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Rongorongo, the forgotten writing system

In short Rongorongo is a system of glyphs carved on wooden tablets from Easter Island, discovered by Europeans in 1864

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In short In June 2009 a man calling himself Peter Bergmann arrived in Sligo, Ireland, checked into a hotel under

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In short The “Atlas Vampire” is the nickname of the never-identified killer of Lilly Lindeström, a 31-year-old prostitute found dead

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In short On July 10, 1955, on the shore of Lake Albano in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, the naked, beheaded

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Aokigahara is the name of a Japanese forest at the foot of Mount Fuji. In Japan it is also known

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In short Where: Hinterkaifeck, an isolated farmstead in Bavaria, about 70 km north of Munich. When: the evening of 31

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In short Where: Villisca, a small town in Iowa, United States. When: the night of 9-10 June 1912, probably between

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In short Who: Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Pokrovskoye, 21 January 1869 – Saint Petersburg, 30 December 1916). Why he is famous:

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In short Where: in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru, about 72 km from Cusco, at 2,792 metres above

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In short What it is: a pyramid-shaped stone, about 25 centimetres tall, with a raised eye on top. Where and

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In short What it is: a large stone bowl, similar to a libation vessel, with engravings that resemble cuneiform writing.

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On Pentecost Monday in 1828, the citizens of Nuremberg witnessed a disoriented teenage boy struggling to walk. His name was

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