10 Mysterious Things Hidden Under The Sahara

From a horde of ancient sea monsters to gemstones from space worn by pharaohs, here are ten of the most amazing things hidden under the Sahara!
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10: The P-40 Kittyhawk
Back in 1942, Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping crashed his P-40 Kittyhawk fighter plane into a remote part of the Sahara Desert. This happened on June 28, when the sergeant was flying his damaged fighter craft between two British airfields located in Egypt. But on his way, he experienced some kind of catastrophic failure and crashed. The fate of the pilot remained a mystery for 70 years, until the lost and forgotten fighter plane was finally discovered in the middle of some sand dunes.
9: A Lost Civilization
A pair of researchers have found traces of a lost civilization in the Sahara Desert, using remote sensing technology, satellite images, and drone flyovers. The lost culture of the Sahara is known as the Garamantes, and archaeologist David Mattingly believes that they started to build a network of cities and fortifications around the few remaining oases in the Libyan part of the Sahara Desert sometime around 1000 BC, or about 3000 years ago.
8: Nabta Playa
Nabta Playa is believed to be the first astronomical site on planet earth. It was constructed in the Sahara Desert about 7000 years ago, making it far older than Stonehenge. The huge stone circle was used by a surprisingly advanced culture to track the summer solstice and the annual monsoon season.
7: Giant Sea Creatures
New archaeological research has revealed that some of the largest and scariest sea creatures ever to populate the planet once thrived in what is today the Sahara Desert. Scientists have been examining fossil records for decades to try and figure out what kinds of animals lived in the ancient Trans-Saharan Seaway from between 100 million and 50 million years ago.
6: An Ancient Mega Lake
The Sahara Desert may be a barren wasteland today, but new geological evidence has revealed that there was once a giant lake in the eastern Sahara 250,000 years ago. This happened when the Nile River flowed through a channel and completely flooded an area of over 42,000 square miles.
5: Mysterious Impact Crater
A mysterious impact crater was found in the Sahara Desert, and scientists are linking it to a gemstone found in the tomb of the Egyptian king Tutankhamun. An international team of researchers analyzed satellite images of the vast and sandy terrain between two remote Egyptian villages in the desert. What they found was El Bahr Crater, a massive hole about 1000 feet across.
4: Stone Age Graveyard
The largest Stone Age graveyard ever found in the vast nothingness of the Sahara Desert is providing an incredible record of life from a time when the region was a green paradise. This graveyard has just been discovered in the country of Niger by Paul Sereno from National Geographic. His team went on an expedition to find dinosaur bones and instead found a Stone Age archaeological site dating back 10,000 years.
3: Three Ancient Rivers
Three ancient rivers once linked sub-Saharan Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. This was about 130,000 years ago, when three enormous rivers flowed across much of North Africa, providing a safe route of travel for ancient humans through what is today a merciless desert. The rivers were discovered after scientists simulated ancient rainfall patterns using newly advanced computer climate models.
2: The Whale Graveyard
Buried beneath the Sahara Desert are thousands of whale bones!! These whales date back 50 million years, when the Earth looked completely different!! The highest concentration of whale bones has been found in a place called Wadi al-Hitan, or the Valley of the Whales in English. The bones found here belong to ancestors of modern whales, with the first ones being discovered way back in 1902. These fascinating beasts roamed the ocean that once covered all of the Sahara Desert.
1: The Legendary Spinosaurus
By far the coolest and most amazing dinosaur fossil ever found hidden in the Sahara Desert was that of the Spinosaurus. Paleontologists working in the Moroccan part of Sahara Desert unearthed one of the biggest and most intact Spinosaurus fossils ever: the Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. This legendary monster was the first known aquatic dino.
#mysteriousdiscoveries #saharadiscoveries #strangefinds

[@Seriksy]

There could be lost civilizations beneath the sands, because the Sahara was green bewteeen 11 000 and 5000 years ago. When it dried up, those civilization either moved on or died up, but what remains might still be buried underneath the sands

[@aquariandawn4750]

Bright Insights has a great 2 part documentary on the Eye of the Sahara in Mauritania.

