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?

May be an illustration of text

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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