25 Most Shocking Archaeological Discoveries

[@mikepellerin4611]

As a retired Archaeologist I want to thank you for not blurring the images as is so common on YT nowadays.

[@bobbyhall3636]

Such a great video... AND I'm triple impressed at your pronouncing those names and words!!

[@kurtmitchell6839]

Okay, I take it back: your writers aren't slipping. This was absolutely fascinating. I've never heard of a good 3/4 of these. And kudos to Mike for tackling the names of those Beringian (sp?) infants. You're a braver man than I am, Mr. E!

[@Floppy_Bacon]

Interesting topic. Great job as always

[@mandibailey9104]

I see Mike. I hit like. Top tier work List 25 team. I'm so very impressed by the respect given and incredible pronunciation.

[@list25]

That means a lot to me

[@mandibailey9104]

16:46 My daughter had a teratoma removed January 2023. It had teeth, hair, and cartilage. She had the exact type of teratoma that encompassed her left ovary. She's healthy and thriving. The only reason we found it was because she's is small framed and skinny. She came to me and asked why she looked pregnant. We went to her doctor and then straight to the children's hospital. They wouldn't let her keep it, but we do have pictures of it. That particular type of teratoma is incredibly rare. Everyone wanted to meet her and told her how awesome it was and how unique she is. My sweet girl is unique, intelligent, and wonderfully kind. She did enjoy being a superstar in the hospital. Thankfully, she was 17 at the time, so she was able to process everything well.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I'm very glad to hear that she is coping well, because his must have been very distressing if not terrifying! You've got one tough cookie there. Much love and respect to her.

[@mandibailey9104]

@@y_fam_goeglyd thank you. She handled everything so well. I'm thankful she was old enough to understand what was going on. She is quite tough.

[@doingstuffwithrus6574]

Wow. What amazing excellent and shocking discoveries. Party on.

[@patticampana9458]

I love archeology and anthropology. Minored in it in college. Great video. Love the hat!✌️

[@list25]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

@@list25 I genuinely don't want to be "that person" (hence my comment not being on the main list of comments), but it sounded like you said, in the cave with the arms, that the archaeologists "threw" the arms away before finding the rest of the skeletons. There is _no_ way that would have happened. They'd have been photographed and thoroughly recorded before being carefully packed up!

[@JulithaRyan]

Great work - fascinating stuff, Love it!

[@list25]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DragonHeart-cm1tx]

I am a scientist that works in multiple fields; archeology, paleontology, anthropology, and paleopathology. While living in Colorado 13 years ago, I discovered a human shaped fossilized footprint. It measures 27 inches long by 11 inches wide, the big toe alone is 3 full inches wide. It is in a well known location in a restricted area, so NO I am not divulging the location. For 2 months I looked at it saying "this is definitely not what it looks to be!". I decided to jump through some hoops and wade through some red tape to get permission to properly examine it. I examined it for hours multiple times. It has ZERO tool marks and it has ZERO impact ridges. Instead, it has compression lines, it has dermal ridges, it has proper mass displacement, it has the characteristics of a person slipping slightly in the mud, and it has a toe drag like what you'd see from walking in wet sand or mud. This is a genuine fossilized footprint of a person that stood roughly 15 feet tall and weighed roughly 800-1,000 pounds. I, in fact, discovered a footprint of a giant. It staggers me to think or say this even 13 years later! 😮 As an interesting side note, The Smithsonian lost a Supreme Court case in which they were accused of covering up and destroying data and remains of giants. The Smithsonian, in fact, did what they were accused of. Giants did actually exist in our global history.

[@jaredharris1940]

Fascinating!

[@jessicacanfield5058]

Congratulations but have you thought of a creature like bigfoot?

[@Disney-Binky]

I would give you a million dollars just to sit with you and hear about your work as a scientist.

[@rudolphmantoothbanksy5143]

Forgive my bluntness, but as a scientist, u should know that unusually large hominid shapes can't last long under our earth like circumstance, aka lung capabilities, limb joints not supporting body for long. Our entire interior, and some exterior, systems would have to be redesigned, thus foregoing any human likeness.

[@lnspotts1]

I love your history lists!

