By- Naiteek Bhatt
This year was full of amazing archaeological discoveries. From the depths of the ocean to hiding in plain sight, these are some memorable finds of 2023.
In southern Germany, archaeologists found a still gleaming sword that as per estimates is around 3,000 years old,dating bake to the end of the 14th century BCE, the middle Bronze Age.
A Gleaming Sword
In the ruins of a palace at the Yue yang archaeological site in the city of Xi'an, archaeologists discovered the world's oldest known flush toilet that dates back 2,400 years.
World's Oldest Flush Toilet
In Northern France, a family Discovered that a dusty painting hanging in their living room was actually' The Payment of the Tithes,' one of the largest-known works of Flemish 17th-century painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger. It sold for $850,000 at an auction.
Extraordinary Artworks
You remember the necklace Rose thrown into the ocean at the end of Titanic? Archaeologists have found it. or rather, something equally amazing. They found a jewellery featuring the tooth of a Megalodon, a prehistoric shark. It was lying at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, some 13,000 feet (4Km) deep, since the Titanic sunk in 1912.
Heart of the Ocean
Archaelogists in Turkey have unearthed what they believe could be the remains of a vessel resembling Noah's Ark. It lies in the Durupinar formation, situated in the Dogubayazit district of Agri,Turkey, located less than two miles from the Iran-Turkey border.
Noah's Ark
Archaeologists in Italy discovered a bakery prison in Pompeii, which enslave workers who were exploited to make bread. It was discovered during excavations at the ruins of Pompeii.
Ancient Bakery
In Poland, archaeologists uncovered the remains of what they think to be a 17th-century "vampire" child who was buried face down and padlocked to the ground.
Vampire Child