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Top 10 Discoveries of 2022

Features January/February 2023

ARCHAEOLOGY magazine reveals the year’s most exciting finds
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  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2022 January/February 2023

    Inside a Pharaoh's Coffin

    Cairo, Egypt

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    (Courtesy Sahar Saleem)

  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2022 January/February 2023

    Aztec Offerings

    Mexico City, Mexico

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    (AdobeStock)

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    The Birth of Venus

    Willendorf, Austria

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  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2022 January/February 2023

    World's Oldest Straws

    Maikop, Russia

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    (Courtesy the Penn Museum, image #295993, object #30-12-2)

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    Neolithic Hunting Shrine

    Jibal al-Khashabiyeh, Jordan

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    (South Eastern Badia Archaeological Project)

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    Earliest Maya Calendar Date

    San Bartolo, Guatemala

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    (Digital image overlaid with illustration by Heather Hurst)

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    Tomb of the Craftworkers

    Huarmey, Peru

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    (Photo by Miłosz Giersz)

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    On the Origin of Cities

    Lagash, Iraq

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    (Courtesy Emily Hammer)

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    Oldest Buddhist Temple

    Barikot, Pakistan

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    (Copyright ISMEO)

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    Ship at the Bottom of the World

    Weddell Sea, Antarctica

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    (Courtesy Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust and James Blake)

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Jungle Realm of the Snake Queens

How women ascended the ranks in the highstakes world of Maya politics

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  • Letter from Ethiopia January/February 2023

    Exploring a Forgotten Jewish Land

    Using oral history, texts, and survey, archaeologists search for traces of a once-vibrant religious community

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    (Courtesy JewsEast Research Project)

  • Artifacts January/February 2023

    Byzantine Solidus Coins

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    (Dafna Gazit/Courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority)

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    An Undersea Battlefield

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    Hadrian's Bugler

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