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Top 10 Most Enigmatic & Mysterious Places In The World

Top 10 Most Enigmatic & Mysterious Places In The World

Many popular experts suggest possibility that mysterious sites around the world were created with help of advanced knowledge and technology (possibly more advanced than our current one) possessed by lost civilizations. Others do not believe that there ever was very advanced civilization on earth and all of the superb knowledge was handed down to us by ancient astronauts who came down from heaven. Most scientists do not subscribe to any of these ideas and try to explain ancient enigmas on the ground of religion and ritual. Here are top 10 most enigmatic places in the world:

1. The Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx (Egypt)

Although it is clear the pyramids were used for the burial of pharaohs, the construction, date, and possible symbolism of the Giza pyramids are still not entirely understood. This mystery only adds to the attractiveness of these ancient wonders and many modern people still regard Giza as a spiritual place. A number of fascinating theories have been offered to explain the “mystery of the pyramids”. Even the most skeptical visitor cannot help but be awed by the great age, grand scale and harmonic mathematics of the pyramids of Giza.

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2. Stonehenge (Great Britain)

Perhaps the world’s best known monument is Stonehenge, located in the English county of Wiltshire. It’s composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and is believed to have been built around 2500 BC but has been revised and remodeled over a period of more than 1400 years. Though theories and speculation abound, no one knows what the original purpose of the prehistoric monument was and it remains one of the earth’s greatest mysteries.

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3. Easter Island (Chile)

Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui or Isla de Pascua, is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, most famous for its monumental statues which were created by the Rapanui people. The statues, called moai, were part of the ancestral worship of the island’s settlers and were carved between 1250 and 1500 CE. The heaviest moai erected weighs 86 tons, illustrating how great a feat it was for the Rapanui to have created and moved them. Nearly half of all remaining moai are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were moved to stone platforms around the island’s perimeter.

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4. Baalbeck (Lebanon)

Baalbeck is a city in eastern Lebanon. It was a flourishing Phoenician town when the Greeks occupied it in 331 B.C. It became a Roman colony under the Emperor Augustus in 16 B.C.On its acropolis, over the course of the next three centuries, the Romans constructed a monumental ensemble of three temples, three coutyards, and an enclosing wall built of some of the most gigantic stones ever crafted by man. Some tourists believe that the construction can only be attributed to extra-terrestial artwork . At the southern entrance of Baalbeck is a quarry where the stones used in the temples were cut. A huge block, considered the largest hewn stone in the world, still sits where it was cut almost 2,000 years ago. Called the “Stone of the Pregnant Woman”, it is 21.5m x 4.8m x 4.2meters in size and weighs an estimated 1,000 tons.

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5. Machu Picchu (Peru)

Machu Picchu is the most well-preserved city of the Inca empire, hidden in the Peruvian Andes high on a steep mountain with a flattened top, a location that helped it escape notice by Spanish conquistadors. It was forgotten for centuries by the outside world, and re-discovered by archeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911. The stones of this city fit together so tightly a knife blade can’t fit between them. Modern research suggests that Machu Picchu was built around 1450 CE as a retreat by and for the Inca ruler Pachacuti and that it was actually relatively small by Inca standards.

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6. Nazca Lines (Peru)

Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world, they are located in the Nazca Desert. Etched in the surface of the desert pampa sand about 300 hundred figures made of straight lines, geometric shapes and pictures of animals and birds – and their patterns are only clearly visible from the air. To comprehend the Nasca lines, created by the removal of desert rock to reveal the pale pink sand beneath, visitors have proposed every imaginable explanation – from runways for spaceships to tracks for Olympic athletes, from op art to pop art, to astronomical observatories.

Top 10 Enigmatic Places

Top 10 Enigmatic Places

7. Tiahuanacu (Bolivia)

Tiahuanacu (also called Tiwanaku) is a mystery because of its age (estimated to be 17,000 years) and the peculiar stone technology. Today there is little doubt that Tiahuanaco was a major sacred ceremonial centre and focal point of a culture that spread across much of the region. The ancient people built a stone pyramid known as the Akapana.

8. Chichen Itza (Mexico)

Chichén Itzá is an archeological site of an ancient city built by the Mayas. The site contains various massive structures such as El Castillo (the Temple of Kukulkán) and the Temple of the Warriors, on top of which we find a statue of Chac-Mool or Rain God, on which it is said that the Mayan priests placed still beating hearts removed from living victims in their sacrificial rituals. Chichén Itzá was a vast metropolis. It was built by a Mayan tribe called the Itzáes in the 9th century AD and flourished as a major regional capital until the 12th century. The true origin of the Itzá people still remains mystery.Edward James has created a surreal park in a rainforest. The sculptures, that look like the ruins of a building, blend in the beautiful nature and create an impression of a deserted wonderland.

