20 Greatest Archaeological Discoveries of 2025

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World of Antiquity
Published on 14.01.2026

If you enjoy evidence-based ancient history, myth-busting, and clear explanations of new discoveries, you’re in the right place.

Wonder why I say BCE and CE?
See here: https://youtu.be/s6Lv3KpphVg

CONTENTS
00:00 Intro
00:40 The Harappan World Reaches the Margins
01:49 Zoroastrians and Christians Side by Side in Late Antique Iraq
03:57 Hittite Archives at Kayalıpınar
05:39 Etruscan Healing Sanctuary
07:22 Early Walls at Jinan
09:13 Major Celtic Settlement in Czechia
10:37 A Bronze Age City on the Kazakh Steppe
12:08 A 3000-Year-Old Urban Triangle in Guatemala
13:58 Wooden Houses in Zhejiang
15:36 An Undisturbed Etruscan Tomb
17:14 A Moche Palace at Pañamarca
18:29 Lydian Palace at Sardis
19:45 An Early Coptic City in the Desert
21:01 A Thracian Palace at Vratsa
22:12 The Tomb of Caracol's First Ruler
23:52 An Early Image of Jesus at Iznik
25:20 A 3500-Year-Old City in the Peruvian Andes
26:46 The Tomb of an Egyptian Prince at Saqqara
28:11 A Royal Tomb at Gordion
29:52 The Tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II

ERRATA: Two locations (Vratsa and Hradec Králové) are misplaced on the maps of their respective countries.

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