MYSTERIES THAT WERE EVENTUALLY SOLVED

FINDING RICHARD III

The last English King to die in battle was finally found buried under

a Leicester car park in what was one of the most astonishing

archaeological discoveries of the last few decades.

THE SOURCE OF THE NILE RIVER

It may seem obvious but even answers like Lake Victoria aren’t so

straight forward. It took modern technology to put the issue to rest

(and yes, this was a mystery for quite some time).

WHY THE "ATMOSPHERE" OF THE SUN IS HOTTER THAN

THE SURFACE OF THE SUN

That answer is extremely scientific but in 2009 it was laid to rest by

a team of EU scientists. Basically it has to do with waves of

magnetic plasma.

FINDING THE TITANIC

Found in 1985 over 70 years after it sank, the discovery was actually

somewhat of a stroke of luck.

LOCH NESS MONSTER

The photographer who took the original picture of the Loch Ness

monster recently admitted that it was a hoax.

TROY

For a long time the world believed Troy to be a mythical city and the

Trojan War to be little more than legend. At least until Heinrich

Schliemann actually discovered the remains of the city.

THE FAIRY CIRCLES OF THE NAMIB DESERT

For years people thought it was everything from radioactive soil

to aliens. A recent study, however, discovered the

culprits…termites.

THE IDENTITY OF DEEP THROAT

For a long time people speculated over the identity of the secret

informant behind the Watergate Scandal. Recently it was revealed

to be former FBI associate director Mark Felt.

EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS

With the discovery of the Rosetta Stone people finally had the key to

understanding modern Egyptian hieroglyphs.