Top 30 Greatest Archaeological Discoveries Ever

[@WatchMojo]

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[@manueltapia1859]

There was a discovery of skulls in the town of Onavas in the state of Sonora México what made them inusual is were similar as the Inca culture (oval shape) 😮 which shows other cultures practiced besides mayan and Inca who practiced skulls modifications. It says that Itsy is cursed because the majority of the investigators died in mysterious ways 😮

[@nuizbi]

Only the Varna Necropolis, which happens to have the oldest gold treasure and jewelry in the world, dating from 4,600 BC to 4,200 BC?

[@zouhair5187]

the Discovery of the oldest Homo sapiens skull remains from Morocco dated to 315.000 years ago push back our species' origins by 100.000 years and suggest we didn't evolve only in east africa

[@earlysda]

Ron Wyatt found Noah's ark.

[@caniceedward]

How they know the British find were Anglo-Saxon.

[@ARIXANDRE]

I found my TV controller, lost beneath the couch for 15 years.

[@TheVinchi69]

Amazing

[@kimsutherland5061]

😂😂😂

[@JT-xp8hx]

You may say it was lost under your couch, but can you prove it wasn’t ancient aliens?

[@supposedhumanmars]

That's a real struggle, especially if you've got little kids. My son used to hide the remote when he was little and now my niece, who's 2, does it 🤣🤣🤣 it's like an Easter egg hunt

[@supposedhumanmars]

​🤣🤣🤣

[@_Opal_Miner_]

Shout out to those chickens that found the underground city in Turkey. Love your work....bukurk!!

[@dannykdannyk9329]

I have never ever ever seen anyone spell out that sound🤣 ikkkkkk everyone that read it didn’t noise to try it out🤣🤣🤣

[@oneiellespinal7272]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@juanvaldez2921]

Turkey should have been renamed Chicken in their honor.

[@beverlylindsay9248]

LOL! This made me snort-laugh 😂😂😂

[@beverlylindsay9248]

@@juanvaldez2921 and I laughed hard at your comment, too! Why oh why did they not doooo this? Bahaha 😂😂

[@princethe3584]

It reminds me of the history channel at night after 11 pm

[@leta8878]

😂😂😂 facts

[@ghostbansurvivor6229]

24 years ago

[@Miapetdragon69]

23:53 King Tut's gold mask was probably the most beautiful thing I've ever laid eyes on! It came to the field museum in Chicago when I was a little girl and our school went there as a field trip it was on 55 years old now and I can still close my eyes and see it

[@StuartAnderson-xl4bo]

Female lady bits are better can't close my eyes without seeing them 😅

[@geekdivaherself]

The way you wrote this was beautiful!

[@Miapetdragon69]

@@geekdivaherself I wish you could have seen it it really was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, and then it lost all its shine when I saw my very first baby ☺️

[@Rick-qf5de]

You do know the real thing gets locked away , and they make a duplicate for display..... 😮.

[@mayapilkey3577]

Regarding the Trojan horse, there was a type of Greek war ship used at the time referred to as a horse and had a wooden horse head on the front. The Trojan horse could've been a war ship brought on land, placed on wheels that the soldiers his inside of

[@guidorotunda1321]

3 Discoveries I would have liked to see on here were Angkor Wat, Machu Picchu, & the Amarna Letters

[@aspenrebel]

Didn't they find a whole Stone City covered in jungle growth in the mountains somewhere in South America?

[@eVilutio]

@@aspenrebel there are a few hundreds if not thousands! El Mirador, Calakmul and Tikal to name a few mayan ones.

[@aspenrebel]

@@eVilutio oh I dont recall what it called. I just remember watching a show about it a number of years ago. It was hidden way way up a deep gorge river, top of a mountain, all covered in jungle and trees and vines and everything. Nobody even knew it was there. Then they dug it up and uncovered it. Many different buildings. I don't recall what country it was in.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

The Easter Island stone heads still hold many yet-to-unlock mysteries, making the Rapa Nui emoji (🗿) something to be proud of. I still don’t understand its official meaning, but I’m happy both exist.

[@bullseyenow1]

Check out "Walking with Giants"

[@Rick-qf5de]

It was cool when about 50 men figured out how to make it walk....

[@stevenkidd6761]

I lost 140 lbs and found my feet for the 1rst time in 19 years.

[@alexshafer2829]

That's what's up. Keep up the great work!

[@bullseyenow1]

Did you lose it all at once?

[@Rick-qf5de]

You must have waited way too long or you'd be talking about your penis instead.....