[@faerliecarter6475]

Love your clips

[@mathieuleader8601]

great choice of hat Mike for this video

[@jcfreak4ever1]

Loving the Indiana Jones look, Mike! Nice touch! 😉

[@dawnhall8432]

Awesome video list 25 . Great seeing you Mike 😊😊😊😊

[@josephtaylor5077]

I’m always impressed with your pronunciation. Your ability to go from one culture to another is truly impressive.

[@list25]

Thank you so much

[@chazgriffin5582]

Great Video

[@list25]

Thanks!

[@margiestevens2384]

I admire your dedication to pronunciation of names and places correctly. It’s amazing how much I relax and trust your information because of the attention you pay to details that others consider insignificant.

[@list25]

Thank you so much

[@KrypticKorpseWI]

Lets get to diggin!

[@PADS62]

I can Dig It! 😂

[@aprilpotter3054]

I'm so glad I found your channel. Mike, in the next archeological dig, will you look for my sanity? Great vid.😅

[@list25]

Welcome to the channel!!!

[@kimberlyhlava9079]

This was so interesting !! Thank you

[@list25]

You are so welcome!

[@missmishka8379]

Love the hat & your whole look in this

[@sarahheld3761]

I like your hat Mike ❤😊

[@merrileeheard3889]

As always, fantastic list. Well done Mike. Love the Indiana Jones look ❤

[@list25]

Thanks so much!

[@Mike-t5h7x]

Ain't it great how he always fits himself into the subject matter ?! 😀

[@michaelbarnes4403]

when I was a kid my dad and I would go arrowhead hunting, on one trip I found half of a clay doll that is aprox. 1000 years old, right where one of the "Grand View Estates" signs now sits, off Williamson Valley Rd in Prescott Az.

[@andiel7043]

Some interesting fact you have unearthed

[@veronicaferguson8548]

I uncovered, digging to plant a garden a large piece of lime stone filled with shell and fish fossils.Proof that where i live was once under water Kudos to your pronunciations, Mike

[@caroljo420]

Regarding #5; as the body decomposes, the muscles stop keeping the mouth closed, and nearly all skeletons end up looking like they're screaming. Just one of those science facts that people frequently forget.

[@zombienursern4909]

@caroljo420: kinda "fun" fact: I have worked in a nursing home, and after post mortem care, we place a rolled up washcloth under the chin so that the family won't think that Grandma died screaming.

[@jessicacanfield5058]

Wow I didn't even know this didn't really even think about it, but thanks

[@steveluberda295]

I'm always digging in the yard one time I found a piece of red coral in a Wisconsin yard.

[@christophermollan1684]

Indiana Mike and the List of Doom!!!!!!!

[@echognomecal6742]

Not just interesting, but impressively pronounced 👏

[@krysti2]

Wow!!*🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@matthewmckever2312]

I found a George III coin from the mid 1700s. And some Victorian cobb bottles which have a glass marble plugging the neck rather than corks, once tipped the marble drops into a lip. They are rare because children always smashed them for the marble.

[@mikedertouzos908]

This is more like it. Welcome back!

[@julianaylor4351]

CSI : Indiana Jones. There's a lot of murder remains in archaeological sites. 😒 The believed dead gladiator, are believed to have been executed for a revolt, because there was a revolt in the area in London, where they were found, which the skeletons matched the date of, plus they were found during excavations for the Elizabeth Line.

[@morrigan908]

Absolutely love the Nathan Drake style ring on the necklace!

[@list25]

Never actually played those games. I've never been a PlayStation guy

[@Madtigres]

Love that hat Mike and I mean that❤

[@list25]

Thank you!

[@Madtigres]

@@list25 absolutely. I like 95% of y'all's videos. I missed you when you weren't part of this channel.

[@Mike-t5h7x]

It's simply amazing how far back archeology keeps discovering our shared history !!

[@lisam8044]

I had a friend who was metal detecting on a beach in lake Huron, Ontario, Canada and found a ruby and diamond ring appraised at 75k. Pre internet so she announced on radio stations and newspapers, police stations...it was never claimed and she still has it 25 years later!!

[@tamibenz6626]

I love your channel 💗💗 I live in Alberta, Canada a few years ago there was a married couple doing their gardening (carrots to be precise) the wife lost her wedding ring many years prior doing gardening and then when they were harvesting the carrots the 1 carrot brought back her wedding ring!! 🎉🥂💐❤️ It happened in Edmonton the capital city of Alberta So COOL!!! 💕

[@list25]

Oh wow!

