20 Greatest Mysteries that We Might NEVER Solve!

Our big, beautiful world is full of mysteries that have passed the test of time. Some puzzling enigmas seem destined to remain unsolved forever- like these twenty examples that will keep you up at night.

Voynich Manuscript
This baffling manuscript was written roughly six hundred years ago, but it has never actually been adequately translated. Why? Nobody has the foggiest idea what language it's actually written in.

The Paracas And Nazca Lines
Giant inexplicable lines in the desert that have been around for thousands of years? That sounds like an ancient mystery to us- and everyone else who has ever gazed upon these Peruvian wonders.

Mary Celeste
This famous ghost ship represents one of the world's strangest maritime mysteries. On December 4, 1872, the Mary Celeste left New York City's harbor with ten people aboard, including a two-year-old little girl, never to reach its destination.

Sajama Lines
Meet the Nazca Lines' big brother- the massive Sajama Lines, located right in the heart of Bolivia. These colossal carvings have no known rhyme or reason, and they stretch for miles across the altiplano.

Uffington White Horse
It's no secret that there's no shortage of weird and wacky stuff in the United Kingdom, but the Uffington White Horse is in a class all of its own. This perfectly intact chalk horse is a relic from the Bronze Age when it was first etched on a hill right outside of Uffington for reasons unknown.

Amelia Earhart's Disappearance
Amelia Earhart made a name for herself by shattering the aviation glass ceiling and sailing across the entire Atlantic Ocean all by her lonesome, but she hit some major trouble on her solo mission around the world.

Emerald Tablet
Our number fourteen pick packs even a bigger punch because it's a double mystery: not only was the Emerald Tablet indecipherable, but it's also been lost to the ages. The Emerald Tablet is first mentioned around the sixth century in an obscure Arabic book written in Syriac- the language of ancient Syria.

Ark Of The Covenant
Christianity's biggest mystery is our number thirteen pick. The Ark of the Covenant was lost way back in 687 B.C. when the Babylonians triumphed over Jerusalem and leveled the First Temple, home to the famous Ark of the Covenant.

Laotian Plain Of Jars
The mountains of Laos are full of mysterious, enormous stone jars that seem to serve no purpose whatsoever. The jars are roughly ten feet tall and may have served as burial vessels or wine goblets for giants.

Cleopatra's Remains
This famous Egyptian queen is one of the most iconic figures of the ancient world, but we have no idea where her final resting place is. We know that Cleopatra committed suicide rather than live under Octavian rule, using the rather unorthodox method of asp poison to do the job.

Jimmy Hoffa
Our number ten pick was a famous Union Teamster who dabbled in organized crime and got clipped for it. Hoffa might have flown a little too close to the sun with his Teamster power grabs, and the organized crime bosses weren't having any of it.

Anastasia
July 17, 1918, was a dark day for the royal Romanovs, as they were gunned down by a firing squad and replaced with the new Bolshevik leadership. The communists might have won the ideological war in Russia, but they might not have polished off all of the Romanovs.


Stonehenge
Every year, thousands of tourists flock to this enormous enigma in southern England, hoping to understand a critical part of the ancient world. Who built Stonehenge… and why… is the unanswerable question that puzzles modern archaeologists.

Antikythera Mechanism
The ancient Antikythera Mechanism is estimated to be about two thousand years old and was found at the bottom of the ocean as part of a shipwreck. It's the world's first computer, an astounding bit of technology that was light years beyond anything else in the era.

Sacsayhuaman
Machu Picchu might get all of the credit, but one of Peru's most fascinating mysteries lies in the heart of Cuzco- known as the bellybutton of the Incan Empire. Sacsayhuaman is a masterpiece.

Roanoke
This creepy colony is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in North America. Roanoke was a thriving settlement in coastal North Carolina when its governor, John White, went on a supply run.

Bermuda Triangle
The baffling Bermuda Triangle is one of the world's most talked about enigmas- for a reason.

Thonis-Heracleion
The ancient Egyptian city of Thonis-Heracleion was swallowed up by the Mediterranean long ago for mysterious, and possibly horrific reasons. Was it an early victim of climate change, or forces beyond human comprehension?

Jack The Ripper
The infamous Jack the Ripper is England's original boogeyman- a sadist with the skills of a doctor who terrorized the working girls of London and left their mutilated corpses in plain sight.

Atlantis
The fabled city of Atlantis is the world's biggest mystery. Did it exist? Where did it go?

[theywillkillyou]

I've been to Stonehenge before! It's pretty awe-inspiring & makes you really wonder how those ancient people put up those huge slabs of stone without any modern-day equipment...I guess they didn't have to deal with any soyboys back then 😂😂😂

[PablitosWay]

I'm pretty sure number 4 will remain a mystery forever

[owenbarnes]

Hello what lurks below good to see you guys again

[nicnag]

Despite being a huge true crime fan, Jack the Ripper wouldn’t be my pick if I could only choose one to know. I’m drawn to Roanoke the most and not sure why. Things like the Ark of the Covenant may not even exist, but we know John Smith left a colony and when he came back the people were gone.

[nicnag]

It’s been postulated that Jack the Ripper was in the US for a while beforehand with similar cases in southern US I believe

[justDomeniko]

I’m pretty sure that it’s the UFOs that are behind most of the mysteries we can’t solve lol

[GabbinwithGavin]

I feel like Jimmy Hoffa was just playing with fire for years

[ekramer]

#9 Anastasia was solved. They found the body some distance away.