The most incredible ancient discoveries made recently
Rachel Truman
16 April 2024
The ancient world uncovered
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images
Roman villa complex, England, UK
Red River Archaeology Group
New frescoes, Pompeii, Italy
Parco Archeologico di Pompei
Burned Neolithic porridge, Germany
BIAX/W. van der Meer/CC BY 4.0
Roman funerary bed, London, England, UK
© MOLA
Roman mausoleum, London, England, UK
© MOLA
Sculpture of K'awiil, Mexico
Mayan Train Archaeological Rescue Project/INAH
Tartessos faces, Merida, Spain
Samuel Sanchez
Golden glass fragment, Rome, Italy
Courtesy of @Fotografico Ufficio/Stampa Roma Capitale
Ancient mummified crocodiles, Egypt
Wirestock, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo
World's oldest runestone, Norway
JAVAD PARSA/NTB/AFP via Getty Images
Assorted ancient relics, Spain
Guardia Civil
Crocodile heads, Egypt
Courtesy of PCMA UW
Prehistoric jawbone, Spain
Brian Keeling
Medieval necklace, England, UK
Hugo Gatt/MOLA
Roman barn conversion, England, UK
Copyright University of Leicester
Sponsian coin, Transylvania, Romania
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Hand of Irulegi, Navarre, Spain
Nafarroako Gobernua/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0
Ancient bronze statues, Tuscany, Italy
Courtesy of the Italian Ministry of Culture
Assyrian reliefs, Nineveh, Iraq
Photo by ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images
Megalithic dolmen, Cork, Ireland
robertharding/Alamy Stock Photo
Trojan War mosaic, Rastan, Syria
LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images
Thalassotitan fossil, Casablanca, Morocco
University of Bath
Dinosaur footprints, Texas, USA
Paul Baker | Friends of Dinosaur Valley
Medieval water tunnel, Winchester, England, UK
Courtesy of Dr John Crook
Skeleton at Herculaneum, Italy
Simone Crespiatico/Shutterstock
Rock-cut necropolis, Turkey
nazimbozkurt/Shutterstock
Ancient faeces, Austria
Bert Hoferichter/Alamy
Hittite mosaics, Turkey
ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images
Oldest human footprints in North America, New Mexico, USA
National Park Service/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
Iron Age golden treasure, Denmark
Vejlemuseerne/Konserveringscenter Vejle/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 4.0
Boundary stone, Rome, Italy
Stefano Montesi/Corbis/Getty Images
Canaanite comb, Lachish, Israel
Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images
Bronze Age burial mound, Ukraine
Yuri Kravchenko/Alamy Stock Photo
Bronze oil lamp, Israel
MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images
Rare inscription from the biblical period, Israel
MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images
City wall of Jerusalem, Israel
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
Neanderthal carving, Germany
Swen Pförtner/dpa/Alamy Live News
New species of dinosaur revealed, Chile
Mediabanco Agencia/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0
Rise of Aten, Egypt
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images
Golden-tongued mummies, Egypt
Mark Davidson/Alamy Stock Photo
Sea dragon fossil, Rutland, England, UK
Courtesy of Anglian Water
Queen’s funerary temple, Saqqara, Egypt
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images
Wooden coffins, Saqqara, Egypt
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images
Dinosaur footprint, Wales, UK
National Museum Cardiff
Prehistoric necropolis, Spain
CORDON PRESS/Alamy Live News
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