10 forgotten archaeological discoveries have been found again

These valuable discoveries are misjudged by researchers and gradually fall into oblivion.

1. New Stone Age statue

In 1850, a mysterious stone statue was discovered in Skara Brae in the island of Orkney, Scotland.

In 1850, a mysterious stone statue was discovered in Skara Brae in the island of Orkney, Scotland. Experts estimate this statue dates back to about 5,000 years old. It is carved from whale bone with a height of 9.5cm and 7.5cm wide. Interestingly, this is one of the oldest statues dating a person.

Named "Buddo" means "friend" in Orkney language, this statue has been missing for more than 150 years. It is stored in the archives of the Stromness Museum and then completely forgotten. Only until archaeologists decided to review the artifacts of the Skara Brae area did Buddo appear again in public.

Experts cannot be sure what it is. But they thought it might be a new Stone Age statue that was left behind when residents moved to live elsewhere.

2. Copy of the first map in the world

In the field of geology, William Smith is a legend. He is considered the "father of British geology" and the creator of a map that is capable of completely altering human awareness at that time about the world. Smith was the first to create a geological map of a country. Specifically here, it is the United Kingdom. At the time of publication, the Smith map created a revolution in geology.

According to records, up to 370 copies of Smith's geological map have been produced, but only 70 remain until now. Just like Buddo, the map is stored in a safe place and then completely forgotten. The last time it was seen was about 50 years ago.

Until recently, the Smith map was rediscovered. It is in the archives of the Geological Society. For half a century there was no exposure to sunlight, but the map was in good condition and its color was still very subtle.

For half a century there was no exposure to sunlight, but the map was in good condition and its color was still very subtle.

What makes the map so valuable is because it is one of the first versions. Experts estimate the value of the map can be up to 6 numbers (in pounds).

Currently, maps like these can be easily created with modern technology. However, Smith spent nearly 15 years in his life collecting the necessary data to create this magical map.

3. The oldest cannon of the UK

The Rose War is one of Britain's historic and heroic battles. This war is the contested British throne of York and Lancaster. It lasted for more than 30 years and only ended when Henry Tudor of the Lancaster family defeated King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth.

A few years ago, experts found an artifact of the Rose War. It was a cannonball used in Northampton in 1460 between Lancaster and York houses. This artifact is especially appreciated because it is the oldest cannon in the history of England. However, this bullet has been missing for a long time. It was rediscovered in 2014 by Glenn Foard, an archaeologist at the University of Huddersfield.

One of the mysteries associated with this bullet is who used it. According to experts, Lancaster's forces could not use their guns during Northampton due to rain. Thus, it is almost certain that this bullet was used by the York faction.

A few years ago, experts found an artifact of the Rose War.It was a cannonball used in Northampton in 1460 between Lancaster and York houses.

4. Sculpture statue of two twins by Queen Cleopatra and Marc Antony

In 1918, archaeologists discovered a special sandstone statue near the temple of Dendera. For decades afterwards, this sculpture was displayed at the Egyptian Museum but no one knew its identity and historical value. Only recently, when an Egyptian house named Giuseppina Capriotti checked the sculptures and found the secret of this strange statue.

The work describes two naked children, one male and one female. The two are holding a snake with one hand while the other is on each other's shoulders. The girl wore a crescent-shaped plate and moon while the boy wore a sun-shaped plate.

After a thorough analysis, Capriotti discovered that the children described in this sculpture were Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, twin children of Queen Cleopatra and Marc Antony. Although the sculptures are preserved in relatively good condition, the details of the faces of the two children are still not visible.

In 1918, archaeologists discovered a special sandstone statue near the temple of Dendera.

There are quite a few historical documents about the twins' true life. History writes that Alexander Helios suddenly disappeared without a trace with his brother, Ptolemy Philadelphus. And Cleopatra Selene married King Juba II of Mauretania.

5. The oldest Pharaoh relief

In the 1890s, archaeologist Archibald Sayce discovered some remarkable sculptures in an Egyptian village called Nag el-Hamdulab. However, his discovery was not appreciated by the scientific community at that time.

For years, these carvings have been forgotten. Only until 2008, when Yale University researcher Maria Gatto rediscovered and studied these reliefs.

This artwork is of great historical value because it is the oldest description of a pharaoh. The carvings depict a white crown moving in a procession on a sickle boat. Experts hypothesize that what the reliefs are trying to convey is an image of a pharaoh making a tax collection trip across Egypt.

This artwork is of great historical value because it is the oldest description of a pharaoh.

