[wildbill]

Nine more neat mysteries of history with short precis of the reason why they are on the list.

You may have some other on your personal list, but that's part of the wonderful mystery of history.

[shadeaud]

Maybe it was a Rapture. Ever notice how a lot of tourists react to seeing some incredible structure dating back thousands of years? I've seen so many get off the bus or mini van take some pictures, smile in front of a camera, and get back on the bus because it's too hot outside or they check it off their list of things to do before lunch.
I say appreciate the past for it will repeat itself.

[ILS21R]

The more we know, the more we don’t know.

[Don Corleone]

Mystery 1.1...How the current resident of the White House got to move in!!!

[Last Dakotan]

... excavations revealed a hygienically-advanced culture which maintained a sophisticated sewage drainage system and immaculate bathrooms.

They sure never made it to the Illinois Tollway.

[bunkerhill7]

``hygienically-advanced culture...

immaculate bathrooms...

Even to the very end, it seems, they kept it clean.

Sounds like hospital-clean to me-
and you know what runs rampant in hospitals?

STAPH

[Student0165]

I love this stuff. Thanks for posting!

[Rebelbase]

"Myseries? I can explain it all..."

[FatherofFive]

11. Why Socialism ALWAYS fails every time it is tried but is never discredited as a viable economic model.

[Rebelbase]

The Carnac Stones If erecting Stonehenge seemed to have been a tremendous groan, think about how backbreaking it must have been the folks responsible for the Carnac stones.

[LS]

I’m wondering if this one will ever make the list:
“Why did the History Channel Stop Doing History?”

[Yaelle]

I hate the journalism lists these days where you have to wait for each number on the list to load its separate page. I avoid them no matter how interesting they may seem.

[TEXOKIE]

Pinging Sunken Civ! Not sure if this qualifies for your ping list, but you may find this personally interesting!

[Thorliveshere]

(1) The aliens came to take them home. Duh.

[DManA]

I wonder if the Indus decline coincided with the appearance of the Aryans? Or did the Aryans come to fill a void left by their decline?

[redgolum]

For later

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I gotta go look and see if Judge Crater is on the list!

[Renfield]

The disappearance of the Indus valley civilization isn’t a mystery at all. The rivers upon which they depended shifted course (earthquakes being a likely culprit there), and their cities were left without a water supply.