Archeology is an amazing science!
It's so interesting to find things that are tens of thousands of years old.
The lands of our country keep many more mysteries that we have to solve.
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Rare miniature spoon In Veliky Novgorod, at the Troitsky excavation
site, archaeologists have discovered an extremely rare find - a miniature bronze spoon.
Its handle is in the form of a figure of a man with crossed arms, even muscles and ribs
are visible.
Perhaps this is an ear pick - a spoon for cleaning the inner ear.
This is one of those things that has yet to be explored for many years.
Archaeologists have not found any analogues.
But the spoon is not the only unusual find at the Troitsky excavation site.
There is a pectoral cross of a rare shape, a wooden lock-seal for bags with goods, on
which two letters are read.
And still intact wooden counting tag with a pommel, which is decorated with ornaments.
Usually, when the debtor paid off, such a tag was destroyed.
Found and stamps.
One belongs to Prince Mstislav Rostislavovich.
He reigned in Novgorod in 1179-1180.
Just a few days ago, a temporal ring was also discovered, which is made on the basis of
the precious ones from silver or gold.
It is made in the technology of casting on a wax model.
Stolen artifacts returned to Iraq The American Bible Museum and Cornell University
returned 17,000 artifacts related to the country's history to Iraq.
The collection, consisting mainly of clay tablets and seals, returned to Iraq last week
on the plane of the country's prime minister after his official visit to the United States.
The museum acquired the artifacts from a dubious seller who did not provide documents on their
origin.
The university received the tablets as a gift from a private collector.
After examining the objects, scientists suggested that they were abducted in southern Iraq on
the ruins of the previously unknown Sumarian city of Garsana.
Iraq has been looted for over 30 years.
In 1991, after the American military operation "Desert Storm", the Iraqi authorities lost
control over some of the southern regions of the country.
It was on this territory that massive robberies of historical monuments took place.
Cookware with 300 years of history On the sea voyage - with your own set.
Apparently, three hundred years ago they had no idea about traveling light.
Moreover, only a wealthy person could afford to grab a couple of extra plates.
And he did.
The found items have several identification marks: three hallmarks, the inscription “HENRICH
LEFRENSEN” and the date - 1694.
Two hallmarks indicate the material - tin, and the third - the coat of arms, more precisely,
a small circle in which, if you look closely, you can see the image of a two-headed eagle.
But this is not the coat of arms of Russia, as many might think.
The two-headed eagle, rather, speaks of Austrian origin.
Judging by the surviving lists of passengers, the dishes belonged to a wealthy Caesarian
(Austrian) named Hitler.
In the wreckage of a merchant ship, only three plates and three spoons were found for different
types of dishes.
Probably, the owner carried the entire set with him, but it was not possible to establish
exactly how many details were there.
The Archangel Raphael belonged to the Dutch merchant Hermann Meyer.
In October 1724, the ship sailed from St. Petersburg to Lubeck.
According to the declaration of the port customs, it transported a minor cargo: lard, matting,
linen yarn and linen.
A month and a half later, the sailboat got into freeze-up, was abandoned by the crew
and crushed by the ice.
Major find in Morocco An international team of archaeologists conducting
excavations in Morocco announced a major discovery - in the famous Thomas I quarry, the oldest
workshop in North Africa for the production of hand-held stone axes was found.
The discovery adds new data to the generally accepted theory of human evolution.
Until now, the axes of the Acheulean culture were considered the oldest stone tools found
in North Africa.
They were representatives of the species Homo erectus, a key lineage of the direct ancestors
of modern humans.
The oldest stone tools of these hominids, found earlier in North Africa, are about 700
thousand years old.
Accordingly, until now it was believed that the ancestors of people came to this territory
about 700 thousand years ago.
And now archaeologists have announced that they have managed to find even more ancient
tools.
In particular, they discovered stone hand axes, which are about 1.3 million years old.
Consequently, the history of the settlement of North Africa can be shifted 600 thousand
years ago.
The discovery was made during excavations in the "Thomas I" quarry, located on the outskirts
of the country's economic capital - the city of Casablanca.
This quarry became famous in 1969, when half of the oldest human lower jaw was discovered
in it.
This was the representative of the Acheulean culture.
An archaeological team of 17 representatives from Morocco, France and Italy examined in
detail the numerous stone tools found in the ongoing excavation.
As a result, they came to the conclusion that a real workshop for the production of stone
tools was located at the local prehistoric site.
Mysterious settlement in Norway An international team of scientists has released
the current data from a study that kicked off in 2011 at high altitude in Norway.
A survey of the territory vacated by the melting of a mountain glacier revealed the remains
of an unknown settlement.
We are talking about the study of the Landbreen Glacier, which has been melting incessantly
due to hot weather since the summer of 2011.
If at first this phenomenon attracted the attention of geologists and climatologists,
in recent years archaeologists have been actively working on the site of the retreating glacier.
In previous years, the glacier has exposed many different artifacts, proving that a busy
road ran in these places during the Viking Age.
Herds of animals were driven along it; traders and travelers probably walked along it.
It was a non-freezing passage, which nevertheless turned into a glacier due to a cold snap for
a little less than a thousand years.
During the expedition, they discovered the remains of clothing and household items, sledges
and animal remains, as well as other artifacts from the Viking era.
