20 Greatest Archaeological Discoveries of 2024

[@WorldofAntiquity]

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[@WhiteOwlOnFire_XXX]

Still you should be respectful and use bc not bce

[@theasianjaywalker4455]

Please stop doing it.

[@TheDanEdwards]

​@@WhiteOwlOnFire_XXX Respectful of what? Old prejudices?

[@mindchess6995]

I get the bce/ce conversation but for me why not just say 5500 years ago...why I have to recalculate...just seems tedious for no reason 😂

[@tavuzzipust7887]

BC and AD.

[@krism23]

So nice to see a human face, hear a human voice, and not see AI images. Remarkable that I have to even think that way. Great video, thank you!

[@ezmoney57]

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[@jcsinca3387]

Right on. AI sucks.

[@adh...lemonwaffles5660]

Seeing grammar done properly today automatically means a bot 😂

[@BoringAngler]

Dr. Miano @8:36 "we thought ships didn't go out that far to sea at that time" My uninformed sarcastic observation "well, maybe this is why?"

[@celem1000]

And you could be correct. However remember that we find only a fraction of the ships that sank. So it is statistically more likely that a single wreck represents more traffic in an area than thought rather than being a lone unfortunate vessel swept away. That could happen, and we could then find it, and it would be hard to know. It's just a longshot. We don't conclude definitively either way, but can apply occams razor to suggest that vessels might have travelled further from the coast than previously believed

[@OAlem]

That's what I came to say. It was blown off course.

[@OAlem]

​​​​@@celem1000Of course. If you see one cockroach, there are probably 100 more. However, 1 exception to the rule only proves the rule, statistically. And we have plenty of shipwrecks that are *not* there. Find 2 shipwrecks there and I'll show you 2 failed captains.

[@MrPenguln]

Hmm you should ask Dr. "Pounding Stone" Miano how much "perfectly preserved wood" they found at this shipwreck.

[@DanielMWJ]

​@@celem1000Bosses always be cutting corners to increase profits despite the increased risks. 😅

[@daveyoung4708]

No need for fantastical notions. Archeology is simply fantastic.

[@ShannonShanks-il8ip]

Happy new year everyone. May this year treat us gently! To new discoveries 🎉

[@casstellar]

Happy new year!! This is my third year watching the channel, and I always look forward to your yearly discoveries recaps, they are my favourite!

[@JMurdochNZ]

Conspiracy nuts: "History is unchanging dogma! They're hiding the truth!" Actual Historian: "Hey guys, check out this cool stuff that's changed our understanding of things!"

[@Flashgordy22]

Your content is why I still love KZbin. Fantastic summary videos full of meaningful content delivered by a real human. Thank you for all the work you put into these videos!

[@YourMissingEyeBrow]

... Still no Stargate. ;-)

[@markg1537]

That has been announced to the public... 😊

[@Mrspjb-bw1ks]

We need to look outside of Giza.

[@YourMissingEyeBrow]

@@Mrspjb-bw1ks Best get our cold weather gear out. haha

[@rfbftp123]

@@YourMissingEyeBrow why do you think the earthquakes are happening 🤪

[@andreasskjeltorp4635]

Indeed......love tealc

[@myradavis6319]

Thanks! Always a treat to watch your videos.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

And thank you!

[@JP-sk1fu]

It's so cool that they can give an exact date for when the Mayan stele was built.

[@stopbeingsoweirdstill]

I had an awesome year hearing/watching from a professional archeologist (YOU). I am aware of most of your content or posts, but I especially enjoy the nuance and professional scepticism. Keep on keeping it real and fact based!! Late Happy New Year 🎉

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Technically I am a historian, but thank you!!

[@I_am_Junebug]

This is wonderful. The enthusiasm with which you present these discoveries is inspiring. If I had a chance to do it all over again, I would become an archaeologist!

[@aphexlane]

Your channel is criminally underrated. Thanks for all you do to keep us in the know.

