Uncover weird and wonderful mysteries of the world in this brand new special edition from the makers of The Week Junior Science+Nature.
Welcome
Mysterious Places
The mystery of Atlantis • Could there be any truth to the 2,000-year-old myth of a civilisation lost to the sea?
Atlantis in story and film: It’s not just historians who are inspired by this mystery…
Secrets of the stones • For 5,000 years people have visited Stonehenge – but who built this famous stone circle, and why?
Building Stonehenge
Lines in the sand • Strange pictures in the deserts of Peru have puzzled people for decades.
A brief history of the Nazca
The mystery of the mounds • Discover the supernatural story behind Sutton Hoo.
The treasures of Sutton Hoo
The Bermuda Triangle • Has science really got to the bottom of the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle?
Solving the riddle of the SS Cotopaxi
The lost colony of Roanoke • How did more than a hundred 16th century settlers simply disappear?
Retracing the Mayflower
The mystery of the moai • Explore Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, one of the world’s most mysterious places.
The Birdman Cult
The Roswell incident • An incident that occurred more than 70 years ago sparked a lasting obsession with alien life.
All about Area 51
Monster Mysteries
The Loch Ness Monster • Does a creature lurk in one of the UK’s deepest lochs? Will science solve the mystery?
Bigfoot • The US is full of myths and legends – but the greatest of all has to be that of Bigfoot.
Star of the show
The Chupacabra • The story of the mysterious bloodsucking creature from the Caribbean that feasts on farm animals.
Fantastic beasts – or a case of “myth-taken” identity?
Vampires • How much truth is there in the myths and legends of these bloodsucking creatures?
Bloodsucking lifesavers
The Kraken • Meet the legentary sea monster that terrorised the seas.
The Kraken at the movies
Dragons • Are tales of fire-breathing beasts just too widespread to be legends?
Real-life dragons?
The Beast of Bodmin • Rumours of a big cat roaming wild on a Cornish moor have been swirling around for decades.
Other mysterious big cats
Mountain monster • Could there be a giant creature living high up in the lonely Himalayan peaks?
A gigantic ape
Mysteries of History
King Tut’s curse • Did an ancient curse kill off the archaeologists who discovered Egypt’s most famous tomb?
Treasures in the tomb
The Mary Celeste • There are many theories for the cause of one of history’s most famous disappearances at sea.
Ghost ship ahoy! Mysterious ships that haunt the world’s oceans.
The secrets of the stones • Giant stone balls hidden in the jungles of Costa Rica have confused scientists for decades.
The Klerksdorp spheres
Beale’s buried treasure • Discover a treasure trove, three secret codes and a mystery nearly 200 years in the making.
The Caesar shift
The hole in the pyramid • What’s lurking inside the Great Pyramid of Giza?
A stellar line-up?
Amelia Earhart • This pilot vanished while trying to fly around the world – what could explain her disappearance?
Amelia Earhart’s final flight
Crystal skulls • Relics of an ancient civilisation or Victorian hoaxes? Discover how science was used to solve the mystery.
On the trail of the crystal skulls
The legend of King Arthur • Discover the science behind this famous medieval myth.
The Sword in the Stone
Mysterious Phenomena
Crop circles • Search for the...