221 World’s Strange & Unsolved Mysteries

The Shroud of Turin is one of the most revered religious icons on the Earth. It is a 53-sq.ft rectangle of linen considered as the actual burial garment of Jesus Christ. In 1898 when an Italian amateur photographer Secondo Pia captured the startling image of a human form of a scourged, crucified man, enquiries and […]

Beneath Death Valley, California was a fascinating Land of the Dead, an ancient city known as Shin-Au-Av which could have been home to many different races. Two men, Thomason and White, said they fell through a mine shaft and discovered perfectly preserved ‘mummies,’ clad in fine leather wearing thick gold armbands and wielding gold spears.

Shepherd’s Monument is at Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire. The monument was built sometime between 1748 and 1763. The eight-letter inscription on this monument is a sequence of letters–O U O S V A V V, between the letters D M. On Roman tombs, the letters ‘D M’ commonly stood for Dis Manibus, meaning ‘Dedicated to

Shag Harbour is a tiny fishing village in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. On October 4, 1967, the locals spotted a large object descending into the waters off the harbour. They saw four orange lights and a UFO some 60 ft in diameter hovering over the water. It then tilted to a 45-degree angle

People residing on the shores of British Columbia saw human feet clad in running shoes being washed ashore. Forensic anthropologists declared that the feet showed the indications of separating from the bodies during decomposition in a natural articulation process. The reason for the occurrence after 2007 was due to advancing shoe technology wherein sports shoes

Sedona is a desert town in Northern Arizona. The first documented human presence in Sedona area dates to between 11,500 and 9000 BC. Its main attraction is its array of red sandstone formations. The formations glow in brilliant orange and red when illuminated by the rising or setting sun. Several activities, ranging from spiritual pursuits

The Sea Peoples were naval raiders who harassed the coastal towns and cities of the Mediterranean region between 1276-1178 BCE, especially Egypt. The tribes which comprised the Sea Peoples, according to Egyptian records, are the Sherden, Sheklesh, Lukka, Tursha and Akawasha. The three great pharaohs who record their conflicts and victories over the Sea Peoples

On June 9, 1946, the people of Helsinki sighted a brilliant light, with a smoke trail and the sound of thunder; its luminous trail had been visible for 10 minutes. This was repeated the next night with the light turning and taking the direction it had come. Some 2000 reported sightings were logged, 200 of

The Sayhuite Stone is a big granite block at the archaeological site in southern-central Peru. It is 2 metres long and 4 metres wide with its upper surface carved with complex and mysterious figures. It resembles a scale model of the Inca Empire with terraces, ponds, rivers and irrigation channels depicted upon it. Researchers believe

Salzburg Cube, also known as the Wolfsegg Iron, is an ancient artifact found encased in lignite, mined during 1885 in Austria. It has four flat sides and two convex ones. There is a groove all the way round, midway to its height. It has various pits and craters on its surface. It was identified by

Saksaywaman lies in the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco in Peru. It is famed for its terraces of large dry stone walls which have boulders intricately cut to fit together tightly without mortar. The architectural wonder is that the stones are so closely spaced that a single piece of paper will not fit

Sajama Lines are a network of thousands of perfectly straight lines in Western Bolivia. They are the world’s largest work of art. Each line is created by scraping aside vegetation and top soil and oxidized rock, exposing the lighter subsurface material. It is a marvel to have created lines with such precision without the use

The Saddle Ridge Treasure is a historic discovery of $10 million worth of gold coins buried in decaying tin cans on the property of one very lucky and anonymous California couple. 1,427 Liberty head coins, minted between 1855 and 1894, were discovered in eight decaying, unmarked tins buried–some up to 1 ft deep. The majority

Roswell, a town in New Mexico, saw an unusual package descending in a sheep ranch. The rancher named Mac Brazel described it as a mess of metallic sticks held together with tape; chunks of plastic and foil reflectors; and scraps of a heavy, glossy, paper-like material. People were sure that it was a UFO. The

The Rongorongo script of Easter Island was discovered in the late nineteenth century. The script consists of about 120 symbols, mainly the representations of birds, fish, gods, plants and a variety of geometric shapes, carved in stones and wood. Another 480 glyphs are a variant of these 120. Some symbols that represent dates and genallogical