[@user-sd9ys4bj6g]

Me too. Plus with a very shorter third foot.

[@joethornton4110]

You left out the Öseberg, and Gøkstád ship burials. The Cahokia mounds in Illinois and The Clovis site in New Mexico

[@magster6022]

...and there's an ancient flint "mine" on top of a hill in Coxsackie, NY

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! The Rosetta Stone is a truly amazing relic from the past.

[@myjmd0819]

Gobekli tepe must be the top 1. Seems people still do not know how much is the significance of its discovery.

[@michaelbatarick9617]

If tutankhamen is number 1 in this lil program, I'm gonna throw this phone into the blue water of this porta john

[@SemanadePapel]

I was surprised not so see Machu Picchu in that list. Also, although I kind of agree with The Rosetta Stone being number 1, I think the top five should be: 1. The Rosetta Stone 2. King Tutankhamun’s Tomb 3. The Terracotta Army 4. Pompeii / Herculaneum 5. Machu Picchu

[@gaillouise8310]

I think we are all going to have different favorites depending on our varied interests but I bet one of them will be mentioned by most....the Rosetta Stone! We have to understand each other before we can share ideas and problem solving.

[@CandiceVidito]

The discovery of King Tut's tomb is really something else!

[@paulannable3734]

They found Richard III’s grave on their first attempt at a dig, underneath the ‘K’ painted on the surface of the car park

[@SunflowerHeliotrope]

It was actually “R” but that just makes it way cooler (and slightly eerie). One of those “truth is stranger than fiction” things. 😊

[@paulannable3734]

@@SunflowerHeliotrope my dodgy memory… but yes, what a stroke of absolute luck I loved how the Richard III society had been complaining that he’d been vilified and stories about his disability were Tudor propaganda - then the skeleton emerged with a severe scoliosis

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

To be discovered: - Heavens Arena - Phantom Troupe - Green Island - Chimera Ant

[@jonasb6751]

Weeb

[@josi4251]

I was fortunate enough to see the cave at Altamira before it was closed to the public. Also got to climb the Pyramid of Kukulkan (El Castillo) at Chichen Itza before that was stopped. (Not boasting -- just incredibly lucky.) As to the latte,r people fell down those horridly steep steps. When I asked if people fell, my Mayan guide said, "Oh yes. About one a month." When I asked if those people die, he said, "Yes, some of them." Yikes!

[@WatchMojo]

Wow, those are some incredible experiences! Seeing the cave at Altamira and climbing the Pyramid of Kukulkan must have been unforgettable. It's wild to think about how dangerous some of those ancient sites can be. Have you had any other once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences?

[@phatphat7089]

Tutanhkamun's mask wasnt gilded it was solid gold!

[@user-ub8gx8fr2r]

As an Orthodox Jew, I was very excited to see the Dead Sea Scrolls so high on the list. Although they are written in ancient Hebrew, I can still read and understand large parts of the scrolls. It's an amazing feeling. In Hebrew they are called: "מגילות ים המלח"/"Megilot yam h'amelah".

[@CoIumbo]

Nice one pal

[@davemathews7890]

Amazing feeling when the IDF bombs Gaza once again.

[@AwfulDog1]

What does that mean in English please?!

[@joepattersontheartguy]

Out of curiosity, which museum, or museums have the Dead Sea Scrolls? I saw them when they were in an exhibit in Kansas City in 2007.

[@davemathews7890]

@@joepattersontheartguy I'm just wondering why you think it's so hard to google this.

[@amedina.mobile]

What a joy to listen to Rebecca's voice for 37+ minutes, plus her effort in correctly pronuncing the names like "Piedra del sol" as close as possible to the native language is commendable. Kudos for a top-notch video!

[@manueltapia1859]

Yes she has a pleasent calm voice 🎉❤

[@magster6022]

I agree 100 percent! So tired of pompous British men propounding. Thank you!

[@amedina.mobile]

@@magster6022 Totally!

[@s3cr3tsquar333]

is it just me or have i seen this video on watchmojo before

[@jrchmgn.]

They keep doing that reusing the list and adding like 1 to 2 new to the list and upload it.

[@qalidurut7249]

Imagine suffering from klinefelters syndrome his whole life and then being called non binary years after death.

