5 Ancient Mysteries Archaeologists Are Trying to Solve

Human history is full of mysteries — not myths, but real discoveries archaeologists know existed and are still searching for today. In this video, we look at five of the biggest historical puzzles that experts expect to solve: lost cities, undeciphered scripts, missing tombs, and collapsed civilizations that left behind clues but not answers.

Will these discoveries finally rewrite what we know about the ancient world?
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Start
00:55 - The Lost City of Akkad - Iraq
04:08 - Our Sponsor - AncientCyprus.com
05:08 - The Complete Decipherment of Linear A - Crete
08:17 - Tombs of Alexander and the Ptolemies - Egypt
13:01 - Cause of the Classical Maya Collapse - Mexico/Belize/Guatemala/Honduras/El Salvador
16:19 - Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang - China
20:17 - Conclusion