Case file · Folklore / legend
Mohenjo-daro 'nuclear blast'
In 1979 David Davenport and Ettore Vincenti claimed that Mohenjo-daro was destroyed by an atomic explosion, citing vitrified stones and skeletons 'holding hands'.
1979 CE · 27.33, 68.14 · status: hoax
The sceptical view
Archaeologists found no blast layer or radiation; the skeletons come from different periods, and the city declined gradually.