The most mysterious secrets of the world, which managed to unravel

This list includes the most famous "riddles of the century", from gliding along the desert stones to incomprehensible underwater sounds that people still managed to figure out.

Richard's tomb found 3

The remains of Richard III, the last English king who died in the battle, were discovered under a parking lot in the British city of Leicester. It was one of the most striking archaeological finds of recent decades.

The find of the flooded "Titanic"

The discovery in 1985, more than 70 years after the disaster, of a flooded vessel, was completely accidental and can only be explained by the greatest success of researchers.

Troy

For centuries, mankind has considered Troy a mythical city, and the Trojan War is mostly a legend. So it was before the discovery of the German archaeologist-self-taught Henry Schliemann of the remains of an ancient city, also known as Ilion

"Magic" circles in the Namib desert

For a long time, people associated this phenomenon with anything, from radioactive radiation to parking space aliens. Only relatively recent studies have led to the final conclusion that "culprits" of such a long plot are ... termites! (However, there are other explanations, of which we wrote earlier)