Archaeologists estimate that the date of the bas relief is between 3200 and 3100 BC. It was about time when Egypt was united from two smaller kingdoms. This led the experts to conclude that the pharaoh described in the picture may be Narmer, who unified the two regions of Egypt.

6. Mural of the Crusade

Thanks to a broken water pipe, the forgotten Crusader wall painting was rediscovered at Saint-Louis Hospital in Jerusalem. The painting was painted by a Frenchman named Comte Marie Paul Amedee de Piellat. He named it St. Louis IX, a French king and also a Crusader soldier.

During World War I, Turkish forces controlled the hospital. Although they did not destroy the buildings, they painted all the walls black, obscuring Piellat's paintings. When the war ended, he tried to recover the paintings but he died before completing everything.

The painting was painted by a Frenchman named Comte Marie Paul Amedee de Piellat.

7. The world's oldest complete Torah book

Torah is the most important doctrine in Judaism. Therefore, the findings related to it are important religious and historical events. In 2013, Professor Mauro Perani of the University of Bologna discovered an artifact considered the oldest copy of Torah.

He estimated that these texts were written in the 17th century and were forgotten in Bologna's library for over 100 years.

However, carbon chronological analyzes have shown a more unexpected truth. This Torah was written around the middle of the 12th and 13th centuries. Before the discovery of this text, the oldest known copies of the Torah date back to the 14th century.

In 2013, Professor Mauro Perani of the University of Bologna discovered an artifact considered the oldest copy of Torah.

8. Necklace of bear claws

The two explorers William Clark and Meriwether Lewis became legendary after they discovered the early American West. During their expedition, they brought back some indigenous artifacts. One of them is a necklace made from bear claws. This is a rare piece of jewelry that expresses the bravery that Native American tribal warriors wear when hunting. The necklace consists of 38 bear claws, each about 7.5 cm in size.

But this necklace was lost due to the fault of a custodian. When the Peabody Harvard Museum acquired this artifact in 1941, an employee gave it to the list of artifacts of the South Pacific Islands. Only until 2003, this bear-claw necklace was rediscovered because the curators of the Ocean Archives in the Peabody Museum realized that this necklace did not seem to be related to the sea. very.

This is a rare piece of jewelry that expresses the bravery that Native American tribal warriors wear when hunting.

9. The skeleton of Noah

This is not Noah's bone, the man described in the Bible, but the skeleton of a prehistoric man who survived a great flood like Noah. The skeleton estimated by archaeologists is about 6,500 years old.

The skeleton dated to about 4500 BC, was discovered by an expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. It was excavated in Ur's royal cemetery (present-day Iraq). After conducting the analysis, the scientists assumed that the skeleton belonged to a rather muscular man with a height of 178 cm and died at the age of 50.

For more than 80 years, Noah's skeleton was forgotten in the basement of the Penn Museum. Only in 2014, when museums decided to digitize all records related to expeditions, the skeleton was rediscovered.

Discover Noah brings great value to archeology because it helps bring a lot of information such as the way of life and the way people eat at that time.

The skeleton dated to about 4500 BC, was discovered by an expedition of the University of Pennsylvania.

10. The formula created Isaac Newton's golden stone

We all know that Isaac Newton is a legendary physicist. But quite a few people know that he is also very passionate about alchemy. In fact, Newton tried for many years with the desire to turn lead into gold.

A handwritten manuscript of Isaac Newton's 17th-century alchemy, buried in a private collection for decades, revealing the recipe for a witch's stone containing magic to create gold and elixir.

The witch's stone or the Golden Stone is a mysterious material. Alchemists believe that it has many magical properties that help people live.

A handwritten manuscript of Isaac Newton's 17th-century alchemy, buried in a private collection for decades, revealing the recipe for a witch's stone containing magic to create gold and elixir.

This handwritten document contains instructions for making witch mercury copied by Newton from the handbook of another famous alchemist. Written in Latin, its title is "Preparing mercury Sophick for the iron and moon star-shaped witch's stone against the American philosopher's record".

Newton's recipe for witchcraft mercury was originally written by an American chemist named George Starkey. Starkey studied at Harvard University and moved to England in 1650 to collaborate with prominent contemporary chemists. Finally, he worked with Robert Boyle, one of Newton's colleagues. But Starkey announced his work under the pseudonym Eirenaeus Philalethes, which allowed him to control other chemists' experiments.

Although historians do not specify whether or not Newton conducted Starkey's alchemy experiment, this ability is very high according to Voelkel's judgment. In fact, Newton left many notes and corrected a mistake in the original Starkey. At the back of the manuscript, he also rewrote a trial of his own lead distillation.