[@R0guemetal]

Thanks for the content, I enjoy your channel

[@TwelveTwelveEightTwo]

hey, i realise this will get lost in a sea of comments but I appreciate the work you put into these videos and the experience you bring into them. have a good 2025.

[@cal4837]

That Tang dynasty era tomb is beautiful. I love the art work - it looks modern to me.

[@chrisball3778]

I'm really shocked by how many of these amazing discoveries I'd not previously heard about. Seems like some very dubious stories got way more coverage elsewhere. The media is generally very bad at covering niche topics like archaeology, whether that's the mainstream press or social media. It's great that there are channels like this that genuinely try to inform their audience.

[@Pinkgirl13]

@@chrisball3778 I agree!

[@07shingi]

Hii!! Thanks for sharing all the discoveries!! I'm from Panamá 🇵🇦 and love to hear about some local findings here! 👏 🎉

[@DanielMWJ]

Awesome! It can be hard to find and parse this stuff to find what's biggest, so having it put together in one place is great!

[@jareds7937]

“Archeologists are afraid to change their ideas! 😡” “Here’s an annual video describing the finds currently changing archeologists ideas” 😂

[@jackcotner8981]

Happy New Year!

[@sharonfisher3179]

I always look forward to your end of year video. Thanks for your commitment to accurate archeology news.

[@brianpoe9144]

Very cool! Thanks for curating this!

[@tylerpearson7179]

Thanks!

[@WorldofAntiquity]

And thank you!

[@rak3shpai]

Dr. Miano, I wonder if you've had the chance to read William Dalrymple recent book 'The Golden Road'. I bring it up since you've mentioned the Silk Road several times in this video. Dalrymple makes the argument that trade on the overland Silk Road pales in comparison to the maritime routes, first between the Mediterranian and India, and later between India and the Far East. He says that the importance of the Silk Road has been overblown by historians. Dalrymple is obviously a well credentialed historian himself, and my biases are at play here too (I'm Indian), so I want to believe what he's saying. But it would be great to get your opinoin on his claims as well. The Silk Road is fairly entrenched in historical narratives so it seems pretty radical to claim that it wasn't as significant as we think. If you haven't already read it, the book is narrated by him on Audible, and it's an easy listen.

[@rosariomarques1]

I would add the amazing recent discoveries at Göbekli Tepe. Happy New Year !

[@maybenextweek418]

Wait what were the new discoveries?

[@Moz29]

@@rosariomarques1 what recent discoveries?

[@babyboomercritic1119]

Thank you. I always learn from your videos.

[@Requiexat]

Incredible information ,thank you for sharing!

[@eb4600]

That was fun! Amazing finds. Thank you for sharing them with us. I’m not quite sure what is more fascinating, the amazing discoveries or your ability to pronounce such diverse names and locations.

[@flyestjatt4563]

Honestly was looking forward to this years edition for a while. Thank you for your work

[@olorin4317]

Advanced civilization is possible in the tropics with stubbornness and ingenuity, but elephants really, really help.

[@phrayzar]

Thank you for sharing this information with us and keeping the search for knowledge at the forefront of your channel. In these times of the attempted rolling back of science and history, and general cultural shifts to an alternate reality where fantasy is replacing facts, it's great to have someone level headed helping to steer the ship of enlightenment.

[@anitapollard1627]

Thank you, Dr. David!

[@zhubajie6940]

A great year for archaeology! Personally, a couple days ago got to see the earliest extant zero used in a number (recording a date) at the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh as well as many of the recently repatriated artifacts from other collections both public and private that were illegally taken during the Khmer Rouge era and the chaos thereafter.

[@robertmehalik3939]

Very interesting how both the timelines and sophistication of civilizations keeps revealing greater greater complexities as well as pushing further in the past.

[@brentwalker8596]

It's fascinating how archaeologists press forward with their investigations and discoveries despite the political and military turmoil around the world. May the pursuit of knowledge continue in the face of rising anti-intellectualism and science denial in the USA. The next four years are going to be a trial by fire.

