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from Spanish Stonehenge to the Mona Lisa of Dinosaurs, let us take you on an amazing journey of 10 surprising recent archeological discoveries.
10. Spanish Stonehenge
Intense drought exposed the Dolmen de Guadalperal, the landmark renowned as “Spanish Stonehenge”, which was long submerged beneath the waters of the Valdecañas Reservoir.
Spanish Stonehenge consists of about 100 boulders, some reaching as tall as six feet, forming a circle, and is estimated to be 7,000 years old. The monument has been underwater since the government built the reservoir in 1963 and up to 2019 only tips of the standing granite stones could be seen peaking out of the water.
The Dolmen of Guadalperal was first discovered in 1926, in an excavation campaign led by the German archaeologist Hugo Obermaier. A settlement was also found not far away from the site, thought to date back to the time of the monument’s construction.

9. A 1,000-year-old sword found in a lake in Sweden
Imagine leisurely swimming in the local lake and suddenly coming upon an ancient sword. Weird,right? Few people can brag about having even remotely such an amazing summer holiday experience as 8-year-old Saga Vanecek, who accidentally found a 1,500-year-old sword while she was swimming in Vidöstern Lake, Sweden.

This surprising discovery urged teams, including museum staff and local council to carry out more excavations at the site. As a result, they found more ancient items, such as a brooch and a coin from 18th century, hidden at the bottom of the lake.

8. Medieval Female Scribe revealed by her teeth
Even in medieval times there were women who contradicted restricting social norms. Women can’t have been scribes! Says who?
The discovery of a rare precious medieval mineral, lapis lazuli, in the dental plaque of a woman buried in the 11th or early 12th century at a German monastery led the researchers to examine how the woman of that time could have come into contact with that lavish and expensive mineral. What the pioneering research revealed was that the woman must have been a scribe, since the aforementioned mineral was known to be used to illuminate sacred manuscripts in medieval times.

7. Buried treasure dug out in Greece
Ready for some treasure hunt? Then stay tuned to hear more about the buried treasure dug out in Greece.
The University of Cincinnati archaeologist team had been working on an 18-month excavation project near the ancient Palace of Nestor, in the town of Pylos on the southwest coast of Greece, when they literally dug out buried treasure.

6. The Mona Lisa of dinosaurs
Are you a fan of Game of Trones series? Then I bet you’re gonna love hearing the story about the “Mona Lisa of dinosaurs”.

5. “Graffiti stone” in Jerusalem discovered to be part of a Crusader-era altar
What was before known as the “graffiti stone”, an undistinguished large rock tilted against a wall in a dark corner at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City became an evidence of a complex and troubling religious and political scene of Jerusalim, which actually traces its roots way back in the past.

4. The newly-found room of the Golden House, Rome
Domus Aurea or "Golden House" was an immense palace built by the Emperor Nero in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had wiped out a big part of the city.
The Golden House covered about 125 acres over parts of the Palatine, Esquiline, and Caelian hills, and it was actually built as an estate that included not only a palace, but abundant gardens on top, vineyards, green pastures with flock and an artificial lake of immense size, so no wonder that it was described as “rus in urbe” or “countryside in the city”. It was built using groundbreaking technologies, and decorated in the most lavish and extravagant style using precious metals for embellishment.

3. A major breakthrough in Maya archeology
Thanks to advanced technology called LiDAR (light detection and ranging), researchers were able to scan more than 800 square miles of the Maya Biosphere Reserve in the Petén region, Guatemala, and find tens of thousands of, previously undetected, Maya ruins, which include its infrastructure, along with farms, houses and defensive structures.

2. An ancient Aztec temple discovered after an earthquake in Mexico
This discovery will shake you to the ground! Quite literally. After the devastating earthquake in 2017, archaeologists responsible for evaluating the damage caused by the earthquake used radar to scan the 13th-century Teopanzolco pyramid south of Mexico City.



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