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Welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 archaeological discoveries in the 20th century.

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Well, We may know by the end of today for this list, we'll be looking at the most amazing and influential archaeological finds that were unearthed between 1900 and 2000.

Have you seen any of these in person?

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Let us know in the comments below number 10, the world's earliest figurative art.

This site was a really special site and it was incredibly exciting because it just, it's located in this hidden valley located in Southwest Indonesia are the caves in the morrow's Karst which housed the world's earliest pieces of figurative Art.

Figurative Art is that which directly represents a place or object as opposed to the more elusive abstract art.

The caves were excavated in the early 70s and contain handprints and various drawings of animals.

One painting of a syllabus warty pig is at least 45,500 years old and it's believed that the handprints are up to 40,000 years old.

These are similar to the hand prints found in Spain's Cave of mantra VSO, which was discovered about 20 years before the caves in Maros karst.

Both are fascinating pieces of archaeology that provide a sense of humanity to our distant, distant ancestors.

And then we're also interested in whether or not neanderthals themselves could be producing and the dating of this will tell us whether or not they are made by modern humans or made by neanderthals.

Number nine.

The syrupy um of alexandria over 2000 years ago.

This stark sprawling ruin was probably the most important center for learning in the world.

Here men first figured out the size of the world and the number of stars in the sky.

Unfortunately, the library of alexandria has been lost to time as it was likely destroyed during the Palm Marine invasion of Egypt in 2 70.

But we have since found the next best thing, it's daughter library, the syrupy um This greek temple was also located in alexandria and stored various collections in documents belonging to the library.

The syrupy in closed in 3 25 and it was destroyed in 3 91.

The only thing remaining was pompey's pillar, an 88 ft tall column that is still standing today.

It was at the base of this column.

That excavations began in 1944 revealing the old foundations of the temple.

With it, archaeologists unearthed one of the major sites of knowledge in the ancient world.

Number eight.

Gobekli Tepe archaeologists estimate that it would have taken a team of 50 men an entire week to move just one of the monolithic pillars from the limestone quarry to the top of the hill where they stand today.

We know that Gobekli Tepe is a monumental archaeological discovery proving one of humanity's oldest pieces of architecture.

We just don't really know what it is.

Gobekli Tepe is a massive site in Southeast Turkey, dating back to 9500 Bc.

The area was first discovered in 1963 but it wasn't excavated until the mid 19 nineties.

These excavations were started by archaeologist Klaus Schmidt who believed that Gobekli Tepe was a communal sanctuary used by nearby hunter gatherers.

However, this interpretation has been challenged in recent years, huge importance has been placed on its age as this was around the time that humanity transition from hunter gatherers to more permanent agricultural societies.

Did.

Gobekli Tepe play a role in that transition inevitably in archaeology.

If we don't know what something is for, we think of ritual, but really it's pure speculation.

Number seven Sutton, who the degree of detail in that face mask, the garnets that pick out the eyebrows, the little sort of toothbrush.

I mean all this stuff is quite extraordinary.

Back in 1926 Colonel frank pretty purchased a large mansion on the eastern coast of England near the port town of Woodridge.

The surrounding land was dotted by many large mounds.

When Pretty died in 1934 his widow Edith decided to have the mounds excavated.

They revealed a highly important piece of anglo Saxon history.

Brown has just shown me a Moravian temp system now called Sutton hoo.

The area consists of two early medieval cemeteries and an important ship burial found within was a wealth of rich and luxurious artifacts including the Sutton hoo helmet.

It is believed that the recipient of the ship burial was king raid who ruled East Anglia from 5 99 to 6 24 to this day.

Sutton who is enormously important in studying Anglo Saxon culture and the history of East Anglia Charles phillips who was then at Cambridge University, heard about it and he came out to look And then was absolutely gobsmacked to use a modern phrase to see this huge excavation of this massive ship.

# six.

There are no written clues in the city, no carvings to suggest a purpose.

This inca citadel looks like something from a fairytale situated on top of an almost 8000 ft tall mountain.

The area is populated by dry stone walls, small buildings and temples found in southern Peru Machu Picchu was occupied for about 100 years between the 15th and 16th centuries.

Modern study indicates that the citadel was made for pacha kuti, the ninth monarch of the Inca empire.

