Napoleon argued that whoever knows history knows the future. The great emperor was indeed right: our past, in fact, largely determines the vector of development. Modern archaeological finds shed light on how life itself was arranged on Earth many millions of years ago. Historians and field researchers learn to understand causation - and this is the kind of analytical work that predicts our existence with you. These are some of the most important archaeological finds that have literally turned scientists around the world. Take a look at your past embodied in material things.
Megalosaurus
People became interested in dinosaurs only in 1924, when the remains of the first megalosaurus were found. His bones provoked a real boom in archeology: even amateurs rushed to dig the earth. The study of the megalosaurus has allowed biologists to understand what life on Earth looked like millions of years ago.
Sutton Hoo
This is the name of the burial chamber of the ancient British leader, who ruled several tribes in the 7th century. The grave itself is surrounded by as many as 19 mounds filled with the treasures of that time - armor, golden cups, even ship skeletons. The Sutton Hoo excavation has shed light on the ancient history of Britain.
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Kurgan Hisarlyk
This mound was discovered back in 1800 and it became almost the most important archaeological discovery of the century. The fact is that the mound indirectly confirmed the existence of Troy - and after all, for many centuries it was believed that this city was nothing more than a myth. Starting from the mound, Schliemann subsequently managed to discover the great city itself.
Richard III
A research team from the University of Leicester was able to find the remains of one of England's most famous monarchs, Richard III. Now work is underway to study the DNA of the remains - soon the king will become the first historical figure with a fully researched DNA. Based on the data obtained, it will be possible to find all the descendants of the great king.
Stonehenge Clue
Stonehenge has long been the main mystery of archeology. What historians did not come up with, justifying its unclear purpose. However, in 2015, archaeologist David Jackies unearthed the bone of a bison, an animal used in agriculture, near the majestic stones. Jackies concluded that around 8800 BC, Stonehenge was not at all a separate mystical object: it was most likely something like a small fortified settlement.
Antikythera mechanism
The remains of an ancient shipwreck off Antikythera Island were discovered by divers in 1901. Many broken statues and vases were raised from the bottom, and most importantly, a mysterious mechanism created back in the hundredth year BC. With the help of an ingenious device, ancient navigators very accurately determined the location of the stars in the night sky. This means that the Greek philosophers understood the fundamental structure of the universe two thousand years ago.
Antibiotics of Egypt
Antibiotics were discovered just 70 years ago. But in fact, the first antibiotics appeared much earlier, as evidenced by a recent find in the Nubian excavations. Here archaeologists have found bones dating back to 550 BC and containing tetracycline, quite a modern drug. It turned out that the ancient Egyptians were able to produce tetracycline from yeast: they drove a special, one might say "medicinal" beer.