Top 10 Enigmatic Places

Top 10 Enigmatic Places

9. The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica

One of the strangest mysteries in archaeology was discovered in the Diquis Delta of Costa Rica. Since the 1930s, hundreds of stone balls have been documented, ranging in size from a few centimetres to over two meters in diameter. Some weigh 16 tons. Almost all of them are made of granodiorite, a hard, igneous stone. These objects are monolithic sculptures made by human hands.


10. Underwater Ruins in Japan

On the southern coast of Yonaguni, Japan, lie submerged ruins estimated to be around 8,000 years old. Though some people believed that it was carved by geographic phenomena, it’s now confirmed to be man-made as the intricate stairways, carvings and right angles suggest. It was discovered in 1995 by a sport diver who strayed too far off the Okinawa shore with a camera in hand.

Top 10 Enigmatic Places

Top 10 Enigmatic Places


Top Ten Richest Countries In The World

lists of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita.
1)Liechtenstein : Liechtenstein has one of the highest standards of living in Europe and a highly educated workforce – what other country can boast that it imports Austrian, German and Swiss labour on a daily basis? You will see the influence the Alps and the river Rhine have on the country, the industry, sport, history and tourism of Liechtenstein and surrounding areas.
* GDP (PPP): $122,100
* Area: 160.475 km2,61.960 sq mi
* Population: 502,202.
* Capital City: Vaduz
* Largest city: Schaan
* Languages: German
* Religions: Roman Catholic
* Currency: Swiss franc (CHF)
* Calling code: +423
* Government: Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy
* Prince: Hans-Adam II
* Regent: Alois
* Landtag Speaker: Arthur Brunhart
* Prime Minister: Klaus Tshutscher


2)Qatar : Qatar is an Arab country, known officially as an emirate, in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Qatar resolved its longstanding border disputes with both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. As of 2007, oil and natural gas revenues had enabled Qatar to attain the first-highest per capita income in the world.

* GDP (PPP): $102.147 billion, Per capita: $90,149
* Area: 11,435 sq km
* Population: 1,696,563
* Capital City: Doha
* People: Arab, Muslim majority
* Languages: Arabic (official), English (also widely-used)
* Religion(s): Islam
* Currency: Qatari Riyal (QR); 1 QR = 100 Dirhams
* Calling code: 974
* Government: Monarchy
* Head of State: Emir, His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
* Prime Minister and Foreign Minister: His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al-Thani
* Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry:His Excellency Abdallah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah

3)Luxembourg: Luxembourg, once part of Charlemagne’s empire, became an independent state in 963, when Siegfried, count of Ardennes, became sovereign of Lucilinburhuc (“Little Fortress”). In 1060, Conrad, a descendant of Siegfried, took the title count of Luxembourg.
* GDP (PPP): $77,600
* Area: 2,586.4 km2 (175th) 998.6 sq mi
* Population: 502,202.
* Capital City: Luxembourg
* Languages: Luxembourgish (national language), German and French
* Religions: Predominantly Roman Catholic, but some Protestants, Jews and Muslims
* Currency: Euro
* Calling code: 352.
* Government: Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
* Head of State: Grand Duke Henri (succeeded on 7 October 2000)
* Prime Minister/Premier: Jean-Claude Juncker
Foreign Minister: Jean Asselborn

4)Bermudas: Bermudas is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about 1,030 kilometers’ (640 mi) to the west-northwest. It is about 1,373 kilometers’ (853 mi) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and 1,770 kilometers’ (1,100 mi) northeast of Miami, Florida.
* GDP (PPP): $69,900
* Capital:Hamilton
* Official language(s):English1
* Other language:Portuguese1
* Ethnic groups:
* 54.8% African-Caribbean
* 34.1% white
* 6.4% multiracial
* 4.3% other
* 0.4% unspecified[1]
* Demonym:Bermudian
* Government:British overseas territories
* Monarch:Queen Elizabeth II
* Governor: Sir Richard Gozney
* Premier: Paula Cox
* Area: 53.2 km2,20.6 sq mi
* Population: 68,268
* Currency: Bermudian dollar2 (BMD)

* Calling code: +1-441

* Religions: Mainly Christian although many faiths are represented. The most popular denominations are Anglican and African Methodist Episcopalian (AME).