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

@@aquariandawn4750 I think he's right about that being Atlantis.

[@aquariandawn4750]

@@bunnyfoofoo9695 Thankyou for taking the time from hopping through the forest to comment. 🐰

[@paulgreen2416]

Imagine being that Pilot making it down to the ground safely only to soon realise that you are a dead man walking.

[@Joe-xf5ot]

Out of the frying pan and into the fire

[@captainharris8980]

Believe it or not, had he conserved his water, rested during the day under his tent and walked at night, then he might have made it somewhere if he knew where to go.

[@Imakebootysclap]

I think the Sahara use to look like the amazons once upon a time and was hub for humans but as it turned into a desert the spiderwebbed out to the middle east and other parts of Africa. Egyptians where decedents of the Sahara civilizations that are probably under 200ft of sand as I type.

[@AbsolutelyEverythinggg]

I have to say this is alot of work to do these research, you guys are amazing.

[@oussama3249]

But you didn't mention the oldest human fossils with +300 000yo discovered in Morocco. And the fennec foxes

[@caroljo420]

Those foxes are so cool! I love those ears!

[@vaipre1576]

interesting video since I'm learning about the Sahara currently

[@edmondnoir6191]

Katrina you belong in a museum because you are in fact a national treasure lol. I love your dedication to research and accuracy and I'll always be a dedicated fan.

[@tonytrismegistusroberts5124]

She is often full of shit but I bet that's not her fault she's just reading information.

[@andy54612]

Love this channel nothing better than at the end of the night sitting chilling to origins explained 👌😊

[@gordondippenaar9514]

I love you're vids and its very interesting too know all theses things.thank you a lot and keep on doing you're wprk

[@gordondippenaar9514]

Work

[@zuzellogan5613]

My first time watching this channel and I already love it 😍 Great video which is very informative and educational as well. Thank you for sharing this video, it is super interesting, amazing and definitely worth watching it. 👍👍👍🙌🙌🙌👌👌👌👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@chrisba190]

I can't wait until they start exploring there more! It's littered w ancient civilizations that are supposed to be older than most of the ones we know of today.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Right? How cool would it be if they found all kinda written records & stuff?

[@gabedamack]

the Maa Confederation

[@stevenneuschwander6806]

Don't cotak

[@clarkestreet]

Also potentially where Atlantis was

[@chrisba190]

@@jean-paulaudette9246 could be helpful or just more F-ing riddles people will "over explain" to death. We tend to dive a little too deep into shallow Waters.

[@-IAMAM]

Nice

[@Einy74]

I just hate those videos that show random stock photos and videos completely unrelated to the topic...

[@dvy3s]

Cool

[@ramomirimo3090]

The desert is quite amazing on its own. Try being 200km from the nearest light source and look up. As pretty as it is it's also deadly. If thirst didn't get you a whole host of things will.

[@christianhunt7382]

Thanks again Katrina and the origins explained team!!

[@malcwhite]

It would be great if you showed appropriate pictures. Lancaster bomber when talking about a single engine fighter

[@user-zb3yl1wu8u]

😂😂 Fr tho

[@devinkaiser4656]

Yes real pics exist. Seems lazy and makes all their content questionable

[@michaelbrewer8245]

He's right. You show photos of sites and objects that are not of what you are reporting. Love the content but hate your laziness.

[@gremlin66n]

So did he crash in a P-40 or a Lancaster bomber? 😅 I'm so confused now lol

[@dragoness3606]

If they are now finding all this information in the Sahara even a large lake/ocean have they studied the Eye of the Sahara that is believed to be Atlantis?

[@morganstarchild5359]

You would love a channel call Bright Insight host is jimmy I think that's the name let me check lol

[@morganstarchild5359]

Yup that's correct he has so much content and he talks about atlantis being there he's very good!

