HISTORY'S MYSTERIES CURIOUS CLUES COLD CASES AND PUZZLES FROM THE PAST KITSON JAZYNKA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WASHINGTON D.C.
CONTENTS Introduction CHAPTER Vanished Civilizations NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED White City of the Jaguar CHAPTER 2 Unexplained Deaths and Disappearances NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Anastasia CHAPTER 3 Creatures of Myth and Legend NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Van Lierde's Giant Snake CHAPTER 4 Freaky Phenomena NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Solway Spaceman CHAPTER 5 Mystifying Monuments NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Stonehenge CHAPTER 6 Cryptic Codes and Lost Languages NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Shugborough Inscription CHAPTER 7 Treasure Troves NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Lost Fabergé Eggs More Mysteries Sounds That Stump Scientists Solving Mysteries An Interview With Archaeologist Chris Fisher Afterword Index Index Illustration Credits 6 8 22 24 46 48 62 64 86 88 106 108 122 124 146 148 152 154 156 159
Archaeologists investi gate the excavation site of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls ancient writings discovered more than 60 years ago in a cave in Israel and estimated to be 2000 years old see page 134 Top left Searching for the fugitive D B Cooper Top right Sponge divers discover the world's first
