Check this out: an 8,000-year-old rock carving from Val Camonica, Italy, that’s anything but ordinary.

Check this out: an 8,000-year-old rock carving from Val Camonica, Italy, that’s anything but ordinary. These humanoid figures sport what look like halos around their heads—seriously, halos! And those lines swirling around them?

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They might just be rays of light. But wait, it gets wilder: these figures eerily resemble men in spacesuits or even retro scuba gear.

Depictions of basic and subordinate members (a, b, d-f: Tanum; c: Norrköping). (a) SHFA Image ID 4073 (cropped) (PH๏τograph: Toreld Andreas); (b) SHFA Image ID 9144 (PH๏τograph: Ellen Meijer); (c) Image ID 13168 (cropped) (PH๏τograph: Peter Skoglund); (d) SHFA Image ID 1064 (cropped) (PH๏τograph: Bertil Almgren); (e) SHFA Image ID 5908 (PH๏τograph: Ellen Meijer); (f) SHFA Image ID 2026 (PH๏τograph: Åsa Fredell).

What’s going on here? These ancient petroglyphs raise more questions than answers, igniting a fiery debate among researchers about what the ancients were trying to communicate.

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Were they tapping into profound symbolism or seeking something spiritual? Or was it something far creepier? These carvings aren’t just old—they’re a tantalizing puzzle that continues to baffle and intrigue anyone brave enough to dive into their mystery

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