10 most remarkable archaeological discoveries in the world 2017

The giant statue in Egypt, found Artemis temple on Euboea island, found an ancient settlement in Canada, discovered the first Viking warrior female, . are some of the 10 archaeological discoveries that shocked them. gender in 2017.

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1. Giant statue dating back 3,000 years in Egypt

German and Egyptian archaeologists have discovered different parts of a statue up to 9m tall, believed to be the king of Ramses the Great, the ruling pharaoh 3,000 years ago. This is the largest statue of the last time ever found in Egypt.

2. Decode the submarine mystery of Hunley

During the American Civil War, the Southern Union's Hunley submarine was deployed in February 1864. This was Hunley's last maritime voyage and it became the first sea submarine to sink.

In 1995, it was discovered that the wreck and shaft with it in 2000. But the cause of the sinking was not until 2017 was determined, it was a torpedo explosion on board.

3. The cause of civilization on Easter Island disappeared

Easter Island (Chile) is famous for 887 giant Moai statues created by ancient Rapa Nui people. Previously, researchers argued that tribal warfare and resource depletion were the cause of the island civilization disappear. But a study in 2017 rejected this hypothesis and pointed out that the decline of Easter Island was due to attacks to enslave slaves and diseases such as syphilis, smallpox . by Europeans. Europe brings.

4. Found Artemis temple in Euboea island

From the vague evidence that the ancients left over 100 years ago, archaeologists have deciphered and discovered the ruins of the temple of Artemis on the Greek island of Euboea.

5. New discoveries at the Antikythera wreck

Antikythera is a Roman shipwreck discovered near Antikythera island of Greece. In 1900, the ship was discovered and conducted many excavations. In the 2017 archaeological excavation, the researchers made unexpected findings, many interesting artifacts were discovered. The most special is the bronze arm, which is a brownish green, from a few to the fingertips of a large statue, still able to see some carvings.

6. Found an ancient settlement of 3 times the Egyptian pyramid in Canada

Researchers are still curious about the settlement history of ancient North American residents. Recently, they have taken a big step forward in this study by discovering a 10,000-year-old settlement at Triquet Island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.

7. Discover the first Viking warrior female

Previously, many people believed that Viking warriors were always men. Recently, for the first time, scientists confirmed that they found evidence of the existence of Viking female warriors through DNA samples discovered in the 1880s in a large tomb of a Viking warrior in Bjorko island, Sweden.

8. Found the lost city in Alexander the Great's theory

In the history books, the lost city of Alexander the Great was founded in the late 4th century BC, decaying in the following centuries and being forgotten so far. Nearly 2,000 years after the death of the great king, archaeologists believe that they have identified the location of this mysterious city in an Iraqi monument called Qalatga Darband thanks to images captured by flying cameras. .

9. New discoveries about eclipse research history

From the analysis of ancient documents concerning ancient Egypt, researchers at Cambridge University discovered, the oldest solar eclipse ever recorded on October 30, 1207 BC.

10. Discovering the Roman water system

The workers discovered a part of the ancient Roman water system when tunneling a new Metro line of the Italian capital, Rome. This newly discovered path is 32m long and 2m high.

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