[{"n": "The Antikythera Mechanism", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-antikythera-mechanism/", "s": "The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, the oldest known analogue computer, used to"}, {"n": "The Voynich Manuscript", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-voynich-manuscript/", "s": "An undeciphered illustrated codex from the early 15th century, held at Yale University."}, {"n": "The Nazca Lines", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-nazca-lines/", "s": "Ancient geoglyphs etched into the Peruvian desert, revealing the artistry and astronomy of the Nazca people."}, {"n": "The Phaistos Disc", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-phaistos-disc/", "s": "A fired clay disc from Minoan Crete bearing an undeciphered text, discovered in 1908."}, {"n": "The Saqqara Bird", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-saqqara-bird/", "s": "Ancient Egyptian wooden bird model of unknown purpose."}, {"n": "The Bog Bodies", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-bog-bodies/", "s": "Naturally mummified in peat bogs, these ancient remains span from 8000 BC to the Second World War."}, {"n": "The Mary Celeste", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-mary-celeste/", "s": "The ghost ship that became a byword for unexplained desertion."}, {"n": "The Lost Ninth Legion", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-lost-ninth-legion/", "s": "Legio IX Hispana, also known as Legio VIIII Hispana, was a unit of the Imperial Roman army active from the 1st"}, {"n": "The Princes in the Tower", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-princes-in-the-tower/", "s": "The mystery of the two young princes who vanished in the Tower of London."}, {"n": "The Amber Room", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-amber-room/", "s": "The lost Eighth Wonder of the World, reconstructed after decades."}, {"n": "The Franklin Expedition", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-franklin-expedition/", "s": "British Arctic expedition that vanished seeking the Northwest Passage."}, {"n": "The Dancing Plague of 1518", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-dancing-plague-of-1518/", "s": "A mysterious outbreak of uncontrollable dancing in 1518 Strasbourg, with theories ranging from mass hysteria t"}, {"n": "The Dead Sea Scrolls", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-dead-sea-scrolls/", "s": "Ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple period, discovered near the Dead Sea."}, {"n": "Atlantis", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/atlantis/", "s": "Plato's fictional island allegory"}, {"n": "The Epic of Gilgamesh", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-epic-of-gilgamesh/", "s": "The world's oldest surviving narrative literature, exploring mortality, friendship, and the quest for eternal "}, {"n": "The Amarna Letters", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-amarna-letters/", "s": "Ancient diplomatic correspondence on clay tablets from the 14th century BC, found at el-Amarna, Egypt."}, {"n": "Greek Fire", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/greek-fire/", "s": "The lost secret of the Byzantine Empire's devastating naval weapon."}, {"n": "The Order of Assassins", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-order-of-assassins/", "s": "The Nizari Isma'ili order of assassins that terrorized the medieval Levant."}, {"n": "The Knights Templar", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-knights-templar/", "s": "Medieval Catholic military order and early bankers."}, {"n": "Stonehenge", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/stonehenge/", "s": "A prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain, aligned with the solstices."}, {"n": "The Rosetta Stone", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-rosetta-stone/", "s": "The essential key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs."}, {"n": "The Terracotta Army", "u": "/e/ancient-mysteries/the-terracotta-army/", "s": "The life-sized terracotta army guarding China's first emperor in the afterlife."}]