The ten largest unsolved mysteries in the world. Unsolved mysteries of humanity (15 photos)

For centuries, people have been struggling with the riddles of the past, but they still remain unsolved. Mysterious artifacts, mysterious personalities and mysteries of history - no matter how annoying, but apparently, no one will ever know the explanation for these facts

Nazca Geoglyphs

A geoglyph is a giant drawing on the earth's surface. In Nazca, such figures represent either geometric shapes or animal silhouettes. They seem to have been scratched on stony soil and from the height of a human being they represent only an intricate weaving of yellow lines. Only when you rise into the air can you see their true outlines. And then the eyes appear either a fifty-meter spider, or a condor with a wingspan of 120 meters, or a lizard 180 meters long.
The age of geoglyphs lends itself only to approximate dating. Archaeological research has shown that they were created in different time... The latest date back to the 1st century A.D., the most ancient - the 6th century B.C.

Peat bog mummies

In the peatlands and swamps of Denmark, Germany, Holland, England and Ireland, people have found well-preserved human mummies. About the first find made in Germany, it is said: "In the summer of 1640, a dead man was dug in the marshes of Schalholtingen." Only a few of the mummies that have been found are so well preserved that they can be exhibited in museums. All the bodies show signs of a violent death: suffocation marks, broken bones, a cut throat, and sometimes all together. The body of the so-called "man from Lindou" showed traces of blows, his skull was pierced with an ax. The executioners tightened the veins of the animal around the neck of the unfortunate animal, after which they cut the throat. Under the long braids of the young "woman from Elling", a deeply pressed, inverted V was found on the back of her head. A 10-14-year-old teenager who was taken out of a swamp near Keihausen in Lower Saxony was tied so skillfully that he could not even move.
It is still unclear whether this was an execution or a sacrifice. Why were these people treated so cruelly? Archaeologists believe that the swamps served as a place for ritual activities, because from ancient times they were known as sacred. However, this mystery, apparently, will remain unsolved.

Easter Island idols

These grandiose stone sculptures, moai, mysterious remains of a little-known ancient civilization, differ from those found on other islands The Pacific... The inhabitants of Easter themselves have long forgotten about their purpose. For the first time they were seen by the Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeven, who landed on this island on Easter day.
In 1955. Thor Heyerdahl was able to raise one of the statues with the help of the inhabitants of the island in 12 days. Armed with beams, the workers lifted one side of the statue and placed stones underneath. Then they lifted the statue a little higher and placed stones again. The operation was repeated until the sculpture stood upright. But Heyerdahl could not explain how the statues were wearing "hats" weighing several tons

Pope John

According to medieval biographers, Pope John was born in 882. Thirsty for knowledge, she went to Athens. In those days, theological education was not available to women, so she passed herself off as a young man and took the name John the Englishman for herself. When Joanna arrived in Rome, she was immediately noticed for her learning, piety, and beauty. Having become a cardinal, after the death of Pope Leo IV, she was appointed his successor. From the outside, she seemed absolutely worthy of her dignity, but suddenly, during the festive procession of John, she gave birth to a child right on the road and soon died.
A kind of confirmation of this story is the fact that from about 1000 AD. and for almost five centuries, the sex of each elect to the papal throne was tested.
The veracity of the story of the woman pope, repeated from the 13th century, was first challenged in the 15th century. Beginning in the middle of the 16th century, historians no longer doubted that this story was fictional. The legend probably arose in a mockery of pornocracy - the period of female rule at the Pope's court, from John X to John XII (919-963). A similar phenomenon was also noted during the reign of Pope Alexander VI Borgia (1492-1503), who appointed his mistress Julia Farnese to the post of chief treasurer (accountant-auditor) of the curia, and her younger brother Alessandro Farnese, without having the clergy, a little later, in 1493 , at the age of 25, received the post of cardinal-treasurer of the curia and at the same time bishop of three dioceses at once; moreover, it was this cardinal who subsequently occupied (through two popes) the papal throne under the name of Paul III (1534-1549). Also known interesting fact, associated with the military campaign of Alexander VI during civil strife with the Sforza clan, when his youngest daughter Lucrezia Borgia was in loco parentis, that is, "in the place of her parent" - she occupied the throne of St. Peter in the absence of her father for his own purpose.

Tomb of Genghis Khan

It is still unknown where the grave of Genghis Khan is. This, one of greatest secrets no one has been able to figure out human civilization in the last eight hundred years. The burial place attracts not only with its historical value, but also with its innumerable riches buried in the ground together with the deceased. By the most conservative estimates, taking into account historical value, price precious stones, gold coins, expensive dishes, skillfully made weapons are estimated at no less than two billion dollars. The jackpot is quite decent and deserves to devote years and even decades to the search for the grave of Genghis Khan.
After the death of Genghis Khan, his body was returned to Mongolia, apparently to the place of his birth on the territory of the modern aimag of Khentiy; he was buried, presumably, somewhere near the Onon River. According to both Marco Polo and Rashid ad-Din, the funeral escort killed anyone they met along the way. The slaves who performed the burial were put to the sword, and then the soldiers who executed them were killed. The mausoleum of Genghis Khan in Edzhen Khoro is a memorial, which is not a place of his burial. According to one of the folklore versions, a riverbed was laid over his grave so that this place could not be found. According to other legends, many horses were driven over his grave, trees were planted there.

