Historic Mysteries https://www.historicmysteries.com Unexplained mysteries, archaeology, and cool history. Tue, 31 Mar 2020 07:55:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Clovis People and their Culture https://www.historicmysteries.com/clovis-people/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 09:55:22 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=14921 The Clovis people were one of the first indigenous people to inhabit areas of the Americas about 13,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age.

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]]> Sweating Sickness of Tudor England https://www.historicmysteries.com/sweating-sickness/ Sat, 28 Mar 2020 15:25:49 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=15416 The first recorded occurrence of Sweating Sickness, or "English Sweat" took place in 1485. Within months it killed 15,000 people.

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]]> Long Island Serial Killer Case Remains Unsolved https://www.historicmysteries.com/long-island-serial-killer/ Thu, 26 Mar 2020 09:00:36 +0000 http://historicmysteries.com/?p=1260 The Long Island Serial Killer has been operating for almost twenty years. He killed, mutilated, and disposed of at least ten victims near Gilgo Beach.

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]]> The Codex Gigas Devil’s Bible: A Weird and Massive Medieval Manuscript https://www.historicmysteries.com/codex-gigas/ https://www.historicmysteries.com/codex-gigas/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:30:55 +0000 http://historicmysteries.com/?p=909 The Codex Gigas is a bizarre holy book known as the Devil's Bible. The giant 3 foot long, 165-pound text contains spells, magic, and an image of Satan.

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]]> https://www.historicmysteries.com/codex-gigas/feed/ 0 Germany’s Hinterkaifeck Murders Remain Unsolved https://www.historicmysteries.com/hinterkaifeck-murders/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 16:49:38 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=14960 The Hinterkaifeck murders occurred on March 31, 1922, when six people were butchered to death at a rural homestead in Germany. The case remains unsolved.

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]]> Piri Reis Map of 1513 and Antarctica https://www.historicmysteries.com/piri-reis-map/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:28:01 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=15205 Piri Reis map was created by Ahmed Muhiddin Piri in 1513. The map appears to show an ice-free Antarctic coastline long before the continent's discovery.

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]]> Dropa Stones: Are They 12,000 Year Old Discs? https://www.historicmysteries.com/dropa-stones/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 07:56:26 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=15165 The Dropa Stones are an alleged discovery of 716 circular stones in the mountains of China that are 12,000 years old and contain hieroglyph markings.

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]]> The Servant Girl Annihilator Murders of Austin, Texas https://www.historicmysteries.com/servant-girl-annihilator/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:57:52 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=15051 In the 19th century in Austin, Texas, the Servant Girl Annihilator slaughtered eight people and was one of the worst serial killers in the United States.

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]]> A Drive Through Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, CA in 1948 https://www.historicmysteries.com/bunker-hill-los-angeles/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 15:46:14 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=15112 In 2011, a 1948 background process plate was discovered. The clip is filmed in Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, CA - which shows the neighborhood as it once was.

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]]> Hypatia of Alexandria: A Classical Age Female Scholar https://www.historicmysteries.com/hypatia-of-alexandria/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:15:06 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=15012 Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 350–370 to AD 415) was the first known woman scientist and the last famous Neoplatonist philosopher of Alexandria, Egypt.

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]]> History of Pompeii: Its Rise, Decadent Heyday, and Destruction https://www.historicmysteries.com/history-of-pompeii/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:36:11 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=15021 The history of Pompeii as a wealthy port town dates many years back to the 8th century BCE and takes us to its final burial under Vesuvius' eruption of 79.

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]]> Bamiyan Buddhas of Afghanistan https://www.historicmysteries.com/bamiyan-buddhas/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:04:52 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=14858 The Bamiyan Buddhas survived nearly 1,500 years in Afghanistan until the Taliban entered the region and blew up the treasured figures in 2001.

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]]> What is a Roman Dodecahedron? https://www.historicmysteries.com/roman-dodecahedron/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:48:31 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=14742 Over 100 hollow, knobby, metallic polyhedrons with 12 sides have surfaced at excavation sites mostly around central Europe, but no one knows what they are.

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]]> Oracle at Delphi: The Age of the Prophetess of Apollo https://www.historicmysteries.com/oracle-at-delphi/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 09:58:22 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=14715 The Oracle at Delphi was the most renowned Greek sanctuary with a seeress who channeled Apollo to prophecize the future of nations and people.

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]]> Lake Avernus Mythology, Oracles, and Gods of the Underworld https://www.historicmysteries.com/lake-avernus/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:24:04 +0000 https://www.historicmysteries.com/?p=13567 Lake Avernus was once steeped in Greek mythology that transformed the lake into a place of dark gods and oracles connected with the underworld of Hades.

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