Historical Artifacts Still Missing

The Bayeux Tapestry remains one of the most recognizable treasures from the Middle Ages. It exists today. Created within a few years of the 1066 CE Battle of Hastings, the lengthy wall-hanging shows William the Conqueror's invasion of England.

Uncoveredin 1729The tapestry spans 230 feet long, but it ismissing its final sceneThe frayed ending and lack of a narrative conclusion show this. Modern embroiderers tried to finish the story, but the real final panels of the Bayeux Tapestry have not appeared.

Edward Teach, AKA Blackbeard, faces competition for the most famous pirate title. His missing treasure remains the most known piece of lost history. In 1718, Blackbeard andQueen Anne's Revengesupposedlyran aground on a sandbarin North Carolina; no one has found the huge treasure the ship supposedly carried.

This incident did not damage the ship. Experts argue if this ship is real, it was not unusable.Queen Anne'sRevenge -This incident did not significantly impact the crew. They had enough time to unload and hide their loot. As of 2018, no one has found Blackbeard's alleged treasure.

Between 1963, the year President John F. Kennedy died, and 1966, JFK's brain—removed during his autopsy—went missingThe brain went missing from its storage in the National Archives. Nobody explains when, how, or why this happened.

Many theories exist about this case. One theory centers on JFK's brother, Robert Kennedy.One theory suggests Robert took the brain to hide evidence of illnesses JFK kept from the public while in office.The disappearance centers on JFK's brother, Robert Kennedy. Some think Robert took the brain to hide evidence of the illnesses JFK hid from the public while in office.

The atomic devices the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki changed world history. The map used to plan the first strike is gone. The document, titledMap of Target Area 90-30-748, Hiroshima Area, A-2 Section, XXI Bomber Command, should be in the National Archives, but itdisappeared at an unknown dateand has never been recovered.

For posterity, a few copies of the map still exist.

King John is a controversial monarch. His loss of the Crown Jewels likely relates to his reputation. Known asBad King John, this ruler was known for his incompetence and cruelty.

While fleeing enemies in 1216, King John and his group tried to cross a shallow, muddy part of the River Nene. His baggage train got stuck in rising water and was dragged away, never seen again. Its contents included John's version of the Crown Jewels, including his actual crown. Relic-seekers still have not found the treasure.

Pharaoh Menkaure's tomb rests in the smallest Giza pyramid. Most people don't know it, but Egyptophiles celebrate him. Tomb raiders took most statues, artifacts, and treasure, including Menkaure's mummy, over the centuries.

British soldier Richard Vyse found Menkaure's sarcophagus in 1837. It contained a fake replacement mummy.Vyse tried shipping the sarcophagus back to London. It went missing on the journey. The ship sank. No one has found the sarcophagus since then.He tried shipping the sarcophagus back to London before it vanished. The ship carrying it sank. No one found the sarcophagus since then.

Monarchs use stones and jewels for crowns and sceptres. King Frederick I of Prussia took it further. He built an entire room from his favorite gemstone: amber.King Frederick William I gave the bedazzled Amber Room to Peter the Great in 1701, fifteen years later. This marked their new alliance.The room appeared in 1701. Fifteen years later, King Frederick William I gave the room to Peter the Great. This symbolized their new alliance.

The room had large, removable panels. These panels moved easily. Germans began Operation Barbarossa in 1941 and invaded Russia. This advantage quickly became a problem.

The Third Reich took many Russian treasures. They took the Amber Room to a castle museum in Königsberg, Germany. Some think offensive strikes destroyed this German castle in 1944, meaning the Amber Room is gone.Others believe this happened.A group perhaps took the Amber Room apart again. They moved it to a secret place.In 2020, Polish divers found the wreck of the ship called the Karlsruhe. They found crates that might hold the amber panels. Tomasz Stachura, the dive team leader, told Live Science that "the possible examination of the load will have to be discussed with the Maritime Office in Gdynia, Poland, and they will make the final decision."The ship found by divers was named the Karlsruhe.SS KarlsruheThe ship needed transport to Germany during the war. Soviet planes shot down the ship.

In 2020, Polish divers found the wreck of a ship.KarlsruheCrates filled with items might hold the amber panels. Tomasz Stachura, the dive team leader, told Live Science that "we must discuss examining the load with the Maritime Office in Gdynia, Poland. They will make the final decision."

Goro Nyudo Masamune was a famous Japanese swordsmith. The Honjo Masamune was his best work.The legendary katanaThe sword supposedly appeared around the 13th century. Samurai Honjo Shigenaga wielded it. Generations of shoguns passed the sword down; it symbolized Japanese leadership.

Japan made the blade a National Treasure in 1939. The sword did not survive the next six years of fighting. After Japan surrendered to the United States in WWII, the US government ordered Japanese families to give up personal arms, including the Honjo Masamune. We do not know where the sword is now.

Piecing together human evolution history reveals the "Peking Man" specimen - identified in 1927 as a prime example of Homo erectusThis specimen was a major clue. Researchers declared it an ancestor of modern humans after finding it near Beijing, China. WWII caused the Peking Man to vanish.

Facing a Japanese invasion, Chinese scholars tried to move the specimen out of China. No records show where it went after that.

William Shakespeare wrote many plays. Most of his work survives centuries; readers still read his plays now. The main exception seems to be...Cardenio., a full-length play scholars only know about because of...Bureaucratic records.. Some scholars think the play, sometimes called...The History of Cardenio., was based on Miguel de Cervantes's story ofDon Quixote..

No pages of.Cardenio.This play exists today. Some literary historians suggest a later version exists.Double Falsehood.It is a close adaptation of it.

In 1924, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine tried to reach the top of Mount Everest. Mallory's remains surfaced in 1999, but Irvine's are still missing. Nobody knows if they reached the peak.

Howard Somervell stated this.A member of Mallory's climbing team, Mallory borrowed his camera before he and Irvine departed on their final journey. Somervell's camera never turned up afterward.Some believe. finding the camera and developing its images could prove if Mallory and Irvine were first on Everest.

A list of missing films from cinema history is long. However, the most important item was...The Story of the Kelly Gang.It is a 1906 silent film. It is widely known as the world'sfirst feature-length narrative film.

The Australian movie told the story of Ned Kelly and his crew. It was a big hit even though it ran over an hour. All film records vanished by the mid-1900s. Some film fragments appeared later, totaling about 25% of the movie. The rest is lost.

In 1937, Alice Brady won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in.In Old Chicago., but she could not accept the Oscar in person due to an ankle problem.An unknown man.This man walked onto the stage to accept the award for Brady. He then left with the prize. Nobody has ever seen the mysterious man or Brady's Oscar after the ceremony.

The Academy eventually sent Brady a replacement. Brady.died of cancerLess than two years later in 1939.

The.Apollo 11.The mission that landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon ranks among human history's most important efforts. Someone at NASA mistakenly ordered three controllers thrown out.These are the command-module hand controllers.These used to steer the Apollo 11.Apollo 11.An employee tasked with the controllers' disposal chose to sell them to an anonymous buyer.

The location of the controllers remains a mystery today.