[@LeNomEstYves]

Of course it does. We're hardwired to learn. Don't let those maga cultists make you lose faith in all of us who are normal human beings

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

Archaeologists are human beings. They do not separate themselves from political and military turmoil. Archaeologists treat some discoveries like conflict diamonds. They will not buy things like amber that contain dinosaurs if that sale will support an oppressive regime.

[@frankvandorp9732]

LOL. Because mean orange Drumpf is going to outlaw archaeology or something.😂

[@DanielRand]

​@@frankvandorp9732 nah, just reject and defund it whilst he funnels money into his pet projects, and his wife, Musk's pocket.

[@brentwalker8596]

@@frankvandorp9732 Trumpy is not really into science unless it can make him money. Archaeologists receive funding from somewhere and that funding can be cut off.

[@عبدالله-ن6ه2ص]

Saudi Arabia in particular, its annual archaeological discoveries are diverse, because it is currently undertaking great efforts in archaeological excavations, perhaps the largest in the world, after neglect for many decades. Months ago, the Kingdom of Kinda was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Months ago, an archaeological settlement about 4,000 years old was discovered in the city of Khaybar

[@ANIRUDHSKY]

@@عبدالله-ن6ه2ص I am so glad they are doing it. It's always fascinating to discover how we all came to be! ,💕 from india

[@quinn3334]

Love how you present archaeology. You always breathe life into the topics you discuss

[@JonnoPlays]

15:15 the spiral shape is seen in cave art. Wonder if it's related somehow

[@usun5886]

Happy new year and thank you very much for all your published content!

[@Coldpaws]

I appreciate your enthusiasm for the different types of discoveries and brief summaries on how each discovery illuminates a unique aspect of our shared human history (urban organization, dynastic inheritance, trade, etc). Great video. I think the urban discovery in Ecuador/ eastern Amazon is the most exciting. I believe the cultural loss from European disease in the americas is underestimated and I hope these findings enrich our understanding of pre-Columbia Amazon lifeways.

[@dharamraj8348]

Very well covered important archeological discoveries of the world. Thanks.

[@thesausagecontinuim1971]

was just thinking, where would archaeolgy be if we as humans never had the need to create artistic representations of their daily life or art in general...cave paintings/tomb art/statues/figures and such??

[@arsenicjones9125]

I was waiting for this.

[@elihinze3161]

I always love this series. I look forward to it every year. :)

[@DanielMWJ]

8:30 Interesting. I wonder if going far from land was just considered wildly dangerous, so most would usually stick close to land, but some would take the risk to cut time off their travel and thus increase profits with their navigation skills. 13:00 I love that we can date it exactly due to their calendar and record-keeping! 23:00 Wow, I hadn't realized that city was so big! 27:07 Another amazing LIDAR find! What an incredible ancient metropolis!

[@Eyes_Open]

Great summary.

[@robertrodgers510]

I really enjoy your channel, as well as other historical and archeological channels. I have watched those alien conspiracy shows (for fun), then go to the real experts in those fields and get the truest story to date based on the evidence. Keep up the good work.

[@schnaps1790]

"dating to May 12, 569CE" knowing the exact date of an Obeject that old is a very satisfaying feeling

[@Dan-ud8ob]

Love love love this ...more please.

[@edgarsnake2857]

Great stuff, Doc. Thanks.

[@rdklkje13]

Nice segue from celestial navigation in the Mediterranean to ancient cities in the Pacific. Happy New Year.

[@tylerpearson7179]

Great video!

[@junestanich7888]

Love this! Thanks

[@Rob-ik7jy]

Great video, very interesting a couple I've never heard of before. It's a shame we aren't exploring prehistoric shorelines in the same detail, we have the tech to do so now. I'm sure there's a wealth of knowledge in settlements that the sea reclaimed.

[@jamesmccreery250]

That was a fun video!

[@TheLarusivar]

Great video, subscribed!

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Welcome to the channel!

[@janiwal75]

Great video, thanks!

[@jasonshapiro9469]

Thank you for making this 🙏 I hope they put your name on a museum someday.

