We want you to forget what your history books told you. They usually tell only one side of a story full of nuances. In this slideshow, you will learn about rare discoveries that showed the side of history that does not get told often. They peel back all these layers of stories you might have heard of and expose seldom told facts that will surely fascinate. Are you ready to hear the truth about events in history that you think you already know about?
A Mummified Monk Inside A Buddha Statue
In 2015, researchers from the Netherlands performed a CT scan on a sitting Buddha statue. Inside, they found things that they did not expect at all. The statue came with a mummified monk who had been in there for a millennium. Inside of simply putting the monk in there, researchers found out that he was full of scraps with Chinese characters on them. To mummify himself, the monk must have been placed on a special diet of toxic tea that would ensure that his body would become too toxic to be infested by maggots. Not many monks did this, but those who did were revered in their community.
A Mummified Monk Inside A Buddha Statue
A Green Stone Mask In Teotihuacán, Mexico
This curious green serpentine mask was found at the base of a Mexican pyramid in 2011. However, this was not the only thing the archaeologists saw there. They found the loot at the Teotihuacan Pyramid of the Sun, and it is believed that it was hidden there as an offering 2,000 years ago. Together with the mask, they found pottery and obsidian pieces right next to the human figurines of the same material. Archaeologists believe that the mask had been part of a ceremony since it was next to another offer.
A Green Stone Mask In Teotihuacán, Mexico
