historical mysteries

In the grounds of Shugborough Estate in Staffordshire stands a monument that seems, at first glance, like the sort of…

There is a strange quiet at the centre of one of history’s most familiar lives. The story of Jesus Christ…

In August 1227, Genghis Khan died while campaigning against the Western Xia, an empire in north-western China that had resisted…

The Shroud of Turin is, at first glance, an object of almost startling simplicity: a long piece of linen, pale…

In the early twentieth century, stories of literary prodigies were rare enough to capture national attention, but few were as…

London in the late eighteenth century was a city bursting with life, opportunity, and noise. By the 1780s, it had…

In the summer of 1971, a routine bit of gardening in the market town of Hexham took an unexpected turn.…

The Voynich Manuscript is one of the most enigmatic and mysterious texts in the world, a book that has defied…