Greatest archaeological discoveries ever: A thread 🧵

sadaqatali84 (45)in Italy • last month

Greatest archaeological discoveries ever:

A thread 🧵

A stunning 2,000-year-old Roman mosaic was unearthed on the bank of the Euphrates River in Turkey.

In 2021, archaeologists unearthed the statue head of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, during excavations in the ancient city of Aizanoi, Turkey.
A Roman mosaic discovered in Antakya, Turkey, was so well-made that it maintained the wave effect of an earthquake without breaking the pattern.
In 2011, a worker at a Canadian mine discovered an almost perfectly preserved 110-million-year-old nodosaur. Scientists consider it the best-preserved dinosaur ever found, with its skin, armor, and internal organs remarkably intact.
A 2,400-year-old mosaic skeleton discovered in Turkey bears the message: “Be cheerful, enjoy your life.”
A 2,000-year-old Roman blue glass bowl was unearthed in immaculate condition at an archaeological dig in Nijmegen in 2021.
In 2022, archaeologists uncovered an extraordinary collection of Roman mosaics in the streets of Stari Grad on Hvar Island, Croatia.
The oldest known leather shoe in the world, dating back 5,500 years, was discovered in 2008 in the well-preserved Areni-1 cave in Armenia.
The world’s oldest unopened wine bottle, dating back to the 4th century AD, was found in 1867 in a Roman tomb near Speyer, Germany. It's known as the Speyer wine bottle.
One of archaeology’s greatest discoveries: the Riace Bronzes (Calabria, Italy, c. 450 BC).
A Roman mosaic was found under an Italian vineyard.
Loaves of bread carbonized by volcanic pyroclastic flows from Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were found in the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
The Antikythera mechanism, discovered in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck in 1901, is known as history's first analogue computer. It predicted astronomical positions and eclipses, baffling researchers with its sophisticated technology.
A 3,000-year-old bronze sword was discovered in the southern Bavarian town of Nördlingen, Germany.
In 2008, archaeologists discovered a 2,000-year-old Thracian chariot with horse skeletons in Bulgaria.
A 2,300-year-old Scythian woman's boot was found preserved in the frozen ground of the Altai Mountains.
In 2022, archaeologists uncovered the largest area of Roman mosaic discovered in London in half a century at a site on Southwark Street.
A 2,000-year-old Roman silver dagger was discovered by an archaeology intern in 2019 in Germany. It underwent nine months of careful restoration.
Abuna Yemata Guh, a monolithic church located in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, is notable for its 5th-century wall paintings. It sits at an elevation of 2,580 meters and can only be reached by climbing on foot.
A 2,000-year-old Roman face cream/lotion dating back to the 2nd century AD. The object was found in a temple complex dedicated to Mars. It's the world's oldest cosmetic face cream, and it still has finger marks on the lid.
The Cosquer Cave is a Paleolithic decorated cave located in France, containing numerous cave drawings dating back as far as 27,000 years BP. The cave has more than 200 parietal figures and is unique as the only decorated cave with an entrance that opens under the sea.
A 1,500-year-old ceramic Maya figurine with a removable helmet, from El Perú-Waka', Petén, Guatemala.
A Viking-era ring inscribed with the words "for Allah," found in the grave of a woman buried 1,200 years ago in Birka, 25 km west of modern-day Stockholm. The ring represents a unique piece of material evidence of direct contact between the Vikings and the Abbasid Caliphate.
A golden ram and a stone lion, found in a tomb at the archaeological site of Gonur Depe (dated to 2400–1600 BCE) in Turkmenistan. The finger in the background shows how small these figures are, highlighting the extraordinary skill of the craftsmen.

That's a wrap!