10 Scariest Archaeological Discoveries

the archeological discoveries always remind you about the creative mind of our ancestors such discoveries are also a great chance to see the centuries of old objects here's the list of 10 most mysterious archaeological discoveries of all time Voynich manuscript the Voynich manuscript is entitled as the world's most mysterious manuscript ever it was discovered in 1912 in at northern Italy the language scribe and author of the Voynich manuscript is still unknown according to the archaeologists many pages of this manuscript are missing and 240 pages now remain the drawings of the different herbal plants are the most interesting thing that are found in the Voynich manuscript until now no one can match these drawings to any known plant species it is believed that the Voynich manuscript was written in the 15th century apart from the herbal section this mysterious manuscript also contains astronomical biological cosmological and pharmaceutical sections [Music] Mount Owen MOA it was in the year 1986 when a group of archaeologists discovered a claw of a bird while digging down in a cave in New Zealand the flesh and muscles are still attached to it later the archaeologists confirmed that it is a foot of an extinct wingless bird MOA which disappeared from earth 2,000 years before the wingless mal was a heavy bird which measured up to twelve feet in height and up to 250 kilograms in weight mouths got hunted to extinction by early humans the nasty claws of MOA are kept in the Natural History Museum of New Zealand [Music] archaeologists found a fourteen thousand year old mem experts in Mexico have stepped up work on the remains of a fourteen thousand year old mammoth that archaeologists say could shed new light on primitive humans the remains of the mammoth were found near the town of Tilton back in 2016 during piping work since then experts have been working delicately to best preserve its fossilized bones preliminary investigations have reported that the woolly mammoth was about 25 years old was 3.5 meters or 11.5 feet high and at five meters or sixteen point five feet long it is estimated to have weighed six tons experts hope the remains of the mammoth will be in good enough condition to be assembled and put on display but after 14 thousand years the fragility of the bones requires precision archeologists have claimed the discovery of the remains to be one of the most important in the country Bronze Age stilt houses unearthed in East Anglican fence archaeologists have revealed exceptionally well-preserved Bronze Age dwellings during a series of excavations throughout the year at must farm quarry in the east angle content that is providing an extraordinary insight into domestic life 3,000 years ago the settlement dating to the end of the Bronze Age 1200 to 800 BC what has been home to several families who lived in a number of wooden houses on stilts above waters the settlement was destroyed by fire that caused the dwellings to collapse into the river preserving the contents Institute mysterious Nazca lines the Nazca lines are the unusual formation of white lines that can be seen when you make a flight trip over the desert of southern Peru it is one of the most popular UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the country this ancient mysterious formation has shapes of trapezoids rectangles triangles and swirls by making close observations you can also spot 70 animals plant structures and 300 geometrical shapes the purpose of these lines are still unknown archeologists estimated that the Nazca lines were created by the Nazca Indians between 500 BC and 780 so these ancient drawings have remained intact for 2,000 years a large community of people believe that these lines were formed by aliens for following the right path the city of Atlantis the lost city of Atlantis is probably the most mysterious archaeological discovery ever Plato in 360 BC is one who put forward the first assumption of the city of Atlantis which sank in the ocean researchers believe that a strong tsunami hit the city in the temple any MVC and sank Atlantis into the ocean but the actual truth behind Atlantis is still unknown to archeologists the ancient stories claim that Atlantis was built by poise Ivan the god of the sea which is bigger than today's Asia the rich city is separated by water rings inland Atlantis would have belonged somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean the researchers have failed to spot the actual location of the city up to this date the size and deepness of the ocean itself is one which blocks scientists from easy discovery of Atlantis church and altar of Viking King Olaf Harrelson Olaf Harrelson later known as st. Olaf was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028 till his death in the Battle of stick Lestat archaeologists working on a site near Trondheim have unearthed the foundations of a wooden stave Church and an altar where Olaf may have been enshrined immediately after being declared a saint the discovery gives credibility to Norse saga accounts surrounding important events of that era during its excavation the archaeologists uncovered a small rectangular stone built platform at the building's east end which is probably the foundation for an altar probably the very same altar on which st. Olaf's coffin was placed in 10:31 mummified remains identified as Egyptian queen nefertari a team of international archaeologists believe a pair of mummified legs on display in an Italian Museum may belong to egyptian queen nefertari the favorite wife of the pharaoh ramses ii as the favourite wife of the pharaoh ramses ii Nefertari was provided with a beautifully decorated tomb in the valley of the Queen to which professor Fletcher was recently given access although plundered in ancient times the tomb first excavated by Italian archaeologists in 1904 still contains objects which were sent to the Egyptian Museum in Turin this included a pair of mummified legs which could have been part of a later internment as was often the case in other tombs in the region verónica boat burial uncovered in Abydos Egypt Penn Museum archaeologists excavating at the desert site of Abydos Egypt have discovered the remains of a subterranean pharaonic Boat burial dating to the reign of senwosret the third of the original boat most likely a pharaonic funerary boat built for the Pharaoh send Morse at the third only a few planks remain inside the chamber however an unusual tableau survived the Millennium in size donald war of the whitewash plaster walls of the vaulted elongated burial chamber about 21 metres long and 4 metres wide our drawings of more than 120 pharaonic watercraft more than 145 Potter's vessel buried with their neck spacings were the entrance to the ceremonial burial were also enough the romans shoe horde of Vindolanda 1800 years ago the Roman army built one of its most but most heavily defended force at the site of Vindolanda which is now a part of the frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site once the war was over the troops and their dependents pulled out of before and anything that they could not carry with them on the march was tossed into the defensive ditches in 2016 the Vindolanda archaeologists excavated the ditch and discovered an incredible time capsule of life and conflict amongst the debris for dog and cat skeleton pottery leather and 421 Roman shoes [Music] you you

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Published: Mon Aug 21 2017