Why Stonehenge exists - and more greater mysteries of history

Some cold cases are not supposed to be solved.


For eachUnresolved mystery famous (Say, the disappearance of Amelia Beingheart), there are literally thousands of mysteries just as pleasant to the mind that gets little to no recognition at all (such as the Treasury pit of the island of Oak). From extraterrestrial contact supposed with long lost and sought after treasures, there are always puzzles in human history that can not be explained rationally.

Thus, in the name of pure entertainment, we have gathered the most mysterious events in history. If you are someone who loves the spine of the deadlines of the most unanswered puzzles in history, read it, because we have compiled them all here.

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The location of Genghis Khan's grave

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After the pivot of the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan died in 1227, he asked to be buried in a tomb without a marker or sign. Hundreds of years later, many teams of archaeologists have tried to find the grave, without luck. However, on the heels of the discovery of the Khan's palace in 2004, researchers think they are close to discover where this old symbol of power is buried.

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Why Stonehenge exists

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If you are not already aware, Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the Wiltshire, England, with each stone standing about 13 feet high and seven feet wide. Built between 3000 BC. and 2000 Bc., there are a number of theories about why this training exists. For one, some researchers believe, because the stones are aligned on the sunset of the winter solstice and the opposite sunrise of the summer solstice, that rituals may have been conducted here after its creation. In addition, as there are a number of burning mounds surrounding the stones, some think it could have been used to celebrate the dead. However, since there is no written registration of Stonehenge, it leaves its goal a mystery.

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The disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

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Serve as President of the International Fraternity of Teamsters until 1971 and the Head of the American Labor Union until 1975, Jimmy Hoffa was involved in a mysterious activity of organized crime that could have contributed to his disappearance in 1975. The day he disappeared without trace, Hoffa, then 62 years old would have been gathered with two leaders of the Mafia: Anthony Giacalone and Anthony Provenzano. Despite the fact that both had threatened Hoffa in the past, there was no evidence that linked them to the crime scene. Since 1982, Hoffa has been declared dead without the resolution of this mystery.

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The location of the Tomb of Cleopatra

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On the headquarters of Alexandria, Egypt and the death of Cleopatra and his lover, Marc Antony, in 30 BC., the two were rumors to be dead in suicide. For thousands of years, researchers, archaeologists and fans have chosen to know what exactly has happened instead of burial of lovers. While many excavations were carried out in Alexandria and its surrounding cities, no sign of the tomb of Cleopatra remained - just - just the mystery of the first celebrity of the planet hanging in the air.

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The silver pit on the island of Oak

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The Oak Island of Nova Scotia, Canada will take place about $ 2 million in buried treasures, the extent has not been found yet. According to the legend, the Treasury was originally planted at the beginning of the 18th century by a Captain William Kidd crew member, who would have designed a set of instructions developed to access buried booty. Despite the instructions advising treasure plaintiffs from digging forty feet deep in dirt to find the treasure, many resisted the deep digging, affirming that superstitions are away from the contents of the Treasury. Currently, Rick and Marty Lagina from Michigan have the island and have the permission of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage to finally discover the Treasury, although they are still.

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The message behind the treasure of copper scrolling

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Discovered with the rest of the dead sea rifles, it actually differs from the rest because it does not contain a trace of literature, but, instead, currently underlines several places where various objects made of gold and silver are buried . And, while the instructions for locating these items are clearly arranged in the text, some scholars believe that the scribe that wrote these instructions was simply copying from another tablet, and therefore made some errors that make it impossible to decipher exactly where The buried treasure is hidden.

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The destiny of the ark of the Alliance

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Also known as the ark of the testimonial, this wooden box covered with a lid is described in the book of Exodus, as containing the two stone tablets representing the ten commandments. Throughout many points of the past, different biblical figures would have used the ark, but its current location remain a mystery. While the chapel of the tablet at the church of Our Lady Marie de Sion in Axum, a city in northern Ethiopia, claims to accommodate the object, no evidence has yet been established.

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The death of Natalie Wood

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The film actress Natalie Wood has captivated a lot for decades until his mysterious death in 1981. By turninggenius In 1981, Wood, her husband Robert Wagner, an emblematic actor Christopher Walken and Captain Dennis Daven were aboard a yacht near Santa Catalina Island. The next morning, his body was discovered, drowned, near a mile from the boat. While the others on board would have signed the way it ended up in the water, it was found with bruising on all its body and abrasion on its left cheek. Although his death decided an accident at the time, decades later, in 2011, the case was reopened and he was discovered that the wood flirted with Walken, leaving Wagner Range. A year later, his death certificate read: "drowning and other indeterminate factors". Now, in 2018, Wagner is considered the main suspect in the case. The time will indicate what really happened to the wood, it seems.

