12 Most Mysterious Archaeological Finds That Keep Their Secrets

No two archaeological discoveries are the same, but the process for finding and documenting them is usually quite similar. You find an artifact, dig it up, let an expert take a look at it, and wait for the expert to tell you what it is. The experts don’t always have all the answers, though. Sometimes they’re as baffled by a discovery as the rest of us are. Everything you’re about to see in this video is an archaeological discovery that’s kept its secrets.

[krokart]

the first item mentioned is used for weaving rope . It is called a braiding disk .

[Judith_Remkes]

Please stop with the annoying movie clips. Especially if it's totally unrelated like the shots of Petra while talking about Peru (8:16)

[Eugensdiet]

Throwing in unrelated pictures is not informative. It is just dishonest.

[SirJonMan]

local South African here. The narrator made a noble attempt to pronounce the location the pilot crash landing. The province is "Mpumalanga" (Zulu name for "the place where the sun rises") is a province in eastern South Africa

Pronounced something like : mm-Poom-ma-lung-ga.

[rezaisa]

Mayan extraterrestrial connection:
"Ancient astronaut theorists say "Yes!"

[pacificbaitchunk]

The big round stones were ballast in the boats.
The people had never seen limestone and were conned into believe that they were special or valuable.
The boats were filled with cargo and goods. The new ballast.
And then they sailed away laughing all the way home.
Thats my theory.

[tenhirankei]

@11:45 Control Satan? Like that's ever going to happen! Satan let's you think you can control him. The guy should've directed his energies to helping people "avoid" Satan!

[michaelmills]

So, how big (or small) is the lead "tent weight"? Hard to decide what it could be without some idea of size/scale...

[ghanjahman]

The squares at 6:21 look like a frequency

[ninjafin]

See those knobs on the stone structures. Very common..

[xxrockinredneckrebelsoulxx]

I'm more than happy to take that expedition challenge up for the Eureka!! I have been looking for a place to start. Let me know if you have any further information on who to contact please. Always fascinated and appreciate the humoring as well. Excellent share of knowledge! Cheers!😉

[a.k.o]

The lead disc. In my opinion is used as a tie off point. That's why the crosses have spikes on the inside . To catch rope from slipping through

[samwisegamgee]

the limestone wheels were probably made through geopolymerization

[jrgordon]

"Experts"...of what...dispute the claims...But have no answers...Seems there are more experts of nothing disputing everything with no input as to an alternative solution...
Like your wrong dude...I think, maybe...
<(O..O)>

[LordMekanicus]

The lead weight looks like the kind the Mongols used to keep their tent flaps closed.

[SquareDates]

Movie clips are unnecessary and confuse the purpose of the information .

[CC-edlf]

People in the comment section act as if they want live footage of some of these mysteries lol

[listo]

The helmeted astronaut is Veracocha. He is still here. I am one of his henchmen. It's not his space suit. It's a diving suit from the elo submarine.

[philipsidney]

The Hermetica and The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus are two different things. The Hermetica is a collection of short Gnostic texts. The Emerald Tablet, which is not made of emerald and does not appear on a tablet, is only a few sentences long. You could have quoted the whole thing verbatim.

[jamesanthony]

4:49 ... Maybe the ancients just enjoyed Bioshock games as much as the rest of us.