[@billinct860]

I know it isn't that uncommon, but I found an arrowhead while digging in my back yard. It sent chills up my spine thinking a native American had lost it hunting for game right where I now lived... maybe hundreds of years ago. I kept it in my bedroom, but someone took it one day.

[@list25]

I've always wanted to find an arrow head.

[@PADS62]

@billinct860 Man, that's just wrong! Sorry someone took it. 😢

[@VincentClark0101]

you are awesome I love you too.

[@richewilson6394]

I thought that Otiz ,(the ice man) was going to be on the list. Considering that he was mummified on the Alps that had him apparently be the victim of murder. He had an arrow shot into his shoulder blade, that caused him to die. That he also had so many valuable objects on him when they found him that none of them were taken even though it was possible his murder or could have taken him. But apparently refused.

[@maxazoff9824]

Otzi the Iceman? It’s a wild story.

[@Nylak-Otter]

I'm glad it wasn't. I'd much rather cover material that isn't common knowledge.

[@carguybikeguy]

Not nearly as interesting as the stuff listed, but you asked for back yard finds. I grew up with a large, oddly-shaped back yard. The narrow end of it was forever overgrown & only was ever trimmed by my dad when the ivy got out of control. But wood debris was back there, scary bugs…right up against it was our tool shed. Very spooky. But flat. Flat as salt lake. And never used. We lived in a moderately rolling hills area. But this was flat. I hadn’t really cared to notice until my late teens when I was driving everywhere & paid attention to a peculiar level ridge running across town…& it crossed my parents’ back yard. Ran straight toward DC. Turns out it was a planned but never completed rail grade for a Union supply line. Never laid rail because the Civil War ended. City owned it, dad had to care for it as part of his yard like SF makes us do for their trees. But I digress. Turns out we had been playing around , & in other areas of town, digging into a historic piece of Civil War history.

[@rayodell8213]

I hope the guy who used a knife as a prosthetic had a good memory, imagine having an itch and sliding your hand down your trousers 😮, I mean that could seriously ruin your life 😱😫

[@julianneremley4430]

I find this interesting

[@Baldevi]

I found a body as a teenager. it was a very old death, I found his leg sticking out of a creekbank, complete with ejans and a boot. I thought it was a hoax or a joke, so used a stick to push the pantsleg up and knocked off some dirt and oops. A Legbone! I went home, called the police then my Grandpa and I had to hike over to show them the body. Again,w as just a leg sticking out of a bank of dirt... Luckily this was not traumatizing and they did say at the time, he was likely a man who had gone missing in like 1930 or something. I was allowed to leave and they got to work digging him out by hand, since getting a scoop back there was not possible. I never heard about this find tho, and they never talked to me about it again. that was in the early 1980's.

[@IrishMike22]

Where was this at? Can probably Google it now to find out what it was. Have a great day 🤙

[@Mattnoble80]

You asked if we had ever come across anything like these stories. In a sense yes, when I was younger I enjoyed still deer hunting. One of my grandfathers farms had a cluster of trees in the middle of a field. It overlooked the edge of woods that led to a branch of the creek. Deer moved here regularly, my stand was in the cluster. I decided to look closer inside the cluster. Found what seemed like a headstone, but only one. Found the owner before my grandfather and he said it was a slave cemetery and it was probably the last headstone since most were wooden

[@feralbluee]

very interesting and disturbing, but not unexpected. the human parts tumor was an amazing find. well presented. thank you for this one. life is never easy, but way back things like these murders were even more prevalent. when young children (seems to be many girls) are sacrificed, they have found drugs that would have made them fall asleep or be totally out of it, so it wasn’t that bad. it seems some people cared about the one sacrificed.

[@Unknown17]

Holy Shit! It's Indiana Jones!

[@golfgrabu]

Ah the good ol' times......we think we live in a violent era, well it seems to be nothing compared to the times when human sacrifices seemed to be the norm

[@marqessanzcora4089]

Cool

[@heathermedling1313]

When i was a kid i found a rock that had fossilized sea shells in it and i live in Missouri. Pretty far away from the nearest ocean.