[@dragoness3606]

@@morganstarchild5359 I watch him too... =D

[@patrickblue3813]

Mainstream archaeologists have not studied the Richat Structure (aka Eye of the Sahara) AFAIK The Richat structure does match up with what Plato said about Atlantis And IMO the Richat Structure / Eye of the Sahara is the origins of the Eye of Horus and Eye of Ra of the ancient Egyptians While looking on the Google maps it is clearly visible that the mountains surrounding the eye of the sahara to the northern part is shaped like the eyebrow area while the Richat structure is the eyeball

[@gettingtoastedatq]

@@patrickblue3813 there is no such thing as “main stream archeologist”. And most are not able to get funding and rely on institutions or private donors. I cringe when people say “main stream” and want to be taken seriously.

[@ratbuddy4642]

I love the Sahara! Thanks Karina .

[@allanmccoy4974]

Seems that the Sahara holds much history. Another great video. Thanks Katrina

[@johnnysheen9615]

The Solstice clock is only half as old, as structures for the same use in Turkey!

[@utilisatricectout]

I'd have said YEEEEES before the number 1 and the " snake information" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@henryknox4511]

Adam's calendar is way older than naptaplaya.

[@KenJackson_US]

Wasn't that the one she mentioned?

[@victormendoza5597]

I love ancient archeology so yes I'd love to be one of the first to get to dig thru the great vastness of all the world's deserts.

[@miloanderson9067]

You think that impact crater is where he got the metal for his dagger as well, or did they figure that one out already?

[@BlenderStudy]

I think the Sahara was full of water at some point in history. Other huge deserts in world as well.. Maybe when the next polar-shift event occurs in the future, the tides will turn again.. Thank you for the update, Katrina..!! :)

[@Failchrist666]

love the vids! hate the fact that in a 15 min vid i have to watch 5 commercials. i understand thats how u get paid , but find a happy medium 2 in 10? 3 in 15?

[@captainharris8980]

If I had skills to dig for fossils, then I'd be there in a heart beat.

[@waynebow-gu7wr]

The extreme heat would rapidly stop that heart beat.

[@captainharris8980]

@@waynebow-gu7wr Yeah dude, I'll just go there naked without anything to block the sun.

[@waynebow-gu7wr]

@@captainharris8980 Well at least you won't be included in the covid deaths... because of all that vitamin D.

[@henryrieder9660]

I love your videos so much they’re so interesting and I’m only 12

[@Phatxual]

Can one really compare the discovery of a hundred year old plane to a multi-thousand year old mummy though..? Lol

[@jamestnov41945]

Well done Katrina thoroughly fascinating stuff.

[@krishessler4358]

#6, I knew about great lakes going back 3 million years.. (Plate Tectonics Documentary) didn't know there were around that short ago (Geological Time)

[@JayRod.316]

Very informative. I would definitely go!

[@thabisoproramokopu3992]

About the astrological sight listed here(3:03), it's not the oldest. I'd like to bring your attention to what Europeans call Adam's Calendar located in South Africa, Mpumalanga which's at least 75 000 years old.

[@emileboustany1604]

13:31

[@corywilliams4659]

Am i the only one that believes these found things could have been washed into the desert by a huge wave caused by one or more asteriod strikes?

[@DudesIn101]

Libyan glass is from a nuclear weapon

[@KenJackson_US]

I've read that theory. So did the pre-flood civilization develop nukes?

[@markhatfield5621]

A television documentary explains that the Pharaohs desert 'gem' is glass. Believed to have been created when fragments of the meteor hit the sand.

[@starfishw7138]

No crater

[@osmosisjones4912]

What Atlantis the eye of the sahara matches the discriminations more then another submerged cities or possible cities. And the sahara is desert after a swonamy

[@HaLfCrAzEdCaNuCk]

*Tsunami And no the Sahara desert was not created by one

[@jasonmendoza2044]

Yes it did that, there was a time of ages tho, and no not the ones. You are though, so have much faith in yourself and you will find it there!

[@gregshafer3653]

Do not trust any stock apps unless you have the proper software

[@vaihana5904]

The findings can reveal somewhat, history of some generations, and some achealogist's write their own stories according to their knowledge and what they believe, not necessarily true. And they will force that to the rest of society to accept those findings as the truth.

[@willardotieno7818]

Love the videos

[@robpatterson3133]

I would go i love heat !! Been in deserts before an loved it !

