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.

<strong>Richard's tomb found 3</strong>

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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.


<strong>The find of the flooded "Titanic"</strong>

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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.

<strong>Troy</strong>

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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

<strong>"Magic" circles in the Namib desert</strong>

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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)