<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Unsolved Historical Mysteries — World of Curious</title><description>Cases that remain genuinely open, with the evidence laid out and the speculation labelled as speculation.</description><link>https://worldofcurious.com/</link><language>en-au</language><atom:link href="https://worldofcurious.com/unsolved-historical-mysteries/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Giant Stone Spheres of Costa Rica Nobody Can Fully Explain</title><link>https://worldofcurious.com/article/the-stone-spheres-of-costa-rica/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://worldofcurious.com/article/the-stone-spheres-of-costa-rica/</guid><description>More than 400 carved stone balls, some weighing 26 tonnes, made by hand over a thousand years ago. We know who made them and roughly how. Nobody can say why.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Unsolved Historical Mysteries</category><category>archaeology</category><category>costa rica</category><category>mysteries</category><category>unesco</category><category>pre-columbian</category><author>Editorial Team</author></item><item><title>The Manuscript Nobody Has Ever Read</title><link>https://worldofcurious.com/article/the-manuscript-nobody-can-read/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://worldofcurious.com/article/the-manuscript-nobody-can-read/</guid><description>A 240-page medieval book written in an unknown script, illustrated with plants that do not exist. Here is what is actually established about it, and what is not.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Unsolved Historical Mysteries</category><category>mystery</category><category>manuscripts</category><category>history</category><category>cryptography</category><author>Editorial Team</author></item></channel></rss>