The origin of the Basques

Basques are one of the most amazing mysteries of history: their language has nothing to do with other European languages. In addition, genetic studies have established the uniqueness of the people we are considering. Basques are people who have the highest proportion of negative Rh factor in their blood of any Europeans (25 percent) and one of the highest proportions of type O blood (55 percent). There is a very sharp genetic difference between representatives of this ethnic group and other peoples, especially in Spain.
Most scientists agree that the Basques are the indigenous inhabitants of Europe, directly descended from the Cro-Magnons, who came to European lands from Africa 35 thousand years ago and remained there. The Cro-Magnons probably did not participate in any subsequent migrations of peoples, since archaeologists have not found a single evidence that suggests a change in population in this area throughout the entire time, until the advent of the Romans. This means that all those people who today call themselves Europeans are just children compared to the Basques. Amazing, isn't it?

Time Travelers

Is time travel possible? Science does not give an unambiguous answer. But the world has accumulated a lot, to put it mildly, strange facts that no one can explain. Here are some of them.

This photograph was taken in 1941 at the opening of the South Fork Bridge in British Columbia, Canada. A person who clearly stands out from the crowd for his extraordinary appearance was captured in the frame. A short haircut, dark glasses, a knitted sweater with a wide neckline over a T-shirt with some symbolism, a massive camera in his hands. Agree, the appearance is quite familiar to our days, but not for the beginning of the 40s! And he completely stands out from the others. This photo was under investigation. Found a participant in these events. But he absolutely could not remember this man.

Swiss Watches

This item, found in a tomb from the Ming Dynasty, has puzzled researchers. The tomb was opened in 2008 in the Guangxi region (PRC) during the filming of a documentary. To the surprise of archaeologists and journalists. in the burial ... a Swiss watch was found!
“When we were removing the soil, a piece of rock suddenly bounced off the surface of the coffin and hit the floor with a metallic sound,” said Jiang Yan, a former curator of the Guangxi Museum who participated in the excavation. - We picked up the item. It turned out to be a ring. But, having cleared it from the ground, we were shocked - a miniature dial was found on its surface ”.

Inside the ring was an engraved inscription "Swiss" (Switzerland). The Ming Dynasty ruled China until 1644. There can be no question that such a miniature mechanism could have been created in the 17th century. But Chinese experts say the tomb has never been opened for the past 400 years.

An ancient computer?

On the remote Kamchatka Peninsula, 200 km from the village of Tigil, the University of Archeology of St. Petersburg discovered strange fossils.
According to archaeologist Yuri Golubev, the discovery surprised scientists by its nature, it can change the course of history. This is not the first time that ancient artifacts have been found in this region. But this find is special. Analysis has shown that the movement is made of metal parts that appear to collectively form a movement, which could be something like a watch or a computer. The most amazing thing is that all the parts were dated at 400 million years.

Voynich manuscript

The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious, undeciphered book written in the 15th century (1404–1438) by an unknown author in an unknown language using an unknown alphabet. The thickness of the book is 5 cm, it contains about 240 pages, measuring 16.2 by 23.5 cm.During its existence, the manuscript has been intensively studied by many professional cryptographers, including those recognized all over the world, and none of them managed to decipher a single word ... There is a theory that this book is just a collection of meaningless random symbols that have no meaning, but there are those who believe that the manuscript is an encrypted message.

Jack the ripper

Jack the Ripper is a nickname for an unknown serial killer (or murderers) operating in the Whitechapel area of ​​London in the second half of 1888. His victims were prostitutes from poor neighborhoods, mostly middle-aged, whose throats were slit by the killer before opening the abdominal cavity. The removal of some organs from the bodies of the victims was explained by the assumption that the killer had some knowledge of anatomy or surgery. However, all the names, the exact number of victims, as well as the identity of Jack the Ripper still remain a mystery.

Crystal skull

Experts in various fields of science have long been trying to unravel the mystery of fossil crystal skulls (made of rock crystal). Where did they come from? Who was able to create them? What were they for and who did they serve?
In total, 13 crystal skulls are known, and according to some sources - even 21. They are stored in museums and private collections. These are very exact copies of human skulls and portraits-masks made of quartz. They were found in Central America and in Tibet. All these amazing items were made in ancient times, but the skill of their execution testifies to the highest level of technical knowledge possessed by the ancestors of modern mankind.

Ancient flying machines

The Incas and other peoples of America in the pre-Columbian era left behind a lot of very curious mysterious things. Some of them have been called "ancient planes" - these are small golden figures that are very reminiscent of modern aircraft... Initially it was assumed that these are figures of animals or insects, but later it turned out that they have strange parts that look more like parts of fighter planes: wings, a tail stabilizer and even a landing gear. It has been suggested that these models are copies of real aircraft. The version that these statuettes are just an artistic depiction of bees, flying fish or other earthly creatures with wings is also quite real.

Phaistos Disc

The mystery of the Phaistos disc, a round-shaped clay tablet found by the Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier in 1908 in the Minoan Palace, also remains undisclosed.
The Phaistos disc is made of baked clay and contains mysterious symbols that may represent an unknown language. It is believed that this language was developed sometime in the second millennium BC. Some scholars believe that the hieroglyphs resemble the symbols that were once used in ancient Crete. However, this does not provide a clue to their decryption. Today, the disc remains one of the most famous puzzles in archeology.

