Most MYSTERIOUS Archaeological Treasures Discovered

Check out the Most MYSTERIOUS Archaeological Treasures Discovered From amazing recent discoveries to some of the coolest and most bizarre treasures found this top 10 list of archaeological finds will amaze you 8 Bronze Age Wheel The United Kingdom has been the source of many great finds in terms of history over the years And Must Farm in Cambridgeshire within the country has been affectionately dubbed the British Pompeii Not because of a volcano burying a town underneath it but because there are plenty of artifacts found within the grounds of the area quite frequently 7 Massive Black Sarcophagus Just last year in 2018 at a construction site in Alexandria Egypt a Sarcophagus was found that dated back to 332 B C Due to its placements in Alexandria and the massive size of the box that exhumed an imposing presence some people believed that this box held the body of the legendary Alexander the Great 6 Treasure and Tomb of Childeric I The date was May 27th 1563 Adrien Quinquin was working at a church of Saint-Brice in Tournai He was digging through the dirt when he suddenly found his shovel full of gold coins Upon finding this he went and kept digging and while he did find more gold he also found a tomb This was the tomb of a former king Childeric the first and it was loaded with all sorts of rare treasures 5 Kazakhstan Tomb Treasure In 2018 a tomb in Kazakhstan was found and within it was a massive treasure trove The tomb itself was discovered within the Tarbagatai mountains which is the part of the country where it borders on the neighboring country of China At one point in history there were people who lived in this area known as the Saka The Saka were nomadic and they traveled over Europe and Asia for hundreds of years and they were known as expert horsemen 4 Ancient Comics The world today has an interesting connection with comics books as multiple TV shows and box office films are based on beloved comic book characters But history has revealed that the idea of comic books actually goes back much farther than you would suspect 3 Pyramid Ramps One of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world revolves around one of its greatest treasures The Great Pyramids Of Egypt These massive sculptures buildings were made by Ancient Egyptians by hand and yet had such precision that it has left many people curious as to how they got it all done In 2018 a 4500-year old ramp system was found at an old quarry site in Hatnub Egypt and it seems to suggest that this was at least part of the way the Egyptians got the pyramids done 2 King Tut's Tomb Egypt is an important country in terms of archaeology but at multiple points in history the desire to learn more about the country's history was dying out One thing that helped spark a revolution in discovery was the Rosetta Stone but the one that started a craze for Egyptian artifacts was the finding of King Tut's Tomb 1 Cheapside Hoard You would be surprised how many legendary treasures are found by construction workers just doing their jobs Such as in 1912 where workers were doing a job in Cheapside London when as they were picking through a cellar they hit a box with one of their tools When they looked inside it they found themselves looking at a large collection of coins and jewels from the 16th-17th centuries

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