Alan Turing’s Secret Manuscript
Alan Turing is famous today, heralded as the father of modern computing and artificial intelligence. Many people are familiar with Turing’s life, as seen in the 2014 movie, The Imitation Game,…
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Investigations into enduring mysteries from history, archaeology, and science. We examine claims, track the evidence, and highlight what researchers know (and what remains uncertain).
The Voynich Manuscript: Memoirs of а Lost Alien Civilization or Medieval Science Fiction?
The Voynich manuscript. This is what researchers call a document written in an unknown language that contains drawings of absolutely fantastic plants, as well as maps of an unfamiliar starry sky.…
A Look Into The History Of The 3 Wise Men — Who Were They Really?
The story of the Three Wise Men is told in the New Testament – in the Gospel of Matthew. Presented as good magicians, fortune tellers, the Three Magi recognized the…
The Great Lunar Deception of 1835, Here’s What You Should Know
News has been falsified before and will be falsified in the future. But unlike our time, in the 19th century, it was much easier to lead people, and a journalist…
What Caused The Mysterious Tunguska Explosion of 1908?
On June 17, 1908, in the sky over a sparsely populated area of the taiga, near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, a powerful explosion thundered. In most cases, the Tunguska event…
The Potato Epidemic: Scary Pages in the History of Ireland
In the middle of the 19th century, one of the most tragic events in the entire history of the country happened in Ireland – a potato blight that led to…
What Were the Marital Duels in Medieval Germany?
Medieval justice was very peculiar. I can give a quick and curious example with animal trials. Cats, dogs, bulls, caterpillars, and other creatures of God were sent to the scaffold…
The Unknown Origin of the Miniature Mummy of the San Pedro Mountains
In the summer of 1940, two enterprising gentlemen were prospecting for gold in the San Pedro Mountains in Wyoming. While raking up another rock blockage, the miners stumbled upon the…
Who Erected More Than 7000 Ancient Nuraghe Towers On An Italian Island?
A curious theory was published in 2002 by Italian journalist Sergio Frau, suggesting that the columns that Plato wrote about may have been in the Strait of Sicily. Consequently, according…
What Was Hidden In The Submerged Osiris Shaft in Egypt?
Ancient Egypt has attracted people from all over the world for centuries. Seekers of mysterious artifacts, wise knowledge of distant ancestors, fabulous treasures – all of them aspired to the…
Why Are There So Many Stone Spheres Scattered Across The Globe
In the second half of the twentieth century, the discovery of mysterious stone spheres made a lot of noise in the media. “Chariots of the Gods”, as they were called…
Unwritten Mystery: What Is The Purpose Of The Enigmatic Gate Of The Gods In Peru?
Let’s transport our minds to Peru and the rocks along the shores of Lake Titicaca. We land before a mysterious site at Hayu Marca. It is there that the massive…
Lemuria: How a 19th-Century Scientific Idea Became a Lost-Continent Legend
Lemuria has been called a lost continent, an ancient homeland, and even the birthplace of a higher human species. The story is compelling, but its history is more interesting than…
Apollo 10: Contact With Aliens Or A Bug In The System?
Surrounded by the vastness of outer space, Apollo 10 astronauts suddenly lost contact with the Houston Control Center. At this point, they encountered an unidentified radio signal. They didn’t know…
Most Controversial Map in History; What Secrets Does The Piri Reis Map Hold?
The Piri Reis map is perhaps the most controversial surviving document from the age of great geographical discoveries, which is constantly at the center of controversy. The debates are mainly fueled…
The Unsolved Secret Of The Man In The “Iron Mask”
On September 18, 1698, a mysterious prisoner was brought to the Bastille from a prison in Piedmont. The prisoner wore an iron mask that completely covered his face. These are…
The Story of the Crystal Skulls And How To Distinguish Facts from Legends
If we are to believe the ancient legends, crystal skulls carry the “Holy Knowledge”. The commonality in all myths is that they are something special and crucial for humanity and…
Otherworldly Origin? Where did Nikola Tesla’s Futuristic Knowledge Originate From?
All great artists, inventors, and creators, including Nikola Tesla, feel that they are instruments of a higher purpose. Is there a program for humanity? Is there a bigger hidden plan…
Electricity in Ancient Times; Facts and Speculations Uncovered
By a strange coincidence, archaeologists have discovered a variety of objects whose existence is inexplicable and does not fit into the written history. And yet, they exist. Judging by these…
Does a Long-Lost Atlantis-Like Mother Civilization Predate all Ancient Cultures?
Could a long-lost, Altnatis-like mother civilization exist on Earth tens of thousands of years ago, predating all other ancient civilizations? According to the mainstream narrative, we are all very used…
The Alleged UFO Incident Near Aztec, New Mexico, Known As The “Other Roswell”
Everybody has heard stories about the most famous UFO sighting/incident in Roswell from 1947. Despite the obvious cover-up of the entire truth, rumors and speculations, as well as countless documentaries…
What do the Mysterious Triangle-Shaped Heads of the Ancient Vinca Culture Depict?
In the beginning, the Vinca culture was considered a cultural site and part of a larger civilization and therefore remained without much attention for a long time. Initially, the discoveries…
What Are the so-called Bosnian Pyramids and is There Something to Them?
Le’ts imagine you have not read the title of this article and I start talking about the Valley of the Pyramids. I imagine you would think about Egypt or Peru,…
The Deeply-Rooted Symbolism of the Snake in Ancient Civilization
The symbolism of the snake is one of the most complex and commonly seen images in world mythology. It is characterized by pronounced polyvalence. It contains both the masculine and…