However, they were led to an even more curious find by the ancient pyramids of stones.
They served as a kind of road signs.
With the help of such objects, the road through the pass was marked.
Following the signs down the hillside, the team discovered several stone foundations
on which wooden houses had stood centuries ago.
Radiocarbon dating has shown that they were built between 750 and 1150 AD, that is, during
the Viking Age.
The study of written sources led the researchers to the conclusion that there was a settlement
on the site of the present glacier.
Folk legends tell of a village that disappeared about a thousand years ago.
Interestingly, written sources from the 18th century tell not only about ancient houses
on this hillside, but also about houses that supposedly stood there 300 years ago.
In any case, the glacier, which continues to melt, has revealed its next secret.
The first birch bark letter The full text of the message has yet to be
deciphered.
In August 2021, the first birch bark letter was found at the Vvedensky excavation site
in the Kremlin of Pereyaslavl Ryazan (modern Ryazan).
The letter is 8 centimeters long and 2.5–3 centimeters wide.
The bottom two lines of text are preserved (the first top line is partially cut off).
The letter comes from the layers of the second half of the 15th century from the territory
of one of the estates in the western part of the excavation.
The text of the letter has not yet been disassembled, but the preliminary analysis made it possible
to make the assumption that at the end of the text the word "BYSHA ty ..." is read,
and in the previous line - "..I .. RUN".
The presumptive paleographic dating of the letter is at the turn of the 14th – 15th
centuries.
The very first coins of Southeast Asia In 1998, a diver near Indonesia accidentally
discovered the remains of an ancient Arab ship, the dhow.
Thanks to this find, scientists gained new knowledge about the early trade routes.
In subsequent years, archaeologists raised from the bottom about 60 thousand undamaged
ceramic objects with a total weight of 25 tons.
The finds testify to the longest sea route that mankind used even before European expansion
in the 17th century.
In addition, archaeologists have also found a single golden piloncito in the wreckage.
Piloncito - in Spanish means "light weight".
It is the earliest form of precious metal currency in the islands of Southeast Asia.
These small engraved coins, composed of locally produced metal, weighed between 0.5 and 3
grams of high quality gold.
Since the coin almost certainly comes from Indonesia, this discovery tells of the early
trade routes along the Silk Road that connected the Indonesian kingdoms and the early Arab
states.
Unidentified sarcophaguses in Turkey In Turkey, archaeologists have announced an
important discovery that could shed new light on the history of this state.
In the city of Bitlis, ancient Seljuk sarcophaguses were found, which literally excited the researchers.
The discovery was made during archaeological excavations and restoration work at the Seljuk
Meydan cemetery in the Ahlat region of eastern Turkey.
It is located in the city of Bitlis.
During the work, archaeologists discovered two so-called sanduks - a type of sarcophaguses,
which in the Turkish-Islamic tradition were placed over the original tombs of prominent
people.
The very fact of the discovery of the Sanduks alarmed the scientists, because this means
that under the sarcophaguses are the graves of people who have left a bright mark in history.
The fact that Selcuk Meydan is the largest Turkish-Islamic cemetery in the world adds
to the intrigue.
Its area is 210 hectares, there are almost 10 thousand famous tombstones on it.
According to Ilter Higuat of Bitlis-Eren University, the finds have so far been dated only by the
ornamentation of the sarcophaguses and the texts that are engraved on their lids.
Scientists believe that the Sanduks belong to the XIII or XIV century, but more accurately
their age will allow further laboratory analysis to determine.
At the moment, the graves remain unidentified, but experts have already begun working on
deciphering the texts on the lids of the Sanduks.
Mysterious coincidences of antiquity Since there are so many coincidences of this
kind, today I will tell you only about one of the few and amazing types of them.
This type of coincidence can be conventionally called a grid cutting of a stone.
One of the most pronounced examples you can see in these photos, and it is located in
the Indian city of Mahabalipuram.
At the moment, the origin and purpose of this type of cutting is a mystery.
No one could finally figure out how it was created and for what purposes it was intended.
However, despite the large number of unresolved issues, there are some moments, the secret
of which this type of cutting revealed to us.
For example, we can say with confidence that there were technologies that made it possible
to create such works from hard rocks (in this case, we are talking about granite) without
traces of tools.
But the most important open secret is the proof of the united builders.
Fast forward to Japan, to a megalith called Masuda.
The material is again granite, the manufacturing method is unknown, since there are no traces
of the tools used, and the purpose still defies explanation from common sense.
The existence of such a carved mesh can be considered either a specially created object
of some builders, or a technical feature when using some unknown technologies or methods.
In any case, we are talking about things that go far beyond the generally accepted historical
versions offered by historians.
As a bonus part, I want to show you another find with a carved mesh.
This facility is located in Cambodia.
As a conclusion, I want to say that such coincidences of mysterious traces of technologies and objects
are far from isolated, but are massive throughout our planet.
Mammoth ivory tiara An amazing find was made by scientists in
the Denisova cave in Altai.
Archaeologists have unearthed a fragment of a Stone Age tiara from a mammoth tusk.
The age of this find is about 45-50 thousand years.
This is what the find looks like.
Archaeologists suggest that people used this tiara to tie up their hair.
The tiara itself is hollow, a thread was passed through the hole, which was then tied under
the hair.
This assumes that the tiara was broken during use or some time after that.
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