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Unsolved Mysteries Of The Ancient World

Unsolved Mysteries Of The Ancient World
Magazine

Humans love secrets, and are deeply intrigued by unexplained phenomena. When those secrets persist for hundreds or even thousands of years, the stories can be universally fascinating. Like the Antikythera mechanism, an unsettlingly modern machine found in the undersea wreckage of an ancient ship. Or the buried army of thousands of life-size Chinese warriors carved in stone. From lost cities to the Holy Grail to the identity of Jack the Ripper to the secret burial place of Attila the Hun, we leverage modern science and understanding to shed light on history's most enduring mysteries.

NOTHING SATISFIES US LIKE COMING ACROSS AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY.

MYSTERIOUS OBJECTS • ANCIENT RELICS FROM A DISTANT AGE STILL FASCINATE US TODAY.

BRAZIL’S ANCIENT UNDERSEA VESSELS • DID ANCIENT ROMANS MAKE IT TO SOUTH AMERICA?

LAOS’ MASSIVE, UNEXPLAINED JARS • THOUSANDS OF MYSTERIOUS VESSELS. NO EXPLANATIONS.

THE STONE SPHERES OF COSTA RICA • A 1000-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY JUST A STONE’S THROW AWAY

THE BAGHDAD BATTERY • DID ANCIENT SCIENTISTS MAKE A WORKING BATTERY?

WHERE’S THE HOLY GRAIL? • A SACRED VESSEL CAREFULLY SAVED AND TRAGICALLY LOST

ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM • A TOO-ADVANCED DISCOVERY SHOCKS MODERN SCIENTISTS

KING TUT’S SPACE DAGGER • TUT’S BODY SHIELDED AN IRON KNIFE THAT SHOULDN’T EXIST

VENUS FIGURINES • MYSTERIOUS TALISMANS FOR SURVIVING AN ICE AGE

ROMAN DODECAHEDRONS • THE ROMAN-EMPIRE GADGETS STILL STUMPING HISTORIANS

WHERE’S THE ARK OF THE COVENANT? • THE GILDED CHEST THAT HELD THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WAS SOMEHOW LOST TO TIME.

PERPLEXING PEOPLE • SOME OF HISTORY’S DEEPEST MYSTERIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE IT ALL HAPPEN.

THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE • THE ENTIRE SETTLEMENT THAT VANISHED INTO THIN AIR

THE BOG BODIES OF NORTHERN EUROPE • MIRACULOUSLY PRESERVED BODIES KEEP MYSTERY ALIVE

EMPEROR QIN’S BURIED ARMY • THESE SOLDIERS HELD THEIR GROUND FOR 2,200 YEARS

THE MASK OF AGAMEMNON • AN INDISPUTABLY OLD RELIC THAT TOUCHES THE MYTHICAL

WHO WAS JACK THE RIPPER? • THE FIRST WORLD-FAMOUS SERIAL KILLER WAS NEVER CAUGHT…OR EVEN IDENTIFIED.

THE BURIED OSEBERG VIKING SHIP • ONE SHIP AND TWO CORPSES, A LONG WAY FROM THE SEA

CALIGULA’S SEX SHIPS • ENORMOUS WRECKS WORTH DRAINING A LAKE TO RETRIEVE

THE OCTAVIUS GHOST SHIP • A MYSTERY FROZEN IN TIME—OR MERELY A GHOST STORY?

THE MARY CELESTE GHOST SHIP • THE SHIP WAS FINE, BUT THE CREW HAD VANISHED

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? • THEY WERE THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE WHO EVER LIVED—YET THEY WERE BURIED IN SECRET, UNMARKED TOMBS.

SECRET PLACES • SACRIFICIAL THEATERS, LOST CITIES, AND UNDERGROUND LABYRINTHS WORTH EXPLORING

THE “GATE TO HELL” OF HIERAPOLIS • WHAT WAS KILLING THE ANIMALS OF A ROMAN CITY?

THE HYPOGEUM OF HAL SAFLIENI • AN UNDERGROUND WORLD WITH AN ECHO CHAMBER

PADMANABHASWAMY TEMPLE AND THE SEALED VAULT • A COUNTRY WONDERS: ARE THE RICHES WORTH THE RISK?

DERINKUYU: THE ANCIENT UNDERGROUND CITY • KEEPING CITIZENS SAFE UNDERGROUND FOR EONS

STONEHENGE AND PYRAMIDS • IT’S NOT ONLY THE ONES YOU KNOW: THESE TYPES OF STRUCTURE EXIST ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT WHY?

THE ALLURE OF ANGKOR WAT • BEYOND THE MOAT, A WORLD OF WONDER AWAITS

THE MAJESTIC CITY OF TEOTIHUACAN • AWE-INSPIRING SIGHTS IN MEXICO’S BIRTHPLACE OF THE GODS

ANCIENT EGYPT’S LOST LABYRINTH • UNCOVERING THE SECRET OF THE HAWARA PYRAMID

PYRAMIDS GALORE • ABANDONED TO THE SANDS, BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN

WHERE’S THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS? • A DEEP DIVE INTO AN ADVANCED SOCIETY THAT PURPORTEDLY SANK BENEATH THE WAVES. BUT WHERE?

CRYPTIC CODES • THE PAST IS DESPERATE TO SPEAK TO...

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