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Historical mysteries solved by science in 2025

This year, researchers across the globe provided answers to questions that lingered for decades to centuries, offering new ways of understanding the past across multiple scientific disciplines.
A water leak in a crypt allowed CT scans, radiocarbon dating, and tissue analysis to identify Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosenegg and reveal an undocumented embalming method at St. Thomas am Blasenstein.
Material and residue analysis on the Hjortspring boat revealed it traveled farther and bore a partial human fingerprint in tar, while genetic study found the Tumat Puppies were wolf cubs more than 14,000 years ago.
Researchers identified the mystery volcano responsible for the 1831 cooling and found the Song of Wade was less supernatural, raising new questions about Jane Austen’s cause of death.
Analysis of teeth from fallen soldiers in Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1812 campaign detected Salmonella enterica and Borrelia recurrentis, revealing new disease factors behind massive losses.

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