There are times when archaeologists go looking for one thing but end up finding something entirely different. There are also times when amazing archaeological discoveries are made completely by accident. Both events make for great stories, and we've got some fabulous tales of unexpected discoveries packed into this video - plus some plain and simple great archaeological finds!
Strangest Discoveries From Antarctica
In today’s video we will be exploring the strangest discoveries from Antarctica. Enjoy!
Joe Rogan: Archeologists Are Lying About Ancient Technology Used
Joe Rogan, Jimmy Corsetti & Ben van Kerkwyk talk about how archeologists are denying the fact that there were more advanced technology used years ago to build large structures like the pyramids.
Jimmy Corsetti is the independent researcher behind "Bright Insight" where he talks about ancient mysteries and theories about lost civilizations and what happened to them. Ben van Kerkwyk is an Australian researcher, writer and content creator. He produces the UnchartedX.com website and UnchartedX youtube channel and podcast, producing long-form documentaries on various topics dealing with ancient mysteries.
How Mankind Evolved Towards Civilization - The History of Man's Civilization
In this video we will be exploring the history of man’s civilization and how mankind evolved towards civilization. Enjoy!
Uncovering a Massive Napoleonic Mystery on the Russian Dance Floor
In this video scientists embark on a journey to uncover the mysteries of two remarkable finds. First, they dig up a Russian dance floor that was buried for centuries and explore the cultural significance behind its intricate design. The team uses state-of-the-art technology to analyze the ancient artifact and uncover its story.
Next, they untangle a massive Napoleonic knot, which was one of the most challenging puzzles of the 18th century. With the help of experts in knot-tying, they unravel the secrets of the knot's construction and learn about the brilliant mind that created it. Join us on this exciting adventure as we delve into the past and uncover the fascinating stories behind these intriguing artifacts. Get ready to be amazed as we show you "When Scientists Dug Up A Russian Dance Floor, And Scientists Untangled A Massive Napoleonic."
Exploring Knossos | Minotaur's Labyrinth, Megalithic Mysteries & the Snake Goddess
Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city. Settled as early as the Neolithic period it eventually became the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilization and culture. The palace was abandoned at the end of the Late Bronze Age, c.1380–1100 BC. The site is famous for the mythical labyrinth associated with its inventor Daedalus, King Minos, Princess Ariadne, and Theseus of Athens, as well as the megalithic 'Horns of Consecration' and the remarkable Throne Room. Numerous snake-goddesses, giant double-axes and other stunning artefacts have also been found. It was discovered in 1878 by Minos Kalokairinos, and the excavations began in 1900 by the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851–1941) and his team, and continued for 35 years. It is an enormous assemblage of 800 rooms, originally covered with magnificent frescoes, occupying several acres, with an earlier megalithic, cyclopean foundation. Includes exclusive aerial footage.
THE REAL EGYPT: Off the Beaten Path
Leaving aside the common tourist routes, David Miano and Natalie Hilder venture deep into the Nile Delta, looking for ancient remains from the now-extinct cities of Sais, Buto, and Xois. See Egypt as you have never seen it before.
Recent Discovery: аn Advanced Civilization Hidden in Antarctica
Step pyramids are a mysterious architectural wonder which is now birthing many conspiracy theories. You will find step pyramids in different parts of the world. According to traditional history, all these architectural Marvels were built by different civilizations, and even in terms of timeline, they are thousands of years apart. Still, the architectural style is so similar that it has led to the belief that these were built by well-equipped representatives of an advanced civilization, like 20th-century people.
What strengthened this assumption was an observatory of a pyramid in Antarctica. It was assumed to be a pyramid but later discovered that it was just a tip of an iceberg. Accurate mapping of Antarctica's coastline, which is now hidden by ice, satellite images showing the metropolis of Antarctica and hundreds of other pieces of evidence point fingers at the advanced ancient civilization.
Imagine a world buried deep beneath the icy tundra of Antarctica, where the remnants of an advanced civilization lay hidden from the modern world. With its mysterious technology and advanced architecture, this long-forgotten society has been recently uncovered in a ground-breaking discovery that is set to shake the foundations of history as we know it.
Today we will discuss the mystery behind the advanced civilization in Antarctica!
