is out there. Jordan, a precious area of our planet with a number of jewels, still surviving from what we claim as a lost antiquity. Balback, with megaliths which, if not in perfect placements, would simply be unimaginable as the ancient objects used to create these enormous temple complexes, littered with numerous blocks estimated at well over 1,000 tons in size. It is a site whose explanation for construction is, predictably, avoided by modern archaeology. Although once dismissed by academics as immovable, the stone of the pregnant woman, for example, has since, due to more modern digging, been proven to, in fact, be merely a block part of another temple, which is now still mostly buried under millennia of strata. Another incredible find, and one that pushes the sizes of what these ancient civilizations were capable of, is an enormous stone upart, known as the Colossal Hand of Hercules. Excavated in Amman and due to the find's proximity to what is now known as the Temple of Hercules, it is now thought to have been a hand of a gargantuan marble statue of Hercules himself. However, regardless of identity, when one begins to estimate the past size of the statue in relation to the hand, the statue itself would have been many, many thousands of tons in weight, undoubtedly towering into the sky. There exist many legends of statues, built in many other parts of the world, some in docklands, some in capital ancient cities, some toppled, such as the obelisk of Aksum, again over the thousand tons in weight mark, and many unfinished, yet this statue would have dwarfed all in size. And the fact that it was found in Jordan, a boiling pot for unexplained antiquity. A simply gigantic stone megalithic site, its discoveries made all the more intriguing and we feel can be legitimately used to argue or rather push the capability of this lost civilization's capabilities of moving ancient stones even more advanced and astonishing in capability. Unfortunately, we feel due to the sheer age of the statue and the fact that it lived through a catastrophe of global proportions, only this fragment of hand and a portion of the elbow exists, subsequently found at the site. But reiterating the sheer size of other artifacts at the site, again gives credence to the past existence of a complete statue, and regardless of whether it was indeed once of the mythological character Hercules. We find the hand and indeed its possible origins as highly compelling. One of the specific features of this fascinating fortress, which is indicative of a now lost civilization, polygonal masonry, advanced megalithic archways among other ancient anomalies littered the site, just like that of Delphi located within Greece. Recognized as Greeks by the Theorhodokai of Delphi, the inhabitants were allowed to take part in the Delphi competitions. One of the original sites, however, remains unknown. The massive, once impenetrable walls were built before the end of the 4th century BC, and literary sources report them as an Illyrium rather than Epirote or Macedonian foundation. However, any explanation as to how these ruins were constructed remains absent. Several monuments at the site still survive to this day. The site polygonal walls measured at over two kilometers long, a gated entrance, a temple now attributed to the Greek god Aphrodite, and several tombs in the northeastern Necropolis. Additionally, like many other areas claimed as the work of the Greek Empire, an impressive stadium also still remains, built east of the ancient city on a natural terrace. Clearly indicative of a tremendous age, any unexplained architecture attached to the stadium, however, has now been lost, but the site of Delphi, the focus of later inhabitants' devotion, still possesses a polygonal floor. One of the reasons for the construction of the site, and indeed what we believe was a later re-inhabitation of its geographically strategic position. Amacia occupied an important defensive position above the Alus River Valley to the east and overlooked an ancient route to the coast and bay of Alon. Although, like many other sites in the area, they are claimed as Grecian relics, any explanation as to how these feats were achieved remains unexplained. Thus, we feel any continued attribution to a known ancestor can be argued as inaccurate. This is a site which we find highly compelling.