HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION

Find out how these famous sites were discovered. What part did chance or luck play? Was there a clue that led to the discovery?
FAMOUS SITE Iceman WHEN and HOW was it discovered? What part did luck or chance play? Found in septemberr 19 1991 near Hauslabjoch In Otzal Alps. Two walkers stumbled across him. Luck played a huge factor. Found in 1962 at 8.5 kilomemtres south of Kas, Uluburun. It was dicovered by a sponge diver Mehmet Cakir. It was by chance. Was there a clue that led to the discovery? Explain No clue was provided.

Ulu Burun shipwreck

After the ship was excavated by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and Texas A & M University from 1984, there were many artifacts found. As the scrolls were dispersed among eleven caves, the discovery of one lead to the other

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Tollund Man

Discovered in eleven caves along the northwest shore of the Dead Sea between the years 1947 and 1956 Chance played a major part in the discovery of these scrolls as they were accidentally discovered by young Bedouin shepherds in 1947 who was searching for a stray goat in the Judean Desert Found in 1950 buried in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. It was discovered by Viggo and Emil Hojgaard, they were going to collect peat when they came across the body.

They noticed the peat layer where the corpse lay.

Mungo Woman

Pompeii

The ruins of Pompeii were discovered in the late 1600's Chance played a major part in the discovery of Pompeii as it was originally accidentally discovered in 1599 by Italian engineer Domenico Fontana while he was working on a hydraulics project. Although, it wasn't until around 1748 that archeologists unearthed the city when Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre rediscovered it during internal renovations of a nearby

Since the ruins were discovered by chance, there were no real clues as to the exact location before hand as the city had mostly been forgotten about

The Entombed Warriors of Xian

The Hoxne Hoard

palace The Entombed Warriors of Xi'an, better known as the Terracotta Army, were accidentally discovered in the spring of 1974 by a group of local farmers who were attempting to dig a water well which prompted Chinese archaelogogists to investigate In this way, chance, yet again, played a major role in the discovery of these ancient artifacts dating back to 3rd century B.C. Discovered in Britain. Found by a metal detectors in the village of Hoxne in Suffold Luck did play a factor however by using the metal detectors it was intended to be found. WHEN and HOW was it discovered? What part did luck or chance play? In 1972, the Uummannaq area. Found at an abandoned settlement called Qilakitsoq . Two hunters, brothers Hans gronvold and his brother Jokum made the discovery in October. Just luck as the brothers were just hunting Found by archaeologist Natalia Polosmak in 1993 at Ukok , near the chinese border.

While the discovery of this site was purely incidental, centuries prior to its unearthing, there had been occasional reports of pieces of terracotta figures and fragments such as bricks, chunks of masonry and roofing tiles having been dug up in the area

Many hoards were buried during the roman empire which lead to the biggest discovery of this hoard in Hoxne

FAMOUS SITE Qilakitsoq mummies

Was there a clue that led to the discovery? Explain No not specially , the brothers just stumbled on the mummies whilst going hunting

Ice Maiden of Siberia

The Mildenhall Treasure

Machu Picchu

The site of Machu Picchu was discovered on July 24th, 1911 by American historian Hiram Bingham. A group of Quechuans who lived within the citadel led the explorer to he peek when he came across the ruins we know today While it was not Bingham's intention to specifically set out and find these ruins, he was quite enthusiastic about discovering hidden Inca cities rumoured to lie in the Urubamba jungle and uncovering, mapping and

Apparently before Bingham's arrival, Enrique Palma, Gabino Sanchez and Agustn Lizarraga had discovered the site, leaving their names engraved into a rock on July 14th, 1901, yet did not spread word to the outside world after their arrival. Another man, Franklin, allegedly spotted the ruins in 1904 and reported this to an English Christian missionary living in the region. While Hiram Bingham remains the only recognised discoverer of Machu Picchu, there are

conducting archaeological studies. Whilst he was attempting to find these cities, he instead came across Machu Picchu

The Rosetta Stone

Tutankhamuns tomb

The Rosetta Stone, found in 1799, was accidentally unearthed by French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in the small village of Rashid in the Delta during Napoleon Bonaporte's Egyptian Campaign In November of 1922, British Egyptologist Howard Carter, who was excavating on behalf of his patron Lord Carnavon, discovered the ancient child pharaoh's untouched tomb in the Valley of Kings This discovery was certainly not by chance as Carter had been searching for the tomb for a number of years without much progress until

maps from as early as 1874 that show references to the area. All of the above may have provided clues and speculation to other adventurers about the exact location of Machu Picchu however none of them clearly impacted on its discovery As noted before, the artifact was discovered accidentally amongst rubble by a solider during a conquest in a foreign land and therefore, there were no clues involved that ultimately led to this discovery Several pieces of evidence all bearing the name of Tutankhamen, previously found, convinced Carter that the tomb of King Tut had not yet been discovered. He used the locations of these items to point to a specific area where he might find where Tut had been buried. Finally, after five years of excavation, these clues finally led him to uncover the undisturbed tomb of the child King of the 18th Dynasty, Egypt

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