25 stunning archaeological finds (26 photos)

Archeology is an interesting science. It helps to understand the history of many cultures around the world. Thanks to her, we know our origins and understand well how our world developed. In addition, it provides a certain bridge to people from the past. When we look at their work, at the craftsmanship of the objects, the beauty of the portraits and statues, we feel admiration, understanding and kinship.





1. Rock paintings of giraffes in the Sahara Desert, age - 10,000 years



2. Head of a Cyclops from the Roman Colosseum, 1st century.



3. Burial of a young woman (about 20 years old at the time of death) and her newborn child from Vedbeek (Denmark) aged 7000-6000 years, and its reconstruction



4. Mouse eating a nut. Roman mosaic (200 BC). Vatican Museum, Rome



5. 1500-year-old cave in India, carved from a giant rock



6. Mosaic of a Roman villa found under a vineyard in Italy



7. A child's footprint on a red clay tile, made while it was drying ~2000 years ago. Vaison-la-Romaine, France (ancient Roman city of Vasio Vocontiorum)



8. Roman glass jug with a smaller glass jug inside. The so-called joke jug, demonstrating the skill of a glassblower



9. 10th century house in Iran



10. Remains of a mosaic from the archaeological site of Volubilis in the vicinity of Meknes, Morocco, 3rd century. BC.



11. More than 100,000 ceramic items from two Chinese ships that sank at a depth of 1,500 meters in the South China Sea. Discovered in May 2023. Dating back to the Ming Dynasty, 1506-1522.



12. Small bronze wallet (4.3x3.3 cm). Found with six gold coins inside at the Celtic site of Manching, Germany. Around 200 BC



13. Details of one of the T-shaped columns at Göbekli Tepe. It is approximately 12,000 years old, making it older than the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge.



14. The earliest known ocular prosthesis in the world dates back to 2900-2800. BC. From "The Burnt City" (Shahr-e-Sokht), Iran



15. “Molten” staircase and amazing reliefs at the Temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt



16. Discovery of an ancient statue of Antinous in Delphi (Greece) during excavations in 1894



17. Bronze Age sword, more than 3,000 years old, in exceptional condition, found in Germany



18. Skeletons of Roman martyrs encrusted with precious stones. Ancient underground catacombs of Rome



19. Ancient Roman glass bottles



20. Ancient Greek golden wreath, 2,300 years old. For many years it was stored in a small box under the bed along with a pile of old newspapers. The owner had no idea what it wassuch



21. Treasure of 51 Macedonian gold coins. Was hidden after about 330 BC. in a hole in the rock in ancient Corinth



22. Pompeii. Mosaic depicting a hunt at the Roman Villa Casale di Piazza Armerina, Sicily



23. Persian Achaemenid rhyton (vessel for drinking or pouring out drinks) made of lapis lazuli and gold. VI-V centuries BC.



24. Floor mosaic from the Bath of the Seven Wise Men in Ostia Antica. Made about 1800 years ago, it depicts a hunting scene



25. Mycenaean daggers made of silver and gold. 1550-1500 BC.