5)Norway: The Viking period (9th to 11th centuries) was one of national unification and expansion. The Norwegian royal line died out in 1387, and the country entered a period of union with Denmark. By 1586, Norway had become part of the Danish Kingdom. In 1814, as a result of the Napoleonic wars, Norway was separated.
# GDP (PPP): $59,300.
# Area: 385,155 km2 (mainland: 323,758 km2, Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen: 61,397 km2)
# Population: 4,934,600
# Capital City: Oslo
# Currency: Norwegian krone (NOK)
# Calling code: 47
# Languages: Two forms of Norwegian, named “bokmål” and “nynorsk”.Sami is a separate language spoken by the Sami peoples in the northern counties, which has equal status with the Norwegian language.
# Religion(s): 90% Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran)
# Government: Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
# Head of State: HM King Harald V (1991)
# Prime Minister: Jens Stoltenberg (Labour)
# Foreign Minister: Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour)

6)Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France.As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and other rocks and reefs.A dependency of the English Crown since the Middle Ages, Jersey has a rich cultural heritage evident in the range of sites across the Island from the palaeolithic to the Second World War.
* Jersey:Flag GDP (PPP): $59,300
* Capital(and largest city): Saint Helier
* Official language(s): English, French
* Ethnic groups: 51.1% Jersey, 34.8% Britons, 6.4% Portuguese, 2.6% Irish, 1.7% French, 2.3% other white, 1.1% other[2]
* Government: Parliamentary system, Constitutional monarchy and Crown dependency
* Chief of state: Elizabeth II, Duke of Normandy
* Lieutenant Governor: Lt. Gen. Andrew Ridgway
* Bailiff: Michael Birt[3]
* Chief Minister: Senator Terry Le Sueur
* Area: 116 km2,45 sq mi
* Population: 2,034/sq mi
* Currency: Pound sterling
* Calling code: +44 spec.
* +44-1534(landline)
* +44-7797, +44-7937, +44-7509(Jersey Telecom mobile)
* +44-7700(Sure mobile)
* +44-7829(Airtel-Vodafone mobile)

7)Kuwait: Kuwait (Arabic: دولة الكويت‎)is a sovereign Arab nation situated in the northeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, and Iraq to the north. It lies on the northwestern shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the Arabic “akwat”, the plural of “kout”, meaning fortress built near water.
* GDP (PPP): $55,900
* Capital:Kuwait City
* Official language(s):Arabic
* Other language:English
* Religion: Islam is the official religion, 85% Kuwaiti citizens are Muslim. 15% others.
* Demonym:Bermudian
* Government:British overseas territories
* Monarch:Queen Elizabeth II
* Governor: Constitutional hereditary emirate
* Prime Minister: Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
* Area: 17,821 sq km (6880 sq mi).
* Population:estimate 3,566,440
* Currency: Kuwait Dinar (KD) = 1,000 fils.
* Calling code: 965

8)Singapore: Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, in Southeast Asia. It is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north, and from Indonesia’s Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south.
* Capital: Singapore
* language: English
* Government: Parliamentary republic
* President: S.R. Nathan
* Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong
* Speaker of Parliament: Abdullah Tarmugi
* Chief Justice: Chan Sek Keong
* Area: 710.2 km2(274.2 sq mi)
* Population: 5,076,700
* Currency: Singapore dollar (SGD)
* Calling code: +65


9)United States: The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.
* GDP (PPP):$50,200
* Capital:Washington, D.C.
* Largest city: New York City
* Official language(s): None at federal level[a]
* Religion:Christians
* National language: English (de facto)[b]
* Demonym: American
* Government: Federal presidential constitutional republic
* President: Barack Obama (D)
* Vice President: Joe Biden (D)
* Chief Justice: John Roberts
* Area: 9,826,675 km2(3,794,101 sq mi)
* Population: 308,745,538
* Currency: United States dollar ($) (USD)
* Calling code: +1

10)Brunei: The small country of Brunei Darussalam is situated on the northwestern edge of the island of Borneo, an island which is also a part of Indonesia and Malaysia.In fact, it once controlled much of Borneo, as well as the southern Philippines, but its regional influence peaked by the end of the 17th Century.It subsequently entered a period of decline caused by internal fighting over royal succession, colonial expansion of European powers, and local piracy.
* GDP (PPP):$ 49,900
* Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
* Languages: Malay, English, Chinese
* Demonym: Bruneian
* Religion: Islam
* Government:Islamic Absolute Monarchy
* Head of State: His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei is also Prime Minister, Defence Minister and Finance Minister.
* Senior Minister: Crown Prince Billah
* Foreign Minister: Prince Mohamed Bolkiah
* Area: 5,765 km2(2,226 sq mi)
* Population:estimate 395,027[2] (175)
* Currency: Brunei dollar (BND)
* Calling code: +6731


Top 10 Natural Wonders
1)Grand Canyon (Arizona,USA):The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the Arizona(USA).The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (1.83 km) (6000 feet).It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park which is one of the first National Parks in the United States.The Grand Canyon is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, averaging over four million visitors per year.

