462 Items Tagged

Mystery

The Mountain Sphinx.

Bușteni, Romania

The Mountain Sphinx

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

Skeleton.

Salisbury, England

The Skeletons of Stonehenge

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

The Western Wall and Dome of the Rock in the old city of Jerusalem. The remnants of a Roman theater have been found beneath the Wall.

Found: A Long-Lost Roman Theater in Jerusalem

Roman ruins emerge deep beneath the Western Wall.

Vittoria Traverso October 16, 2017

Archaeologists Strike Gold at the Site of a Mysterious 5th-Century Massacre

New discoveries deepen the enigma of Sweden's Sandby borg.

Natasha Frost October 11, 2017

Spotted: three Catholics and a bull trying to blow out the candle of the Reformation.

The Mystery Hiding in the Cracks of a 17th-Century Painting Has Been Revealed

A cardinal, a bull, a pope, and a monk walk into Yale Divinity School.

Vittoria Traverso October 6, 2017

L'Aquila, Italy

Fountain of 99 Spouts

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

St. Flannan's Cell and Flannan Isles Lighthouse.

Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Flannan Isle Lighthouse

What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.

Five of the seven black cats are still reportedly missing. Police are on the case.

31 days of halloween

The Mysterious Disappearance of 7 Black Cats From a Pair of English Villages

Coincidence? Observational bias? Or something more sinister?

Natasha Frost October 4, 2017

Lend a hand.

Found: A Giant Bronze Arm From the Antikythera Shipwreck

The world's most intriguing shipwreck keeps giving up more secrets.

Sarah Laskow October 4, 2017

The first chapel.

Hermitage of St. Albert Butrio

A beautiful chapel on the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese claims to house the tomb of King Edward II of England.

Binġemma Troglodyte Settlement

Enigmatic tombs and cave dwellings on the outskirts of a rural village.

The fresco in the mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere.

Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy

Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient Roman religious cult contains an exquisite traditional fresco.

Just a swing away from a lawsuit.

Someone Is Hanging Rope Swings in a Chicago Park

There's concern that the anonymous acts of whimsy are courting a lawsuit.

Vittoria Traverso September 13, 2017

The manuscript is currently held at Yale University.

The World's Most Mysterious Medieval Manuscript May No Longer Be a Mystery

But we're not reading the Voynich manuscript quite yet.

Natasha Frost September 8, 2017

A 1798 engraving depicts <em>L'Astrolabe</em> and <em>La Boussole</em>.

Solving the Mysterious Disappearance of Two 18th-Century French Frigates

A lost 1818 newspaper article may be a critical clue.

Natasha Frost August 31, 2017

The Mysterious Coastal Cloud That Made Dozens Sick

Toxic haze on the British coast may have come from a passing ship.

Natasha Frost August 29, 2017

The wreck oof <em>H.L. Hunley</em>, suspended from a crane during its recovery from Charleston Harbor, August 8, 2000.

military history

Scientists Decode the Wreck of H.L. Hunley

Solving the century-old mystery of what killed the Confederate submarine's crew.

Natasha Frost August 24, 2017

Yikes.

Mystery Beach Creature Is Just a Delightfully Freakish Clump of Barnacles

Goose barnacles only look like aliens.

Eric Grundhauser August 22, 2017