Taman Shud case

"Taman Shud" or "the case of the mysterious man from Somerton" is a still unsolved criminal case concerning the discovery of the body of an unknown man on December 1, 1948 at 6:30 am on Somerton Beach in the Australian city of Adelaide.
Despite the fact that the best police officers in the whole world were involved in identifying the person who died from poisoning with barbiturates or sleeping pills, it was not possible to establish who the unknown was ...
In addition, a scrap of paper found with the deceased (in a secret pocket of his trousers), torn from a very rare copy of Omar Khayyam's book, on which only two words were written - "Taman Shud", caused a great resonance.
After persistent searches, the police managed to find one of the copies of the book with Khayyam's poems and with the last page torn out. On the back of the book were written a few words in pencil that looked like a code.
All numerous attempts to understand the inscriptions were in vain. Thus, the Taman Shud case remains one of the most intricate and mysterious cases so far not solved by the police.

For centuries people have been struggling with the riddles of the past, but they still remain unsolved. Mysterious artifacts, mysterious personalities and mysteries of history - no matter how annoying, but apparently, no one will ever know the explanation for these facts

Peat bog mummies
In the peat bogs and swamps of Denmark, Germany, Holland, England and Ireland, people have found well-preserved human mummies. About the first find made in Germany, it is said: "In the summer of 1640, a dead man was dug up in the marshes of Schalholtingen." Only a few of the mummies that have been found are so well preserved that they can be exhibited in museums. All the bodies show signs of a violent death: suffocation marks, broken bones, a cut throat, and sometimes all together. The body of the so-called "man from Lindou" showed traces of blows, his skull was pierced with an ax. The executioners tightened the veins of the animal around the neck of the unfortunate, after which they cut the throat. Under the long braids of the young "woman from Elling", a deeply pressed, inverted V was found on the back of her head. A 10-14-year-old teenager who was taken out of a swamp near Keihausen in Lower Saxony was tied so skillfully that he could not even move.
It is still unclear whether this was an execution or a sacrifice. Why were these people treated so cruelly? Archaeologists believe that the swamps served as a place for ritual activities, because from ancient times they were reputed to be sacred. However, this mystery, apparently, will remain unsolved.

Nazca geoglyphs
A geoglyph is a giant drawing on the earth's surface. In Nazca, such figures represent either geometric shapes or animal silhouettes. They seem to be scratched on stony soil and from the height of a human being they are only an intricate weaving of yellow lines. Only when you rise into the air can you see their true outlines. And then the eyes appear either a fifty-meter spider, or a condor with a wingspan of 120 meters, or a lizard 180 meters long.
The age of the geoglyphs lends itself only to an approximate dating. Archaeological research has shown that they were created at different times. The latest date back to the 1st century A.D., the most ancient - to the 6th century B.C.

Easter Island idols
These grandiose stone sculptures, moai, mysterious remains of a little-known ancient civilization, are different from those found on other islands in the Pacific Ocean. The inhabitants of Easter themselves have long forgotten about their purpose. For the first time they were seen by the Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeven, who landed on this island on Easter day.
In 1955. Thor Heyerdahl managed to lift one of the statues with the help of the inhabitants of the island in 12 days. Armed with beams, the workers lifted one side of the statue and placed stones underneath. Then they lifted the statue a little higher and placed stones again. The operation was repeated until the sculpture stood upright. But Heyerdahl could not explain how the statues were wearing "hats" weighing several tons

Pope John
According to medieval biographers, Pope John was born in 882. Thirsty for knowledge, she went to Athens. In those days, theological education was not available to women, so she passed herself off as a young man and took the name John the Englishman for herself. When Joanna arrived in Rome, she was immediately noticed for her learning, piety, and beauty. Having become a cardinal, after the death of Pope Leo IV, she was appointed his successor. From the outside, she seemed absolutely worthy of her dignity, but suddenly, during the festive procession of John, she gave birth to a child right on the road and soon died.
A kind of confirmation of this story is the fact that from about 1000 AD. and for almost five centuries, the sex of each elect to the papal throne was tested.
The veracity of the story of the woman pope, repeated from the 13th century, was first challenged in the 15th century. Beginning in the middle of the 16th century, historians no longer doubted that this story was fictional. The legend probably arose in a mockery of pornocracy - the period of female rule at the Pope's court, from John X to John XII (919-963). A similar phenomenon was also noted during the reign of Pope Alexander VI Borgia (1492-1503), who appointed his mistress Julia Farnese to the post of chief treasurer (accountant-auditor) of the curia, and her younger brother Alessandro Farnese, having no clergy, a little later, in 1493 , at the age of 25, received the post of cardinal-treasurer of the curia and at the same time bishop of three dioceses at once; moreover, it was this cardinal who subsequently occupied (through two popes) the papal throne under the name of Paul III (1534-1549). An interesting fact is also known related to the military campaign of Alexander VI during civil strife with the Sforza clan, when his youngest daughter Lucrezia Borgia was in loco parentis, that is, "in the place of her parent" - she occupied the throne of St. Peter in the absence of her father for his own purpose ...

