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. The existence of some of these places or items, particularly those from ancient history, is legendary and remains in doubt.

Previously lost

• The RMS Titanic (lost 1912, found 1985)
• The Lost Legions Of Varus (Battle of the Teutoburg Forest) (last seen 15 AD, found 1987)
• Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, and Oplontis all buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. (Lost 79 AD, rediscovered in 1748)
• The ancient city Troy (found by Schliemann, though this has been disputed) (found in the 1870s; lost 12th century BC–14th century BC)

Still lost

• Noah's Ark (lost ?? BCE) – biblical ship
• The Ark of the Covenant (lost ?? 1300 BCE) – biblical repository for the Ten Commandments
• Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, lost following the invasion by Assyria in 722 BCE
• The Lost Army of Cambyses - an army of 50,000 soldiers that disappeared in a sandstorm in the Egyptian desert (lost 525? BCE)
• The island of Atlantis described by Plato in 360 BCE
• The lost dialogues of Aristotle (d. 322 BCE)
• The Holy Grail (lost 1st century CE) – biblical chalice
• The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island, North Carolina (Lost 1587-88) Settlers of the first English colony in the New World vanish; leaving an abandoned settlement and the word "Croatoan," the name of a nearby island, carved into a post.
• The Lost Ship of the Desert (lost in the 1600s)
• The Money Pit on Oak Island (dating from before 1795)
• The Mahogany Ship (an ancient shipwreck somewhere near Warrnambool, Victoria (Australia)) (last seen 1880)
• The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine (lost 1891)
• Victoria's Parliamentary Mace (lost 1891)
• The Amber Room (lost 1941?)
• Amelia Earheart and her aircraft (lost 1937)
• Flight 19 WWII era military aircraft training flight (lost 1945)
• Lost asteroids and planets, lost after having been once discovered (multiple incidents) — some rediscovered but others still lost

See also

• Archaeology
• Phantom islands