We learnt much about our ancestors from these shocking discoveries. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most amazing and important archaeological discoveries throughout human history. Our countdown includes Göbekli Tepe, Ötzi, Sutton Hoo, Pompeii, The Rosetta Stone, and more!
The War That Ended the Ancient World
In the early seventh century, a generation-long war exhausted and virtually destroyed the Roman Empire. This video explores that conflict through the lens of an Armenian cathedral built to celebrate the Roman victory.
The Mystery Of Carthaginians In The Americas
Combing through the Amazon wilderness, archeologists made an amazing discovery: artifacts of ancient seafaring people from the Iberian Peninsula. They may have fled the carnage of the Roman Empire's war on Carthage, called by some historians the Roman holocaust. This documentary investigates the claim that South America was discovered and settled by Mediterranean peoples over 2,000 years ago.
Ancient treasure found in the river
Bog oak is a unique material that nature has spent thousands of years creating. Bog oak is extracted from the depths of rivers and swamps in those places where oak grew many thousands of years ago. The search for such trees compared with the search for treasure.
Craziest Things Found In The Jungle
Have you ever thought what lies hidden in the jungle? In the following video we will explore the craziest things ever found in the jungle! Enjoy!
5 Scariest Things They Didn't Teach You About Ancient Egypt!
Ancient Egypt can be a popular topic for kids in history. The main facts are that pyramids are triangular shaped, the Sphinx is built similar to the silhouette of a riddle and it's also known for being mentioned many times throughout Star Wars. However, there's more to ancient Egypt than any of us might know.
NEW Discovery UNLOCKED The Secrets Of Ancient Civilizations In Egypt
After Alexander the Great's conquest of Egypt in 332 BC, Greek became the language of the country's ruling class. The populace resented their Greek overlords because they couldn't communicate with them in their own language or understand their ancient writing system, hieroglyphs. By the time Ptolemy V took power in 205 BC, Egypt was in open rebellion. He commissioned the Rosetta stone as part of a political propaganda campaign in 196 BC to assert his legitimacy as pharaoh. For three thousand years of Egyptian history, the Rosetta Stone has been the key to unlocking the mysteries of the past.
During this historical period, the kingdom of Ptolemy was experiencing both an external conflict as well as an uprising within its own ranks. A council of priests came together to make the decree, and they utilized it as a way to show their devotion to the pharaoh and respect him. On the stele, it was written in hieroglyphics that belonged to the Ptolemaic era and Demotic Egyptian script, and the ancient Greek alphabet. Every temple in Egypt was supposed to have a set of stelae that were identical to one another.
Why Switzerland Has 374,142 Bunkers (and likely more)
In the following video we uncover the story of Switzerland and the cost and benefits of choosing neutrality. Enjoy!
12 Most Incredible Recent Archaeological Finds
The answer to the question "what have archaeologists found recently" is never boring. There's always something fascinating coming to light somewhere in the world, and the past few months and years have only proven that point. We've seen some absolutely astonishing discoveries made, and we're going to share them with you in this video!
HORRIFYING Secrets Revealed At The Great Egyptian Pyramids Of Giza
The pyramid of Giza, Certainly one of Egypt's most recognizable ghost towns. The living and the dead alike have reported seeing ghosts in various forms. Ghosts clad in early 20th-century clothing have reportedly been spotted by some. People claim to have observed a few Egyptian pharaohs chasing people away from the Pyramids they previously owned and neighbors said they've heard screams and voices telling them to leave their homes. Watch the video to find out more!
Most MYSTERIOUS Archaeological Discoveries EVER
What have archaeologists recently been up to? To be honest, there are a lot of things. From the Lost Golden City to the Oldest Drawing of a Ghost, here are the Most Mysterious Archaeological Discoveries Ever. Enjoy!
Archaeologists In Pompeii Broke Into A Forbidden Chamber And Then Froze At The Sight Within
Today we will talk about the discovery of the mysterious city covered with ash. Yes, it’s the city of Pompeii, and the discovery is about a forbidden room! So, what was there that shocked the archaeologists? Watch the video below to find out!
Most Incredible Recent Archaeological Discoveries!
In today’s video we will explore the most incredible recent archaeological discoveries. Enjoy!
The Hunt For Dinosaur Fossils In The Rocky Mountains | Dinosaur Hunt: A Time Team Special
Robinson and Harding travel to the Rocky Mountains in Montana, USA, for this special programme on dinosaurs and the professional and private 'dinosaur hunters' who seek and recover fossil remains. Accompanying several digs, they soon learn that the methods used by the dinosaur hunters turn out to be similar to those employed by archaeologists. After joining a museum dig to excavate the bones of various tyrannosauroids, they discover the profitable tourist industry that dinosaur hunting has spawned in the US. Their journey culminates in a trip to the Badlands, where they help dinosaur hunter Jack Horner dig up the remains of a tyrannosaurus.
Cleopatra's Lost Tomb (Full Episode) | Lost Treasures of Egypt
Archaeologists hunt for the lost tomb of Cleopatra. One team dives the sunken city of Alexandria and an explorer unearths a secret underground tunnel. Watch the following video to find out more!