12 Most Amazing Recent Ancient Artifacts Finds
What’s old is new again in the world of archaeology. That’s true of pretty much everything archaeologists find, but there’s nothing that excites archaeologists more than a new discovery. There’s nothing that excites archaeology fans more than a new discovery either, so let’s check a few of the best recent finds out together!
What they Captured in a Desert Shocked the Whole World
Deserts are truly mysterious places. It’s easy to imagine them as huge wastelands where nothing ever happens, but you might be surprised to learn that there’s a lot more going on in deserts than that. In fact we are uncovering more and more secrets about these sandy places as time goes on! From the strange glass that is blowing everyone’s minds to the brand new dinosaur species, here’s the 20 Strangest Things Found In The Desert.
The Hidden World Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Following more than a decade of international and national planning and an intense week of on-ice weather delays, Priscu led the field team successfully drilled through the overlying ice sheet and sampled directly the waters and sediments of a lake hidden beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. The groundbreaking exploration of Antarctica's subglacial environment marks the beginning of a new era in polar science, opening the window for future interdisciplinary scientific investigations of one of Earth's last unexplored frontiers.
The Mystery of the Last Roman Pagans
Greco-Roman polytheism persisted for centuries after the triumph of Christianity, often in surprising places. This video is an abridged version of a chapter in my book, "Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants." Enjoy!
Insane training to become a Templar Knight! Would you have made it mentally or physically?
Intense fighting, tactical, brave and devout Christian brother hood! We know the history but would you have what it takes to make it? There were many other challenges they had to undertake.
How fascinating are the Templar knights, not only what they did on the battlefield over the centuries. Or how they created the first banking system that seemed to stretch across Europe. Or was it the fact that their order was destroyed due to fear and corruption amongst nobles and royalty of that time ? All of these statements are impressive but not compared to what these men had to do in order to become a Templar Knight!
In today's video we look at What it took to become a TEMPLAR KNIGHT.
The Mysterious Story of a Missing Medieval Kingdom
In terms of Medieval mysteries, the lost kingdom of Rheinwg stands out. Referenced a dozen times throughout the surviving sources that we have, covering composition dates from the 11th to the 13th centuries, appearing in events all the way back in the 6th century to as late as the 16th, and yet, today we know almost nothing.
Hardly anything on the lost kingdom of Rheinwg has survived, and exactly no information on precisely where this missing medieval kingdom was located has survived either. This place left a mark on Welsh history, and the history of Wales, and indeed Britain, proceeded without it. Merely a century after one of it's last mentions, writers and historians were already beginning to forget the location of Rheinwg, and today I aim to reverse that.
In this video, we’re going to be examining all of the information we have on the lost kingdom of Rheinwg, we will seek to uncover its medieval records, examine what more contemporary historians believed, and finally look at what modern historians have theorised.
Irish Mythology: The Arrival of the Celtic Gods - Complete - The Tuatha Dé Danann
In the video below we will be analyzing the arrival of the Celtic Gods in Irish Mythology. Enjoy!
The Black Pharaohs: The Kingdoms of Kush - The Great Civilizations of the Past
In the video below we will be analyzing the black Pharaos and the kingdoms of Kush. Watch the video to find out more!
Dark Mysteries Of The Vatican
In today’s video we will be exploring dark mysteries of the Vatican. Watch for more and enjoy!
Archaeologists have uncovered 20 Stone-Age skeletons in and around a rock shelter in Libya's Sahara desert
Archaeologists have uncovered 20 Stone-Age skeletons in and around a rock shelter in Libya's Sahara desert, according to a new study.
The skeletons date between 8,000 and 4,200 years ago, meaning the burial place was used for millennia.
"It must have been a place of memory," said study co-author Mary Anne Tafuri, an archaeologist at the University of Cambridge. "People throughout time have kept it, and they have buried their people, over and over, generation after generation."
About 15 women and children were buried in the rock shelter, while five men and juveniles were buried under giant stone heaps called tumuli outside the shelter during a later period, when the region turned to desert.
The findings, which are detailed in the March issue of the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, suggest the culture changed with the climate.
Millennia of burials
From about 8,000 to 6,000 years ago, the Sahara desert region, called Wadi Takarkori, was filled with scrubby vegetation and seasonal green patches. Stunning rock art depicts ancient herding animals, such as cows, which require much more water to graze than the current environment could support, Tafuri said.
