Number 11. king tut's sandals
Sandals and flip-flops are a pretty common type of shoe these days but it turns out they have been around for thousands of years and haven't even changed that much but where did they come from it seems like almost back to the dawn of humanity their history dates at least as far back as ancient egypt but probably even further believe it or not king tut himself wore thong sandals there have even been extensive studies on his 3 300 year old footwear king tut sandals were made from various materials including gold vegetable fiber birch bark glass leather gemstones and glazed ceramic the young ruler had a club foot and lacked a middle toe bone on his right foot so he needed some special custom fancy sandals he was buried with at least 80 pairs of shoes of different sizes rivaling some of your closets i'm sure some were falling apart while others were found in great condition many of the shoes were stuffed in the middle of the sole to provide the ailing king with extra comfort experts identified several features that were not found in other ancient footwear including the shoes found in the tomb of king tut's grandparents yuya and juju these features include horizontal straps just below the toes and semi-circular panels on the insides of the shoes the question is did he wear his sandals with socks i'm guessing not so the next time you slip on your sandals to run to your mailbox or go grocery shopping remember that you are continuing a long held tradition
Number 10.
Bronze age horde while excavating at an ancient fortified settlement in central france last year archaeologists unearthed bronze age pottery packed to the brim with hundreds of pieces of jewelry and other artifacts they believed that the pots were buried around 800 bc nearly 3 000 years ago two vessels were filled with women and children's jewelry including bracelets anglets and pendants another pot contained tools and weapons while yet another one consisted of chariot decorations riding equipment and wheel parts a bronze axe was placed on top of each vessel researcher pierre eve milson said that the items could be offerings to the gods that were left at either the founding of the settlement or when it was abandoned similar to ancient greek traditions he described the well-preserved artifacts as exceptional and explained that these objects will help experts better understand their purpose and why they were buried but more digging and studying are necessary to truly get to the bottom of this fascinating mystery.
Number 09.
Looted coins the israel antiquities authority has recently recovered hundreds of ancient coins that were looted from archaeological sites according to the jerusalem post agents from the iaa's robbery prevention unit found the horde while raiding a suspect's home in the city of bene brock the artifacts include gold byzantine and islamic coins hundreds of roman coins and dozens of hasmonian coins you've probably heard of the other ones but the hasmonean dynasty lasted about 80 years and is referred to by some scholars as an independent kingdom of israel until they were conquered by the roman republic and the ruling family was replaced by herod the great iaa trading national inspector ilan haddad told the news outlet that the suspect worked as an illegal antiquities dealer trading in both legal and illegal artifacts including items that were smuggled in from other countries there are a lot of grey areas when it comes to dealing with archaeological artifacts haddad pointed out that looting causes irreversible damage to archaeological sites and artifacts by taking them out of context as a result valuable information and stories are lost forever to history looting is a major problem in israel and archaeologists are racing against the clock to excavate important sites before they are destroyed by thieves and artifacts are stolen and spread all over the world the iaa is especially focused on the caves near the dead sea where the dead sea scrolls were found criminals have targeted the site for decades and at this point the agency needs to collect what it can before more artifacts disappear
Number 08.
massive mammoth thigh bone while scuba diving in the peace river near acadia florida in early may friends derek demeter and henry sadler discovered a huge thigh bone belonging to a 22 000 pound mammoth the four foot long 50 pound femor likely dates back to sometime between two and a half million and ten thousand years ago demeter who's the planetarium director at seminole state university told the news that the bone is probably around 100 000 years old based on its density the suspected species the colombian mammoth lived as far south as modern-day costa rica recent research indicates that this behemoth creature was a hybrid between the woolly mammoth and a yet unidentified mammoth lineage that originated in russia and arrived in north america around one and a half million years ago the bone is impressively intact owing to the many years it spent buried in the sand it's making a nice addition to the classroom of demeter's friend a middle school teacher he donated the artifact to that same day the pair also discovered the partial remains of a saber-toothed tiger and an ancient shark discoveries like these are what motivate the duo to continue diving throughout southwest florida you just never know what you might find
Number 07.