[@MEAT_EATER23]

I really wish goverment across the world keep continuing to support archeology, its sad that some area like latin america and the middle east is a heaven for looting. The funding for protecting these site from looter is abysmal. Props to the archeologist that discover this amazing finds that help us understand each nation past history and heritage.

[@thom-2249]

Undeciphered scripts! Thanks, Professor, for including those and for another great video!

[@evelynkaymassaro2330]

Congratulations for such wonderful informativo. Forma São Paulo, Brazil

[@michaelm4939]

Just found this channel and subbed almost instantly, I really hope you don’t bring up aliens.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

I won't pull the rug out from under you. Thank you for the sub!

[@immortal5383]

2nd year watching these end of year discoveries, it's becoming a tradition!

[@L.Pondera]

It has been a good year for archeology.

[@DrHenry1987]

A quick second of map of the locations with the data would be nice.

[@calebsone1630]

# 3 The tomb around the 25-minute Mark was untouched by looters until 2024

[@katalindobo985]

Super! ❤

[@AlbertaGeek]

I am content with this content.

[@xamishia]

Thanks for another great video! Small note: you might be overusing "rewrite the history of x", and, in most cases it seems you don't mean a major rewrite, but more of an update... (while 'rewrite' usually implies a major change, altho, by the end of this video, I was no longer sure what it implies 😅)

[@stefankalin]

21:20 - wait… a new discovery is going to rewrite history?!?! I thought you said that was pseudo archeological thinking??

[@z50king29]

Thank you for this. I live in the Los Angeles fire area and my feed is filled with people making moronic claims about our state. This is a breath of fresh air. Thanks

[@luisortiz1300]

so, in regards to number 4, how would one find free online lidar info?

[@varyolla435]

As we see folks Archeology actually is constantly studying and learning - despite claims otherwise. Also always remember that Archeology represents = many countries studying who then collaborate to create what is really a global effort. Archeological teams are operating worldwide under the aegis of many different organizations and nations. p.s. - as an aside if I might. The bronze coins of Egyptian origin serve to show whereby while the Egyptian civilization existed for millennia as far as Pharaonic Egypt = they did not actually mint "coined money" as others did until the Greek/Ptolemaic era. Just a historical tidbit from one who used to collect ancient coins and who has a Ptolemaic era coin. Enjoy your day folks.

[@motawarrior7162]

Thanks flint dibble!

[@MediaLieDetector]

Fun fact: You can make a very accurate solar calendar with a 2x4 and a pencil.

[@varyolla435]

Back again - with still nothing to say....... Hate to break it to you but that most definitely belies a self-absorbed, puerile mindset. Perhaps video games would be better alternative as you can still engage in your whimsical imaginative fantasy = save for you do not bore others in the process........ Learn to redirect your impulses - just a suggestion.

[@FaridCG]

Thank you so much for this fascinating video! Archaeologists should focus on discovering, studying, and interpreting artifacts rather than endlessly wasting time on debates and exposés online. The better we understand our past, the better we can navigate the present!

[@AyatollahOfDahmsistan]

Amen!

[@gregsargeant4148]

What is the context of the 2nd century CE Roman coins from #18?

[@varyolla435]

Difficult to discern given the picture and how worn they are. The bottom one is clearly a Ptolemaic Egyptian coin - the Ptolemies are the ones who began to mint coinage in ancient Egypt. The upper one appears as a common Roman bronze sesterces coin but as noted difficult to determine era.

[@MetaPhysStore0770]

I would like to know more about the jinn? dynasty religious customs

[@Arrendle]

How exciting! I love these videos!

[@Sleepy4213]

Graham Hancock is gonna be pissed that big archaeology is doing LIDAR in the Amazon and discovering cities and complicated community organizations… Great video. Love that a bored grad student found a new city perusing LIDAR data lol

[@sitindogmas]

23:00 thats not new

[@SabinaDassion]

Great content as always! Don't feed the trolls.

[@markaxworthy2508]

What is the relevance to Egypt of the coins shown at 04:14?