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What happened to the passengers on the ghost vessel,Mary Celeste

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In 1872, theMary Celeste, a US merchant ship, was discovered with drift and abandoned the Azores Islands near Portugal. The ship was gone for New York City just one month earlier and, when it was found, the cargo containing denatured alcohol and all the goods of the crew, was completely unreasoned. Although pirates are known to operate around this part of the sea, many argue that they would have taken all the cargo on board. In addition, since the rescue bar was missing, researchers can conclude with a certain precision that the boat may have suffered mechanical problems, however, after an additional inspection, this argument is always interviewed. More than a hundred years later, the disappearance of the crew aboard theMary Celeste is always a mystery.

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The authenticity of the shroud of Turin

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The shroud of Turin, discovered in the Middle Ages, is considered the inhumation shroud that Jesus was buried. However, many debates still on the question of what it is the burial shroud of Jesus, since a bishop in 1390 stated that the claim was false and accused an artist without the creation of the model of blood On the fabric that would have been compatible with Jesus' injuries of the crucifixion. In addition, the Catholic Church even hesitated to claim this fabric is the real thing, despite the Pope Pius XII approving the association between her and the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. To date, the authenticity of this fabric continues to be interviewed by many.

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Hidden messages in this antique health guide

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Discovered in 1912, this Voynich manuscript of the 15th century containing what seems to beWomen's health tipsWas a mystery to scholars and historians, as no one has yet been able to translate and interpret its successful text. What makes it so interesting is that the text contains pictures of alien plants, naked women, strange objects and symbols of the zodiac that seem harmful to the zone in the north of Italy where it is thought that the one thinks of origin. Although many have tried to decode the text, we still do not know the secrets hidden in this ancient book of health.

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The fate of the princes in the tower

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This refers to the disappearance of Edward V, King of England, aged 12 and Richard Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the age of 9, in 1483. After the death of their father, the king Edward IV of England, the boys were taken to the tower of London for the protection of their uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. However, shortly after he was taken to the tower, the boys were gone and their uncle took the throne. Years later, a bone box was discovered, hidden under the stairs of the Tower of London. And, although some argue that these bones belong to the boys, this has never been scientifically proven.

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The purpose of the Nazca lines

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The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs big in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. Hundreds of delicately carved lines in the ground, about 70 are actually detailed images of animals, such as birds, fish, jaguars, monkeys and humans. Historians believe that these lines were created by the Nazca culture between 500 B.C.E. 500 As C.E. their goal, there are many theories, ranging from astronomical religious, that attempt to explain how people could have benefited from these lines that can not be seen from the surrounding mountains.

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The disappearance of the Irish Crown Jewels

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The Irish Crown Jewels, also known as Jewelry Owned by the Illustrious Order of St Patrick, were stolen from Dublin Castle in 1907, and the collars of the five knights of the Order. Since the looting, several rumors have accused the theft to various people, including an ancestor of the famous explorer Ernest Shackleton. To date, the robber managed to get away with their crime.

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The cause of the Greek dark Age

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Greek Dark Ages took place between 950 and 750 B.C.E., although historians still do not know how this progressive culture has fallen in these difficult times. Before this period, the Greeks prospered maintenance of agricultural systems and education systems that have greatly benefited the people. Then, suddenly, the population declined dramatically, leaving those who are still living with fewer resources. Today, historians are still wondering why this sharp decline happened and how.

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The disappearance of D. B. Cooper

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Remaining as the only unsolved case in the history of air piracy in commercial aviation, a man known as DB Cooper hijacked a plane to the ransom money, amounting to $ 200 000, then dropped away to an unknown fate. Nine years after the event, in 1980, a boy discovered a small cache bills found along the banks of the Columbia River, which has renewed interest in the case, but only deepened the mystery as well. Finally, in 2016, the FBI officially closed the case after decades of trying to locate the man.

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The real story behind Devil's Footprints

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This phenomenon took place in February 1855 around the Exe Estuary in the East and South Devon, England. One morning, after a heavy snowfall, the city residents awoke to large hoof prints as a distance up to 100 miles. These impressions were called "Footprints of the devil" because some believed they were left by the cloven none other than Satan himelf. Despite this theory, several historians have chalked this strange event in hysteria strange to see many different types of animal prints at the time. In addition, historians doubt that everyone could have actually followed the footprints for several miles in a day.

