Exploration mysteries

a black and white photo of a sailor taken in the mid 1800s

DNA Researchers Identify Cannibalized Remains From Lost Franklin Expedition

Another piece of the Franklin Expedition puzzle has dropped...
Spanish gold coins.

Exploration Mysteries: The Treasure of Lima

It is 1820 and Peru is in chaos. Disaffection...
a portrait of Meriwether Lewis painted shortly after his return from the West

Exploration Mysteries: The Troublesome End of Meriwether Lewis

On Oct. 11, 1809, in a small inn named...
AI illustration of Zerzura.

Exploration Mysteries: Zerzura

In 1481, a mysterious figure emerged from the desert...
Aztec ruins.

Exploration Mysteries: Aztlan

Where did the Aztecs come from? Despite a wealth...
Saint Peter's Basilica.

Exploration Mysteries: Tartarian Empire

How exactly do you look for a civilization that...
desert town

Exploration Mysteries: Lost City of the Kalahari

In 1885, tightrope walker-turned-explorer William Leonard Hunt was searching...
green children

Exploration Mysteries: The Green Children of Woolpit

Once upon a time in the 12th century, two...
An illustration of a Patagonian encampment; from an account by French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville (1840s).

Exploration Mysteries: The Giants of Patagonia

Explorers and mapmakers called uncharted lands Terra Incognita. Though...
Sea Peoples

Exploration Mysteries: The Sea Peoples

Black-flagged ships sailed up the Nile, bringing mysterious seafarers...
a desert landscape with lights on the horizon

Exploration Mysteries: The Marfa Lights

There's something spooky happening way out in the desert,...
city underground

Exploration Mysteries: Agartha

We know the Earth is not hollow. While we...
formations in the desert

Exploration Mysteries: Works of the Old Men

Google Earth has done a lot more than show...
upright stone pillars

Exploration Mysteries: Newton Stone

Mysterious writing. No author. Enigmatic etchings that don't make...
African dance

The Spirits Known as ‘Zangbeto’ That Safeguard African Villages

Law and order runs a bit differently in Benin,...
letters and numbers

Exploration Mysteries: Beale Ciphers

Straight out of a National Treasure movie, the Beale...
close shot of the sole of Mallory's boot.

1924 Everest Anniversary Reignites Rumors: Did the Chinese Remove Irvine’s Body?

A hundred years ago this spring, George Mallory and...
Isles of Scilly from space.

Exploration Mysteries: Lyonesse

“And ever pushed Sir Mordred, league by league, back...
map

Exploration Mysteries: Doggerland

Did you ever wonder how Britain separated from the...
Plain of Jars

Exploration Mysteries: Plain of Jars

Once upon a time, giants roamed the foothills of...
La Pérouse and King Louis XVI.

Exploration Mysteries: Jean Francois de Galaup

The mutiny on HMS Bounty overshadowed an even stranger...
illustration of lost city under ocean

Exploration Mysteries: Lemuria

I first heard of the name Lemuria from Ray...
planets crashing

Exploration Mysteries: Theia Impact

Almost since the beginning of the solar system, Earth...
Shambhala

Exploration Mysteries: Shambhala

It has many names -- Shangri-La, Eden, The Land...

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