Nazi horde while renovating his aunt's home in hagen germany recently a man named sebastian yurtsevin found a collection of nazi artifacts hidden in a wall the house was damaged when the nearby volmay river overflowed and caused catastrophic flooding yurt 7 removed a loose piece of plasterboard and discovered a newspaper from 1945. he then found Nazi-era gas masks, a revolver, a photo of Hitler, and an array of documents. The home once served as the headquarters for the national socialist people's welfare organization or the nsv. This branch of the nazi party evacuated children to rural areas and distributed food and gas masks. It also had a clothing donation program and provided medical care, including exams and vaccinations; by 1943, the nsv had an estimated 17 million members, according to Hagen city archives manager ralph blank, who spoke with French media outlet news24 historians believe that someone hastily hid the trove as Americans advanced on the city in April of 1945. some documents state as far back as 1928. there are very few sources on the nsv, making the discovery especially useful for learning about its inner workings. The organization was dissolved after Germany's defeat under a policy called law number 2 that was issued by the allies yurt seven's family bought the house during the 1960s and did not know about the building's past affiliation with the nazi party staff from the Hagen city archives took the artifacts for further study and planned to exhibit them in a local museum would you care if you found a hidden cache like this in your house would you stay or would you sell it let me know in the comments below
Number 06.
Neanderthal weapon during the upper paleolithic period better known as the late stone age neanderthals lived in a cave and left behind a treasure trove of artifacts archaeologists have discovered many artifacts since excavations began in 1870. early digs yielded cave bear reindeer mammoth and horse remains as well as stone age tools later explorations of the site found bone and ivory flutes dating back at least 35 000 years along with prehistoric artwork featuring an ivory bird a human lion hybrid and one of the earliest known representations of a phallus the cave is called hull fells and can be found in germany's swabi and jura mountain range earlier this year archaeologists found a three-inch-long leaf point that was once mounted to a wooden hunting sphere dating back an estimated 65 000 years it's older than similar artifacts that have been found at the site the weapon also predates the last cultural phase of neanderthals in europe this is the first time a leaf point has been found at the site since 1936 it appears as though someone damaged the leaf point while sharpening it then threw the object away discoveries like this defy the popular stereotype that our neanderthal cousins were not very smart and that they lacked culture and creativity this is just not true artifacts like this show that the neanderthals were as skilled and complex as early humans were
Number 05.
Clovis campsite it would have been hard if not nearly impossible to settle in what is now michigan during the last ice age at the time the region was covered in glaciers up to a mile high but archaeologists recently identified a 13 000 year old campsite left behind by the clovis people in the southwestern part of the state the clovis people were some of north america's earliest inhabitants and are named after the distinctively shaped spear points they used back in 2008 a self-taught researcher named thomas talbot found a clovis spear point at the belson archaeological site he assumed it was a one-off discovery but he soon began finding more spear points and realized that he had stumbled upon an entire clovis settlement a small group perhaps six or seven people stayed at the site for a short time they briefly settled in the only part of michigan that wasn't covered in a wall of ice it's possible that they were seasonal hunters who temporarily branched off from their main group according to researcher brendan nash who wrote a paper on the findings archaeologists excavated the belson site last year and found more tools as well as stone flakes indicating that people made tools while they were there experts believe that the campsite may be the earliest archaeological site in michigan it's also the northwestern most clovis settlement in the great lakes region and it could potentially rewrite the area's history nash told the university of michigan news that until now researchers thought that the peopling process of the great lakes happened much later now they have concrete evidence that this wasn't the case
Number 04.