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The existence of Mothman

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From 1966 to 1967, residents of Point Pleasant, West Virginia,reported to have seen a creature similar to butterfly The size of a big flying man around the city. Some have even been so arguing that a Motthman's observation can cause a disaster, such as the collapse of the silver bridge in town, which killed 46 people. However, many scientists claimed that these observations were simply hoaxes or people only with unbridled imagination. To date, we are still not if yes or no Mothman has never been as real as he was in residents of the city.

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Decoding the "wow! »Signal

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Serve as the strongest candidate forExtraterrestrial radio transmission set Never received, this message, displayed above, was received in 1977 by Big Telescope Radio Ear Ohio State University. At the time, this radioteleescope was used to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The signal seems to come from the global star AMAS M55, which lies in the constellation of Sagittarius and, according to the astronomer Jerry R. Ehman who interpreted the signal, wearing all the expected characteristics of extra-terrestrial origin.

However, whatever Ehman does surround these brands and write the famous "wow! Is lost on him and other researchers who have tried to decipher this message for years. For years, after the detection, the researchers tried to find a proof, but failed. These mysterious circumstances led a lot to the conclusion that this signal would have been attempt at extra-terrestrial contact.

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The identity of the Zodiac killer

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For the last part of the 1960s and early 1970s, a serial killer known as the zodiac killer killed at least four men and three women from northern California. For nearly ten years, the killer sent letters to media and police departments, detailing his murders and often threatening to take more violence in the future. As described above, he has always signed the letters with a symbol that quickly became synonymous with the length of murder. At present, the authorities of the San Francisco region reopened the case to test the envelopes that the zodiac killer sent to the DNA. For the moment, the authorities have not yet identified one of the most famous serial killers of American history.

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The destiny of the Roanoke colony

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The Roanoke colony was the first attempt at a permanent English colony in America - and it could be said that it was not really a success. The colony was created for the first time in 1585 in the current North Carolina, although the majority of its occupants left a year later to return to England with Sir Francis Drake. Just a year later, another expedition came to check on the occupants, but all they found was the word "Croatoan" carved in a tree, without any trace to the left at all. Hundreds of years later, historians believe that the settlers were killed by Native Americans, or their saddictic resources may have forced them to look for a shelter with the neighboring Croatian Indians, who had been nice with the colony. since his birth.

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Jack The Ripper's identity

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Perhaps one of the most important serial killers of all times, Jack The Ripper killed five women and instilled a sense of terror in the streets of London in 1888. These attacks normally understood abdominal mutilation, leaving the authorities and the public with the meaning of the killer may have been a doctor or surgeon. Meanwhile, the authorities received hundreds of letters of people claiming to be the serial killer. A person even sent half of a preserved human kidney to the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee! However, despite years of scouring the streets for the killer, the true identity is always a mystery to this day.

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The existence of the hanging gardens of Babylon

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Once considered one of the seven wonders of the world by Hellenic culture, the hanging gardens of Babylon were featured an upward series of gardens with trees with trees, flowers, shrubs and vineyards. As the name suggests, the gardens were supposed to be built in the old Babylon, near a Hillah, Babil, Iraq. Although there is no definitive proof of its existence (at least archaologically, that is to say), five different writers around 290 BC. talked about his captivating beauty.

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The identity of the Dahlia black killer

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As one of the most famous unresolved murders in American history, the case of dark Dahlia is still a mystery. The victim of murder, the aspiring actress Elizabeth Short, was found murdered in Lemerger Park in Los Angeles, California, in 1947. The case became instantly famous for the macabre nature of his body, which was found cut in two to the waist and ill-mutilated. However, despite several attempts to resolve the case and a list of 150 suspects, the killer has never been found. Decades later, many books and films have been manufactured, each presenting several theories as to who the killer can be. To date, the public remains uncertain.

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The identity of the killer of JFK and RFK

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As we all know,Kennedy family Seems to be completely too unlucky - and many are convinced that a conspiracy is behind the illness of the bright stars of the family: Robert F. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy. The 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was murdered on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. While the public knew his killer like Lee Harvey Oswald, many conspiracy theories say there are far too much inconsistencies in the case where the police filed, leaving many concerns if Oswald was hired by the CIA, or another government organization. The assassination of his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, only five years later, fueled these theories of the plot.