Most BIZARRE Archaeological Discoveries EVER
From the Medieval Maternity in Italy to a Creepy Tiny Hand discovered in England, here are the Most BIZARRE Archaeological Discoveries EVER. Watch the video and enjoy!
What Archaeologists Discovered in Egypt Has Left People Speechless
Egypt has pyramids, towers, and massive statues. Pregnant mummies, a sky map, and a lost gold metropolis are discovered at these locations and constructions every year. Let's now visit Egypt's 15 oddest discoveries!
A smuggler in Greece was caught in the act with a metal detector - He had 200 ancient coins!
The 48-year-old was arrested in the Greek town of Kavala while investigating an archaeological site using a metal detector and a digging tool, while two copper coins were found in his possession
The police officers of the Department of Cultural Heritage and Antiquities of the Directorate of Security of Thessaloniki proceeded to arrest a 48-year-old Greek antiquarian and a case was filed against him for violation of the Legislation regarding the "Sanction of the Code of Legislation for the Protection of Antiquities"
Specifically, during an organized police operation that took place in the afternoon of 22-12-2022 at the archaeological site of Philippi in Kavala, the 48-year-old was caught investigating the ground using a metal detector and a digging tool, while two copper coins were found in his possession, which according to the opinion of an archaeologist of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres are subject to the protective provisions of the above law, as well as three undiagnosed objects that need further investigation.
the archaeological site of Philippi
In a search carried out at the house of the arrested person in the area of Drama, objects were confiscated, which according to the opinion of an archaeologist of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Drama, fall under the protective provisions of the above Legislation.
Specifically, the following were confiscated:
-195 coins
-10 other objects (silver, copper and iron).
The arrested person will be taken to the Criminal Prosecutor of Kavala.
The Weird Origin of the Bizarre Creatures in Greek Mythology
Some of the Creatures in Greek Mythology and the stories of their birth are synonymous with fear and horror. Have you ever heard that from the union between a bull and a woman, a frightening creature would be born? today we will go to ancient Greece to learn more about these creatures of Greek mythology. Enjoy!
A little girl from London finds a 700,000-year-old ancient bear tooth which might be a major breakthrough in history!
Etta found what she thought was "a fossilised bit of wood" at West Runton in Norfolk during the summer.
Eagle-eyed Etta spotted the bear tooth on a family holiday - and experts were blown away by the discovery. BBC
Etta, from Hackney in London, made her discovery while on a family holiday on 22 July on Norfolk beach at West Runton.
While she was looking down she found something that she thought it was a fossilised bit of wood so she put it in her pocket, and when they got back to the car park they showed it to a fossil expert and she fell off her chair.
Etta initially thought the tooth was a piece of ancient wood, but it has since been confirmed as a bear's tooth. BBC
"She said, 'People search for 20 years and don't find anything this good' and told them it was a bear tooth."
The nine-year-old, and her sisters aged seven and five, "really got into fossils" after attending a Norfolk Wildlife Trust fossil hunting course earlier in the year, their mother Thea Ferner explained.
Etta has loaned the tooth, which is about 9cm long (3in) from tip to root, to Norfolk Museums Service geologist David Waterhouse after meeting him at a fossil identification event at Cromer Museum.
About 1km (0.6 miles) of West Runton beach has been excavated by Norfolk Museums Service experts. BBC
"To find a perfect massive bear canine is a first for me in 16 years working here," the senior curator of natural history said.
"We normally find lots of deer fossils, for example, but as you go up the food chain, you find fewer and fewer carnivores like the bear."
He has identified it as an ancestor of the common brown bear.
Dr Waterhouse said "more extreme weather" is speeding up coastal erosion, which is "a double-edged sword - people's homes and livelihoods are at risk, but it also means that amazing finds such as the Happisburgh footprints are being discovered".
The Norfolk landscape 700,000 years ago would have had hyenas, lions, deer and mammoths. BBC
Norfolk's Deep History Coast is a 22-mile (35km) stretch of coastline between Weybourne and Cart Gap.
Some of the more spectacular discoveries include the oldest archaeological site in northern Europe at Happisburgh, where 800,000-year-old human footprints were revealed in 2013. West Runton is also home to the oldest and largest fossilised mammoth ever found in the UK.
They are being unearthed in the Cromer Forest Bed geological layer, which at West Runton is 600,000 to 700,000 years old, said Dr Waterhouse.
The discoveries have pushed back archaeologists' understanding of life by hundreds of thousands of years - and they have kept coming over the past 10 years, Dr Waterhouse explained.
These revealed the climate would have been like modern Poland's, with similar summers but much colder winters than today.
About 1km (0.6 miles) of West Runton beach has been excavated by Norfolk Museums Service experts. BBC
"All these little nuances are building up to this rich picture of what animals and plants were thriving 700,000 years ago," he said.
The earliest humans were Homo antecessor or Pioneer Man and they migrated across a landmass known as Dogger Land, which joined the British coast to present-day Germany and the Netherlands.
Dr Waterhouse said humans were still "a rare species... but everything was just right in Norfolk" for them, from wildfowl, game, shellfish "and crucially flint" to turn into sharp tools.
The nine-year-old said she planned to keep on fossil hunting.
