Lost History
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Many significant things throughout history have been lost, inspiring archaeologists and treasure-hunters around the world to try and find them. With some items, particularly those from ancient history, it's uncertain whether they existed in the first place
Previously lost
- The RMS Titanic (lost 1912, found 1985)
- The Lost Legions Of Varsus (Battle of the Teutoburg Forest) (last seen 15 AD, found 1987)
Still lost
- The Lost Army of Cambyses - an army of 50,000 soldiers that disappeared in an sandstorm in the Egyptian desert (lost ?? BC)
- The Ark of the Covenant (lost ?? BC - possibly mythical)
- The Holy Grail (lost ?? BC - possibly mythical)
- Victoria's Parliamentary Mace (lost 1891)
- The Amber Room (lost 1941?)
- Amelia Earheart & her plane (lost 1937)
- The ancient city Troy (may have been found by Schliemann, though this has been disupted) (lost ?? BC)
- Missing (erased) early episodes of cult television show Doctor Who (pieces found every now and then in odd places) (cf Doctor Who Restoration Team)
- the lost dialogues of Aristotle
- The Mahogany Ship (an ancient shipwreck somewhere near Warrnambool,Victoria (Australia)) (last seen 1880)