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The cause of the death of Marilyn Monroe

Next on this same trend, the death of the Marilyn Monroe icon at the age of 36 in 1962, while it suicides as suicide, is still a lot of wonder what really happened to the star of the film. Many speculate that Monroe may have suffered the same fate as his friends in the Kennedy clan - that for some reason or another, she knew too much about something, and they had to silence her. However, many compete against this theory, as Monroe spent an extremely essential time in his life, after having suffered from depression and the loss of his role onSomething must give earlier this year. It does not matter the circumstances of his death, his legend will live in Infamy.

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The disappearance of theUSS CYCLOPS

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Built for the United States Navy several years before the First World War, theUSS CYCLOPS And its 306 passengers disappeared without trace in March 1918, making it the greatest loss of life outside the battle in the history of the Navy. Many historians believe that problems with the ship itself might have helped to flow into the waters of the triangle of Bermuda, while others (of course) believe that a plot could be to blame.

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The secret meaning behind the disk phaistos

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The phaistos disc was discovered on Crete in 1908 and thought to this day at the middle age or end-time Minoen bronze. Both sides of the disc contain a series of stamped symbols, whose purpose and meaning have left archaeologists and historians away from years. Although many different theories for what the disc contains, all agree that to really know what the disc pulls the disc, they first need to find more context with which to base their conclusions.

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The disappearance of Amelia Earhart

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The first female aviator flying solo through the Atlantic Ocean,Amelia Beingheart has mysteriously disappearedIn 1937, during a trip around the world, despite the accompaniment of a qualified navigation Fred Noonan. While the pair approached the Isle of Howland, a land mass located between Hawaii and Australia, they stopped hearing Creeheart and Noonan voice transmissions. Although many research efforts have taken place after the fact, no one has been able to successfully locate the airplane or the bodies and Noonan. In addition to the theories that the plane crashed and sank in the waters surrounding the island (no aircraft was discovered in this region), many the theorists of the plot believe that the pair could have survived and hang. or landing safely on several islands outside the region. Isle. Anyway, the welcome of Amelia Creeheart is always unknown.

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Disappearance of the civilization of the Indus Valley

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During the current day of Pakistan and the northwestern India, a civilization known as the civilization of the Indus Valley would become one of the first civilizations of the old world, as well as the Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. At its peak, the Indus Valley had more than five million occupants, which resulted in a sophisticated urban planning system that showed great skill and intelligence for that time. However, about 1500 AV. J.-C., the population and the culture seemed almost disappearing in thin air, some scholars suggesting that it could have been due to an Aryan invasion or other ecological factors such as earthquakes or change climate. Anyway, most historians still do not know that the type of catalyst could eliminate a whole culture.

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The mystery of the triangle of the Bermuda

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Also known asThe Devil's TriangleThis section of the North Atlantic Ocean, between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico, attended a suspicious number of aircraft and ships that have disappeared in mysterious circumstances. Over the years, many plot theorists have hypothesized that the waters could contain the lost city of Atlantis, or that, perhaps, foreigners could be to blame for the mystery whirlwind. However, years later, these theories have been largely refuted.

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The location of the Lost City of Atlantis

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This was mentioned by the first time (or, in fact, counterfeiting) of Plato, the city of Atlantis became a monument to all lost antique cities, leaving many surprises if there is at all. Some historians believe that this city is fictitious, others have tried to discover its location, thousands of years after its supposed fall in the ocean. From the Mediterranean Sea to the cold waters around Antarctica, the explorers all tried to be the first to find this city as the divinities rejected and throw themselves into the ocean to always remain a mystery to all.

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The existence of the monster of Loch Ness, Yeti, Big Foot and Sasquatch

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Although they can live in all corners of the world, the only thing that brings all these creatures together is the proof largely debated of their existence. In fact, big foot, the great animal resembling a bear standing on its subsequent legs and looks like a human, was observed in 49 states in America. According to scientists, all circumstances behind the "proof" have gathered, saying that these animals exist, is false and probably the work of people who are trying to cant the public. If you are always convinced that these animals exist, take a hike in the woods to see for yourself.

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The story behind the mummies of Tarim

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A number of Caucasian mummies have been discovered in the current Xinjiang, China, with historians who go back to their deaths at about 1800 BCE thousands before it is supposed that a Caucasian race of people. never provided this part of Asia. Although some scientists have attempted to refute their death time, many have corroborated this conclusion and indicate that old Chinese texts have often mentioned leaders with blue or green eyes and long, red or blond hair. Although this is a detail that many historians used to make fun, many re-evaluated their understanding of human migration during this period.


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