The Book of Unexplained Mysteries: On the Trail of the Secret and the Strange

by Will Pearson

Overview

Who built Stonehenge, and why? Was the Voynich Manuscript - written in a script not even World War Two codebreakers could crack - just an elaborate hoax? When were the first crop circles reported, and why do they mostly appear in the UK? What can recent underwater archeological discoveries tell us about the fabled Lost City of Atlantis?

The Orion Book of Unsolved Mysteries sifts through the evidence and conspiracies to provide an authoritative guide to the most inscrutable myths and phenomena of human history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474609517
Publisher:	Orion Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/26/2021
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.07(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Will Pearson left home aged 15 and joined the Royal Navy. After seven years and two world tours, he won a scholarship to Ruskin workers' education college, and from there went on to read French at Oriel College, Oxford.

After various careers, Will turned his hand to writing. His first book, the best-selling Tornado Down was followed by a string of other non-fiction titles both ghosted and in his own name. Will lives in London with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi

Introduction 1

1 The Shugborough Code 3

2 Atlantis 22

3 The Bermuda Triangle 31

4 The Mary Celeste 46

5 Göbekli Tepe 76

6 The Great Pyramid of Giza 83

7 Stonehenge 97

8 Teotihuacan 107

9 The Nasca Lines 112

10 Easter Island 117

11 The Loch Ness Monster 124

12 Bigfoot and Other Suspects 140

13 The Green Children of Woolpit 153

14 The Phaistos Disc 159

15 The Cat in the Box 164

16 The Wow! Signal 173

17 The Rising Star Cave 181

18 Area 51 186

19 The Zodiac Killer 207

20 Fenn's Treasure 230

Picture Credits 237

Bibliography and Sources 239

Index 249