Tomb of Genghis Khan
It is still unknown where the grave of Genghis Khan is. This, one of the greatest mysteries of human civilization, no one has been able to unravel over the past eight hundred years. The burial place attracts not only with its historical value, but also with its innumerable riches buried in the ground together with the deceased. According to the most conservative estimates, taking into account the historical value, the cost of precious stones, gold coins, expensive dishes, skillfully made weapons is estimated at no less than two billion dollars. The jackpot is quite decent and deserves to devote years and even decades to the search for the grave of Genghis Khan.
After the death of Genghis Khan, his body was returned to Mongolia, apparently to the place of his birth on the territory of the modern aimag of Khentiy; he was buried, presumably, somewhere near the Onon River. According to both Marco Polo and Rashid ad-Din, the funeral escort killed anyone they met along the way. The slaves who performed the burial were put to the sword, and then the soldiers who executed them were killed. The mausoleum of Genghis Khan in Edzhen Khoro is a memorial, which is not a place of his burial. According to one of the folklore versions, a riverbed was laid over his grave so that this place could not be found. According to other legends, many horses were driven over his grave, trees were planted there.

The origin of the Basques
Basques are one of the most amazing mysteries of history: their language has nothing to do with other European languages. In addition, genetic studies have established the uniqueness of the people we are considering. Basques are people who have the highest proportion of negative Rh factor in their blood of all Europeans (25 percent) and one of the highest proportions of type O blood (55 percent). There is a very sharp genetic difference between representatives of this ethnic group and other peoples, especially in Spain.
Most scientists agree that the Basques are the indigenous inhabitants of Europe, directly descended from the Cro-Magnons, who came to European lands from Africa 35 thousand years ago and remained there. The Cro-Magnons probably did not participate in any subsequent migrations of peoples, since archaeologists have not found a single evidence that suggests a change in population in this area throughout the entire time, until the advent of the Romans. This means that all those people who today call themselves Europeans are just children compared to the Basques. Amazing, isn't it?

Time Travelers
Is time travel possible? Science does not give an unambiguous answer. But the world has accumulated a lot, to put it mildly, strange facts that no one can explain. Here are some of them.

This photograph was taken in 1941 at the opening of the South Fork Bridge in British Columbia, Canada. A person who clearly stands out from the crowd for his extraordinary appearance was captured in the frame. A short haircut, dark glasses, a knitted sweater with a wide neckline over a T-shirt with some symbolism, a massive camera in his hands. Agree, the appearance is quite familiar to our days, but not for the beginning of the 40s! And he completely stands out from the others. This photo was under investigation. Found a participant in these events. But he absolutely could not remember this man.

Swiss Watches
This item, found in a tomb from the Ming Dynasty, has puzzled researchers. The tomb was opened in 2008 in the Guangxi region (PRC) during the filming of a documentary. To the surprise of archaeologists and journalists. in the burial ... a Swiss watch was found!
“When we were removing the soil, a piece of rock suddenly bounced off the surface of the coffin and hit the floor with a metallic sound,” said Jiang Yan, a former curator of the Guangxi Museum who participated in the excavation. - We picked up the item. It turned out to be a ring. But, having cleared it of the earth, we were shocked - a miniature dial was found on its surface ”.

Inside the ring was an engraved inscription "Swiss" (Switzerland). The Ming Dynasty ruled China until 1644. There can be no question that such a miniature mechanism could have been created in the 17th century. But Chinese experts say the tomb has never been opened for the past 400 years.

An ancient computer?
On the remote Kamchatka Peninsula, 200 km from the village of Tigil, the University of Archeology of St. Petersburg discovered strange fossils.
According to archaeologist Yuri Golubev, the discovery surprised scientists by its nature, it can change the course of history. This is not the first time that ancient artifacts have been found in this region. But this find is special. Analysis has shown that the movement is made of metal parts that appear to collectively form a movement, which could be something like a watch or a computer. The most amazing thing is that all the parts were dated at 400 million years.

Voynich manuscript
The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious, undeciphered book written in the 15th century (1404–1438) by an unknown author in an unknown language using an unknown alphabet. The thickness of the book is 5 cm, it contains about 240 pages, measuring 16.2 by 23.5 cm.During its existence, the manuscript has been intensively studied by many professional cryptographers, including those recognized all over the world, and none of them managed to decipher a single word ... There is a theory that this book is just a collection of meaningless random symbols that have no meaning, but there are those who believe that the manuscript is an encrypted message.

Jack the ripper
Jack the Ripper is a nickname for an unknown serial killer (or murderers) operating in the Whitechapel area of ​​London in the second half of 1888. His victims were prostitutes from poor neighborhoods, mostly middle-aged, whose throats were slit by the killer before opening the abdominal cavity. The removal of some organs from the bodies of the victims was explained by the assumption that the killer had some knowledge of anatomy or surgery. However, all the names, the exact number of victims, as well as the identity of Jack the Ripper still remain a mystery.

Crystal skull

Crystal skull
Experts in various fields of science have long been trying to unravel the mystery of fossil crystal skulls (made of rock crystal). Where did they come from? Who was able to create them? What were they for and who did they serve?
In total, 13 crystal skulls are known, and according to some sources - even 21. They are stored in museums and private collections. These are very exact copies of human skulls and portraits-masks made of quartz. They were found in Central America and Tibet. All these amazing items were made in ancient times, but the skill of their execution testifies to the highest level of technical knowledge possessed by the ancestors of modern mankind.

