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The supposed collapse of Roman civilization is still lamented more than 1,500 years later - and intertwined with this idea is the notion that a fledgling religion, Christianity, went from a persecuted fringe movement to an irresistible force that toppled the empire. The intolerant zeal of Christians, wrote Edward Gibbon, swept Rome's old gods away, and with them the structures that sustained Roman society. Not so, argues Douglas Boin.

Consider clues to ancient riddles and modern mysteries as you visit 4 of the Earth's most intriguing places. First, travel to Atlantis, the island continent that supposedly sank into the Atlantic Ocean thousands of years ago. Then, explore The Great Pyramid, one of the ancient world's Seven...