The top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2010
December 16th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANIWashington, Dec 16 (ANI): The top ten archaeological discoveries for this year have been revealed, and they include royal tombs among others.
This year archaeologists were led to the discovery of royal tombs in both Turkey and Guatemala by looters, and they also made an unexpected find that brought them closer to Pocahontas, Archaeology magazine reported.
Besides that, an underwater archaeological survey in the high Canadian Arctic located the ill-fated HMS Investigator, abandoned in 1853.
But archaeologists made discoveries away from the field too, with a number of breakthroughs happening right in the lab.
A new radiocarbon dating technique was perfected this year, which will allow scientists to date artifacts without harming them, and laboratory analysis of the bones of a close relative of Lucy revealed how early homininis walked.
And anthropologists in Germany announced startling news about the Neanderthal genome that might send you scrambling to submit your own DNA for sequencing.
The top ten discoveries for the year 2010 are:
1. The Tomb of Hecatomnus - Milas, Turkey
2. Paleolithic Tools - Plakias, Crete
3. Royal Tomb - El Zotz, Guatemala
4. Early Pyramids - Jaen, Peru
5. HMS Investigator - Banks Island, Canada
6. Decoding the Neanderthal Genome - Leipzig, Germany
7. Child Burials - Carthage, Tunisia
8. “Kadanuumuu” - Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia
9. 1608 Church - Jamestown, Virginia
10. Nondestructive Radiocarbon Dating - College Station, Texas (ANI)
- Mayan ruler's tomb found in Guatemala jungle - Jul 17, 2010
- 1600 years old Mayan King's tomb discovered in Guatemala - Jul 20, 2010
- 1600-year-old Mayan King's tomb discovered in Guatemala - Jul 17, 2010
- Grandfather Of Fossil Lucy Discovered - Jun 22, 2010
- Mayan King Tomb Discovered In Guatemala - Jul 20, 2010
- Over 100 ancient tombs found in Chinese town - Jun 27, 2011
- 3,300-year-old tomb of army chief discovered in 'City of the Dead' - May 31, 2010
- Tomb Of Mayan King Found In Guatemala - Jul 20, 2010
- Early homonids walked on twos 400,000 years earlier than believed - Jun 22, 2010
- Grandfather Of Fossil Lucy Unearthed In Ethiopia - Jun 22, 2010
- 2,000 years old tomb found in China - Nov 24, 2011
- Archaeologists unearth ancient Chinese tomb - Nov 26, 2011
- 'Neanderthals shopped at stone-age Tiffany's' theory debunked - Oct 20, 2010
- London's oldest structure discovered - Jan 07, 2011
- Apostle St. Philip's tomb found in Turkey - Jul 27, 2011
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