Top 10 Discoveries of 2020

Features January/February 2021

ARCHAEOLOGY magazine reveals the year’s most exciting finds
(Courtesy Archaeology South-East/UCL)
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  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2020 January/February 2021

    Mummy Cache

    Saqqara, Egypt

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    (Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities)
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    Carbon Dating Pottery

    Worldwide

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    (© MOLA)
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    Largest Viking DNA Study

    Northern Europe and Greenland

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    (Dorset County Council/Oxford Archaeology)
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    The First Enslaved Africans in Mexico

    Mexico City, Mexico

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    (R. Barquera and N. Bernal)
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    Luwian Royal Inscription

    Türkmen-Karahöyük, Turkey

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    (Copyright by Jennifer Jackson)
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    A Shrine to Romulus

    Rome, Italy

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    (Courtesy Parco Archeologico del Colosseo)
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    Oldest Chinese Artwork

    Henan, China

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    (© Luc Doyon and Francesco d’Errico)
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    Enduring Rites of the Mound Builders

    Georgia, United States

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    (University of Georgia)
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    Oldest Maya Temple

    Tabasco, Mexico

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    (Takeshi Inomata)
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    First English Playhouse

    London, England

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    (Courtesy Archaeology South-East/UCL)
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    Return to the River

    Members of Virginia’s Rappahannock tribe are at work with archaeologists to document the landscape they call home

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    (Courtesy Julia King)
  • Letter from Woodhenge January/February 2021

    Stonehenge's Continental Cousin

    A 4,000-year-old ringed sanctuary reveals a German village’s surprising connections with Britain

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    (Photo Matthias Zirn)
  • Artifacts January/February 2021

    Inca Box with Votive Offerings

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    (Courtesy Teddy Seguin/Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2021

    Reading, Writing, and Algorithms

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    (Courtesy Michael Cordonsky/Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority)