Archaeologists have continued to make some amazing discoveries all over the world, despite the spread of the Corona epidemic that swept the globe this year, and the British site The Sun published the most prominent archaeological discoveries, including the discovery of the Saqqara area, which includes 159 archaeological coffins and a large group of statues.
Coffins found in Saqqara
Dr. Khaled Al-Anani, Minister of Tourism and Egyptian Antiquities, announced the unveiling of more than 159 colored wooden coffins and 40 wooden statues of the god Ptah Sukr, a number of shabti statues and amulets, and 4 masks of the doctrinaire cartonnage in an international press conference attended by more than 300 Egyptian and foreign journalists and media figures, and a large number From ambassadors to different countries of the world, and mummies were found inside some coffins, and were buried 2,500 years ago.
Solve Stonehenge's main mystery
Experts said Stonehenge’s main mystery was solved after scientists determined the origin of the giant rocks of the memorial. Modern surveying technology traced the huge sandstone rocks that make up Stonehenge to a site in Wiltshire. Archaeologists believe that most of the large stones - known as “sars.” , Quarried in West Woods, just 15 miles from Stonehenge, which is in contrast to the smaller "blue stones" that were taken from the Priscilly Hills in Wales - about 180 miles away.
Skeleton of a giant mammoth
Mammoth skeleton
Mammoth skeleton
Archaeologists have discovered a gigantic ice age structure consisting of at least 60 gigantic skeletons, and the site was discovered in Russia, which is a gigantic circle with a diameter of about 12.5 meters, and experts believe that it was built about 25,000 years ago by hunters, and it may have been a shelter to protect The ancients from the harsh winter conditions.
Cliff face panels for "Mega Animals" are missing
Animal paintings
Discovery of tens of thousands of ancient paintings dating back to the Ice Age, which were discovered in the Amazon rainforest. The paintings cover nearly eight miles of a slope, and are believed to show many extinct "megafauna".
These animals include: giant sloths, a horse and a crocodile, and a prehistoric elephant called mastodon, and it is believed that the paintings were painted by people from the Ice Age from about 12,600 to 11,800 years ago, and the paintings are located in an area called Serranía La Lindosa, one of the largest sites of rock art in the world It is located atop three rock shelters.
Find the lost Mayan capital
Researchers from Brown University and Brandeis University claim to have found the lost ruins of the ancient Mayan capital, in the backyard of a Mexican rancher, and Charles Golden, bio-archaeologist Andrew Shearer, believes that the site (now called La Canga Tseltal) was the capital of the Sack Tzaki kingdom, located in what is known today. In the state of Chiapas in southeastern Mexico.
The largest and oldest Mayan monument
Archaeologists from the University of Arizona made a massive discovery of the Giant Maya Plateau, which is possibly the largest and oldest archaeological discovery of the Maya, and the monument, which is approximately 4,600 feet long and 30-50 feet high, is located at the recently discovered Aguada Fénix site in Tabasco, Mexico near The border with Guatemala.
Prehistoric columns near Stonehenge
Another discovery for 2020 was the finding of several prehistoric columns that formed a circle at the walls of Durrington near Stonehenge.The Neolithic columns were dated to 2,500 BC, and may have been used to hold structures marking boundaries or existing worshipers. .
Tue, Dec. 22, 2020
