In the year 2022 there was a restructuring of archeology after the pandemic and brought a mark in the history of exploration with striking and revealing discoveries. Find out what were the archaeological discoveries in the past year.
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During recent times, some researchers and enthusiasts meet in different places of the world. The finds represent the past of humanity and solve cases that were considered lost.
See below which were the most important discoveries of the year 2022.
Ernest Shackleton's Expedition
It was with underwater robots that a team of explorers found the wreckage of the iconic Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's ship that had been missing since mid-1915.
This happened after he tried to pass to the Antarctica the South Pole and reach the end of another legendary century. So, he had to leave the vessel alongside the crew, Endurance sank and reached 3,050 meters below the water level.
Bodies of mummified children in Lima, Peru
An immense discovery was made. Some say it was macabre. About eight mummified children were found in Lima, Peru.
They were unearthed by the Pieter Van Dalen Luna archeology team. They have been dated from 1,000 to 1,200 years ago. Apparently, the bodies were sacrificed to accompany an ongoing transition to the underworld.
It was revealed that there was an almost frequent practice: it happened in pre-Inca societies, mainly in relation to “high-ranking people”.
The Discovery of a Goddess
Nidal Abu Eid, a Palestinian farmer, while farming his land in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, found an artifact that has immense historical value.
After telling about his discovery, it was identified that it was an Anat skull, from almost 4,500 years ago. She was a Canaanite goddess of love and war.
ghost footprints
Trails have been left in the Great Salt Lake Desert in Utah. They attracted the attention of researchers that year. After an investigation, traces of almost 12 thousand years were found, when the last ice age was at its end.
The owners of the footprints were a bunch of adults and a child who walked in the area when it was marked by the presence of a long swamp.
The penis in the stone
In ruins in southern Spain, a penis found on the doorway caught people's attention. The penis goes back to Roman times.
It is almost 45 centimeters and was carved in high relief in the rock. Everything indicates that this was a common practice that took place in ancient Roman society, its object was to give glory to manhood.
At that time, symbols were found in front of houses and even on amulets that were carried by soldiers.
Neptune and the 40 Lovers
A mosaic was unearthed in Syria whose references are to mythological figures from Ancient Greece. They have dimensions of 20 meters by 6 meters, what caught the attention was the way in which they were conserved.
It is possible to observe in the image scenes written by a poet named Homer in the Iliad and Odyssey, including the Roman god Neptune alongside his 40 lovers.
