We know that the area of Antarctica spans 14.2 million km2, which is twice the size of Australia, making it the fifth continent on the planet.
About 170 million years ago, Antarctica was part of the supercontinent known as Gondwana. Antarctica slowly separated from the Gondwana continent approximately 25 million years ago.
Research indicates that Antarctica was not always cold, dry, and covered in ice. In the past, Antarctica was located further north and had a tropical climate with lush forests and various forms of ancient life.
Today, the Antarctic ice is over 1 km thick, covering 98% of the planet’s ice. Imagine how ancient people thrived amidst the vegetation and forests that once covered Antarctica, now buried as fossils beneath the ice.
Antarctic Explorer.
Today, no one lives in Antarctica; only scientists come to explore and understand that this place was once an ideal land for ancient civilizations. A Russian expedition officially recognized Antarctica as an icy continent in 1820.
There have been legends and rumors about the Terra Australis continent in the far south since ancient times. The philosopher and scientist Aristotle wrote about Antarctic meteorology. The geographer and mathematician Marinus of Tyre, a Greek, included the name Antarctica on world maps in the 2nd century AD.
Map of the Terra Australis continent.
Since the time of Ptolemy in the 1st century AD, it was believed that there existed a land called Terra Australis, a vast continent located in the southern part of the planet, balancing the lands of northern Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Dr. Vanessa Bowman from the University of Leeds (UK) stated: “100 million years ago, Antarctica was covered by dense forests similar to present-day New Zealand.”
Antarctic expeditions are very costly and challenging to conduct. Those without the proper equipment cannot survive long on the icy terrain, making it difficult to search for evidence of ancient structures in Antarctica.
A group of Russian and American scientists, along with eight explorers, have identified at least three human-made pyramids in Antarctica with melting ice caps.
Suspicious Antarctic ice structures resembling pyramids.
They have proposed several hypotheses: Was Antarctica once warm enough for ancient people to live? If an advanced civilization existed in Antarctica, could these structures have been buried by ice? What are these mysterious structures? Are there pyramids buried beneath the ice?
When we discover the pyramids in Antarctica, we are sure to be surprised and our historical knowledge will be transformed.
The exploration of the Pyramids in Antarctica is pursued by UFO hunters, theorists about ancient extraterrestrial beings, and researchers trying to explain these strange structures.
There are two differing opinions in this debate. One side claims that Antarctica conceals many secret bases of extraterrestrial beings.
The other side argues that the formation of pyramid-like structures is a natural geological occurrence.
We still know very little about ancient history. Perhaps humans have inhabited Earth longer than we think. We are yet to understand how ancient civilization in Antarctica developed and why it underwent such drastic climatic changes to become frigid.
For researchers to excavate structures buried under ice, a significant amount of ice must be melted.
An ice-covered mountain in Antarctica resembling a pyramid.
Melting ice leads to rising sea levels. If all of Antarctica’s ice were to melt, it would spell disaster for many coastal regions on the planet. This is a significant barrier preventing us from seeing the pyramids in Antarctica.
According to researchers, the Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing a warming trend of 2.8 degrees Celsius – the fastest warming region in the world.
