What Did Archaeologists #Discover in July 2026?

Every month archaeologists are making new discoveries that are reshaping our understanding of the past, from LiDAR scans of the monuments of lost civilizations the Amazon to princely chariot burials in Italy. This month's feature interview is with the team from the San Bartolo-Xultun Regional Archaeological Project who have deciphered, for the first time ever, the name of a Maya Astronomer scrawled beside a mathematical fomula at the site of Xultun in Guatemala.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Start
02:58 - The Upton Lovall Shaman was a woman - 3,800 years old
05:47 - Ancient Egyptian Warrior Princesses - 3,800 to 3,700 years old
10:31 - Video Sponsor: Incogni
11:35 - Tomb of a Warrior Prince buried with his chariot in Italy - 2,600 years old
14:27 - LiDAR Reveals Hundreds of Earthworks Built by a Lost Amazonian Civilization - 2,600 to 1,200 years old
17:55 - Ancient Greek Military Camp in Uzbekistan - 2,200 years old
20:59 - New Roman military camp in Spain - 2,000 years old
23:16 - Carved game boards in Han Dynasty Tombs - 2,000 years old
25:05 - First named Maya astronomer interview - 1,200 years old
41:22 - DNA reveals children buried with adults in Sweden were rarely related - 900 to 700 years old
45:07 - Debunking the headlines: Ancient Egyptian settlement discovered from era that fueled Exodus debate
48:18 - Conclusion