Inside History Collection Magazine

3 April 2022

History’s 50 greatest mysteries The bible is packed with the names of long-forgotten people and tales of bloody battles, horrific disasters and individual heroics, but are they based on real people and events or are they simple parables? And what about King Arthur? Was he the first king of England, or just a legend designed to unite the people of Britain? Modern historians are inclined to believe the latter – yet the myth has endured. And why did the ancient Egyptians build pyramids and embalm their dead, preserving their corpses for millennia? In this special issue we’ve collated 50 of the most intriguing historical riddles that still arouse wonder and debate, and track the progress archaeologists and scholars have made in unravelling history’s greatest mysteries.