[@EricJones-c2o8t]

I live in Apache junction AZ an I'm camping around the superstition mountain. An I've uncoved 200,000,000 year old rare black petrified wood. An bout a week ago I found gold, silver, copper on a quartz rock. Both great discovery. Love the show ur guys only KZbin channel I have ever wrote comment.

[@patriciawiskoff6959]

Good to see you

[@Damaged262]

That was my goal as a youth, being an archeologist. Then, the ladies distracted me and before I knew it, I was a young dad and an Army medic. I don’t regret it, but I’m disappointed in my lack of focus.

[@Dsdcain]

Legit question of mine. Excluding remains from the BCE period, how many years have to pass before grave robbing becomes archeology? I've honestly wondered that.

[@matthewmckever2312]

I've often wondered when you find an ancient body , mummy, big body when does become shit this disgusting it's a human being. I think its if the squishy ness is absent . Come across a week dead person smelling and wet, yikes.

[@giannidcenzo]

Great hat

[@Mizzdr111]

Cant like this video enough. Dang, so creepy. Love you Mike, take care of yourself.

[@kandipiatkowski8589]

I love Bones!!!! It is one of only 2 series that I have the entire series on dvd!!!

[@oscargustavoarcosruiz8793]

On one occasion, about 25 years ago, I found a paleolithic hand ax while camping in the mountains. It was broken in the middle, I left it in the same place, I thought that taking it would be improper, since then I regret my decision.

[@loraweems8712]

Great list! The lions shown, however, are not from Teotichlican. Rather, they are the Tsavo Man-eating lions, as shown in "The Ghost in the Darkness ". They are in Chicago's Field Museum

[@dgonthehill]

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[@malighn]

the hat is........*_glorious_*

[@paulbailey1703]

I’ve been wondering for a while, how do you learn to pronounce all of the names and terms?

[@list25]

Forvo is a good tool.

[@caroljo420]

You look really good in that hat!!!

[@SonjaMorrison-i7j]

For a Floridian, you are looking very Indiana!

[@darrickcarlisle6774]

I grew up outside of high springs fl(outside of Gainesville) as a child I found a 10,000 year old petrified thumb. UF looked at it and verified it to be the left thumb of a dependant of the tumucian(spelling*) Indian. It was a clean cut. You can still see the thumbprint,bone and skintone. Had it for years now

[@wesjohnson3035]

The accuracy of Radio carbon dating has been shown to be VERY innacurate!

[@pattycake8272]

I just wrote how I was told about the bread test. So yes I agree with you.

[@welern2liv815]

What's wrong Mike? Passed on the "Arm Pit" pun, eh!? 😉🤭

[@smalls-ii1zd]

You missed the easy …. CAN YOU DIG IT? 😂 love the show

[@Turnbull50]

You deserve 10 out of 10 for your pronunciation of those complicated names

[@Trailerpark20]

Firstlast❤

[@brucemartini2288]

Cant get past how you rambled off names, so easilly, from different cultures. I could Never do🧐

[@merrileeheard3889]

All, I ever find digging in my garden, are marbles! 😮

[@sopdox]

Wow. I was born in Paleo Faliro and never knew.

[@chrissymonds1845]

Like the hat Mike

[@joanhoffman3702]

A skeleton with a gaping mouth doesn’t mean they died screaming. The connective tissue of the jaw decays and the mandible drops down. Look at the illustrations of the ghost of Jacob Marley: he wears a cloth tied around his head to keep his lower jaw from dropping. (He does undo it to scare the bleep out of Scrooge!) 😂

[@ATtravel666]

In the mid 80's my grandfather, the front passenger in a car nearly caused a car crash because he tied his scarf around his cloth capped head like you described and lifted a bottle of whiskey to his mouth so it looked like he was chugging on it. The poor guy who nearly had the accident was staring at him.

[@jessicacanfield5058]

When i was a little girl about 3 to 9 my family lived on my dads family farm. When dad would plow ( with horse and plow he would walk behind ) we would have to go in the field and pick up the rocks so dad could plant tobacco. Often for years we would find arrow heads. It was fun and our neighbors ( closest neighbor was a half mile away) would also find them in their field. I guess that is why our road was cqlled Indian Creek because of thw arrows and thwre was a pretty big creek going down thw whole lenght of the road.

