From a bronze metal hand from over 3000 years ago, to a strange Maya batman representing a dangerous god, here are 10 amazing archaeological discoveries.
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10. Metal Hand And Fingers
In September 2018, Swiss archaeologists announced the discovery of a 3,500-year-old metal hand made from over a pound of bronze. It’s the earliest-known metal representation of a human body part ever found in Europe. Treasure hunters originally discovered it using metal detectors in 2017 near Lake Biel in the western province of Bern, Switzerland.
9. Pachacamac Idol
In 1533, conquistador Hernando Pizarro ordered his followers to destroy a wooden idol, called the Pachacamac idol, by breaking it “in front of everyone,” according to historical records. The Inca people worshipped the idol, which they housed in a temple near modern-day Lima, Peru.
8. Mysterious Scandinavian Burial
Archaeologists in northern Poland recently uncovered a cabin-like burial site. What’s strange is that it contains the remains of four Danish soldiers, dating back to sometime between the 10th and 14th centuries during the first Polish dynasty, known as the Piast dynasty.
7. The Lost City Of Neapolis
In late 2017, archaeologists off the northeastern Tunisian coast discovered the lost Roman city of Neapolis, which was partially submerged by a catastrophic tsunami 1,700 years ago. The thing is, most people forgot about it!!
Neapolis was founded in the fifth century BC near the modern-day coastal town of Nabeul. On July 21, 365 AD, a major earthquake of an estimated magnitude of 8.0 triggered a tsunami, which washed away a portion of the city.
6. Mayan Batman
In recent years, an image of a Batman-like sculpture of supposedly ancient origins began circulating widely on social media. Then, last year, the picture was used in several online articles about a Mayan god, sparking a renewed interest of Mayan culture on the internet.
5. Migration Patterns
Scientists are still learning about the collective past of humankind and are increasingly challenging long-held theories, including one revolving around our early migration patterns out of Africa. In July of last year, archaeologists revealed new findings based on a 210,000-year-old human skull that was found in Eurasia during the 1970s.
4. A Bronze Age Megalopolis
Last October, archaeologists announced the discovery of a Bronze Age megalopolis in Israel that they are calling the “New York City of its time period.” The 5,000-year-old lost city, which is located about 35 miles (57 km) north of Tel Aviv, once contained a bustling population of around 6,000 residents.
3. Looted Gold
Back in 1981, a construction worker in downtown Mexico City discovered a 4.25 pound (1.93 kg) slab of gold 16 feet (5 meters) underground during excavations for a new building. For a long time, researchers were unsure how the gold got there, as the Aztec civilization had ruled an area further south.
2. Abandoned Neighborhood
The Washington State Department of Transportation does a lot more than build and regulate roads, bridges, and tunnels. When the agency is considering or planning a new project, it tasks one of its several regional cultural specialists with researching prospective construction sites to see if they contain former settlements or are otherwise of historical significance.
1. Butchered Woolly Mammoth
A recent analysis of woolly mammoth remains discovered on Kotelny Island in Siberia shows the strongest-known evidence of ancient people butchering the species. Radiocarbon dating carried out by experts from the Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo put the animal’s tending at 21,000 years ago, a time when Siberia and North America were connected by the Bering Land Bridge.
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