[@osmosisjones4912]

In nature you mean violent paradise and peaceful waist lands

[@jeremyvictor9349]

They might have a mountain that's completely green or red like a gem or ruby mountain that's radiant that could explain a lot

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

The poor guy that lost his plane. Sad.

[@johndaut2838]

Texas Llanonite is a more rare mineral

[@jhonjhonjhonson7773]

I bet there is some much cool stuff that hasn’t been found yet

[@dottiebreen1538]

Oldest Stonehenge is aboriginal. Really mind blowing.

[@anthonybaransky137]

Katrina, investigate Boaz Mysteries it's another channel on KZbin. I think you'll find it interesting

[@dempsey2054]

What about my pen that rolled off of my desk? Is my pen hidden in the Sahara?

[@caroljo420]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!! Katrina's voice is so sweet!

[@bigdaddyburchy]

You have such a refreshing vernacular Katrina 😌 Thank you for all the hard work 🙏💙

[@johnraygun9868]

Get so tired of “experts” saying “this is the first ever”. New things are constantly found predating what’s believed to be the first. At least say oldest know, stop locking down thoughts and beliefs, leave the door open to new information and we can grow from it, that’s what real experts do. By no means do I think I am smarter than anyone but I have an open mind as we all should.

[@Johan-ru9wl]

Yeah who are these experts anyway?

[@HowtoRPG]

Very cool. The Lake in the Sahara might have been destroyed by a meteorite?

[@anelissantos8920]

I would go,if I had the proper equipments and source🙂👌👍😎

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

LOL Me, hearing about civilization from 1000 BCE "Wow, what a long time ago." Me, hearing about a lake from 250,000 BCE "Dang, that was practically yesterday!"

[@CrybKeeper]

Just me, but have heard all of this 50 times by now.

[@futurecultleader3060]

Maybe stop clicking on videos about things under the sands of the sahara then?

[@phantomwalker8251]

5:00,do you know why everything was bigger back then,??. more oxygen in the air,less co 2. you really need to do more real research..

[@tiaanengelbrecht6158]

Adam's Calendar is definitely older than Nabta Playa's astronomy.

[@123militaryman]

Cool stuff, but all the real juicy cool stuff, we’ll never really know

[@sylvana6629]

😳 wow very interesting story. Thank you for sharing.

[@grewntd]

It's not fair to call the spinosaurus a monster. Seems like it was marvelous creature

[@WalkenDead]

I often wonder if a couple of thousand years from now, if humans still exist, if they will be digging us up to research our culture

[@broskiblue726]

Not gonna find anything important

[@candiceperry7916]

These discoveries are awesome

[@tasossaros8375]

Thank you 🙏

[@miahopping2711]

You need to check out GABARMANG ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAS /WORLDS OLDEST STRUCTURE 50,000 years old

[@WalkenDead]

We know nothing. We look for things and get bits and pieces, and try to figure it out. We can probably get close, but the struggle is we will never get the truth of it.

[@OG-GenX065]

Yes I would go. I love hot weather. But my husband would do better in Antarctica.

[@greenkoopa]

You sound like a human female. They are always hot 😮

[@jessyeades3553]

@@greenkoopa the aoooosao oo in a àxkoaa

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I'll advise trying Tucson for a few summer months, before committing to anything. And, shoot, maybe you'll love it! What I found most irritating was the way the sidewalks burned my dog's paws, when we tried to go for walks, even long after sunset.

[@UKFishingFinesse]

since when was that stone circle the first astronomically aligned site?

[@andreicartianu5141]

You missed the Eye of Sahara ,because you 're gorgeous i 'll forgive you!😈😇😈😇😈😇

[@timelesslimit5786]

Simp much?

[@TheMike2784]

I mean...he’s not wrong about her being gorgeous 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TheCrazyker]

Well they claim there isnt really anything at the Richard structure

[@ikeyshuster9801]

How do you even know what she looks like?

[@TheMike2784]

@@ikeyshuster9801 from the shorts they put out

[@SpideyVids]

No mention of the Richat structure? 🤔

[@charlestonclarke7402]

I wish I could go fossil hunting , I mean I would definitely go if I get a chance to...