[@WorldofAntiquity]

They were found there. Egypt was ruled by the Ptolemies and Romans for a while.

[@RobinBurke-tb9pd]

I was wondering the same thing????

[@markaxworthy2508]

@@WorldofAntiquity But not during the period of the site under discussion, surely?

[@WorldofAntiquity]

@@markaxworthy2508 Yes, at that very time.

[@markaxworthy2508]

@@WorldofAntiquity At 03:22 you say the site dates to the "6th Century BCE". Is this not several centuries before the Greeks or Romans were in Egypt? I very much like your presentations, but I think this is a slip up.

[@danishaffer2673]

So some of the earliest class dictatorships (states) reveal evidence of class struggle and the rejection of class hierarchy. This also points to a long standing anarchist tendencies in the Kurdish region, if not Kurds themselves. Tends to confirm historical materialism and the necessity of class struggle. Just like the bourgeois in France during the long nineteenth century the ruling class had to take power. The project of class struggle is dialectic, so as the ruling class established their central authority the workers overthrew that central authority. This points to asymmetrical development around the world, where priests and kings lost in Kurdistan they won farther south. So we remember Mesopotamia as a center of technical development, that would eventually over take the Kurdish region. Very interesting.

[@juliemayfield1282]

Fascinating

[@cnon.]

#15 damn I didn't know the Mediterranean got over 1 mile deep.

[@dustyhughes1049]

1:10 in the picture looks like Giant Skeleton person

[@WeTheLittlePeople]

17:00 Yeah her work is interesting -- she was working one of those sights and said part of it was destroyed by unknown external phenomenon - like a lightning storm or some such thing. Spooky. Anyways the region had regional warfare - tribal, plus invasions so when Uruk fell after the Gutian tribal nations took over - yeah, things are going to get abandoned and buried out of respect + then you flee with your kids to safer regions.

[@Americanbadashh]

14:45 You can't fool me. Those are Unown from Pokemon jk

[@gkess7106]

Having been to Georgia (the state) I can confirm that they do have undecipherable and here to unknown writings.

[@katakalyptica]

Astonishing what will be found more an more to predate human history. thanks

[@autobotkass]

I'm really enjoying this recap. Thank you! I have to admit I do think I would prefer it without his overdramatic inflections. However, considering I can hardly speak myself, who am I to throw stones?

[@TimeTravlah23]

8:39 well it doesn't say much because the ship sank...maybe it was blown off course.

[@varyolla435]

A sink sinking is nothing new. A ship sinking without capsizing or breaking apart as Dave speaks to would infer it being "swamped" by a wave to immediately plunge beneath the surface of the water. That then implies an overloaded ship already sitting low in the water. Upon encountering waves high enough to swamp its' sides it would take on water and that added weight in addition to its' tons of cargo would immediately cause it to sink. A ship in an active storm would be thrown about and likely fragment under the buffeting of the waves. This one as intact and simply sank = straight down. That might be due to an encroaching storm as it perhaps was racing to the coast - it was as noted not in the middle of the Mediterranean but rather about 12 miles from coast - or possibly even _"a rogue wave"_ as sometimes happens at sea to include the Mediterranean.

[@SriRao-z5k]

@World of Antiquity.... A gentleman in India by the name of Yajnadevam(Bharath Rao), who has a background in engineering and cryptography has claimed to decipher the Indus script and states it is Sanskrit. Can you please review his paper and make a video on it?

[@ThomasGroman]

Nostrils, bro. Interesting information, though.

[@urzirwanomar1962]

Please do a research on The Ancient Civilization, Iram Of Pillars. From 1001 nights of Arabia

[@kaloarepo288]

What were those coins that went with that circa 600 BCE Egyptian observatory? Coinage was invented in about that time in Lydia, Asia Minor so when were the first Egyptian coins that have come down to us - I presume they are before the Ptolemaic era?

[@varyolla435]

No. Actually coinage in ancient Egypt began under the Ptolemies.

[@vickiewallace415]

Damn it Jim I’m an archaeologist, not a time, traveler!