mysteries
Mystery of Mona Lisa’s background may have been solved
A geologist claims to have identified the landscape in Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous work as being that of a particular city in northern Italy, but some experts disagree
Unknown history of 600-year-old, coded Voynich Manuscript revealed by researcher
Stefan Guzy has scoured archives from the Holy Roman Empire and believes he has traced back the ownership of the mysterious cipher book
Stolen Charles Darwin notebooks worth millions are mysteriously returned to Cambridge library
The two manuscripts were returned in a pink gift bag with a message that read: "Happy Easter X"
Pablo Escobar, Ernest Hemingway and a drug-smuggling NFL player covered in vaseline: new podcast explores the crazy story behind a ceramic that could be by Picasso
Steve Kough also stole three paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1982—while on trial for conspiracy to distribute marijuana
Second monolith mysteriously appears in Romania—one day after another vanishes from the Utah desert
Another unattributed metal structure has sprung up from seemingly nowhere—this time on a Romanian mountainside
Has Yale’s mysterious Voynich Manuscript finally been deciphered?
A German Egyptologist believes he has cracked the code to the enigmatic 15th century illustrated book—but many others have made the same claim in the past and failed