Ancient flying machines
The Incas and other peoples of America in the pre-Columbian era left behind a lot of very curious mysterious things. Some of them have been called "ancient airplanes" - these are small golden figures that closely resemble modern airplanes. Initially it was assumed that these are figures of animals or insects, but later it turned out that they have strange parts that look more like parts of fighter planes: wings, a tail stabilizer and even a landing gear. It has been suggested that these models are copies of real aircraft. The version that these statuettes are just an artistic depiction of bees, flying fish or other earthly creatures with wings is also quite real.

Phaistos Disc
The mystery of the Phaistos disc, a round-shaped clay tablet found by the Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier in 1908 in the Minoan Palace, also remains undisclosed.
The Phaistos disc is made of baked clay and contains mysterious symbols that may represent an unknown language. It is believed that this language was developed sometime in the second millennium BC. Some scholars believe that the hieroglyphs resemble the symbols that were once used in ancient Crete. However, this does not provide a clue to their decryption. Today, the disc remains one of the most famous puzzles in archeology.

Taman Shud case
"Taman Shud" or "the case of the mysterious man from Somerton" is a still unsolved criminal case concerning the discovery of the body of an unknown man on December 1, 1948 at 6:30 am on Somerton Beach in the Australian city of Adelaide.
Despite the fact that the best police officers in the whole world were involved in identifying the person who died from poisoning with barbiturates or sleeping pills, it was not possible to establish who the unknown was ...
In addition, a scrap of paper found with the deceased (in a secret pocket of his trousers), torn from a very rare copy of Omar Khayyam's book, on which only two words were written - "Taman Shud", caused a great resonance.
After persistent searches, the police managed to find one of the copies of the book with Khayyam's poems and with the last page torn out. On the back of the book were written a few words in pencil that looked like a code.
All numerous attempts to understand the inscriptions were in vain. Thus, the Taman Shud case remains one of the most intricate and mysterious cases so far not solved by the police.

Many people love to solve all sorts of riddles. And especially attracted by those that have not yet been solved. Ciphers, riddles and coded public messages tease us with their intrigue: why is this message encrypted? what great secrets can it hide?

There are a great many such mysteries, but we decided - in the spirit of the times - to compose some Top-10 mysteries of the world that have not yet been solved.

The decrypted text indicated the location of the treasure: Bedford County, Virginia, but its exact location appears to be encrypted in one of the remaining ciphers. Today, treasure hunters scour the (often illegal) hills of Bedford County in search of this myriad of wealth.

Many of the world's greatest minds have tried to decipher this code and have failed, including Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin.

Due to the content of Omar Khayyam's poems, many believe that this message was a posthumous note of some kind, but it still remains unsolved, as well as the case itself.

Jerry Eman wrote the word "Wow!" on the original printout of the signal, and that's why it was called "Wow! Signal". All attempts to catch the signal once again have been unsuccessful, leading to much debate about the nature of its origin and its meaning.

The letters were probably written as a way to tease journalists and the police, and although one letter (more precisely, three fragments from it) was deciphered, three others remain unsolved. The deciphered message suggests that in three months the Zodiac, from a ready-made Aztec priest, became a victim of his own addiction to homicide, tearfully begging to help him stop killing people (by putting him, for example, in a gas chamber). In addition, Starliper's transcript ends with the sentence "My name is Lee Allen." By the way, the identity of the Zodiac itself has also never been established, the killer has not been caught, although the murders of the Zodiac have not been identified since the 70s.

There is a version that these giant "letters" were also established taking into account some astronomical considerations - hence, in fact, the name: "American Stonehenge".

The "tablets" were discovered in 1864 by Bishop E. Eyro, who claimed that these tablets were in almost every Aboriginal home, but the islanders were practically unable to read them. Two years later, almost all the tablets that E. Eiro saw were killed: either from his own hands, or during civil strife. They are believed to be written in Rapanui. The last Rapanuet who knew Rongo-Rongo, Vick, died in 1866.

Since then, scientists from all over the world have been trying to decipher the rongo rongo. T. Bartel, Yu. V. Knorozov and N. A. Butinov, I. K. Fedorova and many others made a significant contribution to the study. However, there is a lack of consensus even on the definition of the type of writing, let alone specific readings. The well-known theorist of grammatology I. Gelb believed that this is not writing, but only magical drawings, arguing that his signs are so similar to each other, differing only in respect of small details that an attempt to differentiate them encounters enormous difficulties.

Butinov and Knorozov prove that this is not a pictography, but a morphemic-syllabic writing. New Zealand researcher S.R. Fisher (in his 1997 monograph) believes that the tablets "mostly reproduce the magic formula of fertilization, fixed in the later version of the creation of the world, and are based on repeating the producing formula: agent X fused with agent Y and gave birth to object (s) Z". According to the ironic description of the linguists K.I. and I.K. Pozdnyakov, "it turns out a leapfrog, in which everyone copulates in the most incredible combinations."

We live in an era when everything that seems strange at first glance can be easily explained. Many diseases have become curable, history in general has already been studied, and technological progress is growing rapidly. But there are still some quirky points worth pondering.

But still, there are many secrets and riddles that a person cannot solve. Many books have been written about these phenomena, there are fierce debates between scientists and research, but the truth still lurks somewhere in the shadows. And their explanation can be scary in earnest!

In this collection, you will learn about the 25 greatest unsolved secrets, disturbing humanity throughout its history.