[@AwfulDog1]

Or being told you are intersex these days…

[@rod1320]

@@AwfulDog1it’s hard to deny intersex people exist. It has nothing to do with gender, aka the social assumptions and behaviours associated with sex; sex being what one is born with. People can be born with sex characteristics (genitalia, reproductive organs, hormones) of both sexes. 1.7% of the population is intersex. We can say whatever we like about recent developments relating to gender and how people choose to label themselves but sex is hard to dispute.

[@janina8559]

I love that the Neanderthal didn’t go extinct. They still exist in us today!

[@hopefulskeptic42]

From 1% to 4% of modern European DNA is Neanderthal. And, dosen't that just explain a lot? 😏

[@AwfulDog1]

I always suspected that… every so often you meet someone who looks Neanderthal. Seriously!

[@trevormiles5852]

sand foot prints. Is it me , or did I count 6 toes on some of them ? Especially on the footprint that is more solidly pressed into the sand.

[@magster6022]

Probably just you, friend.

[@BigHambachi]

0:28 freeky ahh just needed a reason to do it 😂

[@Jose-ht2lw]

These are the types of vids i like. Thanks mojo

[@thedragonauthority]

Screw Indiana Jones. Call Nathan Drake.

[@sohailmohamed7454]

its cool how so much amazing stuff is inside the earth

[@abigalinjail]

Non Binary ≠ Intersex persons That definitely needs a re-record

[@AwfulDog1]

Klinefelter syndrome isn’t intersex either. These men have a penis and small testes. They are considered male and are often first diagnosed at ivf clinics with their wives… they are almost always infertile.

[@tylergoodman3560]

The sea scrolls are interesting. 🎉

[@BlackHatCinephile]

🥈

[@Brandonhadams]

I love WatchMojo

[@duffno1]

I found my herring bone necklace charm from high school 1990😮….

[@charliebrown9489]

CORNY!

[@duffno1]

@@charliebrown9489 coming from someone who’s named “Charlie Brown” 😑I’ll take that with a grain of salt and carry on.🫡

[@duffno1]

@@charliebrown9489 “Charlie Brown”. Now that’s 🌽. 🫡Carry on private.

[@duffno1]

@@charliebrown9489 🌽y is that name. Carry on private 🫡

[@duffno1]

@@charliebrown9489 Actually That reply was🫡. Carry on

[@XBX1MASTER]

She said they were non binary lol.

[@MLH-vm7lk]

They're taking over history now aswel. They'll be telling us they had gay pride next

[@Ruki9410]

You’d be ignorant to deny it considering multiple histories and cultures.

[@hogflyer3653]

Gross ​@@Ruki9410

[@AwfulDog1]

Klinefelter men are male, there is no way of knowing their sexual preference. It is just wrong to assume you do based on how they were buried. These men have a penis and small testes. They are scientifically male.

[@frigyou1078]

@ XBX1MASTER- Just more loser demacraps about to get outsted.

[@kylebenton456]

So y'all are just combining old lists now?

[@thablackguy84]

20:52 Too advanced = Aliens... This thinking is EXACTLY why ppl assume they were made by aliens... We NEED to do better...Instead of just saying they were built by aliens... Do you realize how irritating that is?

[@PeachysMom]

I really hate it. It does such a disservice to those incredibly inventive and motivated ancestors of ours.

[@AwfulDog1]

It is a form of racism…

[@annemurphy9339]

@@AwfulDog1. It isn’t racism. There were fallen angels and also their hybrid offspring, the nephilim, on earth thousands of years ago.

[@aveb.7371]

like people saying we couldnt build the pyramids of egypt in 2024. We absolutely could, and much faster than they did.

[@onestopviewfiles]

4:43 only way thats gonna happen is if we abolish the monarchy

[@louisejohnson6057]

Which monarchy are you talking about? There are several countries that have monarchies. And there are also places that have no monarchy but are in possession of artifacts that belong to another culture.

[@tommyudo3195]

How many of these archaeological discoveries were quickly looted and shipped to European and American museums?

[@zeroryoko1974]

British museum: not enough of them

[@AwfulDog1]

You have to remember that in those days many of these places had no expertise to excavate, restore anc care for these relics. That is why the English and French in particular became involved. Many things have been lost forever from local looting and incorrect excavation. It always irritates me when I see these uneducated comments based on a completely different time in history. The real question should be how many of these relics should be returned to the countries of their origin

[@tommyudo3195]

@@AwfulDog1 Yes, justify theft.

[@massimosquecco8956]

I didn't know about the Shimao Culture: Thanks for the hint. It is indeed an important archaeological discovery!

