#ancient origins

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Pokémon TCG BW Plasma Storm (2013), Legendary Treasures (2013), XY Phantom Forces (2014), Ancient Origins (2015), BREAKPoint (2016), Generations (2016) & Fates Collide (2016) illustrations by Kanako Eo 😍😍😍

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China’s Mysterious Egg-Laying Mountain That Spews Out Stone Eggs Mount Gandang, a mountain in the southwest region of China, has an interesting phenomenon that geologists, researchers, and locals have been observing for decades. Located in the province of Guizhou, the rocky walls of the base of the mountain include a cliff that locals refer to as “Chan Dan Ya,” Mandarin for “egg-laying cliff,” due to its ability to “lay” stone “eggs” every 30 years. This stone egg-laying phenomenon has been observed for hundreds of years. Locals in that region have heard tales of the egg-laying mountain since childhood, and most go to visit it and try to find a dropped stone egg once they are grown enough to do so. Of the stone eggs that have been retrieved, they range in size between 20 to 60 cm (7 to 24 in) each. They have a dark blue hue and are almost perfectly smooth, making them able to reflect the sunlight at certain angles once cleaned and polished. The largest of the stones have even been found to weigh over 600 pounds (272 kg)!

Ancient Origins

Stone eggs emerging from the Chan Dan Ya cliff.

Local resident with one of the stone eggs from the egg-laying mountain in China. (AsiaWire)

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Terracotta stirrup jar with octopus

Helladic, Mycenaean

ca. 1200-1100 BCE

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fan art of Achilles and Patroclus

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𝔄 𝔭𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 𝔠𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔞𝔫 𝔈𝔤𝔶𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔢𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢.

𝔖𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔠𝔢: 𝔅𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔰Դկօ 𝔬𝔫 𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔭𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔰.