Top 10 Discoveries of 2019

Features January/February 2020

ARCHAEOLOGY magazine reveals the year’s most exciting finds
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  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2019 January/February 2020

    Old Kingdom Tomb

    Saqqara, Egypt

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    (Courtesy Mohamed Megahed)
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    Maya Subterranean World

    Chichen Itza, Mexico

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    (Karla Ortega/Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology)
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    Neolithic Henge Feasts

    Wiltshire, England

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    (Photograph by Henry Chapman)
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    On the Origin of Apples

    Tuzusai, Kazakhstan

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    (Scala/Luciano Romano/Art Resource, NY)
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    Medieval Female Scribe

    Dalheim, Germany

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    (Courtesy Christina Warinner)
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    New Golden House Room

    Rome, Italy

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    (Courtesy Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage)
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    Peruvian Mass Sacrifice

    Pampa la Cruz, Peru

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    (Courtesy Gabriel Prieto)
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    Denisovans at Altitude

    Xiahe, China

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    (Courtesy Dongju Zhang)
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    Tomb of the Silver Dragons

    Arkhangai, Mongolia

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    (Ren Xiao)
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    Norman Conquest Coin Hoard

    Chew Valley, England

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    (Pippa Pearce/©The Trustees of the British Museum)
  • Artifacts November/December 2019

    Australopithecus anamensis Cranium

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    (Dale Omori/Cleveland Museum of Natural History)
  • Around the World November/December 2019

    INDONESIA

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    (Courtesy Dr. Sofia Samper Carro)
  • Digs & Discoveries November/December 2019

    Proof Positive

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    (Erich Lessing/Art Resource)
  • Features November/December 2019

    Searching for the Witches’ Tower

    Archaeologists hunt for evidence of a 17th-century English family accused of witchcraft

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    (Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)