2)Great Barrier Reef (Australia) :The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest Reef system.The reef is located in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia.It is composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi).Tourism is an important economic activity for the region, generating A$ 1 billion per year.It is larger than the Great Wall of China and the only living thing on earth visible from space.

3)Aurora Borealis or Northen Lights :An aurora is a natural light display in the sky, particularly in the polar regions, caused by the collision of charged particles directed by the Earth’s magnetic field.It is also referred to as a polar aurora or, collectively, as polar lights.In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis (or the northern lights), named after the Roman Goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Pierre Gassendi in 1621.The best time for viewing Aurora Borealis seems to be in late autumn and winter/early spring in the arctic regions like the Yukon, Manitoba or Alaska.Between autumn equinox and spring equinox (21 September – 21 March), and you have maximum chances of spotting the lights between 6 pm and 1 am.

4)Mount Everest :Mount Everest, or Mount Chomolungma, is the world’s highest mountain above sea level at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). It is located in the Himalayas on the Nepal (Sagarmatha Zone)-China(Tibet) border.The first people to scale this peak were Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. They managed to achieve this feat on May 29, 1953.Erik Weihenmayer, an American ,holds the record of being the first blind person to climb Mount Everest on May 25, 2001.

5)Niagara Falls :The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls on the Niagara River.The Falls extend over the international border between the Canadian Province of Ontario and the US States of New York.Niagara Falls consist of two major parts which are separated by Goat Island.One part is called Horseshoe Falls that is on the Canadian side of the border.Second part is called American Falls which is on American side.Niagara Falls attract around 12 million visitors per year.

6)Harbor of Rio de Janeiro :Rio de Janeiro Harbour is located on the south-western shore of Guanabara Bay, which is surrounded by the city of Rio along a strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the mountains: Sugar Loaf Mt, Corcovado Peak, and the hills of Tijuca.The population of the city of Rio de Janeiro, occupying an area of 1,182.3 square kilometres (456.5 sq mi), is about 6,100,000. The population of the greater metropolitan area is estimated at 11–13.5 million.The best times to explore the Harbor of Rio de Janeiro are during the months of September and October.The geology of this amazing place is admired by people who said: “God made the world in six days and on the seventh, he concentrated on Rio”.

7)Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming) :Yellowstone was the first national park in the world.It is located in Wyoming(USA).It also extends into Montana and Idaho.Yellowstone National Park covers an area of 3,468 square miles (8,980 km2) and it comprises of lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges.The park is world’s largest calderas with over 10,000 thermal features and more than 300 geysers. It has one of the world’s largest petrifiied forests. It has over 290 waterfalls with the 308′ Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River.Yellowstone attracts a lots of visitors because of its numerous recreational opportunities, including hiking, camping, boating, fishing and sightseeing.Last year was another record breaking year with 3,640,904 visitors breaking the previous record in 2009 of 3,295,187.

8)Amazon River and Rain Forest (Brazil) :The Amazon Rainforest is also known as Amazonia or Amazon Jungle.It covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7 million square kilometers , of which five and a half million square kilometers are covered by the rainforest.Except Brazil it is also contained within Peru Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.About 20% of earth’s oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest so It has been described as the “Lungs of our Planet”,Because its vegetation continuously recycles carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Amazon River of South America is the secong longest river in the world. It expands over the area of 7,050,000 square kilometres (2,720,000 sq mi) and accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world’s total river flow. The width of the Amazon varies between 1.6 and 10 kilometres at low stage, but it expands during the wet season to 48 kilometres or more.

9)Antarctica :It is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia , Africa , Northern American and South America.It covers the total area of 14.0 million km2 (5.4 million sq mi) out of which 280,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi) is Ice free and 13,720,000 km2 (5,300,000 sq mi) is covered with Ice.No permanent human residents are there, but from 1,000 to 5,000 people reside at the research stations scattered across the continent throughout the year.Only cold adapted plants and animals can survive there which includes Penguins,seals,nematodes,mites and many types of algae.The average temperature on Antarctic continent is -49 degree celsius.

10)Paricutin Volcano :Paricutin is situated about 200 miles west of Mexico City, in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.The Paricutin eruption took place between february 1943 and february 1952.The worst of Paricutin’s volcanic activity, took place in 1943, with its lava rising to about 50 feet below the crater’s rim.The Paricutin volcano now stands at exactly 1,345 feet above the ground and 9,210 feet above sea level.The type of eruption which happened at Paricutin is called a Strombolian eruption, which means it gushed basaltic lava, and exploded from a single vent.





















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Top 10 Most Enigmatic & Mysterious Places In The World

Many popular experts suggest possibility that mysterious sites around the world were created with help of advanced knowledge and technology (possibly more advanced than our current one) possessed by lost civilizations. Others do not believe that there ever was very advanced civilization on earth and all of the superb knowledge was handed down to us by ancient astronauts who came down from heaven. Most scientists do not subscribe to any of these ideas and try to explain ancient enigmas on the ground of religion and ritual. Here are top 10 most enigmatic places in the world:

1. The Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx (Egypt)

Although it is clear the pyramids were used for the burial of pharaohs, the construction, date, and possible symbolism of the Giza pyramids are still not entirely understood. This mystery only adds to the attractiveness of these ancient wonders and many modern people still regard Giza as a spiritual place. A number of fascinating theories have been offered to explain the “mystery of the pyramids”. Even the most skeptical visitor cannot help but be awed by the great age, grand scale and harmonic mathematics of the pyramids of Giza.

2. Stonehenge (Great Britain)

Perhaps the world’s best known monument is Stonehenge, located in the English county of Wiltshire. It’s composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and is believed to have been built around 2500 BC but has been revised and remodeled over a period of more than 1400 years. Though theories and speculation abound, no one knows what the original purpose of the prehistoric monument was and it remains one of the earth’s greatest mysteries.

3. Easter Island (Chile)

Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui or Isla de Pascua, is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, most famous for its monumental statues which were created by the Rapanui people. The statues, called moai, were part of the ancestral worship of the island’s settlers and were carved between 1250 and 1500 CE. The heaviest moai erected weighs 86 tons, illustrating how great a feat it was for the Rapanui to have created and moved them. Nearly half of all remaining moai are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were moved to stone platforms around the island’s perimeter.


4. Baalbeck (Lebanon)

Baalbeck is a city in eastern Lebanon. It was a flourishing Phoenician town when the Greeks occupied it in 331 B.C. It became a Roman colony under the Emperor Augustus in 16 B.C.On its acropolis, over the course of the next three centuries, the Romans constructed a monumental ensemble of three temples, three coutyards, and an enclosing wall built of some of the most gigantic stones ever crafted by man. Some tourists believe that the construction can only be attributed to extra-terrestial artwork . At the southern entrance of Baalbeck is a quarry where the stones used in the temples were cut. A huge block, considered the largest hewn stone in the world, still sits where it was cut almost 2,000 years ago. Called the “Stone of the Pregnant Woman”, it is 21.5m x 4.8m x 4.2meters in size and weighs an estimated 1,000 tons.

5. Machu Picchu (Peru)

Machu Picchu is the most well-preserved city of the Inca empire, hidden in the Peruvian Andes high on a steep mountain with a flattened top, a location that helped it escape notice by Spanish conquistadors. It was forgotten for centuries by the outside world, and re-discovered by archeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911. The stones of this city fit together so tightly a knife blade can’t fit between them. Modern research suggests that Machu Picchu was built around 1450 CE as a retreat by and for the Inca ruler Pachacuti and that it was actually relatively small by Inca standards.

6. Nazca Lines (Peru)

Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world, they are located in the Nazca Desert. Etched in the surface of the desert pampa sand about 300 hundred figures made of straight lines, geometric shapes and pictures of animals and birds – and their patterns are only clearly visible from the air. To comprehend the Nasca lines, created by the removal of desert rock to reveal the pale pink sand beneath, visitors have proposed every imaginable explanation – from runways for spaceships to tracks for Olympic athletes, from op art to pop art, to astronomical observatories.

7. Tiahuanacu (Bolivia)

Tiahuanacu (also called Tiwanaku) is a mystery because of its age (estimated to be 17,000 years) and the peculiar stone technology. Today there is little doubt that Tiahuanaco was a major sacred ceremonial centre and focal point of a culture that spread across much of the region. The ancient people built a stone pyramid known as the Akapana.

8. Chichen Itza (Mexico)

Chichén Itzá is an archeological site of an ancient city built by the Mayas. The site contains various massive structures such as El Castillo (the Temple of Kukulkán) and the Temple of the Warriors, on top of which we find a statue of Chac-Mool or Rain God, on which it is said that the Mayan priests placed still beating hearts removed from living victims in their sacrificial rituals. Chichén Itzá was a vast metropolis. It was built by a Mayan tribe called the Itzáes in the 9th century AD and flourished as a major regional capital until the 12th century. The true origin of the Itzá people still remains mystery.

