From Geography lovers. #cities #population #comparison What are the most populated cities in the world? It is perhaps unsurprising that the majority of the most populous cities in the world are in the two most populated countries in the world, China and India. Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities Subscribe for more!

From Geography lovers. #Krishnabutterball #India #ancientIndia The Krishna Butter Ball is a large boulder located in Mahabalipuram, a town in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This giant boulder is one of the town’s tourist attractions, as it seems to defy the laws of physics. It means ‘Stone of the Sky God’. This name…

From Geography lovers. #World #Safest #countries A composite index measuring the peacefulness of countries made up of 23 quantitative and qualitative indicators each weighted on a scale of 1-5. The lower the score the more peaceful the country. Sources: https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/#/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index You may like to watch: World Ranking of Countries by their Average IQ –…

From Geography lovers. #Erdstall #tunnel #Europe At present, around 2000 erdstalls are known to exist in Europe. The bulk of these may be found in the German state of Bavaria, where at least 700 of these tunnel networks are estimated to exist. In neighbouring Austria, about 500 more erdstalls may be found. Such underground passages…

From Geography lovers. #income #comparison #countries Disclaimer: These figures may not be up to date Official data is published by several organizations like World Bank, International Monetary Fund, or the OECD on a regular basis. Unfortunately, there are no standardized procedures to adjust inflation, currency fluctuations, or real purchase power. That’s why each institution has…

From Geography lovers. #Sayhuite #Peru #Inca The name sayhuite translates to the ‘place of orientation’. Located on the top of a terraced hill called Concacha, the site was once home to an enclosed sanctuary. The Sayhuite Monolith contains not only carvings that are geometric in design, but also zoomorphic ones. Therefore, whilst it is not…

From Geography lovers. #IQ #countries #comparison Disclaimer: This is based on a research paper from "IQ and the Wealth of Nations" (Richard Lynn, Tatu Vanhanen, M. Stuart, 2002) and may be outdated. These results are controversial and have caused much debate, they must be interpreted with extreme caution. Main sources: https://brainstats.com/average-iq-by-country.html?fbclid=IwAR01gTrGjf1mJz_GS_NsZrPw2_034aWZMbSGOB6ZCSiXK_U7luTisHDtAOs https://new-iq-test.com/iq-by-country/ Image credits: https://pixabay.com/…

From Geography lovers. #HardknottFort #Cumbria #Romanempire The ancient roman fort was built between 120 and 138 AD. It was abandoned around a decade later, then reoccupied circa 200, and remained in use for much of the next two centuries. The fort is square with rounded corners, 114 meters (375 ft) long externally, or 105 meters…

From Geography lovers. #obesity #countries #obese Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. In this video, we present the most obese countries in the World! Main source: https://obesity.procon.org/global-obesity-levels/ Subscribe for more!

From Geography lovers. #DragonHouses #drakospita #Greece Likely dating to the Preclassical period of ancient Greece, the dragon houses of Euboea are among the mysteries of the past which have yet to be fully understood. These dragon houses are situated at very high altitudes, making the weight and size of the megaliths even more shocking. While…

From Geography lovers. #geography #Spain #Catalonia Castellfollit de la Roca is one of the smallest villages in Spain, with a population of about a thousand people. The village is situated on a narrow strip of basalt rock, barely two houses wide at places, that rise to a height of 50 meters and stretches for a…

From Geography lovers. #Empires #comparison Subscribe for more content! These are the biggest empires ever ranked by the percentage area of the world they controlled. Main source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires All images are taken from Google Images for educational purposes only. You may like to watch: 50 Most Powerful Passports of 2021 – Comparison – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQbi58081Qs

From Geography lovers. #Kelimutu #volcano #Indonesia About 50 miles from the town of Moni on the Indonesian Island of Flores is Kelimutu Volcano and its three summit craters containing their three lakes. The westernmost of the lakes, Lake of Old People, is blue, while Lake of Young Men and Maidens is green, and Bewitched or…

From Geography lovers. #Kemune #palace #Iraq Archaeologists are hailing, as very important, the dramatic discovery of a Bronze Age Palace. It was revealed as the waters of a reservoir fell because of a severe drought in Iraq. The ruin is believed to have been built by the little-known Mittani Empire and researchers hope that it…

From Geography lovers. #comparison #passport #stats This video compares the power of the top 50 passports in the World. Main source: https://www.henleypassportindex.com/global-ranking Image credits: https://www.passportindex.org/ https://pixabay.com/ Subscribe for more!