Tafuri and her colleague Savino di Lernia began excavating the archaeological site between 2003 and 2006. At the same site, archaeologists also uncovered huts, animal bones and pots with traces of the earliest fermented dairy products in Africa. [ See Images of the Stone-Age Skeletons ]
To date the skeletons, Tafuri measured the remains for concentrations of isotopes, or molecules of the same element with different weights.
The team concluded that the skeletons were buried over four millennia, with most of the remains in the rock shelter buried between 7,300 and 5,600 years ago.
The males and juveniles under the stone heaps were buried starting 4,500 years ago, when the region became more arid. Rock art confirms the dry up, as the cave paintings began to depict goats, which need much less water to graze than cows, Tafuri said.
The ancient people also grew up not far from the area where they were buried, based on a comparison of isotopes in tooth enamel, which forms early in childhood, with elements in the nearby environment.
Shift in culture?
The findings suggest the burial place was used for millennia by the same group of people. It also revealed a divided society.
"The exclusive use of the rock shelter for female and sub-adult burials points to a persistent division based on gender," wrote Marina Gallinaro, a researcher in African studies at Sapienza University of Rome, who was not involved in the study, in an email to LiveScience.
One possibility is that during the earlier period, women had a more critical role in the society, and families may have even traced their descent through the female line. But once the Sahara began its inexorable expansion into the region about 5,000 years ago, the culture shifted and men's prominence may have risen as a result, Gallinaro wrote.
The region as a whole is full of hundreds of sites yet to be excavated, said Luigi Boitani, a biologist at Sapienza University of Rome, who has worked on archaeological sites in the region but was not involved in the study.
"The area is an untapped treasure," Boitani said.
The new discovery also highlights the need to protect the fragile region, which has been closed to archaeologists since the revolution that ousted dictator Moammar el Gadhafi.
Takarkori is very close to the main road that leads from Libya into neighboring Niger, so rebels and other notorious political figures, such as Gadhafi's sons, have frequently passed through the area to escape the country, he said.
Tiny bead found in Bulgaria may be the world's oldest artefact made from the metal
In 1976, archaeologists unearthed gold jewellery in the Bulgarian Black sea city of Varna, which they claimed was the world's oldest gold artefact ever found.
But a new gold bead has been discovered, which researchers say is even older.
The tiny bead was found in Pazardzhik in Bulgaria, and is believed to date back to 4,500-4,600 BC.
The bead measures four millimetres (0.16 inches) in diameter and weighs just 15 centigrams (0.005 ounces).
Yavor Boyadzhiev, associated professor at the Bulgarian Academy of Science, said: 'I have no doubt that it is older than the Varna gold.
'It's a really important discovery. It is a tiny piece of gold but big enough to find its place in history.'
The researchers believe the bead was made at a site just outside the modern town of Pazardzhik.
The site was the first 'urban' settlement in Europe, peopled by 'a highly-cultured society' which moved there from Anatolia, in today's Turkey, around 6,000 BC.
Mr Boyadzhiev, said: 'I would say it is a prototype of a modern town, though we can say what we have here is an ancient town.'
The gold bead was dug up two weeks ago in the remains of a small house that would have stood at a time when metals such as copper and gold were being used for a first time.
The settlement unearthed so far is between 100,000-120,000 square metres (25-30 acres) and would have had a 2.8 metre high (9 foot) fortress wall.
According to Mr Boyadzhiev, anything over 700,000 square metres is regarded as a town by researchers working in Mesopotamia.
More than 150 ceramic figures of birds have also been found at the site, indicating the animal was probably worshipped by the town's people.
The settlement was destroyed by hostile tribes who invaded from the north-east around 4,100 BC.
The bead will be exhibited in the historical museum in Pazardzhik once it has been thoroughly analysed and its age confirmed.
An Expert Lifted The Floor Of An Old Mansion – And Found A Rat’s Nest Glimmering With Gold
A lone archeologist is gingerly lifting the ancient floorboards in the dusty attic of a grand country house. And beneath, he finds centuries worth of dirt and debris – accumulated throughout a long and turbulent past. But amid the scraps and trash he discovers something incredible: a stash of historical treasure with the unmistakable glint of gold.