Unfortunately not much is known about the site itself as the inca did not have a written language and therefore did not leave behind any clues.

Machu Picchu was abandoned owing to the spanish conquest and nature slowly reclaimed its spot.

However, it was eventually rediscovered by explorer Hiram Bingham who began excavations in 1912.

Still, if this place played such a critical role in demonstrating the religious and military power of the inca.

Why didn't the spanish deface it?

Number five, the dead sea scrolls.

These ancient texts are so fragile that only four highly trained researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority are allowed actually to handle them.

It's amazing to think about what's hidden away in random caves.

If it's not the oldest art in human history, it's old bits of parchment that completely redefine a religion.

Back in the mid 19 forties, three local men were walking through a cave near the Dead Sea when they came across some scrolls housed in old jars.

These, among other future finds are now known as the Dead Sea scrolls dated from the third century B.

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To the first century ce.

The scrolls contain important pieces of religious scripture and are largely written in Hebrew included are ancient manuscripts of the Hebrew bible and various religious books that were never canonized, including the apocalyptic Book of Enoch.

This is the only copy that contains all of the 10 Commandments.

Oh my good.

So this is, is this the oldest record of the oldest record of the 10 commandments?

Number four Mohenjo Daro, archaeologists believe that over 35,000 people once occupied the city.

This name is Cindy for mound of dead men, which sounds a lot scarier than it actually is found in Pakistan Mohenjo Daro was an ancient city belonging to the Indus Valley civilization, which was the most widespread of the early near east societies, it was erected sometime around 2500 Bc and was home to approximately 40,000 people.

The city prospered for a number of centuries but was eventually abandoned somewhere between 1917 100 B.

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The city remained lost to time until 1919 when it was rediscovered by archaeologists.

Rd Banerjee.

An ancient city lost in the desert of Pakistan.

Sounds like something out of indiana jones and it is undeniably one of the 20th century's greatest archaeological discoveries.

Number three King Tut's tomb.

It takes eight men to lift its lid to reveal the most incredible sight of all every archaeologist dreams of making the next great discovery british man.

Howard carter made that discovery in november of 1922.

After years of failure and dejection carter discovered the tomb after his waterboy quite literally tripped over the stairs.

Tutankhamen ruled during the eight 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt.

His reign spanning from 13 32 to 13 23 B.

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While his tomb is both small and modest.

It contained a wealth of amazing artifacts and these fines made it a phenomenon included in the tomb where many elaborate and well preserved burial goods, Tutankhamen's mummy and his famous gold man.

The tomb of King Tut makes for one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time, let alone the 20th century.

The discovery was used as a reassertion of the Egyptian identity and a proof of us being the descendants of the ancient Egyptians, which means that we're not supposed to be ruled by any foreigners to the terracotta army like the dead sea scrolls.

The terracotta army of china was discovered completely by accident by non archaeologists in 1970 for a group of small farmers was digging wells in xi'an china when they made the startling discovery and what an amazing discovery.

It turned out to be.

Hundreds of terracotta soldiers, horses and chariots stand still in time forever protecting the first emperor of china Qin shi huang.

The army dates to approximately 2 10 Bc, which is when qin shi huang died at the age of 49.

The high level of detail the work that was involved in making the clay army.

The fact that it was so well preserved.

It's all astounding to consider and it is truly a sight to behold.

Look at the scale of this place tells you a lot about the guy, his ego.

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Number one lucy foot bones.

Hand bones, we've got to complete skulls.

We've got lots of limb bones.

We've got vertebra ribs.

Just about representing just about every bone in the body.

The 20th century was an enormously important time for paleo anthropology.

It saw the discovery of Olduvai Gorge, an area in Tanzania that has provide, I did great insight into human evolution through its many ancient finds.

And in 1974, Lucy was discovered in Ethiopia named after the Beatles Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

Lucy is a collection of bones that are over three million years old.

These bones comprised nearly half of a female australopithecus, which was an early relative of humans.

She's a different speed.

She's not us, but to provide an emotional connection with her in her death.

So that in her death that death brought her to life, lucy has been invaluable in the study of this species and human evolution.

In general, for example, lucy shows us that we walked on two ft before our brains grew larger fines don't get much more important than this.

I think in many ways she looked like the ape that stood up.

You know, like the ape that stood up.

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