From Geography lovers. #TakhteRostam #monastery #Afghanistan The Stupa of Takht-e Rostam in Samangan Province is arguably Afghanistan’s most impressive pre-Islamic site and is more than 1500 years old. Unlike other stupas, the one of Takht-e Rostam has not been mounted above ground, but it has been carved into the ground, in a style that resembles…

From Geography lovers. #Migingo #LakeVictoria #island İn today’s video, we are going to talk about a unique island in Africa. Migingo is a tiny 2,000-square-metre (0.49-acre; 0.20-hectare) island, about half the size of a football pitch in Lake Victoria. In July 2009 a survey team found that the island is 510 metres (1,670 ft) east…

From Geography lovers. #Sigiriya #SriLanka #ancienttechnology Sigiriya is an ancient city built atop a giant megalithic rock that towers 200 meters above the surrounding landscape. Designated a cultural World Heritage Site in 1982, Sigiriya continues to be a site of research, study, and speculation as experts try to unveil the mystery and enigma shrouding this…

From Geography lovers. #places #touristdestinations Check out the 10 Most Beautiful Fairy Tale Places on Earth. From magical places used in Disney movies to some of the most beautiful locations in the World. 1. The Blue City of Chefchaouen, Morocco 2. Son Doong Cave, Vietnam 3. Tunnel of Love, Ukraine 4. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany 5.…

From Geography lovers. #skyscrapers #sizecomparison #continent Asia 1. Burj Khalifa Dubai, UAE 2. Shanghai Tower Shanghai, China 3. Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel Mecca, Saudi Arabia 4. Goldin Finance 117 Tianjin, China 5. Ping An Finance Center Shenzhen, China North America 1. One World Trade Center New York City, U.S.541m / 1,776ft 104 2. Central…

From Geography lovers. #AlNaslaa #ancientaliens #SaudiArabia The Tayma oasis in Saudi Arabia is famous for its rock art and its historic legacy. One particularly interesting feature of the Tayma region is the Al Naslaa rock formation – a sandstone block connected to what looks like an eroded natural pedestal. The rock is split through the…

From Geography lovers. #SanAgustin #archaeology #Colombia The world’s largest necropolis, filled with gods, animals, and heroes, rests in the southwestern Andes of Colombia The largest collection of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in South America can be found at the San Agustín Archaeological Park. San Agustín is located about 249 miles (400 kilometers ) to…

From Geography lovers. #weirdest #buildings #World Buildings are enduring symbols of art and creativity. From the Colosseum to the Great Wall of China, great buildings usually have a huge impact on people. Looking at the present, between all the skyscrapers, houses and mansions there are a lot of hidden gems that can surprise you. In…

From Geography lovers. #GoldenRock #KyaiktiyoPagoda #Myanmar Kyaiktiyo Pagoda also known as Golden Rock is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Myanmar. The Golden Rock is situated at an elevation of about 1,100 m (3,609 ft) above sea level, on top of the Kyaiktiyo hill. It’s the boulder that gets everyone’s attention. Massive, and…

From Geography lovers. #Masudanoiwafune #megalith #monolith The village of Asuka is located in the Takaichi District of the Nara Prefecture in Japan. One of the most unique features of Asuka is the multiple carved granite stones in peculiar shapes in various parts of the region. The largest and most unusual of the carved stones is…

From Geography lovers. #Kalachi #Kazakhstan #sleep In 2013, the residents of Kalachi, a small village in Kazakhstan, began to take to their beds with a mysterious illness. They couldn’t stop falling asleep. When they woke up, often days later, they remembered nothing. This illness has affected more than 140 people in Kalachi and Krasnogorsk, dusty…

From Geography lovers. #Adamscalendar #Stonehenge #megalith Adam’s Calendar is controversially suggested to be the oldest man-made structure in the world. Sometimes referred to as "African Stonehenge", it predates both Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza by tens of thousands of years. Located in Mpumalanga, South Africa it is a standing stone circle about 30…

From Geography lovers. #Sentinelese #island #geography North Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman Islands, an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal which also includes South Sentinel Island. This is just one of the main islands in the Indian Ocean, not really large: about 60 sq km or 23 sq miles. They use stone-age tools,…

From Geography lovers. #Yangshan #Nanjing #megalith The Yangshan Quarry is an ancient stone quarry near Nanjing, China. It is preserved as a historic site. The quarry is famous for the gigantic unfinished stele that was abandoned there during the reign of the Yongle Emperor in the early 15th century. Although it is believed to have…

