{"id":5470,"date":"2023-04-02T09:14:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T14:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mru.ink\/?p=5470"},"modified":"2023-04-02T09:14:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T14:14:06","slug":"lost-human-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mru.ink\/lost-human-history\/","title":{"rendered":"A list of famous lost history: How 97% of human history is lost today?","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Many significant locations, objects, cultures and groups throughout history have been lost, inspiring archaeologists and treasure-hunters around the world to search for them. The existence of some of these places or items, particularly those from ancient history, is legendary and remains in question.<\/p>\n

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We know there are thousands of such accounts if we start counting, but here in this article, we have listed out some of the most famous accounts of ‘lost history’ that are really strange and intriguing at the same time:<\/p>\n

1 | Previously lost history<\/h4>\n

Troy<\/h5>\n

The Ancient City Troy \u2015 the city which was the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle, in particular in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. Troy was discovered by Heinrich Schliemann, a German businessman and a pioneer in the field of archaeology. Though this find has been disputed. Found in the 1870s, the city was lost between 12th century BC and 14th century BC.<\/p>\n

Olympia<\/h5>\n

The Greek place of worship Olympia, a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name, which was a major Panhellenic religious sanctuary of ancient Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were held. It was found by German archaeologists in 1875.<\/p>\n

The lost legions of Varus<\/h5>\n

The Lost Legions Of Varus was last seen in 15 AD and again found in 1987. Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman general and politician under the first Roman emperor Augustus between 46 BC and September 15, 9 AD. Varus is generally remembered for having lost three Roman legions when ambushed by Germanic tribes led by Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, whereupon he took his own life.<\/p>\n

Pompeii<\/h5>\n

Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, and Oplontis all buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. It was lost 79 AD, and rediscovered in 1748.<\/p>\n

The Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Atocha<\/h5>\n

The\u00a0Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Atocha, a Spanish treasure\u00a0galleon\u00a0and the most widely known vessel of a fleet of ships that sank in a hurricane off the\u00a0Florida Keys\u00a0in 1622. It was found in 1985. At the time of her sinking, Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Atocha\u00a0was heavily laden with copper, silver, gold, tobacco, gems, and\u00a0indigo\u00a0from Spanish ports at Cartagena and Porto Bello\u00a0in\u00a0New Granada \u2015 present-day Colombia and Panama, respectively \u2015 and\u00a0Havana, bound for Spain. The ship was named for the parish of\u00a0Atocha\u00a0in\u00a0Madrid.<\/p>\n

The RMS Titanic<\/h5>\n

The RMS Titanic was lost in 1912, and found in 1985. Who doesn’t know about this legend British passenger liner operated by the White Star Line that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912, after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City? Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making the sinking one of modern history’s deadliest peacetime commercial marine disasters.<\/p>\n

2 | Still lost history<\/h4>\n

Ten lost tribes of Israel<\/h5>\n

Ten Lost Tribes of Israel were lost following the invasion by Assyria in 722 BC. The ten lost tribes were the ten of the Twelve Tribes of Israel that were said to have been deported from the Kingdom of Israel after its conquest by the Neo-Assyrian Empire circa 722 BCE. These are the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, and Ephraim. Claims of descent from the “lost” tribes have been proposed in relation to many groups, and some religions espouse a messianic view that the tribes will return. In the 7th and 8th centuries CE, the return of the lost tribes was associated with the concept of the coming of the messiah.<\/p>\n

The lost army of Cambyses:<\/h5>\n

The Lost Army of Cambyses II\u00a0\u2014 an army of 50,000 soldiers that disappeared in a sandstorm in the Egyptian desert around 525 BC. Cambyses II\u00a0was the second\u00a0King of Kings\u00a0of the\u00a0Achaemenid Empire\u00a0from 530 to 522 BC. He was the son and successor of\u00a0Cyrus the Great.<\/p>\n