[@Ayaans-Stuff]

Wow i can't even make a video like this

[@karldavis3041]

Many boffins still say that StoneHenge is only 5,000 years old. But this is incorrect. It is AT LEAST 10,000+ years old. This makes it older than MontiPlier that you are talking about

[@oldhippie192]

That's a P 40 Warhawk, not a Kitty hawk.

[@yousux13]

HI KATRINA!

[@robertkoonce8365]

Hi Katrina, just a small correction for ya. The p40 wasn't known as the kitty hawk, it Is commonly known as the WARHAWK.

[@floydriebe4755]

it was named Kittyhawk 1st. early in WW11 the pilots changed it to Warhawk. it's official name remained Kittyhawk.

[@jay-thetruth-stone12]

So....Katrina. Theres a big hole under the Sahara desert that leads to the center of the earth?

[@edwardanthony7283]

The mega lake is what took out Atlantis.

[@floydriebe4755]

hello, Katrina! good video. i have known of most of these for some time but, your post added some details i didn't know. more brain food! i would like to do archaeology anywhere, but, don't know if i could handle the heat and aridity. born and raised in the Montana Rocky Mtns so am acclimatized to cooler, wetter conditions. would try, tho, if i had the chance. ancient anything fascinates me🤩 thanks, Kat, for my after lunch entertainment😃🙃 bye!

[@waynewhyte6595]

good presentation......but......no one noticed what's wrong with the storey on the Kitty hawk?????? a kitty hawk was a single engine fighter plane. The plane they showed found in the desert had 4 engines and looked like a bomber, which would've had more than one person on board.

[@jasonmendoza2044]

Who really cares 🤷🏽‍♂️ I think everyone is here for the juicy 10, not a correct depiction of a kitty hawk 🤙🏽

[@petemarin5792]

They better add Ungannu here

[@blakemartyn7319]

Stonehenge goes back to 10000 bc so 12000 years old, that’s 5000 years older than this one in Egypt 👍🏻

[@KryptonianBMW]

I googled Mauren O'Leary. That isn't her..

[@trntavry]

It seems like the Sahara is irresponsibly ignored...ish

[@madisonwashington5055]

Hu

[@rwmcgeesr]

The photo at 44 seconds is not a P-40. It appears to be a B-24 bomber and is definitely not a fighter. Bad editing.

[@arianegomez5499]

ALL DESERT IS AN OLD OCEAN

[@VeggyZ]

You should read up on & cover a now declassified essay called "The Adam and Eve Story" (no, IT'S NOT ABOUT RELIGION - the title is misleading) written by Chan Thomas, in the 1960's. The CIA - for whatever reason, had it classified some time in the 60's, and only in 2013 declassified under the "Freedom of Information Act". Your viewers that find this kind of topic interesting should appreciate it very much. It's thought provoking stuff - downright terrifying, actually. It's even more terrifying when one considers, the CIA saw fit - for whatever reason - to classify an ESSAY on mankind's ancient history. The contents on the first couple pages alone should have everyone shaking in their boots. It's incredible, and it should make you re-consider what you think you know about your past. I'm not exaggerating, if this doesn't scare you, you're broken inside.

[@tonytrismegistusroberts5124]

Um Adams Calender in South Africa is 75000 to 100,000 years old.

[@thomasmoore4576]

I would love to go if you joined me

[@jeremyvictor9349]

What that bug doing to the sun appears to be a sign they may be using the sun

[@lokijordan]

The country of Niger is pronounced “knee-zh-air”

[@kellyzent2415]

The Sahara stone hedge, the people learned about astrology from the fallen angels.

[@johnyurick8785]

Amazing ........but time line seems way off ....... carbon dating is iffy at best ????

[@flyiny_sqiurrel]

I know what's under the sand.... MORE SAND

[@shanicerood]

Should search for the Stargate

[@brentonjustinramadin997]

Too many ads, felt like I was watching TV...

[@ChasingDifferentAdventures]

I would not caught because won't never there, I would be in a T-shirt in 25°, while it's snowing. As long as there's no wind I am OK in the cool