9. The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica

One of the strangest mysteries in archaeology was discovered in the Diquis Delta of Costa Rica. Since the 1930s, hundreds of stone balls have been documented, ranging in size from a few centimetres to over two meters in diameter. Some weigh 16 tons. Almost all of them are made of granodiorite, a hard, igneous stone. These objects are monolithic sculptures made by human hands.

10. Underwater Ruins in Japan

On the southern coast of Yonaguni, Japan, lie submerged ruins estimated to be around 8,000 years old. Though some people believed that it was carved by geographic phenomena, it’s now confirmed to be man-made as the intricate stairways, carvings and right angles suggest. It was discovered in 1995 by a sport diver who strayed too far off the Okinawa shore with a camera in hand.


Top Ten Richest Countries In The World

lists of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita.
1)Liechtenstein : Liechtenstein has one of the highest standards of living in Europe and a highly educated workforce – what other country can boast that it imports Austrian, German and Swiss labour on a daily basis? You will see the influence the Alps and the river Rhine have on the country, the industry, sport, history and tourism of Liechtenstein and surrounding areas.
* GDP (PPP): $122,100
* Area: 160.475 km2,61.960 sq mi
* Population: 502,202.
* Capital City: Vaduz
* Largest city: Schaan
* Languages: German
* Religions: Roman Catholic
* Currency: Swiss franc (CHF)
* Calling code: +423
* Government: Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy
* Prince: Hans-Adam II
* Regent: Alois
* Landtag Speaker: Arthur Brunhart
* Prime Minister: Klaus Tshutscher


2)Qatar : Qatar is an Arab country, known officially as an emirate, in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Qatar resolved its longstanding border disputes with both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. As of 2007, oil and natural gas revenues had enabled Qatar to attain the first-highest per capita income in the world.

* GDP (PPP): $102.147 billion, Per capita: $90,149
* Area: 11,435 sq km
* Population: 1,696,563
* Capital City: Doha
* People: Arab, Muslim majority
* Languages: Arabic (official), English (also widely-used)
* Religion(s): Islam
* Currency: Qatari Riyal (QR); 1 QR = 100 Dirhams
* Calling code: 974
* Government: Monarchy
* Head of State: Emir, His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
* Prime Minister and Foreign Minister: His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al-Thani
* Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry:His Excellency Abdallah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah

3)Luxembourg: Luxembourg, once part of Charlemagne’s empire, became an independent state in 963, when Siegfried, count of Ardennes, became sovereign of Lucilinburhuc (“Little Fortress”). In 1060, Conrad, a descendant of Siegfried, took the title count of Luxembourg.
* GDP (PPP): $77,600
* Area: 2,586.4 km2 (175th) 998.6 sq mi
* Population: 502,202.
* Capital City: Luxembourg
* Languages: Luxembourgish (national language), German and French
* Religions: Predominantly Roman Catholic, but some Protestants, Jews and Muslims
* Currency: Euro
* Calling code: 352.
* Government: Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
* Head of State: Grand Duke Henri (succeeded on 7 October 2000)
* Prime Minister/Premier: Jean-Claude Juncker
Foreign Minister: Jean Asselborn

4)Bermudas: Bermudas is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about 1,030 kilometers’ (640 mi) to the west-northwest. It is about 1,373 kilometers’ (853 mi) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and 1,770 kilometers’ (1,100 mi) northeast of Miami, Florida.
* GDP (PPP): $69,900
* Capital:Hamilton
* Official language(s):English1
* Other language:Portuguese1
* Ethnic groups:
* 54.8% African-Caribbean
* 34.1% white
* 6.4% multiracial
* 4.3% other
* 0.4% unspecified[1]
* Demonym:Bermudian
* Government:British overseas territories
* Monarch:Queen Elizabeth II
* Governor: Sir Richard Gozney
* Premier: Paula Cox
* Area: 53.2 km2,20.6 sq mi
* Population: 68,268
* Currency: Bermudian dollar2 (BMD)

* Calling code: +1-441

* Religions: Mainly Christian although many faiths are represented. The most popular denominations are Anglican and African Methodist Episcopalian (AME).