Taoist noise

In the small town of Taos, New Mexico, there is often a certain hum, often heard on the horizon, that can be compared to the sound of a distant diesel engine. Although it can be heard by the human ear, various audible detection devices are unable to recognize it. This is known from studies of Taos noise, and to this day, no one still knows how this sound is created.

Voynich manuscript

The Voynich manuscript was written in a language that researchers have tried to decipher for centuries, but to no avail. The only thing that lends itself to recognition is the drawings found on some of the pages.

Jack the ripper

The name Jack the Ripper has been referenced in many shows and movies, referring to the serial killer who killed 11 women in the East End of London in the late 1800s, but was never found. Most of his victims were prostitutes, whose bodies were mutilated beyond recognition and their throats were slit. Until now, absolutely nothing is known about this person, he seemed to dissolve and disappeared as suddenly as he appeared. Nevertheless, its history excites the mind of mankind to this day.

Bermuda Triangle

Known as the Bermuda Triangle, this fabled stretch of ocean can be found between Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico. Pilots often talk about their instruments failing and the many ships that have been lost at sea. With explanations and clues to the mystery Bermuda Triangle ranging from bubbles to aliens, no one is really sure what is really behind such strange phenomena.

Kryptos

Not far from the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, you can contemplate a statue that encoded encryption on its surface. This adorable sculpture was created by Jim Sanborn to show that everything can be solved and deciphered using ciphers. Of the four parts of the inscription on the sculpture, only the first three have been deciphered. But even the brilliant minds at the CIA were unable to get to the bottom of the fourth part.

Monument to the Shepherd

In Staffordshire, England, there is a sculpture that has struck the wit and intelligence of many intellectuals in an attempt to decipher the inscription on the Shepherd's monument - DOUOSVAVVM. Although the Monument was built in the 18th century, the inscriptions found here have never been deciphered, even 250 years after it was completed.

Tamam Shud

In December 1948, an unidentified person was found dead at Somerton Beach, located in Adelaide, Australia. In one of his pockets a piece of paper was found with the words “Tamam Shud”. The words have been translated as "finished" or "finished" based on excerpts found in the works of Rubaiyam by Omar Khayyam. Although governments around the world have tried to identify the person, his identity has remained a mystery.

Zodiac Letters

During the 1960s and 1970s, the San Francisco Bay Area was operated by a criminal who was identified as the Zodiac killer due to his stunning letters he sent to the police and the press. Although one of these four letters was deciphered and contained a very disturbing message, the other three have never been deciphered, until now.

Georgia Tablets

Also identified as the American version of Stonehenge, the Georgia Tablets are in Elbert County. The boulders are shrouded in mystery, although they were only installed in 1979. The 10 “new commandments” written on the walls have been translated in English, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish, although no one is sure why or for whom they were meant.

Rongo-Rongo

On mysterious island On Easter Sunday, where the Moai statues stand, a number of glyphs named Rongo-Rongo have been discovered. These glyphs have never been deciphered, although they may contain clues about huge heads found scattered around the island. Be that as it may, these places are shrouded in mystery, which they have been trying to unravel for decades.

Loch Ness monster

For ages, people have heard stories of the Loch Ness Monster, confusing even advanced scientists. There have been many sightings and photographs over the years, and the video of the actual footage has been checked and revised over and over again. People were trying to figure out if it could be a sea snake, or a descendant of dinosaurs. Even today, some argue that the Loch Ness Monster still exists and floats under the waters of Loch Ness.

Yeti

Also known as the Bigfoot, the Yeti is supposedly a creature that lives in the snowy mountainous regions of the United States and Canada. Mysterious creature can be identified as a gorilla, but its gait is more similar to that of a human.

Murder of the Black Dahlia

22-year-old Elizabeth Short was very active and successfully promoted in show business at the time when the Murder of the Black Dahlia (that was her nickname). However, no one ever found out anything about the murder and its reasons. There are still many rumors circulating, but the truth has not been revealed.

Stonehenge

While Stonehenge is a very exciting structure due to the large boulders of stones that stand on top of each other, the biggest mystery is not how the structure was created, but why it was created.

Shroud of Turin

Atlantis

The city of Atlantis was considered the abode and capital of Neptune, where mermaids and mermaids lived. Atlantis became known thanks to the records of Plato, who heard a conversation about mysterious continent during their travels. Now that Atlantis is deep under water, many are still wondering if it really existed, knowing that there are certain objects under water that could be the remains of this once beautiful city.

Extraterrestrial intelligence

From the mysteries found on Easter Island, to the Bermuda Triangle, and even the Roswell Incident during World War II, people have always wondered that we are not alone in the universe. Some claim to have been abducted by aliens, while others believe that this is all nonsense. But there is still no consensus on this issue.

Floating feet beach

It is not uncommon for people to rinse their feet in the sea on beaches, but for one beach in British Columbia, it has become commonplace to have detached floating feet in the water. Dismembered legs have been washed ashore over the past few years, giving rise to numerous theories, among which none have been found to be real.

Wow signal

When Jerry R. Ehman was working on Project SETI at Perkins Observatory, Ohio, he did not expect to be able to receive radio frequency, presumably coming from outer space. He was able to receive a 72-second signal from the constellation Sagittarius, which was no longer repeated. To this day, no one is sure of the origin of the signal. The signal got its name Wow (“wow!”) Because that's what Jerry wrote on the edge of the printout.

