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Added on: 6th Jun 2016

 

ANCIENT HONDURAN CITY

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An ancient city in the forests of Honduras, this recent archaeological

discovery is so new researchers still aren’t sure to which civilization

it belonged. The forested area around this lost city is so dense

that scientists are using laser technology to create topographical

maps of the area. To protect this mysterious area of giant statues,

irrigation channels, and homes, the Honduran military is protecting

it and researchers have yet to disclose its location to keep

looters from moving in.

 

 

CHINKAI CASTLE

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Discovered in 2011, Genghis Khan’s fortress in southwestern

Mongolia enabled him to expand his empire further west towards

Europe. Three football fields in size, the fortress was a major

garrison along Silk Road trade routes which made it an important

command post. Archaeologists are hoping the site reveals more

about the ruler of one of the largest empires on Earth.

 

 

SUTTON HOO

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One of the most important discoveries in human history, the burial

sites at Sutton Hoo revolutionized what we knew (or thought we knew)

about the Anglo-Saxons. The most important Anglo-Saxon site in the

U.K., Sutton Hoo held an undisturbed ship burial filled with artefacts

which made the archaeologists’ discovery feel like a gold mine.

As little was known about the time period (6th and 7th centuries

A.D.), this discovery shed light on history which was previously

based on myths and legends. Most of the items are now in

London’s British Museum.

 

 

SANXINGDUI

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One of the least well-known archaeological discoveries on our list is

the remains at Sanxingdui. Peculiar about the site is how it was left:

it seems the people willingly left this formerly great city between

3,000 and 2,800 years ago. Jade treasures, elephant tusks and

massive bronze sculptures have been found in the ancient city,

presumably abandoned because an earthquake dammed up and

rerouted the river which was their primary source of water.

Though archaeologists believe the civilization may have moved to

nearby Jinsha, the evidence is not all there and we still don’t

entirely know who lived there. (The best guess is they

were the Shu people.)

 

 

TUTANKHAMUN'S TOMB

La tombe de TOUTANKHAMON

Egypt’s most famous ruler (way ahead of Morsi and Mubarak) left

behind treasures which profoundly impacted the field of archaeology.

King Tutankhamun and his tomb, discovered in 1922 by Howard

Carter, are some of the most significant archaeological discoveries

in the history of the world. Though most of the other tombs in the

Valley of the Kings had been looted by grave robbers,

Tutankhamun’s tomb was primarily intact and gave us a brilliant

window into the funerary rituals and way of life of the

Ancient Egyptians.

 

 

DEAD SEA SCROLLS

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One of the greatest archaeological items yet found, the Dead Sea

Scrolls were found by a young goat herder in caves near Jericho.

The scrolls, mostly in Hebrew, cover the history of over 500 years

(from the third century B.C. to the second century A.D.)

including the birth of Jesus Christ and the rise of Christianity.

One of the scrolls, the Copper Scroll, even directed scholars to

dozens of other illuminating scrolls.

 

 

THE CAVE OF ALTAMIRA

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The first cave in which prehistoric drawings were discovered, the

Cave of Altamira is located in northern Spain. A scientific anomaly

when it was found, the cave’s validity was debated for scientists

for many decades, largely due to the high level of conservation

and the quality of work present. When the drawings were finally

acknowledged as authentic in 1902, the science world was rocked.

Prior to, scientists believed humans of the time to be lacking

the intellectual development to create art (some aspects

which include naturalism, symbolism, and three dimensionalism).

 

 

OLDUVAI GORGE

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Located in northern Tanzania, the Olduvai Gorge holds evidence

of our earliest human ancestry. Mary Leakey, a palaeontologist,

was continuing her work in the area when she came across

Homo habilis, a hominid ancestor 2 million years old who likely

used tools. Along with other discoveries in nearby countries and

later ones at the site, it has become nearly irrefutable that

humans evolved in Africa. In contrast, our more closely related

ancestors, Homo erectus and Homo sapiens, only appeared

around 1.2 million and 17,000 years ago, respectively.

 


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