10 Most Incredible Archaeological Discoveries Found On Islands

From an entire palace complex to a mysterious labyrinth, here are 10 incredible archaeological discoveries found on islands. Follow us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/katrinaexplained/ Subscribe For New Videos! http://goo.gl/UIzLeB Check out these videos you might like: Unbelievable Animals SAVING Other Animals! 🐯https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxehUWvMr38 LARGEST Animals Ever Discovered! 🐙https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yj7F_tPYsU Wild Animals That SAVED Human Lives! 🐻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mllqeVSsIl0 10. Por-Bajin Complex Situated at an altitude of 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) on a small island in Lake Tere-Khol in rural Siberia is a mysterious structure known as the Por-Bajin complex. It is one of the most mysterious archaeological monuments in Russia. Dating back 1,300 years ago, it was reportedly built over a two-year span sometime during the eighth century. 9. Arctic Cave Bear A perfectly-preserved prehistoric adult cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) was just discovered on the Siberian island of Bolshoy Lyakhovsky. The carcass spent tens of thousands of years in the permafrost before being found by reindeer herders, who alerted scientists to the discovery. 8. The Trolleborg Labyrinth The island of Bla Jungfrun in Sweden has long been the subject of local folklore, with stories of dark curses and witchcraft. This place is spooky, and requires visitors to stick to the paths, and no one can visit the island after dark. There are a few unusual structures on the island that increase the mystery. 7. Dilmun Civilization Starting sometime during the third century BC, the Dilmun civilization of the eastern Arabian Peninsula was an important but lesser-known society than the four cradles of the Old World (Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Indus Valley, and Yellow River civilizations). Unlike those civilizations, which were based in river valleys, the Dilmun settled on an island, now known as Bahrain Island in the Persian Gulf. 6. Medieval Workshop While conducting a routine excavation prior to the construction of a new development of flats along the sea in Grouville on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands (UK) this year, an archaeology team uncovered what they believe are the remains of a medieval beachfront workshop. 5. Extinct Animal Drawings An international team of scientists from the U.S., Madagascar, and the United Kingdom recently published their discovery of unique ancient artwork in Andriamamelo Cave in northern Madagascar. It is the only known prehistoric depiction of a now extinct giant sloth lemur. 4. “Lost” Stone Age Conquerors In August of this year, archaeologists working in the Channel Islands discovered some of the earliest-known evidence of prehistoric art in northern Europe. Dating back to the Stone Age and depicting animals and abstract patterns, the artwork indicates that a long, lost culture may have once existed in the region, and that the society’s remains may have sunk to the bottom of the English Channel. 3. What Happened to the Rapa Nui? Researchers working on Easter Island in the southwestern Pacific, which is home to around 1,000 mysterious massive stone head sculptures called Moai, recently announced that they finally unraveled the mystery of what caused the Rapa Nui civilization to collapse. 2. Viking Boat Graves Scientists have discovered at least two Viking boat graves on the small, 2.9 square mile (7.5 km2) Norwegian island of Edøy since late 2019. The first discovery happened just yards from a local church, where archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) discovered traces of a buried Viking ship burial. 1. Lucayan Bones Researchers at Texas A&M University at Galveston recently embarked on groundbreaking research showing that the Lucayan people, who inhabited the Bahamas prior to the 16th-century arrival of European colonizers, came to the archipelago later than previously thought. #mysteriousdiscoveries #archaeologicalfinds #amazingdiscoveries #originsexplained