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The Stone of Destiny

Scone, Perth and Kinross

Scotland's crowning stone. But is it the real one?

Scottish kings were crowned on the Stone of Scone. In 1296 Edward I carried it off to Westminster Abbey, where it sat under the Coronation Chair for 700 years.

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When
Taken 1296, stolen 1950
Where
56.4245, -3.4370
Group
Unexplained

Visiting

Scone Palace has a replica on Moot Hill. The stone itself is now in Perth Museum.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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