[@franjaime200]

I'd watch an Indiana Jones movie starring you.

[@list25]

Well thank you! Lol

[@always_b_natural703]

When ligaments decompose, jawbones drop. There aren't the attachments to keep the jaw in place. This is a much more likely reason for the jaws appearing to scream.

[@mandishelby]

Dig the Indiana Jones look!

[@zombienursern4909]

Yup. Just discovered my husband's college report card. The genius made all "D'" his senior year. I'm saving this tidbit until I really need a big favor, that he won't be able to refuse.

[@mandibailey9104]

Personally, I believe we should respect traditions of people that came before us. Also, I don't believe we should remove bodies from their burial place. We have the technology to do most research in the field. Ancient people absolutely have stories to tell. I understand taking a bit of bone, teeth, hair, etc for testing. I believe we should have the courtesy to return anything removed to where it was found. I am fascinated by burial rituals and the array of ways people in cultures around the world care for the dead. I also believe physical death of a person releases them and mourning is for the living. Yes, grief and loss is one of those things you carry with you but you have memories you can carry as well. It's also ok to reach out if you need grief support or therapy to process grief. There's help out there.

[@Maven0666]

Oh boy...here goes. It's an alien novel human mantid tooth. Nice hat Mike.

[@Damaged262]

Australia, let the snakes and giant lizards keep it.

[@RonaldStaley-y7s]

I found this stone that is oval in shape fits right into the palm of my hand , and it shows every layer that it took to form. It fluctuates with distinct layers between the lighter sediment and darker sediment. It appears to be made out of some kind of sandstone mix. I found it in a bunch of limestone rocks. It was the only rock that I found like that. I thought it was cool so I kept the stone. I would sure like to know more about the rock since it is also smooth all around. I was wondering if it was a Native American artifact or something.

[@sarahheld3761]

You properly sIdTenochtitlan🎉😊

[@mandibailey9104]

Isn't that just lovely. Mike most certainly shows respect and effort.

[@list25]

I try!

[@mandibailey9104]

@@list25 caring to try means so much

[@LorriBaker-nq8rs]

I found some fully intact clam and waister fossils. Like a whole razor bag, clam and some smaller or more standard. Looking clams and a couple of voices. I'm kinda hoping one has a fossilized permit. Pearl and I get like super-rich. Please forget the AZ special text. Forget the speech to text OMG, can you sing socks?😅😊

[@debbieellett9093]

Humanities brutality sure has a very long history! Pretty sure I will have nightmares now😱

[@vickieroberson4975]

Nice hat

[@Damaged262]

Thank you for pronouncing it skulls, not skells, a Western New York disturbing issue. I’m sure other areas do this, but throw in warsh rather than wash and I may just lose my mind.

[@noneyayeast]

Hell yeah number 12 the Celtic's were the OG trolls!

[@pattycake8272]

If you put modern day bread into the toaster and then put that into a machine that test how old something is...the bread is said to be years old.

[@AmanoJack]

Shark attack dud was probably not our ancestor... 😉

[@richardlanier2113]

That's what the earth needs to do. Introduce an ancient virus. Humanity has become a virus.

[@theduder2617]

Nature, biology more specifically, has been working on it. A recent virus killed millions upon millions in only 2 years. Most of them taken out during year one. Just remember, science will always attempt to deal with any virus which arises. The results of the virus may not be as aggressive as desired.

[@Turnbull50]

Can you please use BC and AD like most people do.

[@ScottieD813]

Busting out the faux Indiana Jones get-up again? It was such a hit last time, it would almost be sacrilege if you didn't use the opportunity to fish for compliments. Although the last archeological video had a bunch of comments about your outfit, this time, I didn't see any of those but did notice a whole lotta shout-outs concerning your impeccable pronunciations. So as always, in one way or another, great job on the awesomeness front. Those who aren't impressed, are envious.

[@list25]

I just think it's a neat outfit when talking about archeology. It has nothing to do with the compliments lol

[@ScottieD813]

@@list25 I figured that was the actual truth. I just get tickled thinking of you getting ready in front of a mirror, being like, "We did great last time. But this time, we're knocking it out of the park!"

[@kingofopossums]

1000 people being cannibalize is a little worse than a shark attack.

[@SonjaMorrison-i7j]

Well, that’s me giving up on humanity …