5)Norway: The Viking period (9th to 11th centuries) was one of national unification and expansion. The Norwegian royal line died out in 1387, and the country entered a period of union with Denmark. By 1586, Norway had become part of the Danish Kingdom. In 1814, as a result of the Napoleonic wars, Norway was separated.
# GDP (PPP): $59,300.
# Area: 385,155 km2 (mainland: 323,758 km2, Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen: 61,397 km2)
# Population: 4,934,600
# Capital City: Oslo
# Currency: Norwegian krone (NOK)
# Calling code: 47
# Languages: Two forms of Norwegian, named “bokmål” and “nynorsk”.Sami is a separate language spoken by the Sami peoples in the northern counties, which has equal status with the Norwegian language.
# Religion(s): 90% Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran)
# Government: Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
# Head of State: HM King Harald V (1991)
# Prime Minister: Jens Stoltenberg (Labour)
# Foreign Minister: Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour)

6)Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France.As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and other rocks and reefs.A dependency of the English Crown since the Middle Ages, Jersey has a rich cultural heritage evident in the range of sites across the Island from the palaeolithic to the Second World War.
* Jersey:Flag GDP (PPP): $59,300
* Capital(and largest city): Saint Helier
* Official language(s): English, French
* Ethnic groups: 51.1% Jersey, 34.8% Britons, 6.4% Portuguese, 2.6% Irish, 1.7% French, 2.3% other white, 1.1% other[2]
* Government: Parliamentary system, Constitutional monarchy and Crown dependency
* Chief of state: Elizabeth II, Duke of Normandy
* Lieutenant Governor: Lt. Gen. Andrew Ridgway
* Bailiff: Michael Birt[3]
* Chief Minister: Senator Terry Le Sueur
* Area: 116 km2,45 sq mi
* Population: 2,034/sq mi
* Currency: Pound sterling
* Calling code: +44 spec.
* +44-1534(landline)
* +44-7797, +44-7937, +44-7509(Jersey Telecom mobile)
* +44-7700(Sure mobile)
* +44-7829(Airtel-Vodafone mobile)

7)Kuwait: Kuwait (Arabic: دولة الكويت‎)is a sovereign Arab nation situated in the northeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, and Iraq to the north. It lies on the northwestern shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the Arabic “akwat”, the plural of “kout”, meaning fortress built near water.
* GDP (PPP): $55,900
* Capital:Kuwait City
* Official language(s):Arabic
* Other language:English
* Religion: Islam is the official religion, 85% Kuwaiti citizens are Muslim. 15% others.
* Demonym:Bermudian
* Government:British overseas territories
* Monarch:Queen Elizabeth II
* Governor: Constitutional hereditary emirate
* Prime Minister: Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
* Area: 17,821 sq km (6880 sq mi).
* Population:estimate 3,566,440
* Currency: Kuwait Dinar (KD) = 1,000 fils.
* Calling code: 965

8)Singapore: Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, in Southeast Asia. It is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north, and from Indonesia’s Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south.
* Capital: Singapore
* language: English
* Government: Parliamentary republic
* President: S.R. Nathan
* Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong
* Speaker of Parliament: Abdullah Tarmugi
* Chief Justice: Chan Sek Keong
* Area: 710.2 km2(274.2 sq mi)
* Population: 5,076,700
* Currency: Singapore dollar (SGD)
* Calling code: +65


9)United States: The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.
* GDP (PPP):$50,200
* Capital:Washington, D.C.
* Largest city: New York City
* Official language(s): None at federal level[a]
* Religion:Christians
* National language: English (de facto)[b]
* Demonym: American
* Government: Federal presidential constitutional republic
* President: Barack Obama (D)
* Vice President: Joe Biden (D)
* Chief Justice: John Roberts
* Area: 9,826,675 km2(3,794,101 sq mi)
* Population: 308,745,538
* Currency: United States dollar ($) (USD)
* Calling code: +1

10)Brunei: The small country of Brunei Darussalam is situated on the northwestern edge of the island of Borneo, an island which is also a part of Indonesia and Malaysia.In fact, it once controlled much of Borneo, as well as the southern Philippines, but its regional influence peaked by the end of the 17th Century.It subsequently entered a period of decline caused by internal fighting over royal succession, colonial expansion of European powers, and local piracy.
* GDP (PPP):$ 49,900
* Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
* Languages: Malay, English, Chinese
* Demonym: Bruneian
* Religion: Islam
* Government:Islamic Absolute Monarchy
* Head of State: His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei is also Prime Minister, Defence Minister and Finance Minister.
* Senior Minister: Crown Prince Billah
* Foreign Minister: Prince Mohamed Bolkiah
* Area: 5,765 km2(2,226 sq mi)
* Population:estimate 395,027[2] (175)
* Currency: Brunei dollar (BND)
* Calling code: +6731


Top 10 Natural Wonders
1)Grand Canyon (Arizona,USA):The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the Arizona(USA).The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (1.83 km) (6000 feet).It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park which is one of the first National Parks in the United States.The Grand Canyon is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, averaging over four million visitors per year.

