10 incredible archaeological discoveries, which you can hardly tell at school.

Admit it, you're in good time, as many of us wanted to be like Indiana Jones and go in search of lost treasure. But first it was necessary to learn to be an archaeologist, and it is - it's not easy. Life archaeologist certainly not as interesting as the adventure of Dr. Jones. Learning - a rather boring thing, it's not something you've dreamed of. You wanted everything at once.

Nevertheless, archaeologists sometimes come across some very interesting finds and the archaeological discoveries, we have to admit, not less steep than the mysterious Ark of the Covenant. The team has prepared for you 10 incredible archaeological discoveries, which you probably do not have to read in the history books. It's incredible!

L'Anse aux Meadows
It is believed that the discovery of the so-called New World belongs to Columbus, but this settlement in Newfoundland shows that the Vikings were the first who made it to North America. According to studies, the Vikings founded this place about 1000 years ago. Scientists estimate that the territory of Newfoundland lived no more than 30-160 people who a few years later left the island.



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Sacsayhuaman
This temple complex is located in the town of Cuzco (Peru) - former capital of the Inca Empire. These nagromazhdeniya stones placed together so tightly that you can hardly find a gap, which could push an ordinary sheet of paper. Rumor has it that this unique building once served as a fortress.



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Moenjodaro
This town was built in 2600 BC. e. in present-day Pakistan. This is one of the first cities in the history of mankind and one of the most developed cities in South Asia. Residents even built a road, and the local drainage system resembles a modern sewer system. About 700-900 years later, the city was abandoned for unknown reasons. Incredibly, the archaeologists first discovered it only in 1922.



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Gate of the Sun
Located in the western part of Bolivia, the gate is a stone monolith belonging to the civilization of Tiwanaku. 1500 years ago there was an empire that stretched from Peru to the western part of Bolivia. It should be noted, it was one of the most powerful at the time of the peoples that their power could be compared only with the Incas.



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Network Tunnel Stone Age
Just a few years ago, scientists had the luck to make a startling discovery - they discovered a huge network of tunnels built by people who lived in the Stone Age. This tunnel has entangled the whole of Europe: it extends from Scotland to Turkey. The underground construction had a funny name - Highway.



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Man-made caves Long
Located in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, the man-made cave belong to 212 BC. e. The most amazing thing is that all these caves were created by human hands. During the cutting of grottoes it was removed about one million cubic meters of stone, but that there is no evidence. The origin of these caves - a mystery.



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Gobekli Tepe
This structure is located on the Armenian Plateau, which is located on the territory of modern Turkey. This ancient structure changed view of archaeologists about where humanity is gone. It also changed our understanding of the early Neolithic in the Middle East and Eurasia. As we found out, this temple complex, there are more than 12 000 years.



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Stone spheres of Costa Rica
On these stone balls virtually nothing is known, except that they were created by the inhabitants of the valley of the river Dikvis between 700 and 1500 years. BC. e. Legend has it that these stones are the relics of the lost Atlantis. Each ball weighs about 15 tons.



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Underwater Pyramid Yonaguni Island
Scientists are still scratching their heads over whether these underwater sites the work of man. Most researchers are inclined to think that these pyramids were artificially created many years ago an unknown civilization, which strangely disappeared from the face of the Earth. But scientists still confused by the fact that these structures are located deep on the ocean floor. This design is a chain of rocks in the form of flat stepped terraces, pyramids and platforms. One of the most famous buildings - boulder called "Turtle».



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Unfinished Obelisk
That mysterious discovery, archaeologists have discovered recently in Aswan, Egypt. Unfinished 42-meter obelisk thousand years ago is on the east bank of the Nile. If the building was completed 1500 years ago, it could become the biggest obelisk in Egypt.



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It turns out that archeology - very interesting science. Live and learn! Your friends have not heard anything more about these unusual discoveries? Tell them about it first.

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