The Ark of the Covenant:<\/h5>\n

The\u00a0Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony, and in a few verses across various translations as the\u00a0Ark of God, was a gold-covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the\u00a0Book of Exodus\u00a0as containing the two\u00a0stone tablets\u00a0of the\u00a0Ten Commandments. According to various texts within the\u00a0Hebrew Bible, it also contained Aaron’s rod\u00a0and a pot of\u00a0manna.<\/p>\n

The Ark of the Covenant was lost after the\u00a0Babylonian\u00a0invasion of\u00a0Jerusalem. Since its disappearance from the Biblical narrative, there have been a number of claims of having discovered or of having possession of the Ark, and several possible places have been suggested for its location including:<\/p>\n

Mount Nebo in Jerusalem, The\u00a0Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in\u00a0Axum, a deep cave in the Dumghe mountains in Southern Africa, Chartres Cathedral of France, Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome,\u00a0Mount Sinai\u00a0in the Valley of\u00a0Edom, Herdewyke in\u00a0Warwickshire, England, the\u00a0Hill of Tara\u00a0in\u00a0Ireland and etc.<\/p>\n

While many believe the\u00a0Anubis Shrine (Shrine 261) of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s Tomb, found in the\u00a0Valley of the Kings, Egypt, could be the Ark of the Covenant.<\/p>\n

The statue of Marduk<\/h5>\n

The\u00a0Statue of Marduk\u00a0\u2013 important Babylonian cult statue lost at some point during the 5th\u20131st centuries BC. Also known as the\u00a0Statue of B\u00eal, the Statue of Marduk was the physical representation of the god Marduk, the patron deity of the ancient city of\u00a0Babylon, traditionally housed in the city’s main temple, the\u00a0Esagila.<\/p>\n

The Holy Grail<\/h5>\n

The Holy Grail, also known as the Holy Chalice, is in some Christian traditions the vessel that Jesus used at the Last Supper to serve wine. It is believed to have magical powers. In relic veneration, several artifacts became identified as the Holy Grail. Two artifacts, one in Genoa and one in Valencia, became particularly well known and are identified as the Holy Grail.<\/p>\n

The Ninth Roman Legion<\/h5>\n

The Ninth Roman Legion disappeared from history after 120 AD. Legio IX Hispana\u00a0was a\u00a0legion\u00a0of the\u00a0Imperial Roman army\u00a0that existed from the 1st century BC until at least AD 120. The legion fought in various provinces of the late\u00a0Roman Republic\u00a0and early\u00a0Roman Empire. It was stationed in Britain following the\u00a0Roman invasion in 43 AD. The legion disappears from surviving Roman records after c. AD 120 and there is no extant account of what happened to it.<\/p>\n

The Roanoke Colony<\/h5>\n

In between 1587 and 1588, the\u00a0Roanoke Colony\u00a0of Roanoke Island,\u00a0North Carolina Settlers of the first English colony in\u00a0the New World\u00a0vanish, leaving an abandoned settlement and the word “Croatoan,” the name of a nearby island, carved into a post.<\/p>\n

The Money Pit on Oak Island<\/h5>\n

The Money Pit on\u00a0Oak Island, a lost treasure from pre-1795. The Oak island is best known for various theories about possible buried treasure or historical artifacts, and the associated exploration.<\/p>\n

The Mahogany ship<\/h5>\n

The\u00a0Mahogany Ship\u00a0\u2014 an ancient shipwreck which was lost somewhere near Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. It was last seen in 1880.<\/p>\n

The lost Dutchman’s gold mine<\/h5>\n

According to a popular American legend, a rich gold mine is hidden somewhere in the southwestern United States. The location is generally believed to be in the Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction, east of Phoenix, Arizona. Since 1891, there have been many stories about how to find the mine, and each year people search for the mine. Some have died on the search.<\/p>\n

Victoria’s parliamentary mace<\/h5>\n

Victoria’s Parliamentary Mace was lost or stolen to be never found again. In 1891, a precious medieval mace was stolen from Victoria’s Parliament, sparking one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in Australian history.<\/p>\n