2)Great Barrier Reef (Australia) :The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest Reef system.The reef is located in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia.It is composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi).Tourism is an important economic activity for the region, generating A$ 1 billion per year.It is larger than the Great Wall of China and the only living thing on earth visible from space.

3)Aurora Borealis or Northen Lights :An aurora is a natural light display in the sky, particularly in the polar regions, caused by the collision of charged particles directed by the Earth’s magnetic field.It is also referred to as a polar aurora or, collectively, as polar lights.In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis (or the northern lights), named after the Roman Goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Pierre Gassendi in 1621.The best time for viewing Aurora Borealis seems to be in late autumn and winter/early spring in the arctic regions like the Yukon, Manitoba or Alaska.Between autumn equinox and spring equinox (21 September – 21 March), and you have maximum chances of spotting the lights between 6 pm and 1 am.

4)Mount Everest :Mount Everest, or Mount Chomolungma, is the world’s highest mountain above sea level at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). It is located in the Himalayas on the Nepal (Sagarmatha Zone)-China(Tibet) border.The first people to scale this peak were Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. They managed to achieve this feat on May 29, 1953.Erik Weihenmayer, an American ,holds the record of being the first blind person to climb Mount Everest on May 25, 2001.

5)Niagara Falls :The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls on the Niagara River.The Falls extend over the international border between the Canadian Province of Ontario and the US States of New York.Niagara Falls consist of two major parts which are separated by Goat Island.One part is called Horseshoe Falls that is on the Canadian side of the border.Second part is called American Falls which is on American side.Niagara Falls attract around 12 million visitors per year.

6)Harbor of Rio de Janeiro :Rio de Janeiro Harbour is located on the south-western shore of Guanabara Bay, which is surrounded by the city of Rio along a strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the mountains: Sugar Loaf Mt, Corcovado Peak, and the hills of Tijuca.The population of the city of Rio de Janeiro, occupying an area of 1,182.3 square kilometres (456.5 sq mi), is about 6,100,000. The population of the greater metropolitan area is estimated at 11–13.5 million.The best times to explore the Harbor of Rio de Janeiro are during the months of September and October.The geology of this amazing place is admired by people who said: “God made the world in six days and on the seventh, he concentrated on Rio”.

7)Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming) :Yellowstone was the first national park in the world.It is located in Wyoming(USA).It also extends into Montana and Idaho.Yellowstone National Park covers an area of 3,468 square miles (8,980 km2) and it comprises of lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges.The park is world’s largest calderas with over 10,000 thermal features and more than 300 geysers. It has one of the world’s largest petrifiied forests. It has over 290 waterfalls with the 308′ Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River.Yellowstone attracts a lots of visitors because of its numerous recreational opportunities, including hiking, camping, boating, fishing and sightseeing.Last year was another record breaking year with 3,640,904 visitors breaking the previous record in 2009 of 3,295,187.

8)Amazon River and Rain Forest (Brazil) :The Amazon Rainforest is also known as Amazonia or Amazon Jungle.It covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7 million square kilometers , of which five and a half million square kilometers are covered by the rainforest.Except Brazil it is also contained within Peru Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.About 20% of earth’s oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest so It has been described as the “Lungs of our Planet”,Because its vegetation continuously recycles carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Amazon River of South America is the secong longest river in the world. It expands over the area of 7,050,000 square kilometres (2,720,000 sq mi) and accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world’s total river flow. The width of the Amazon varies between 1.6 and 10 kilometres at low stage, but it expands during the wet season to 48 kilometres or more.

9)Antarctica :It is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia , Africa , Northern American and South America.It covers the total area of 14.0 million km2 (5.4 million sq mi) out of which 280,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi) is Ice free and 13,720,000 km2 (5,300,000 sq mi) is covered with Ice.No permanent human residents are there, but from 1,000 to 5,000 people reside at the research stations scattered across the continent throughout the year.Only cold adapted plants and animals can survive there which includes Penguins,seals,nematodes,mites and many types of algae.The average temperature on Antarctic continent is -49 degree celsius.

10)Paricutin Volcano :Paricutin is situated about 200 miles west of Mexico City, in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.The Paricutin eruption took place between february 1943 and february 1952.The worst of Paricutin’s volcanic activity, took place in 1943, with its lava rising to about 50 feet below the crater’s rim.The Paricutin volcano now stands at exactly 1,345 feet above the ground and 9,210 feet above sea level.The type of eruption which happened at Paricutin is called a Strombolian eruption, which means it gushed basaltic lava, and exploded from a single vent.