TenDiscoveriesRewroteHistory

Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History (Patrick Hunt)

  • Rosetta Stone - key to Egyptian writing: hieroglyphs
  • Troy - Discipline of archaeology started here. Soil and whats in it also can be read like books. Established truth behind Homeric poems.
  • Nineveh Library - Collection of 20k tablets form 1st military empire: Assyrians. Known for cruelty. Capital city burned.
  • Machu Picchu - Spectacular natural beauty. Hidden city of Incas Peru.
  • King tuts tomb - Superstar in modern world, barely relevant to ancient Egypt. Riches in minor tomb staggering even to modern standards.
  • Pompeii - Eyewitness record of eruption. City well-preserved, mid existence. Tells us much about ancient Roman life. ("More Important than Rome")
  • Dead Sea Scrolls - Oldest biblical documents. Odd history of being kept from public.
  • Thera - Possibly Atlantis. Minoan island that different volcanic eruption.
  • Olduvai gorge - The key to human evolution. Most distant human relatives
  • Tomb of 10k warriors - Key to understanding how China unified.

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