History’s biggest mysteries

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History’s biggest mysteries


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History’s biggest mysteries The origins and meanings of some of the world’s most baffling historic places and events are the stuff of legend. Some involve theories about sorcery, alien encounters and unexplained structures.


Stonehenge

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This huge stone monument in the English countryside has been puzzling people for centuries.



The Great Sphinx of Giza
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The 240-foot-long limestone statue of this mythological figure overlooks the bank of the Nile , but exactly when it was built and why has been up for debate. Also, where’s its nose?



Lost Colony of Roanoke
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A group of 16th-century British settlers and their dwellings are said to have completely vanished from their early Virginia colony



Easter Island
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Eighteenth-century Dutch explorers stumbled upon this remote South Pacific island and were stunned by the hundreds of huge stone statutes erected there . Natives died off — here’s one cause — before key questions about their origins and methods were answered.



Lost Island of Atlantis
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A revered Greek philosopher told of an island that was once a seat of great power, but plummeted into the depths of the ocean.



Chichen Itza
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The ancient Mayans erected elaborate monuments in this city in the Yucatan Peninsula , then abandoned them.



The Shroud of Turin
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Locked inside an Italian chapel is a cloth some say was placed on the body of Jesus Christ when he was buried. Some dismiss it as a forgery.



Pumapunku
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This ancient Inca temple complex was constructed with puzzle-like pieces of stone cut with laser-like precision .



Coral Castle

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In this southern Florida town stands the 1920s home of a Latvian-American recluse. What makes it mysterious? He claimed to have built the vast “castle” all by himself using pieces of limestone that weighed tons.​
 
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