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1. Richard III died Richard III was a British monarch who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field, a battle
that was the grand finale of the War of the Roses. He was the last Yorkist king and
lost in battle to Henry the 7th of Tudor. His body was not found when he died at
the age of 32, he was buried at Greyfriars Church.A team of Archeologist who was
led by Philippa found his body in a carpark in 2012 with maps. Later after a DNA
test, it was found that he had a form of scoliosis.
2. Ancient Buddhist founded by an Archeologist led by Luca Maria Oliveri partnership with International
temple in Pak- Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies found in Pakistan a roughly
istan 2000 year old Buddist temple which is the oldest in Gandhara region. This region
was trade crossroad between Asia, Europe and Middle East. They found the usage
of those rooms. It was found in Swat Valley.
3. Fastest human in The footprint could belong to the fastest man in our known history, It was led by a
history found Aboriginal hunter who crossed a muddy wetland in New South Wales some 20000
years ago with 4 friends.
4. Found how Pom- A ancient Roman City in Italy with thring culture which was near Mount Vesuvius.
peii people lived When it erupted, the city was buried under volcanic ashes and became one of
the most famous archeological sites.We found out how the city looked like with
CGI and 3d map tech. Professor Eric Poehler from University of Massachusetts put
together a grid of transportation with organic trash in the city and found out that
people ate pigs and seafood.
5. Rosetta Stone A huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, greek and later a form of Egyptians
that allowed historians to understand egyptian writing.
6. Dead Sea Scrolls Dead Sea Scrolls, mostly Hebrew manuscripts first found in 1947 on the
north-western shore of the Dead Sea. Study of the scrolls have enabled scholars
to push back the date of a stabilized to no later than 70 CE,to help reconstruct
the history Palestine from the 4th century BCE to 135 CE, and cast new light on the
emergence of Christianity and of rabbinic Judaism and no the relationship between
early Chistian and Jewish traditions.
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7. Borobudur Located on the island of Java, the magnificent Borobudur temple is the world's
biggest Buddist monument. Built in the 9th century during the temple's design in
Gupta architecture reflects India's influence on the region, yet there are enough
indigenous scenes and elements incorporated to make Borobudur uniquely In-
donesian.
8. Terracotta Army This so-called army is a life size figure found in the tomb of the first Qin emperor,
Qin Shi Huang, near Xi'an, China. The figures guarded the outer wall of the tomb
from Qin's former adversaries. The tomb was found in 1974 by Chinese farmers.
Then the archeologists found the terracotta army in a scale of 8000 human sized
clay soldiers. The figures have real chinese weapons. The clay and the lack of
oxygen might have saved the terracotta army from not being a part of history
anymore.
9. Lucy (fossil) Al 288-1 commonly known as Lucy is a collection of several hundred pieces
of fossilized bone representing 40 percent of a female of the hominin species
Australopithecus afarensis.
10. Sue (Fossil) Sue is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081 which is one of the largest, most
extensive and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over
90% recovered by bulk. It was discovered on August 13, 1990 by American explorer
and fossil collector Sue Hendrickson and named after her. The fossil was auctioned
in October 1997 for 8.3 million (USD) the highest amount ever paid for a dinosaur
fossil. Sue now is a permanent feature at the field Museum of Natural History in
Chicago Illinois
11. Machu Picchu is a historical place in Peru and is an Incan citadel set hig.h in the Andes Mountain
in Per
12. Petra Petra, once called Sela or "rock" in Hebrew, is now located in Jordan, but was the
place in which Moses struck his stick on a rock to make water come out of it. It
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