PUSTAK MAHAL DELHI • BANGALORE • MUMBAt • PATNA • HYDERABAD World-Famous Unsolved Mysteries Abhay Kumar Dubcy PUSTAK MAHAL® DELHI • BANGALORE • MUMBAI • PATNA • HYDERABAD Publishers Pustak Mahal, Deihi-110006 Sales Centres • 6686, Khari Baoli, Delhi-110006, Ph: 23944314,23911979 • 10-B, Netaji Subhash Marg, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002 Ph: 23268292,23268293,23279900' Fax: 011-23280567 E-mail: [email protected] Administrative Office J-3/16 (Opp. Happy School), Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002 Ph: 23276539,23272783,23272784 'Fax: 011-23260518 E-mail: [email protected] • Website: www.pustakmahal.com Branch Offices BANGALORE: 22/2, Mission Road (Shama Rao's Compound), B angalore-560027, Ph: 22234025 • Fax: 080-22240209 E-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] MUMBAI: 23-25, Zaoba Wadi (Opp. VIP Showroom), Thakurdwar, Mumbai-400002, Ph: 22010941 -Fax: 022-22053387 E-mail: [email protected] PATNA: Khemka House, 1st Floor (Opp. Women's Hospital), Ashok Rajpath, Patna-800004, Ph: 3094193 • Telefax: 0612-2302719 E-mail, [email protected] HYDERABAD: 5-1-707/1, Brij Bhawan, Bank Street, Koti, Hyderabad-500095, Ph: 24737530 • Fax: 040-24737290 E-mail. [email protected] © Pustak Mahal, 6686, Khari Baoli, Delhi-110006 ISBN 81-223-0560-1 22nd Edition : August 2004 Printed at: Param Offsetters, Okhla, New Delhi-110020 Publishers' Note Our publications are enjoying unquestioned popularity and have been appreciated in reviews of prestigious newspapers and magazines. Authenticity of text matter, nice production, beautiful presentation and the affordable price of books are four basic reasons for this popularity. The objective of 'World-Famous Series' is to expand the mental horizon of an average reader by channelising his knowledge and thoughts to international happenings. This book under the series is a collection of mysteries — consisting of 26 such baffling mysteries which are still unsolved despite the pace of modern discoveries. The book explores man's cherished myths such as the fabled land of Atlantis, an unending search for an Eldorado whose gold was beyond imagination and other fascinating wondrous megaliths like Stonehenge, Pyramids, etc. It also peeps into the most mysterious world of ghosts, vampires, zombies and monsters, including Bermuda Triangle, U.EO., etc. The language has been kept simple and lucid while the authentic photographs make the book a reader's delight. — Publishers Contents 1. Atlantis: Paradise Lost? 9 2. Haunted people 16 3. Eldorado—A golden myth 23 4. Olmecs: The founders of the American civilization? 28 5. Who was queen of Sheba? 32 6. Project U.F.O. 37 7. The mysterious iron pillar 43 8. The secret of Tutankhamen's mummy 45 9. The jungles of Angkor 49 10. PSI—The science of knowing the unseen 53 11. The secret of Mayas 58 12. The mysterious Inca treasure 63 13. Is the earth shrinking? 69 14. The unknown message of Nazca drawings 72 15. Is there a second life? 76 16. Bermuda Triangle—Is it a reality? 83 17. The stones which speak of past artistry 87 18. The navel of the world 92 19. The splendour Of pyramids 97 20. Black hole of Siberia 102 21. Scythians—The great warriors 107 22. Was Sahara desert ever green 112 23. The forgotten voyagers of the new world 116 24. Which was the first city of the world? 121 25. Teotihuacan, the place where gods lived 126 26. Magic healing 131