From Geography lovers. #monolith #Utah #Mystery A mysterious metal monolith has been found planted in the ground in a remote part of the United States. A second monolith appears – this time in Romania. The object is found close to an important archaeological site outside Piatra Neamt in the northern part of the country. A…

From Geography lovers. #MovileCave #cave #Romania Only 240 m in length and 12.000 square meters, but an epochal discovery made in 1986 by the Romanian researcher Cristian Lascu. In the south-east of Romania, in Constanța county close to the Black Sea and the Bulgarian border, there lies a barren featureless plain. Below it lies Movile…

From Geography lovers. #Deerstones #megalith #ancient They are ancient megaliths carved with symbols found largely in Siberia and Mongolia. The name comes from their carved depictions of flying deer. There are many theories as to the reasons behind their existence and the people who made them. Main sources: https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5953/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_stone http://factsanddetails.com/asian/cat65/sub422/entry-5238.html

From Geography lovers. #Zealandia #continent #geography The Earth has eight continents, and world maps should reflect this, geologists say. About 3,500 feet under the south Pacific waves sits a lost eighth continent. Scientists confirmed that the submerged landmass, named Zealandia, was its own continent in 2017. But they hadn’t been able to map its full…

From Geography lovers. #Carrowmore #megalith #Ireland With up to 60 megalithic monuments recorded by archaeologists, Carrowmore (meaning ‘Great Quarter’) Megalithic Cemetery is the largest of its kind in Ireland and regarded to be amongst the oldest in Europe. Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery is a prehistoric site located not far from the county town of Sligo in…

From Geography lovers. #skyscrapers #sizecomparison #Europe The following is a list of the tallest buildings in Europe by country listing only the tallest building in each country. Now Europe includes 51 independent states. For decades, only a few major cities, such as Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Warsaw contained skyscrapers. In recent years, however, construction…

From Geography lovers. #IshinoHoden #megalith #monolith The Ishi-no-Hoden is a huge megalithic stone which is located in the town of Takasago in Japan. The Hoden stone ("hoden", literally means "treasure mansion") was carved out of the surrounding mountainside. The stone is 5.6 meters high, 6.5 meters wide, and 7.5 meters deep with a weight of…

From Geography lovers. #wondersoftheworld #landmarks #BigBen From Big Ben to the pyramids. This video shows what it would cost to build the world’s most famous landmarks in today’s money. Main Sources: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3117034/From-200-000-Big-Ben-1-BILLION-pyramids-cost-build-world-s-famous-landmarks-today-s-money.html https://www.homeadvisor.com/r/the-modern-cost-of-iconic-landmarks/#.VXhwmNNViko https://www.opodo.co.uk/blog/the-worlds-most-valuable-monuments/

From Geography lovers. #ShaniShingnapur #India #legend Shani Shingnapur is a village in the Indian state of Maharashtra. A one of a kind village in India, Shani Shingnapur is famous for the fact that no house here has any doors. Residents of the village feel little need for security, thanks to their belief in special protection…

From Geography lovers. #MohenjoDaro #MoenjoDaro #lostcity Mohenjo Daro (meaning ‘Mound of the Dead Men’) is an archaeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Mohenjo-Daro was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1980. Main sources: https://www.britannica.com/place/Mohenjo-daro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-daro

From Geography lovers. #Bouvetisland #mystery #Norway Bouvet Island is one of the most mysterious islands in the world. It is located in the South Atlantic Ocean: 1600 miles away from South Africa and 1100 miles from Antarctica. Main sources: https://medium.com/@rajkumarrr/the-bouvet-island-lifeboat-7b685aeb170a https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bouvet-island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island

From Geography lovers. #Sacsahuaman #megaliths #Cusco The Sacsayhuaman (also Saksaywaman or Saqsawaman, meaning ‘Royal Eagle’) fortress-temple complex lies at the northern edge of the former Inca capital Cuzco. Main sources: https://www.journeymachupicchu.com/sacsayhuaman-ruins-peru/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-americas/unravelling-mystery-behind-megalithic-stone-walls-saksaywaman-001470

From Geography lovers. #Japan #facts #geogrpahy You might have heard this many times before, but one of the amazing things that makes Japan such a unique country is how it can mix its ancient history and traditions, with its incredible modernization. Today we will list out the main points that make Japan such a unique…