D.B. Cooper

When the criminal who called himself D.B. Cooper, hijacked a Boeing 727 along with $ 200,000, he jumped out of the plane with a parachute. It was never found, and it remains the only undisclosed case in American aviation history.

Lal Bahadur Shastri

He died an inexplicable death, while being completely healthy. Many claimed that he died of a heart attack, but doctors and other specialists who tested him, including his wife, confirmed that he was fine. His wife also made a statement that he was poisoned while signing the Tashkent Treaty. This has never been proven since there was no postmortem diagnosis.

Nazca geoglyphs

The Nazca civilization has created some of the most breathtaking geoglyphs on the face of the Earth. They include everything from spiders, monkeys, sharks, killer whales and flowers, the accuracy of which is incredible considering that the Nazca did not have a way to examine their work from above. The Nazca geoglyphs are still one of the most mysterious places on Earth, reports Lifeglobe.

Orang Medan

What happened to cargo ship Orang Medan, or "The Man of Medan" in Malaysia is arguably one of the most fascinating and mind-boggling mysteries that have ever existed in nautical history. It all started with an SOS message in 1947 that the captain, along with the rest of the crew, was dead. Worse, even the telegraph operator died while transmitting the message. When Silver Star was able to receive a distress call and went to inspect the ship, they confirmed deaths everyone on board. Variants of ghosts, dangerous chemicals, and even aliens have cropped up, but there is still no conclusion as to what actually happened to the ghost ship.

Ayud aluminum wedge

In 1974, a group of workers in Romania discovered three different objects in a sand trench 10 meters deep. Two of these were prehistoric elephant bones that were dated to 2.5 million years ago. The third object, however, was an aluminum wedge that was found along with ancient bones. This discovery stunned most researchers, as aluminum was difficult to create even by 19th century standards. While some consider this to be proof of the existence of aliens, others call the aluminum wedge a hoax. Whatever it is, there is no definite confirmation yet.

Poltergeist Mackenzie

Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh is famous for the Mackenzie poltergeist, one of the most documented poltergeists in the world. Guided tours are conducted here, calling them a tour to the world of the dead. People are especially frightened by the atmosphere of the Black Mausoleum, where Sir George Mackenzie lies. Is this all just a show? Perhaps, but there is only one way to find out about it - to go here on your own and explore everything.

1928 year

Above the village of Shuknavolok near Vedlozero (Karelia), a flight of a cylindrical ten-meter body was observed, from the tail of which a flame emerged. Having broken through the ice of the lake, the mysterious object went under water. Since locals they began to meet on the shore a strange, large-headed creature a little over a meter in height with slender arms and legs, which, when people appeared, dived back into the water. In the photo - Vedlozero (Karelia, Russia) today

1933 year

First documented sighting of the Nessie monster in Loch Ness, Scotland. To date, about 4000 observations and meetings with him have been noted. A sonar survey of the entire volume of the lake in 1992 found 5 giant dinosaurs.

1943 year

In October 1943, in the United States in an atmosphere of high secrecy, the destroyer Eldridge conducted the Philadelphia experiment, which had no analogues in history, to create a warship invisible to enemy radars. As a result of the creation of a very strong magnetic field around the ship, the ship allegedly disappeared, and then instantly moved in space for several tens of kilometers. Of the entire crew, only 21 people returned unharmed. 27 people literally merged with the structure of the ship, 13 died from burns, radiation, electric shock and fear.

1945 year

Massive UFO invasion in Queensland (Australia).

1945 year

The mysterious disappearance of the leaders of the Third Reich (Müller, Bormann and others). No remains found. The appearance of versions about their escape in Latin America... In the photo there is Martin Bormann and, presumably, his skull, the relevance of which was disputed.

1947 year

On July 7, an unknown person crashed in Magdalena (New Mexico, USA) aircraft... Among the wreckage, 6 corpses of human-like creatures were allegedly found. In the photo - presumably one of the humanoids who died in the UFO crash in Roswell (New Mexico, USA), July 22, 1947

1952 year

July 1952. America is in shock. What is happening in the sky over Washington defies logical explanation and gives rise to the most incredible rumors. And the reason for this is the wave of UFO sightings that swept through the District of Columbia. Unidentified flying objects with enviable consistency appeared over Washington from 12 to 26 July. Photo: UFO squadron over the Capitol.

1955 year

In Hopkinsville (Kentucky, USA), after a UFO explosion, a small glowing man with huge eyes was seen for a while.

1955 year

An explosion of unknown nature that struck under the bottom of the battleship "Novorossiysk" on the night of October 29, 1955, claimed the lives of 608 sailors and officers. The huge ship capsized and sank in the Northern Bay of Sevastopol - in front of thousands of townspeople.

