12 Most Unexpected Recent Archaeological Finds

When you lose something, it often turns up in the last place you'd expect to find it. That sometimes happens to archaeologists, too. They go looking for something feeling confident about what it is and where they'll find it, but then they either find something they weren't expecting or eventually find what they were looking for a long way from where it should be. Unexpected archaeological discoveries happen more than you'd expect, and this video contains the best recent examples!

[BarrySuridge]

A Viking (English and Old Norse = “piracy” or “freebooting voyage”) was NOT a race and hailed from Northern Europe. It was something one would do, rather than a personal descriptor—”go on a viking.”

[Jesse-zkge]

Well there could be some good evidence of time travel. Sounds like the pair of spectacles from Michael crichton's timeline.🤔🤷‍♂️ 5:37

[rollonbc]

How many of you noticed the clip from ice age?

[TheBunzinator]

I hate to be critical, but you have some very misleading B-roll in there. eg. The stone stairwell under excavation when you were talking about the cave with neanderthal remains.

[FirstBornProtoType]

All those scientists trying to get Viking DNA from that person so obviously of African origin were immensely surprised to find none there. Duh 🤷😮!

[krisshaw]

When i loose something it usually mesns life has shoved it up my butt and i knownwere to look

[Russia_Wins]

Is Neandertals, the same thing as Neanderthals?