5 Ancient Treasures Still Waiting to be Found

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  @a_l_b__a607 · 5 years ago

  I wonder if any treasures, believed to be undiscovered, are sat in private collections after being bought off illegal looters.

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  @churro_gonzalez · 5 years ago (edited)

  It used to be 6 Treasures still waiting to be discovered until I stumbled upon this awesome channel.<br><br>Keep it up!

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  @Goblin_Wizard · 5 years ago

  i see toldinstone, i click and get stoned and told.

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  @Somepeopleiknow · 5 years ago

  I will now be using the “findability” scale for everything in life. First start with my car keys

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  @captiannemo1587 · 4 years ago

  The thing with Alaric is, frankly, rivers do move over time.

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  @neoclassic09 · 5 years ago

  there&apos;s also the sarcophagus of Menkaure, which in the 1800s sunk on its way to London, I believe. It&apos;s somewhere in the Mediterranean floor in a wreck.

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  @vaevictis3612 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Of all ancient wrecks some of the most interesting are on the bottom of the Black Sea. That&apos;s because of the sea&apos;s unique properties - the deeps in it are anoxic, that is - they have water without oxygen, meaning that the bottom of the sea is practically devoid of life, including bacteria and microorganisms. This means that anything that went down in these waters remains essentially intact. The area only came to attention in the 2000s, starting from discovery of essentially intact Byzantine wreck east of Sinop, with the intact mast and likely all of the cargo in place. Since that more than 40 wrecks have been found, although none has been explored. The potential is really immense - stuff like wooden crafts and maybe even cloth and other fragile goods could be preserved there with little damage. One can only think just how much historical treasure lies in those waters, yet to be discovered.

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  @kipenzi___v · 3 years ago

  plot twist, the Menorah is buried with Alaric in the river

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  @jakej2680 · 4 years ago

  I like to believe that you are a long lost twin of Mark Felton, separated at birth and moved to America, where you became an ancient historian instead of a WW2 historian.

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  @bethwilliams4903 · 3 years ago

  When I was in grad school (late 90’s) the hottest, most sought after expertise in archaeology and art history, combined, was underwater excavation. Getting one’s certification to do the excavation required being able to be trusted with not only scuba gear but to survive the elements, retrieve information, withstand the locations for the whole of the excavation and not endanger others - it wasn’t just a situation where you jumped off a boat and went looking for dull metal objects poking from the sea floor - it was wildly popular as an adjunct for the archaeology students. And yes, that IS where they will find new sculptures as the Romans hauled off as many bronze artifacts as they could get their hands on! Marble copies are incredibly inadequate by comparison.

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  @patstokes7040 · 4 years ago

  The thrill of discovery is with me every time I read or hear something new about history. &nbsp;I never get tired of it and even after living 73 years I wish I knew more. &nbsp;That is why your channel is so apricated.

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  @prakkari · 4 years ago

  Wouldn’t it be logical to assume that some of those statues found on the seabed were simply thrown overboard to save troubled ships in storms. If just a single statue big or smaller is found one can’t &nbsp;automatically assume that this is a site of a shipwreck. If a heavy cargo gets dislocated in bad weather, throwing some of it overboard would probably the only way to save the ship and crew.

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