Drill Holes in Egypt: Evidence of Advanced Technology?
Ancient Egypt is a land of millions of treasures. Although Egypt is most famous for its incredible pyramids, magnificent temples, and gorgeous ancient cities, the land of golden sands and…
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Unsolved Mysteries
Investigations into enduring mysteries from history, archaeology, and science. We examine claims, track the evidence, and highlight what researchers know (and what remains uncertain).
Ellen Sadler: Did the “Sleeping Girl of Turville” Really Sleep for Nine Years?
Ellen Sadler was said to sleep for more than nine years in Victorian England. Contemporary reports, an inquest and local records reveal a medical mystery full of unanswered questions.
The Ishi-no-Hoden, a 500-Ton Megalithic Mystery
The ancient world is a fascinating one. Countless megaliths are found on nearly all continents. Massive stones defying explanation quarried transported and raised a ta time when mainstream science tells…
7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Ancient Egypt’s 1,000-Ton Unfinished Obelisk
Although Egypt’s pyramids are the greatest tourist attraction of Egypt, and despite millions of people traveling to Egypt to see them, Egypt has more to offer. From incredible temples, and…
The Lost Technologies of the Ancient Egyptians
Egypt is a land of countless treasures. We appreciate Egyptian history despite the fact we still know so little about this ancient civilization. The ancient Egyptians are known for their…
5 Stunning Discoveries at the Giza Pyramids That Left Experts Awestruck
Thousands of years ago, massive, towering structures were built in the desert. Rising hundreds of meters towards the sky as a stairway connecting heaven and Earth, the ancients built pyramids…
Manuscript 512 — Evidence of a Long-Lost Amazonian Civilization?
The idea that highly developed ancient civilizations inhabited the Amazonian rainforest has been a myth that has circulated among scholars and amateur archaeologists for more than a hundred years. In…
The Curious Magnetic Anomalies at Puma Punku
One of the most fascinating ancient sites in the American continent is high up the Bolivian Altiplano. It is also not far from one of the most stunning lakes on…
Ancient Egyptians in America: A Coverup or Not?
In 1909, a surprising newspaper article was published in the United States. On April 5, 1909, the Arizona Gazette published an article suggesting that one of the most reputable scientific…
3, 6, 9 And Why the Numbers Mattered to Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla is undoubtedly one of the greatest humans to walk this Earth. He was a genius, inventor, and pioneer. He came up with inventions and ideas long before anyone…
Massive Drought Exposes Mystery Lakebed Symbols
Speculation about ancient civilizations and aliens has been sparked by giant patterns exposed at the bottom of a lake in China by a drought. In Hunan province, Dongting is the…
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,…
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…