facts verse presents ten amazing
archaeological discoveries in the world
number one Pompeii the lost city of
Pompeii deserves to be on the list of
the ten most amazing archaeological
discoveries in the world in 79 AD Mount
Vesuvius erupted without warning it
ended up burying the ancient Roman city
of Pompeii under pubis and ash it killed
everyone in the city the city was buried
under ash for thousands of years the ash
that covered the city did not allow any
air or moisture to get to the buried
city therefore the buildings the objects
and even the bodies were preserved since
this discovery we've been able to learn
a great deal about what life was like in
the Roman city way back then this
discovery is said to be the largest and
most important discovery of all time
number two Tutankhamun's tomb or the
tomb of King Tut in 1922 the most
popular Pharaoh the great Tutankhamun's
tomb was found he was discovered by
Howard Carter and George Herbert the
discovery received coverage from all
around the world since they discovered
the tomb people have become more
interested in ancient Egypt the tune was
small and not what one would expect for
royalty the tomb not only contained the
body of King Tut it also contained over
2,000 antique artifacts many of these
artifacts gave archeologists an idea of
what life was like back when King
Tutankhamun ruled this was a huge
discovery back then and one of the
greatest discoveries of all time number
three the rosetta stone a decree from
the Ptolemaic King Ptolemy v was
inscribed on the rosetta stone in 196 BC
the decree was actually inscribed in
three languages including ancient
Egyptian hieroglyphics
ancient Greek and demotic script he was
discovered in 1799 and did his the first
bilingual text ever known to man it is
thanks to the rosetta stone that were
able to translate almost any ancient
Egyptian hieroglyphs today the find was
so popular that in the late 90s a
company was started called rosetta stone
and they make books and videos to teach
users a second language number 4
terracotta army the Terracotta Army is a
group of statues that was discovered on
March 29 1974 by a group of farmers who
were digging a well close to a mile
under the ground the statues were
sculptures of kin Shi Huang army who was
the first emperor of China the figures
found included statues of horses
chariots and warriors by 2007 three pits
had been found which contained close to
10,000 statues in another pit nearby
there was non military statues they
included figures of strongmen musicians
officials and acrobats the farmers who
found the statues didn't want the credit
they were just happy to have unearthed
something with so much historical
importance number 5 Richard the thirds
grave the King of England Richard the
third was known to be a very horrible
man
it was said that he killed a prince and
did anything that he could to keep his
power for years the place where Richard
the third was buried was a mystery in
2012 a group called the looking for
Richard project and the archaeological
department at the University of
Lancaster unearthed his body he took a
great deal of testing to determine if
the remains found were that of Richard
the third
his remains being uncovered also proved
that he actually did have a curvature in
his spine it was rumored for years and
finally proven after the grave was
unearthed in 2012 number 6 olduvai gorge
when this area was discovered scientists
were able to learn a great deal from
what they found there were fossil
remains found there that date back at
least 1.9 million years the
archeologists who discovered the area
found remains of tools and animals
scientists believed that the Homo
sapiens found there were believed to
have been there for over seventeen
thousand years this find gave
archaeologists something to study for
years number seven the cave of Altamira
in 1880 the cave of Altamira was
discovered the cave contained
prehistoric paintings of human hands and
mammals for years people believed that
people living in prehistoric times
didn't have the intelligence to create
artistic works the discovery of the cave
at Alta Mira proved that between 14,000
and 20,000 years ago our ancestors were
intelligent the caves gave
archaeologists a glimpse at our
ancestors that they were never able to
see before the discovery number eight
the Dead Sea Scrolls the Dead Sea
Scrolls are a collection of 93 texts
that were found in 11 different caves
located a little over a mile from the
Dead Sea the scrolls were found between
1946 and 1956 and they contained some of
the earliest known Hebrew biblical
documents the scrolls start around the
time of the birth of Jesus Christ and
they span over a seven hundred year
period since the Bible is the world's
best-selling book these scrolls were a
very important find number nine
Easter Island moai in 1722 the Europeans
first visited Easter Island and the moai
were discovered the moai are human
figures that were carved by the people
of Rapa Nui between 1250 and 1500 AD
many still remain at the main quarry and
some were moved and set on stone
platforms on the perimeter of the island
there are stories about how the statues
got across the
it is said that the people of Rapa Nui
used divine intervention to get the
statues to walk across the island while
this cannot be proven it is a story that
is often told by the natives of Easter
Island number 10 Staffordshire hoard the
largest hoard of anglo-saxon silver and
gold metalwork ever found was the
Staffordshire hoard
it was discovered near Litchfield in
Staffordshire England on July 5th 2009
there were over 3,500 items in all and
they were all warlike or martial this
hoard made up 60% of all of the
anglo-saxon items that have ever been
uncovered it was considered to be an
amazing find
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