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Mysteries of history
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Examines part, but not all, of the evidence surrounding some of history's unsolved mysteries, from why the pyramids were built to whether or not there was a conspiracy to kill President John F. Ken...
Examines part, but not all, of the evidence surrounding some of history's unsolved mysteries, from why the pyramids were built to whether or not there was a conspiracy to kill President John F. Kennedy.
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- Creator
- Robert Stewart, with Clint Twist and Edward Horton
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- A Marshall edition
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [2003]
- ©2003
- Physical Details
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- 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780792262329, 0792262328
- OCLC
- ocm52520171
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-185) and index.
- Why did the pharaohs build the pyramids? -- Who built Stonehenge and why? -- Was there a Trojan Horse? -- Did Rome really fall? -- Was there a real King Arthur? -- What happened to the Knights Templars? -- Was Marco Polo a great explorer or a liar? -- Who built great Zimbabwe and why? -- Did the Chinese beat Christopher Columbus to the new world? -- What is the truth behind the legend of El Dorado? -- What happened to America's "lost colony"? -- Why did Japan turn its back on the world? -- Was King George III really insane? -- Was Napoleon poisoned? -- What is the truth behind the myth of the Underground Railroad? -- What is the truth behind Custer's "last stand?" -- Why did the Hindenburg explode? -- Was the attack on Pearl Harbor really a surprise? -- Did Lee Harvey Oswald shoot President Kennedy?
Subjects
- History -- Miscellanea.
- History -- Errors, inventions, etc.
- History -- Miscellanea.
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- History -- Errors, inventions, etc.
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