The Irish crown jewels<\/h5>\n

The\u00a0Jewels Belonging to the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, commonly called the\u00a0Irish Crown Jewels\u00a0or\u00a0State Jewels of Ireland, were the heavily jewelled star and badge regalia created in 1831 for the Sovereign and Grand Master of the\u00a0Order of St. Patrick. They were stolen from\u00a0Dublin Castle\u00a0in 1907 along with the\u00a0collars\u00a0of five knights of the order. The theft has never been solved and the jewels have never been recovered.<\/p>\n

Twin sisters<\/h5>\n

Twin Sisters, a pair of cannons used by\u00a0Texas Military Forces\u00a0during the\u00a0Texas Revolution and American Civil War, were lost in 1865.<\/p>\n

Amelia Earhart and her aircraft<\/h5>\n

Amelia Mary Earhart\u00a0was an American\u00a0aviation pioneer\u00a0and author. Earhart was the first female aviator\u00a0to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of\u00a0The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.<\/p>\n

During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10-E Electra,\u00a0Earhart\u00a0and navigator Fred Noonan\u00a0disappeared\u00a0over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Investigators have never been able to trace them or their aircraft’s remains. Earhart was declared dead\u00a0on January 5, 1939.<\/p>\n

The Amber Room<\/h5>\n

The\u00a0Amber Room\u00a0was a chamber decorated in\u00a0amber\u00a0panels backed with\u00a0gold\u00a0leaf and mirrors, located in the\u00a0Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo\u00a0near\u00a0Saint Petersburg. Constructed in the 18th century in\u00a0Prussia, the room was dismantled and eventually disappeared during\u00a0World War II. Before its loss, it was considered an “Eighth Wonder of the World”. A reconstruction was installed in the Catherine Palace between 1979 and 2003.<\/p>\n

Flight 19<\/h5>\n

On December 5, 1945,\u00a0Flight 19\u00a0\u2013 the five\u00a0TBF Avengers\u00a0\u2013 was lost with all 14 airmen within the Bermuda Triangle. Before losing radio contact off the coast of southern Florida, Flight 19\u2019s flight leader was reportedly heard saying: \u201cEverything looks strange, even the ocean,\u201d and \u201cWe are entering white water, nothing seems right.\u201d To make things even stranger, PBM Mariner BuNo 59225 had also lost with 13 airmen on the same day while searching for Flight 19, and they have never been found again.<\/p>\n

Lord Nelson’s Chelengk<\/h5>\n

\u201cAdmiral Lord Nelson\u2019s diamond Chelengk is one of the most famous and iconic jewels in British history. Presented to Nelson by the Sultan Selim III of Turkey after the Battle of the Nile in 1798, the jewel had thirteen diamond rays to represent the French ships captured or destroyed at the action.<\/p>\n

Later in 1895, Nelson’s family sold the Chelengk at an auction and it eventually found its way to the newly opened National Maritime Museum in Greenwich where it was a star exhibit. In 1951, the jewel was stolen in a daring raid by an infamous cat-burglar and lost forever.<\/p>\n

The lost Jules Rimet FIFA World Cup Trophy<\/h5>\n

The\u00a0Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the\u00a0football\u00a0World Cup, was stolen in 1966 prior to the\u00a01966 FIFA World Cup\u00a0in England. The trophy was later recovered by a dog named\u00a0Pickles\u00a0who was later commended and gained a cult following for his heroism.<\/p>\n

In 1970, Brazil received the Jules Rimet Trophy in perpetuity after winning the World Cup for the third time. But in 1983, the trophy was again stolen from a display case in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that was bulletproof but for its wooden frame. A banker and football club agent called S\u00e9rgio Pereira Ayres was the mastermind of the theft. Though the FIFA World Football Museum has since found the trophy’s original base, it has still been missing for nearly four decades.<\/p>\n

The lost tombs of great\u00a0 historical figures<\/h5>\n

To this day, nobody has any idea about where some of the greatest historical icons’ tombs are located. Below are some of the great historical figures whose lost tombs are still to be found:<\/p>\n