The amber man around 3 400 bc a man's body was painted with red ochre and laid to rest with 140 pieces of amber jewelry in what is now russia archaeologists recently discovered the shallow burial on the western shore of lake onega which is europe's second largest lake the artifacts include amber buttons that were sewn face down into a leather cover that was draped over the man's body nicknamed the amber man he was surrounded by two layers of amber decorations it's the first time these objects have been found outside the eastern baltic region in addition to the amber artifacts the team found flint tools and chips right next to the site archaeologists found workshops for making axes and other tools they are currently investigating these ancient production facilities to see if they are linked to the amber man researchers think that he may have been a trader from the eastern baltic region which would explain how the amber artifacts ended up so far from where they were made it's possible that he traveled to lake onega to trade amber in exchange for axes reflecting a possible trading link between the eastern baltic in the corralia peoples
Number 03.
Prehistoric fake beads in today's world we value real precious metals gems and other materials over fakes even if the imitation rock looks real especially if you can afford the real thing but it looks like since the beginning of time there have always been copies and imitations and scam artists trying to trick everyone the ancients weren't much different in 2019 archaeologists found phony amber jewelry dating back to the second and third millennium bc this means that the practice of hawking fake jewelry dates back around 5000 years to neolithic times a chemical analysis focused on six prehistoric beads that appeared to be amber two were from a cave near seville spain and four were from a burial near barcelona all were determined to be fake these imitations were made from similar looking translucent minerals or by applying coatings to make the fake object look like amber some were crafted from the core of a mollusk shell and coated in tree resin while the others were seeds covered in tree resin these fakes aren't surprising considering how valuable amber was to many civilizations including prehistoric iberia it was both rare and expensive and was a symbol of someone's high-ranking social status archaeologists made it clear that the faux amber artifacts don't count toward the 647 genuine iberian amber objects that have been found
Number 02.
Charred flower bouquets the ancient urban metropolis of teotihuacan was built near what is now mexico city before the aztecs came to power around 2000 years ago the people who lived there put together a collection of flower bouquets laid some wood on top of them and set the pile on fire archaeologists recently discovered the surprisingly intact remains of the burnt flowers in a tunnel beneath one of the city's pyramids they were found 59 feet below ground in the deepest part of the labyrinth alongside several pottery pieces and a sculpture depicting the rain and fertility god tlaluc the tunnel was discovered in 2003. thousands of artifacts have been on earth since then including sculptures pottery cocoa beans obsidian objects and more excavation leader sergio gomes chavez is an archaeologist with mexico's national institute of anthropology and history he told life science that the bouquets were probably used in rituals that perhaps had something to do with fertility the number of flowers in each bouquet varies it appears as though the wood stacked on top of the bouquets somewhat protected them from the fire the team's next step is to identify the flower species in hopes of determining exactly what the bouquets were used for and why they are also trying to understand why the ancient residents of teotihuacan built the tunnel and what its purpose was!
Number 01. .
Rare treasure horde while excavating a previously unexplored part of an ancient settlement in russia's suzdal apollia region archaeologists unearthed a collection of women's jewelry they were tipped off to its presence by jewelry fragments that had surfaced due to farming it's the first jewelry from the volga finnish culture that's been traced to the first millennium a.d during what's known as the great nation's migration the collection includes ornaments for a traditional woman's costume three beaded bracelets an imported metal bowl and over 300 beads that were probably sewn onto a piece of clothing that disintegrated over time there were also six cast hollow duck pendants connected by a leather cord which are characteristic of pheno u-grid cultures they were buried inside a box made of birch bark but nobody knows why someone hid the treasures the metal bowl that was recovered from the site appears to be older than the other artifacts and may be an import from the middle east the discovery is important for helping researchers learn more about the region during a historical period that has been studied very little the area is considered integral to ancient russian civilization but experts are still trying to figure out how these cultures developed thanks for watching if you'd like to learn more about ancient civilizations and strange mysterious artifacts be sure to subscribe if you haven't already and i'll see you in the next video bye
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