Yuri Yudin was the only member of the Dyatlov Pass expedition to survive. He turned back on January 28, 1959, after illness and severe pain made continuing unsafe; days later, the other nine hikers died in the Ural Mountains. Yudin…

The Treasure of the Queen Anne’s Revenge is real—but it isn’t a chest overflowing with gold. The wreck has yielded a remarkable archaeological record of Blackbeard’s flagship, including cannons, ship equipment, and objects that reveal the vessel’s complicated history. When…

The Treasure of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha is a remarkable haul of Spanish colonial silver, gold, emeralds, and artifacts recovered from a galleon wrecked in a 162 hurricane off the Florida Keys. But the famous 1985 discovery was not…

Video: The Tunguska Event. A Black Hole passing through earth?! (Unresolved Mystery). Probably not. The best-supported explanation is that an asteroid or comet fragment exploded in the atmosphere above Siberia in 1908. The black-hole idea has been proposed, but there’s…

Video: What Really Happened In The 1908 Tunguska Event. What actually caused the Tunguska event? The best-supported explanation is that a small asteroid—or possibly a comet—exploded in the atmosphere above Siberia on June 30, 1908. Its airburst released enormous energy,…

Video: The Sumerian King Who Ruled For 36,000 Years — And The Archaeologist Who Proved He Was Real. Shulgi of Ur is a strong candidate for the greatest historical Sumerian king, thanks to his long reign, powerful administration, and military…

Video: The Anasazi Disappearance Mystery Solved — With Proof. The Anasazi disappearance wasn’t the extinction of a people: many Ancestral Puebloan communities left major settlements, while their descendants and traditions continued. The harder question is why people moved—and the evidence…