[@Polderjongen]

None binary warrior ? Ok ...😅

[@derdin8]

Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, Mesa Verde in Colorado, and Canyon de Chelly in Arizona

[@appaloosa42]

America doesnt count apparently.

[@unfavorablesemi1583]

The Dead Sea scrolls are my favorite

[@ShiaKorchin]

Many of these findings I never heard of!

[@thablackguy84]

33:33 We lost/ignored so much knowledge/information due to racism... #IHateItHere

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687]

8:15 Early Turkish civilization in Anatolia? you must be joking lol

[@eddietigre6233]

Yeah, JD Vance put it there!

[@UnlicensedOkie]

I found my keychain pocket knife that is shaped like an old fashion flintlock pistol. It had been lost and forgotten for nearly 10 years. I couldn’t believe it when I found it. I had all but forgotten about it. Assumed it was lost to time.

[@trevortibbits859]

Kind of bummed you didn’t mention L’Anse aux Meadows, the first settlement of Europeans in the Americas

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

Cool list ✨ good job 👌

[@unfavorablesemi1583]

I doubt that guy was noN bInARy smh

[@annemurphy9339]

No one is.

[@mossyteef]

It interestingly is a identity that has existed in many cultures history, like in India, and the native americas

[@CQ-369]

He/she was probably a true hermaphrodite. Born with the organs of both sexes. Although one set sexual characteristics is usually more dominant.

[@lisaanderson3549]

Intersex.

[@gameoneultra-ut3ng]

​@@mossyteef Ghosts and demons existed in those cultures as well. Sure that means it is real.

[@kt1pl2]

I've seen the Rosetta stone and the things from Sutton Hoo at the British muesum.

[@lacrartezorok4975]

Nothing Indiana Jones finds ends in a museum.

[@jaemegrrl]

That’s because it was early 20th Century and he was busy looting ‘other’ cultures and selling everything to wealthy European collectors.

[@debbie-y9j]

Richard 111rd lost his horse and was carried away by the crowd and hacked to death, his body thrown naked over the back of a donkey

[@peach7210]

Expected to know a majority of what would be presented. I'm delighted to be wrong! 👍

[@carlfrano6384]

I expected Machu Picchu to be mentioned. Was it not old enough to make the top 30?

[@appaloosa42]

Well, it wasn’t exactly buried!

[@nightlistic8012]

This video has had more adds than an 11 hour supercut video. It's made it impossible to enjoy

[@Clevs_00]

Lol, go buy yt premium

[@appaloosa42]

They want you to go premium. Worth the investment IMO.

[@patricksoderholm2152]

The ship Wasa in Stockholm

[@onlinestreamingnow]

You totally forgot about the Laguna Copper Plate

[@RCT1963]

Brilliant upload.

[@onestopviewfiles]

2:14 monarchy getting their grubby hands on it

[@louisejohnson6057]

They wouldn't have allowed the pieces to be touched if it was going to be damaging.

[@annaboles-el6976]

It’s pronounced Ba neen with the accent on the last syllable . It rhymes with teen

[@mattgriffinreal]

Nope. Put it back...

[@ronaldbender7226]

"But dat ash!"

[@ananyasanyal9184]

WatchMojo, I love your content. But there are so many white men who have been named in this episode as a result of their discoveries. But the same courtesy has not been extended to the person who discovered Mohenjodaro. The employee of the Archaeological Survey of India (then run by the British colonisers) was an Indian gentleman named RD Banerji. Just wanted to give him the credit he deserves.

[@hogflyer3653]

What's wrong with white men?

[@carolynbrost3837]

Love how you move along quickly.

[@freakamashadow5744]

FIRST

[@CandiceVidito]

It doesn't matter cause you get nothing for it

[@Reaperguy67]

Sad that you even care about something so pointless

[@Reaperguy67]

@Leonard.Cooper hello King spammer aka cineneard and Murray king.

[@Plumeria808]

Yall are some fun suckers

[@Reaperguy67]

@@Plumeria808 wrong. It's called telling the truth about those comments. Also your name calling is really immature

[@magster6022]

I suspect there's more to know about archaeology in the Americas...

[@StuartAnderson-xl4bo]

Whoever eat an egg seeing where it came from 😅

[@appaloosa42]

Gobekli Tepe is a site of human sacrifice.

[@appaloosa42]

Love how this got buried in the old comments

[@ElKnoppers]

nr 30 wasn't nonbinary but intersex with what the narrator said

[@appaloosa42]

Knew somebody in that class, ‘scientists made claims that screw their life up royally

[@user-ri1ip4zt4b]

I do wish they would send remote control vehicles into the first emperor's tomb before i die

[@RobertoGinsburg]

The thematic..Awesome!. I love the interesting Archaeology. BUT the #WokeAgenda statement at 1:14 let the serious far away 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️.

