The 5 Most Amazing Archaeological Discoveries of 2023

Hi everyone, and welcome to Kwanten Channel. There is no hard and fast guide to what a major archaeological discovery should look like, or how old it needs to be to be considered significant. Predicting the future is difficult, but based on our research we have done some research on the archaeological discoveries and stories we might see in 2023. Here we have compiled the latest archaeological discoveries of 2023 for you. In this video we will explore archaeological wonders big and small, and we start now. Enjoy your stay. A unique bone Scythian scepter from the 5th century BC was discovered in northeast Bulgaria. A unique bone scepter belonging to a Scythian warlord from the 5th century BC was discovered during excavations in the prehistoric salt production and urban center Provadia Solnitsada in northeast Bulgaria. The Scythians were a steppe and semi-steppe people who arrived on the Danube in the 7th century BC. They entered modern day Bulgaria, but there is no evidence that they fought the locals. There is information that they had confrontations with the Thracians after the 5th century BC. The archaeological team is led by Professor Vasil Nikolov. The scepter was found in a grave examined by Violeta Stoytsova and Kalina Samichkova. Professor Vasil Nikolov told the Bulgarian news agency that Scythian graves are something very rare in today's northeastern Bulgaria are extremely rare. Just four or five have been discovered so far. The excavated pit is different from those found so far, Nikolov explained. The shape of the Scythian warrior's grave resembles a boot with a hollowed out part. It was apparently excavated in later times, but people saw the skull and upper part of the man's skeleton, which are missing today, and stopped immediately, explained Nikolov. New Discoveries in Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe A human statue with a realistic facial expression found in Karahan Tepe. New finds were discovered in Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe. At around 12,000 years old, Gobekli Tepe is the world's oldest megalithic site, and it has a sister site called Karahan Tepe, a recent discovery in the world's oldest religious sanctuary, Gobekli Tepe. Potbelly Hill in Turkish, which is described as the zero point of history, has revealed a painted wild boar statue. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Gobekli Tepe has changed the way historians and archaeologists think about the cradle of civilization, and there is so much more to be discovered. A painted wild boar statuette was discovered during ongoing excavations in Gobekli Tepe. The artifact, which contained red, white, and black pigment residues on its surface, was the first painted sculpture if found from its period to the present day. As part of the Tash Tepeler project, which sheds light on prehistory and has seen highly significant discoveries on a global scale, the archaeological excavations carried out in 2023 in nine different areas have recently led to the discovery of human and animal statues. In the same area where the sculpture was found, a vulture sculpture placed on the wall and stone plates left on the ground were also uncovered. Studies carried out in Şanlırfa province in Turkey in recent years have enabled the determination of settlements indicating the existence of a different phase within the pre-pottery Neolithic period. The region of these settlements is named Tash Tepeler, literally meaning stone hills. Tash Tepeler is an Anatolian and Upper Mesopotamian region that held the oldest established settlements spanning 200 kilometers from one end to the other. Using 3D scanners, archaeologists have identified the person who carved Jelling stone runes. Researchers at the National Museum of Denmark using 3D scans have identified who carved the Jelling stone runes, located in the town of Jelling, Denmark. The discovery shows that Queen Thyra was far more important than was previously assumed. Today, the details of our individual writings, from the way we compose our letters to the pressure we apply to pen and paper, can be used to define us. The same, it seems, is true for ancient runesmiths, which has allowed archaeologists to finally identify the person who carved the amazing Jelling stones in Denmark. The Jelling stones are located in the town of Jelling, near the eastern coast of Denmark. They consist of two massive stone monuments that date back to the 10th century CE. The oldest was erected by King Gorm the Old to honor his wife Thyra, while the second stone was raised by his son, Harald Blutooth, to commemorate his parents' memory. This second stone also contains intricate carvings that describe Harald's achievements. It celebrates his conquest of Denmark and Norway and how he converted the Danes to Christianity. Harald Blutooth on the second stone describes himself as that harolder who won for himself all of Denmark and Norway and made the Danes Christian. Featuring in every Danish passport, the Jelling stone is known as the birth certificate of Denmark. Electoral inscriptions just discovered in Pompeii reveal clientelism in ancient Rome. Several electoral inscriptions, the ancient equivalent of today's electoral posters and pamphlets, have appeared on the walls of the room that housed the lorarium, the domestic altar of the house, inside a house on the Via Dinola in the central area of ancient Pompeii. The fact that they were found inside the house was surprising because normally these inscriptions were placed on the exterior facades of buildings, where citizens could read the names and qualifications of the candidates for the city's magistracies. Archaeologists explain the presence of electoral propaganda inside the house because the practice of organizing events and dinners inside the homes of the candidates and their friends to promote the electoral campaign was common. The team discovered electoral inscriptions in support of Aulus Rustius Verus, a candidate for the position of Aedile. Aediles were in charge of maintaining public buildings and regulating public festivals. The office of the Aediles was typically held by young men aspiring to high political office, traditionally after their quaestorship but before their praetorship. In this case, the signs encourage voting for a certain Aulus Rustius Verus for the position of Aedile, in ancient Rome a type of counselor who was in charge of public works. Evidence of the oldest hunter-gatherer basketry in southern Europe discovered in Spanish Cave. A team of scientists has discovered and analyzed the first direct evidence of basketry among hunter-gatherer societies and early farmers in southern Europe 9,500 and 6,200 years ago in the Cueva de los Murcielagos of Albunol, Granada, Spain. Intricate baskets and shoes found show that people living in Europe thousands of years ago were skilled at weaving objects from plant fibers. Cueva de los Murcielagos, or the Cave of the Bats, is a cave system in southwest Spain, discovered during mining activities in the 19th century. The cave's excavations have revealed several mummified corpses alongside objects including baskets, sandals, and a wooden hammer. This site is one of the most emblematic archaeological sites of prehistoric times in the Iberian Peninsula due to the unique preservation of organic materials found there. Francisco Martínez Sevilla, at the University of Alcalá in Spain, and his colleagues have now analyzed 76 of these artifacts. Around 65 of the items were found to be made from a fiber called esparto grass. This includes a set of baskets with either a flat or a more cylindrical shape, as well as sandals that were made by crushing and twisting the esparto. The other artifacts are made of wood, and include tools such as a hammer and digging sticks. Francisco Martínez Sevilla, a researcher at the Department of Prehistory at the University of Alcalá, says older objects were created by hunter-gatherers in the Mesolithic age, while later objects were probably used by Neolithic farmers. The oldest dated sandal was found to be around 6,000 years old, which makes it the oldest shoe ever found in Europe, says Martínez Sevilla. Learn more about our world history from ancient times to the present day on the Quantend channel. If you liked this video, please like and share it. Hope to see you again soon, goodbye.