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14 biggest historical mysteries that will probably never be solved ... Will we ever find Cleopatra's tomb or the Ark of the Covenant? Some mysteries may never be resolved.
https://www.livescience.com ^ | DECEMBER 08, 2021 | By Owen Jarus

Posted on 12/16/2021 10:59:35 AM PST by Red Badger

There are some historical mysteries that may never be solved, from the date that Jesus was born to the identity of Jack the Ripper to the location of Cleopatra's tomb. Sometimes, that's because the relevant excavated material has been lost or an archaeological site has been destroyed. Other times, it's because new evidence is unlikely to come forward or the surviving evidence is too vague to lead scholars to a consensus.

The lack of answers only makes these enigmas more intriguing. Here, Live Science takes a look at 14 of these historical questions that may never have definitive explanations.

WAS THERE A REAL KING ARTHUR?

WHO WAS JACK THE RIPPER?

WHERE IS JIMMY HOFFA?

WHERE IS CLEOPATRA'S TOMB?

WHO KILLED JFK?

WAS CAESARION TRULY CAESAR'S SON?

IS THERE A MONEY PIT ON OAK ISLAND?

IS THE COPPER SCROLL TREASURE REAL?

FATE OF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT

WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?

WERE THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON REAL?

etc.................

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; History; Society
KEYWORDS: arkofthecovenant; atlantis; caesarion; cancelculture; cleopatra; cleopatravii; copperscroll; egypt; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; holygrail; jacktheripper; jimmyhoffa; juliuscaesar; kingarthur; oakisland; oswaldcultists; romanempire; semiramis; theoswaldcult
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To: shadowlands1960

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tsunami-hits-alexandria-egypt


41 posted on 12/16/2021 11:34:00 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Who was the first humans to “discover America”?


42 posted on 12/16/2021 11:35:39 AM PST by Leep (Save America. Lock down pres. Brandon!)
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To: Leep

May not have happened yet........................


43 posted on 12/16/2021 11:36:35 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

That would be a good explanation. It would mean Alexander’s body was available to view for over 600 years.


44 posted on 12/16/2021 11:37:47 AM PST by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: qam1
Ummmm. Patton Oswalt.


45 posted on 12/16/2021 11:38:31 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: fidelis
All of these will be solved long before anyone figures out how to understand women.

Nope, one guy figured that out already


46 posted on 12/16/2021 11:38:44 AM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: All

I’m tired of this crap!

Everyone knows where the Ark is - a govt warehouse in suburban DC.


47 posted on 12/16/2021 11:40:30 AM PST by MplsSteve
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To: Red Badger
The Holy Grail ...

There are no serious scholarly attempts to find the Holy Grail, although it continues to be popular in fiction, being used as a plot device in films like “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” where it was used to heal Indiana Jones after he was shot by the Nazis.

I thought it was Indiana's father .. the other Dr. Jones .. who was shot by the Nazis.


48 posted on 12/16/2021 11:45:56 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: Red Badger

That site is so loaded down with ads that I can’t even get the list of 14.

I count 13 items. I’ll take a first pass stab at them.

For the record I think there are far more legit archaeological mysteries, such as those attached to the builders of “Jericho and Çatalhöyük, dated to the eighth millennium BC, are among the earliest proto-cities known to archaeologists.[46][53]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City#Ancient_times

Jump to:
Was King Arthur real?
***Probably was real, yes. Lots of fancy mythology built up around him.

Jack the Ripper
***Some sociopath in the 19th century. Not even worth looking into.

Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
***Probably dead, like several have claimed. Killed by the mob. Duhh.

Cleopatra’s tomb
***That would be an interesting find. It’s probably already looted, though.

Who killed JFK?
***Lee Harvey Oswald.

Julius Caesar’s son
***I don’t think anyone particularly cares about this.

Oak Island money pit
***At least this mystery is fun. Let them dig for it. I hope they hit it big.

The Copper Scroll
***I’ll have to read up on this one.

Fate of the Ark of the Covenant
***Probably in that little church in Ethiopia.

When was Jesus born?
***At night. heh, heh. It was warm enough so the shepherds were sleeping outside, so it was extremely unlikely to be at the end of December, more like April. It doesn’t really matter if we can’t fix the exact date.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon
***They were real and there’s been archaeology over it.

City of Atlantis
***Probably the ancient civilization on the island of Minoa, destroyed in one day by a volcano.

Where is the Holy Grail?
***A chimera of history. The San Graar was Holy Blood, which some Templar Knights and other credulous folks went looking for in the hopes they would find a direct ancestor of Jesus because He supposedly had sex with Mary Magdalene. Even ancient folks had their bullshiite.


49 posted on 12/16/2021 11:49:11 AM PST by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: Kevmo
That site is so loaded down with ads that I can’t even get the list of 14.

Use Brave Browser. No more flood of ads.....................

50 posted on 12/16/2021 11:52:00 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Kevmo

“What was Jesus really like?”................


51 posted on 12/16/2021 11:52:48 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Boogieman
And then there is this:

2 Maccabees 2:6-8

6 Some of those who followed him came up intending to mark the way, but could not find it.

7 When Jeremiah learned of it, he rebuked them and declared: “The place shall remain unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows his mercy.

8 Then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord and the cloud will appear, as they were shown in the case of Moses, and as Solomon asked that the place should be specially consecrated.”

52 posted on 12/16/2021 11:55:31 AM PST by G Larry (The "Racism" charge is code for "No Intelligent Argument")
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To: qam1

Actually Gold does dissolve in water, just in very very small quantities. They can test for it, even in seawater now.


53 posted on 12/16/2021 11:55:38 AM PST by Pete Dovgan
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To: shadowlands1960

The Lenin of his time?.......................


54 posted on 12/16/2021 11:55:50 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: LaMudBug

The FBI
CIA
LBJ
did away
with JFK

- 1960s graffiti


55 posted on 12/16/2021 12:00:22 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Red Badger

I doubt anyone will still be interested in viewing Lenin’s body even 100 years from now, let alone 500..


56 posted on 12/16/2021 12:01:01 PM PST by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: Kevmo

I’m leaning on the Tower of Pisa,
Had an eyeful of the Tower in France.
I’m hanging ‘round the Gardens of Madison.............

10CC - “Life Is A Minestrone”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3ImHkAXdeY


57 posted on 12/16/2021 12:01:06 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Will we ever learn the Village in Kenya where B. Hussein Obama was born?


58 posted on 12/16/2021 12:02:56 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK. He was the sole and only assassin.


59 posted on 12/16/2021 12:05:35 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Navy Patriot

Nairobi.......................


60 posted on 12/16/2021 12:05:42 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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