World Mysteries timeline

The Iron Pillar of Delhi, India is Fashioned (Allegedly)

The iron pillar of Delhi, India is a 7 meter (22 feet) high pillar in the Qutb complex which is a curiosity because of the composition of the... Read more

The Catalan Atlas is Completed

The Catalan Atlas (1375) is the most important Catalan map of the medieval period. It was produced by the Majorcan cartographic school and is... Read more

The Voynich Manuscript is Completed (Estimate)

The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious, undeciphered illustrated book. It is thought to have been written in the 15th or 16th century. The author,... Read more

The Piri Reis Map is Completed

The Piri Reis map is a famous pre-modern world map compiled in 1513 from military intelligence by the Ottoman-Turkish admiral and cartographer Piri... Read more

Easter Island Discovered by European Explorers

The first recorded European contact with the island was on 5 April (Easter Sunday) 1722 when Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen visited for a week and... Read more

The Antikythera Mechanism is Discovered by Valerios Stais

The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical calculator (also described as the first known mechanical computer) designed to calculate... Read more

The Phaistos Disc is Discovered in Phaistos on the South Coast of Crete

The Phaistos Disc (also spelled Phaistos Disk, Phaestos Disc) is a disk of fired clay from the Minoan palace of Phaistos, possibly dating to the... Read more

The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica Are Discovered

The stone spheres of Costa Rica are a collection of over three hundred petrospheres in the Diquis Delta and on Isla del Caño of Costa Rica. Known... Read more

Flight 19 Disappears Over the Bermuda Triangle

Flight 19 was a training flight of TBM Avenger bombers that went missing on December 5, 1945 while over the Atlantic. The squadron's flight path... Read more

The "Starchild Skull" Comes Into the Posession of Lloyd Pye

The Starchild skull is an abnormal human skull which was found in Mexico. It is primarily known through paranormal researchers' claims that it... Read more