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Top 10 Discoveries of 2023

Features January/February 2024

ARCHAEOLOGY magazine reveals the year’s most exciting finds
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  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2023 January/February 2024

    Sacred Spring

    San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy

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    (Italy Soprintendenza ABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo and Comune di San Casciano dei Bagni, Courtesy of Jacopo Tabolli)

  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2023 January/February 2024

    Earliest Carpenters

    Kalambo River, Zambia

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    (Courtesy Larry Barham)

  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2023 January/February 2024

    Cave of Swords

    Ein Gedi, Israel

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    Israel Ein Gedi Cave Swords

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    A Painted Prayer

    Old Dongola, Sudan

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    (Photo by Adrian Chlebowski/Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology/University of Warsaw)

  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2023 January/February 2024

    Magical Mesoamerican Relics

    Mexico City, Mexico

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    (Photograph Mirsa Islas, Courtesy Proyecto Templo Mayor)

  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2023 January/February 2024

    Hunter-Gatherer Fortresses

    Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia

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    (Courtesy Henny Piezonka)

  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2023 January/February 2024

    Inca Workers' Homelands

    Machu Picchu, Peru

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  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2023 January/February 2024

    World's Oldest Book

    El Hibeh, Egypt

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    (University of Graz Restaurierung)

  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2023 January/February 2024

    Imperial Menagerie

    Xi’an, China

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    (Clockwise from top-left: Courtesy Hu Songmei; Yulia/Adobe Stock; Courtesy Hu Songmei; Ondrejprosicky/Adobe Stock)

  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2023 January/February 2024

    The Fiddler's Theater

    Rome, Italy

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    (Courtesy Soprintendenza Speciale Roma)

  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2023 January/February 2024

    More From 2023's Top 10 Discoveries

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    (Italy Soprintendenza ABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo and Comune di San Casciano dei Bagni, Courtesy of Jacopo Tabolli)

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