[@annab5369]

Leonard Nimoy jumpscare.

[@magster6022]

I loved the Turkish city underground. With climate change ramping up, we might want to study that pretty carefully. Maybe make a copy -- just for research purposes, of course.

[@rockman7503]

Non binary warrior? I'm out.

[@nadak.1021]

Klinefelters is only an extra X chromosome, not an extra Y.

[@murraystaff568]

Huh? Machu Picchu?!?!

[@jelink22]

The Antikythera Mechanism calculates motions of celestial bodies based on a Geocentric system, with the Sun circling the Earth.. Aliens would not have been so patronizing as to create such a device reflecting such a mistake. Rather, they would have told the Greeks the truth, and built their device to reflect it.

[@fredericcoudrier3828]

one woke cliché after another one. 😂😂😂

[@JTA1961]

FACT

[@anthonyporcelli95]

Fascinating 🤩🧐

[@davidnewland2556]

I wonder how many plundered artifacts are in American museums

[@AngelValentinRivera]

If i find gold & silver im not calling the gov. Im selling that shit in the black market.

[@user-dt9qc5uv2m]

Think about the Easter Island statues, this small island middle of nowhere. If you were a lost fishing party from another island, what would be the best way to get someone's attention if they come by in other ships? Much easier to see big statues! Kind of an SOS why doesn't that make common sense

[@suzettehenderson9278]

Skara Brae. The various Mound Cultures of North America.

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

🔍 Amazing, I feel like a part of history watching this! 🏺

[@ZomBeeNature]

I found my butt with my hands tied behind my back! 😮

[@charliebrown9489]

9hrs no ups.... Congrats! 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@ZomBeeNature]

@@charliebrown9489 ah ha ha ha! 😀

[@aspenrebel]

You didn't mention that Richard III had a curved spine. At the end of your showing him you can see the curved spine in the grave.

[@AgnusDeiGloria]

the Church of the Holy Sepulcher?!? LOL

[@DavidKoppana-iq8jr]

The Nigerian bronzes were not discovered they were booty of war. War booty is a general description for stolen items by the victorious army.

[@fantasyfox965]

Digging for the Truth vibes, anyone?

[@joepattersontheartguy]

Sadly, many of the archaeological finds have been looted

[@RolandYGOtv]

non-binary? srsly? UNSUBSCRIBED AFTER 10 YEARS!

[@Argent_99]

Oh no! Anyway…

[@BlackHatCinephile]

🥉

[@appaloosa42]

Ignore the dating. It’s all guesses.

[@magnusdunning6113]

This AI written narration is ridiculous. It sounds like what a community college DEI sociologist with no knowledge of history or archaeology would say. Although it manages to work in the MOST important terms in today's weird world: Diversity, Cultural, Non-Binary...etc etc. What a load of garbage, Also Derinkuyu was not "ancient Turkish." It IS however, IN Turkey.

[@mossyteef]

cultural included? That’s a stretch no? lol

[@peach7210]

7:20 😮😮😮

[@joycestempa5647]

Yes, it’s a noble idea to return artifacts to their rightful place BUT not when those places are ill equipped to care for and safeguard them. It does no justice to allow priceless items to be vulnerable to modern day looters only to either be destroyed or to be sold to the highest private bidding, never to be seen in public again. Therefore, curated collections must remain in the possession of those able to protect them best until such time as it is safe to return them. For example, Egypt & Rome are extremely close to being able to safely have a significant portion of their antiquities back and every country in the world that is holding them now needs to start letting them go…..they don’t belong outside of their homeland and it upsets the balance the longer they are missing! The case is the same with the majority of the US’s Native American artifacts. They need to be returned to their rightful tribes. India, Cambodia, China and New Zealand are also in good positions to take back their items too. Peru, Hawaii, Indonesia, New Guinea, Aboriginal, etc. have a ways to go yet but are making great strides thanks to tourism dollars!!

[@jorgeadairramos7469]

Hello good morning ❤❤😂

[@Dragondude2525]

10:56 about 500 years ago is not ancient.

[@JR-bq5bg]

You just had to go there didn't you. Nonbinary? Seriously? Give it a break already.

[@Mr.MosesLuz]

Non binary?!?! Woke MOJO...smdh