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Lost Tribes
Remote town home to Himachalis, Israelis, and tons of hashish
Kasol, a remote village situated on the banks of the raging Parvati River between Bhuntar and Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh, India, has long served as the main headquarters for backpackers and... »
Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and 2 others
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca
On Lake Titicaca, one ancient people, the Uros, live on islands made of living reeds that float around the lake. The Uros people have been living on the lake for hundreds of years—they were... »
Anomalous Islands, Lost Tribes, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Henry and Dylan
Mysterious "dots" seen from a satellite in southeast Peru
In 1976 NASA satellite photograph number C-S11-32W071-03 showed something very odd in the middle of southeast Peru's dense jungle: evenly spaced pyramid like objects lined up in seemingly neat... »
Geological Oddities, Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes | Edited by Dylan
A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash
1400 years ago the residents of the Mayan village of Ceren abandoned their town as a volcano erupted in the distance. Within days the village was buried under 16-21 feet of wet volcanic ash.... »
Fiery Wonders, Ghost Towns, Lost Tribes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Annetta
Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity
Originally, the stunning marble- and granite-strewn beaches of Miramar were the site of ancient pagan worship. Specifically, the giant boulder jutting into the sea was where rituals were once... »
Anomalous Islands, Lost Tribes | Edited by littlebrumble and Dylan
Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky
Sometime around 1820, a French orphan named Martin Fugate, carrier of an incredibly rare recessive gene for a disease known as hereditary methemoglobinemia, settled on the banks of Troublesome... »
Lost Tribes | Edited by Josh and Dylan
