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Chinese Chronicles Might Be Rewritten With The Discovery Of Unusual 150,000-Year-Old Pipes

There is a mysterious pyramid with 3 caves, leading to a saltwater lake near Mount Baigong in Qinghai Province, China. Under the lake bed and on the shore there lie iron pipes varying in size, some of which are as small as toothpicks, that are dated back to 150 millennia ago.
What keeps perplexing Chinese chroniclers is that the area had remained uninhabited until 30 millennia ago. Furthermore, experts indicate that the indigenous were all nomads, meaning that it seems almost impossible for them to set up such plumbing system without spending a great amount of time. And this lead to a 120,000-year gap of the exact identity of the constructor of such pipes.

Aliens?

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A far-fetched probability not yet dismissed by the Chinese Academy of Social Science, extraterrestrial race with high level of intellect might have been the builder, according to research fellow, Yang Ji. Specifically, the expert didn’t simply rule out the theory for the responsibility of ancient aliens; instead, he thought that it’s worth investigating all aspects before discarding any possibility.
In 2002, Chinese experts had conducted examination upon the pipes, where some of them believe that the pipes were left behind by an ancient civilization with advanced techniques forgotten upon the arrival of the humans later occupied the site. “Strangely shaped stone”, protruding from the ground are around the pipes leading to the area, which even baffles chroniclers more.

Are they even pipes?

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So, bizarre stones are protruding from ground, while scientists also remain unable to track the pipes back to any known civilization. If that doesn’t confuse you enough, scientists are also unclear of the materials from which the pipes are made. While they are thought to be mostly iron, the head of publicity for the local Delingha government didn’t believe so.
He said that the pipes were analyzed at a foundry, only to find that 8% of the material couldn’t be determined. The remaining was a combination of ferric oxide, silicon dioxide, and calcium oxide, all of which were byproducts of a long interaction between iron and the surrounding sandstone. There were even proof of radiation in some of the pipes, according to a 2007 discovery.
This results in another hypothesis, in which theorists state that they are fossilized tree roots, not iron pipes, with those of identical structure discovered in Louisiana, and even plant matter in some of the pipes, bearing resemblance to tree rings, was discovered.

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It’s a long-standing geological hypothesis that, under certain chemical conditions and with proper level of temperatures, tree roots can experience the transformation of soil into rock and in time, produce iron formations.
So, are they pipes laid down by an ancient tribe or space aliens? Or are they the result of iron-rich magma forcing its way up through the earth into fissures, or just fossilized tree roots? Whatever the case, the “oopart” (out of place artifact) is certainly a source of puzzlement and wonder for conventional scientists and historians alike.
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