The biggest historical discoveries of 2025; Answers to mysteries that remained unanswered for centuries

Researchers around the world in 2025, with an exploratory approach, were looking for answers to questions that remained unanswered for decades to centuries. They were able to present thought-provoking findings and new ways to understand the past; For example, new analyzes have revealed what played a key role in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte’s massive army. Follow along with Kajaro to provide you with a list of historical riddles and their answers. (CNN)

A water leak in a crypt in Austria has helped reveal the identity of a body that has been kept in a remote rural church in Austria since the 1700s. This mummified body, whose skin and tissues are unusually intact, was previously known as an 18th century cleric. The researchers discovered that these remains belonged to the nobleman and vice-priest named “Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosenegg”.

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The Hjortspring boat, which is exhibited in the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen, had a mysterious story for a long time. Archaeologists first recovered this boat in the 1920s, more than 2,000 years after it sank, from a swamp on the Danish island of Als. A new analysis of the boat’s materials and the fingerprints found on it show that the vessel traveled a much longer route than previously thought with a prior plan to attack Ales Island.

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More than 14,000 years ago, when a nest collapsed in northern Siberia, two female cubs were buried in the soil. The mummified and relatively healthy remains of these cubs, believed to be sisters, were separately exhumed in 2011 and 2015. Researchers previously thought that these animals were early domesticated dogs or tamed wolves that lived near humans; But the new study shows that they were wolf cubs that had no interaction with humans.

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When Napoleon Bonaparte attacked Russia in 1812, he led a large army. 6 months after the war, only a small part of his soldiers returned to France due to forced retreat. While events such as war, hunger, cold and typhus epidemics were considered the main causes of these deaths, new evidence shows that bacteria such as Salmonella enterica, which was discovered in the soldiers’ teeth, may have played a key role in their deaths.

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In 2025, scientists discovered other facts in addition to the mentioned cases.

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• The cold of the earth: Researchers were able to identify a mysterious volcano whose violent eruption caused the earth to cool in 1831; This volcano is called Zavaritskii, which is located between Russia and Japan.
• Potatoes: Currently, it seems impossible to imagine today’s tables without the presence of potatoes; But where did this plant come from? New findings show that millions of years ago, potatoes were accidentally linked with tomatoes in nature, and this link played an important role in the evolution and transformation of the potato into its present form.
• British Epic Stories: Like the story of “King Arthur”, “Song of Wade” was also popular at one time; But today only a few phrases remain. Contrary to the past beliefs that this story was full of mythical creatures, the new discovery shows that this story was not full of mythical creatures.

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Cover photo source: Wikimedia; Photographer: Knud Winckelmann (Hurtspring Boat; National Museum of Denmark)