1956 year

In August, a UFO chased a fighter at a British airbase for 20 minutes, after which it disappeared into thin air. In the photo - presumably a UFO. USA, California, 1957

1958 year

On December 14, the newspaper "Youth of Yakutia" wrote about a giant monster that lives in Lake Labynkyr. Local Yakut residents believe that some huge animal lives in the lake - "Labynkyr Devil", as they call it. According to the descriptions of the Yakuts, it is something of a dark gray color with a huge mouth. The distance between the eyes of the "devil" is equal to the width of a raft of ten logs. If you believe the legend, the "devil" is very aggressive and dangerous, attacks people and animals, is able to go ashore. In the photo - Lake Labynkyr (Oymyakonsky district of Yakutia, Russia)

1959 year

February 1 group experienced tourists under the leadership of Igor Dyatlov, she began the ascent to the top of "1079" (Mountain of the Dead). We didn’t have time to rise before dark and pitched our tent right on the slope. We began to triple for the night. And then something terrible happened ... As the investigators later established, having cut the wall of the tent with knives, the tourists rushed down the slope in panic horror. They ran, who was wearing what: in underwear, half-dressed, barefoot. Later, the corpses of all nine canoes of the group were found down the slope. Most died of hypothermia. Several people had severe internal injuries, while the skin was not damaged. The cause of the tragedy is still unknown. The last picture of the Dyatlov group on the Mountain of the Dead:

1963 year

During the maneuvers of the US naval forces off the coast of Puerto Rico, a mobile object was seen, developing an unprecedented speed for a ship - about 280 km / h.

1963 year

On November 22, 1963, the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Despite the fact that Kennedy's killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, was captured a few hours later, the true motives and customers of the loudest murder of the 20th century have not yet been established.

1967 year

In Bluff Creek Valley, a Bigfoot female (filmed by Roger Patterson) is captured on film.

1968 year

The official date of the death of Yuri Gagarin. Few believed in his death. The soothsayer Vanga claimed that the first cosmonaut did not die, but "was taken."

1969 year

The landing of the Americans on the moon. The very fact is still disputed. The version of falsification has many supporters.

1977 year

"Petrozavodskoe miracle": on September 20 at 4 o'clock in the morning, a UFO in the form of a bright star, from which rays of red color departed, was seen above the main street of Petrozavodsk - Lenin Street. The phenomenon was accompanied by a massive UFO sighting in the northern regions of the USSR and in Finland. Later, large holes with very sharp edges were found in the glass of the upper floors. The photo shows a copy of the only known photograph of the "Petrozavodsk diva" - the stage of fiery rain and rice. V. Lukyants "Solovki" (magazine "Technics for Youth" No. 4 1980)

1982 year

In the Tsemesskaya Bay (Black Sea) on one of the ships of the Black Sea Fleet all the watches stopped aboard. In the photo - Tsemesskaya Bay today

1986 year

On January 29, a UFO crashed near Dalnegorsk. The photo shows the crash site and some of the "exhibits" from the crash site: metal drops of different nature with holes inside, black glassy particles weighing up to 30 mg, as well as loose flakes in the form of a net of quartz fibers 30 microns thick, each of which is twisted from even thinner quartz flagella, each of which, in turn, has a gold thread inserted.

1987 year

Mass suicide of 2000 dolphins - they threw themselves on the coast of Brazil. Pictured: Grind dolphins washed ashore in New Zealand in 2009.

1989 year

140 whales died at south coast Chile. Mass suicide occurs for the fourth time.

1991 year

The explosion on April 12 in Sasovo ( Ryazan Oblast) when UFOs were observed over the city. Anomalies near the funnel are still recorded - reprogramming of calculators and failure of electronic devices. In the photo - the place of the explosion in 91 and in our time.

1993 year

For 10 months in the so-called "Pacific triangle" near Western Micronesia, 48 ships and more than 200 sailors disappeared.

1994 year

Near the Czech town of Celakovice, a "vampire cemetery" was found - a strange burial dating back to the end of the 10th - beginning of the 11th century. In 11 pits, the remains of 13 people lay, tied with leather belts and with aspen stakes stuck in the heart. In addition, some of the deceased had their hands and heads cut off. According to pagan beliefs and rituals, they did this to vampires who rise from their graves at night and drink human blood.

1996 year

In Movile Cave (Romania), a closed ecosystem, not related to the terrestrial one, was discovered for the first time. There were found 30 species of plants and animals (crustaceans, spiders, millipedes and insects) living in isolation in the dark for 5 million years.

1996 year

A strange, half-dead creature was discovered in a cemetery in the village of Kaolinovy ​​near Kyshtym by a lonely pensioner Tamara Vasilyevna Prosvirina. The creature became known as the "Kyshtym dwarf". The creature ate human food and looked and smelled strange. The body of the creature was approximately 30 cm, it had a torso, arms, legs, a head with a high frontal lobe, mouth and eyes. The pensioner gave the creature a child's name - "Alyoshenka". "Aleshenka" lived in the pensioner's house for about a month.

Alyoshenka was also seen by other people: Tamara Prosvirina's daughter-in-law, as well as some acquaintances. Subsequently, Tamara Prosvirina was placed in a psychiatric hospital in connection with an exacerbation of schizophrenia. In the end, the creature died, and the causes of death have not been finally established, among them death from improper feeding and lack of care or murder under unexplained circumstances are most often indicated. Tamara Prosvirina died on August 5, 1999 - she was hit by two cars at night. At this time, representatives of the Japanese television company were going to interview her, filming documentary about this phenomenon. The house where the Kyshtym humanoid lived:

The mummy of the creature was discovered in August 1996 by police captain Yevgeny Mokichev (pictured) during his investigation into the theft of an electric cable. The policeman who found the mummy handed it over to his colleague, Vladimir Bendlin, who began his own investigation into the origin and nature of the creature, but soon the mummy of "Alyoshenka" disappeared under strange circumstances. Her whereabouts are currently unknown.