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ALT HISTORYLiangzhu: A 5,000-Year-Old Hydraulic CivilizationLiangzhu WH List 1592 hydraulic city—documented Yangtze Neolithic dams, not lost-race diffusion.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
HISTORICAL EVENTSLalibela Rock-Hewn Churches: Stratigraphy of a Sacred LandscapeLalibela rock-hewn churches: UNESCO List 18 + multi-phase stratigraphy—not Templar folklore.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
ALT HISTORYSayburç Narrative Reliefs of the Taş Tepeler ZoneSayburç PPN bench relief (Özdoğan 2022): Taş Tepeler narrative art—not Göbekli astronaut mythos.// summary, content edited, hook added, verdict set, sources
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSMerneptah Stele: Epigraphy of “Israel” in Pharaoh’s Victory TextMerneptah Stele JE 31408: Israel ethnonym in Year-5 hymn—documented Cairo epigraphy, not ballot politics.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSKa-Nefer-Nefer Mask: St. Louis Art Museum vs U.S. ForfeitureKa-Nefer-Nefer at SLAM: forfeiture failed on procedure—provenance care continues; not tabloid heist fact.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
ALT HISTORYMust Farm: Britain's Bronze Age Wet-Preservation SettlementMust Farm Late Bronze Age pile-dwelling: CAU/HE wet preservation—documented, not British Atlantis.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
HISTORICAL EVENTSBorobudur Restoration Politics: UNESCO’s Mega-Conservation ProjectUNESCO Borobudur mega-restoration (1970s–80s) + WH List 592—documented conservation politics.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSTel Dan Stele: “House of David” and the 1990s Epigraphy ShockTel Dan bytdwd stele: documented 1990s epigraphy—reading debates stay open; stone stays on the table.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSCyrus Cylinder: British Museum Object and Political AfterlivesBM Cyrus Cylinder is Achaemenid foundation text—Charter of rights is modern afterlife, not cuneiform fact.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSIgbo-Ukwu: Thurstan Shaw’s Bronzes and the Chronology ShockShaw’s Igbo-Ukwu bronzes + 14C chronology shock—documented West African metallurgy, not “too early” folklore.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
FINANCE & BANKINGJPMorgan London WhaleJPMorgan’s CIO “hedge” blew multi-billions. Senate PSI plus OCC/Fed orders are the spine—not the nickname.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
FINANCE & BANKINGMichael Milken / Drexel Burnham Junk-Bond ScandalDrexel pleaded; Milken pleaded to six felonies. Contested clearance keeps court verbs—and blocks afterlife sermons.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
ESPIONAGESOSUS: The Cold War Undersea Sound Surveillance GridSOSUS listened for Soviet subs under an oceanography cover. The mission stayed classified until 1991.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
ESPIONAGEBay of Pigs Invasion / Kirkpatrick IG SurveyAfter Bay of Pigs, CIA's own IG called plausible denial a pathétique fiction. The survey and DDP rebuttal are public.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
SCIENCE & SPACEWilliam Carpenter’s One Hundred Proofs (1885)Carpenter's 1885 hundred "proofs" still arm flat-Earth checklists. The Archive documents the pamphlet—not a globe veto.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
FINANCE & BANKINGUBS Cross-Border Tax Evasion DPA (2009)UBS paid $780M under a 2009 deferred prosecution—Statement of Facts, not a jury conviction and not an exoneration.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
ESPIONAGEOperation MONGOOSEAfter Bay of Pigs, Lansdale's Special Group set out to overthrow Castro. FRUS/NS Archive document the planning spine.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
HISTORICAL EVENTSLooking Glass: SAC's Airborne Nuclear Command PostSAC kept a nuclear command post airborne for 29 years. Looking Glass mirrored Offutt—then handed off to Navy E-6Bs.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
FINANCE & BANKINGTyco International / Dennis KozlowskiSEC civil fraud plus New York grand-larceny convictions—affirmed on appeal, then SEC bars. Lifestyle memes ≠ verdict.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
ESPIONAGEJonathan Pollard Espionage CaseNavy analyst pleaded guilty to delivering national defense information to Israel. Life sentence. Court verbs only.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
AVIATIONRQ-170 Sentinel Capture in Iran (December 2011)Iran displayed a stealth drone. ISAF said a U.S. recon UAV was missing. Obama asked it back. Mechanism stays claimed.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDIsdal WomanA burned unidentified woman in Isdalen, 1970. DNA narrowed Europe. Her name is still unknown.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDD.B. Cooper SkyjackingA man calling himself Dan Cooper jumped with ransom money in 1971. The FBI never identified him to charging standard.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
AVIATIONLockheed A-12 Oxcart and BLACK SHIELDCIA's A-12 flew BLACK SHIELD from Kadena—29 missions—then yielded to the SR-71 path. Histories are declassified.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources
FINANCE & BANKINGBre-X Minerals Busang FraudBusang sold as world-class gold. Freeport's 8-K carried Strathcona salting. OSC charged Felderhof—and lost.// summary, content edited, hook added, sources