XMse40BZkQc 11000-year-old-precision-stone-balls-discovered 11,000-Year-Old ‘Precision’ Stone Balls Discovered When we imagine the Pre-Pottery Neolithic people that lived between 9 and 12,000 years ago, for some reason, we can often think of them as a somewhat serious people, building large and sometimes extravagant communal buildings, methodically hunting, gathering and processing their food, working hard for their strict settlement leaders by day and taking part in intense, spiritual shamanic rituals by night. uXVL395hvfA bbc-ancient-mayan-city-discovered-in-mexico-jungle BBC | Ancient Mayan City Discovered in Mexico Jungle A huge Mayan city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico. UIC7tA10S5s 300-new-nazca-lines-discovered-with-ai-technology 300 New Nazca Lines Discovered with A.I. Technology In 2019 I made a video about 143 new Nazca geoglyphs that had been discovered thanks to the advanced in artificial intelligence. 8nvVqd6vIMo 12000-year-old-shamans-burial-discovered-at-cemka-hoyuk 12,000-Year-Old Shaman's Burial Discovered at Çemka Höyük Çemka Höyük is an archaeologicial site in SE Turkiye, dating back to between 12,000 and 8,800 years ago, an important site that provides clues about the transition from the hunter-gatherer lifestyle to agriculture. cQeHLILa-yc 5000-year-old-sacred-site-and-pyramid-structure-discovered-in-peru 5000-Year-Old Sacred Site and Structure Discovered in Peru A team of archaeologists working on Las Animas Hill in the lush dry desert of La Otra Banda in Northern Peru have discovered two ceremonial structures, one of which dates back to the Moche Culture, between 600 and 700 AD, and the other from the Initial Period, which dates to an ancient 3,500 BC.. qLmwlLmJ3_k 4000-year-old-minoan-hilltop-structure-discovered 4.000-year-old Minoan Hilltop Structure Discovered A large, circular 4,000-year-old stone building has been discovered on a Cretan hilltop, an amazing and unexpected find that looks to disrupt a major airport project on the Greek island. jQSlci8_uuQ lost-pyramid-branch-of-the-river-nile-discovered Lost Pyramid Branch of the River Nile Discovered Many of you will have seen the recent news that a long-lost branch of the River Nile has been discovered, or should I say 'confirmed'. xwcbqBlWYOo ancient-architects-ancient-lost-city-discovered Ancient Architects | Ancient Lost City Discovered An incredible news story to start the week, as Australian archaeologists have discovered an enormous ancient city in Tonga! It could even be one of the first cities of the Pacific. g91rsia93_8 bbc-new-paintings-discovered-in-pompeii-excavation BBC | New paintings discovered in Pompeii excavation Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79 AxTCMyDfX8Y the-scientist-who-discovered-the-worlds-most-beautiful-equation The Scientist Who Discovered the World's Most Beautiful Equation Paul Dirac's equation revealed the universe's mysterious symmetry. xFWdq86kzC8 jwst-discovered-the-farthest-star-ever-seen JWST Discovered The Farthest Star Ever Seen In a groundbreaking revelation, the James Webb Space Telescope has brought us face-to-face with Earendel, the most distant star ever observed, whose light has journeyed over 12.9 billion years to reach us. qn_XKwP6kME the-copper-age-when-humans-first-discovered-metal The Copper Age: When Humans First Discovered Metal During the copper age, human creativity and spirituality became more intricate, with painted pottery and ritualistic burials taking place in some communities. VANTQdAm5eA lost-treasures-of-egypt-king-tuts-treasures-rediscovered Lost Treasures of Egypt | King Tut's Treasures Rediscovered Many have never been seen before but together they shed new light on the short, eventful life of the so-called ‘Boy King’ and are now helping experts realise the sheer scale of Tutankhamun’s influence in the ancient world. urnRKHSt-s4 googles-gnome-discovered-millions-of-new-materials Google's GNoME Discovered Millions of New Materials Google's GNoME AI, developed by the team behind AlphaFold, is transforming material science by rapidly predicting the structure of new materials. ZlhhFutA1wE have-scientists-discovered-the-entity-that-created-the-universe Have Scientists Discovered The Entity that Created the Universe? If we are living in someone’s else’s mind then they can deal with the hangover in the morning… Bta0eo2WBy4 hidden-chambers-discovered-in-the-pyramid-of-sahure Hidden Chambers Discovered in the Pyramid of Sahure This past week, an incredible archaeological discovery was announced, from the Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty Pyramid of Sahure, which dates back to the 24th to 25th century BC. V16RNBqeOy4 large-voids-discovered-under-the-giza-pyramid-of-khafre Large Voids Discovered Under the Giza Pyramid of Khafre I recently published a video that looked at the Khafre Pyramid muon scan results, which were obtained in the 1960s. Sadly the team of scientists found nothing inside their search area and, in all likelihood, the Khafre Pyramid is likely just a huge stack of limestone blocks. G2DloWouj8w 4000-year-old-hexaganol-pyramid-discovered 4,000-Year-Old Hexaganol Pyramid Discovered A huge 4,000-year-old Bronze Age hexagonal pyramidal structure has been discovered in Kazakhstan, which is apparently the first pyramidal structure ever discovered on the Eurasian steppes. byN4S8WDPt8 was-the-gravitational-wave-background-finally-discovered Was the Gravitational Wave Background Finally Discovered? A few weeks ago a large team of gravitational wave astronomers announced something pretty wild. NKFv8SwRGlc 800-300000-year-old-artefacts-discovered-in-britain 800 300,000-Year-Old Artefacts Discovered in Britain Researchers from UCL Archaeology South-East have found some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools ever discovered in Britain, including enormous foot-long hand axes. nlCRd3mpAz0 the-worst-ancient-egyptian-sculpture-ever-discovered The Worst Ancient Egyptian Sculpture Ever Discovered? From Pre-Dynastic times, to the Old Kingdom to the New, the Ancient Egyptians have been known for their amazing stonework, precision cuts, exquisite detail and the perfect finish. uAikMlGRX_g the-oldest-sphinx-statuette-discovered-at-giza-but-how-old-is-it The Oldest Sphinx Statuette at Giza | But How Old Is It? I’ve recently made two videos on the Kromer Dump, an obscure but important feature of the Giza Plateau – a crescent-shaped, ancient trash heap located to the south of the Giza Pyramids. 6XNUbo_64wI giant-bronze-age-barrow-cemetery-discovered-near-stonehenge Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery Discovered Near Stonehenge A giant 3,500 to 4,000-year-old round barrow cemetery has been discovered in Wiltshire in England, and so far, 10 Bronze Age burials have been excavated as well as three piles of buried cremation ash. fDAPJ7rvcUw how-ai-discovered-a-faster-matrix-multiplication-algorithm How AI Discovered a Faster Matrix Multiplication Algorithm Researchers at Google research lab DeepMind trained an AI system called AlphaTensor to find new, faster algorithms to tackle an age-old math problem: matrix multiplication. Advances in matrix multiplication could lead to breakthroughs in physics, engineering and computer science. J4SUdqOntxQ kosmo-the-most-horrifying-planets-ever-discovered Kosmo | The Most Horrifying Planets Ever Discovered There are quite a few really scary places in our universe. Most of them are cold worlds with no chances of life ever evolving there. U75blaWkIrQ cassini-what-nasa-discovered-deep-beneath-saturns-clouds Cassini | What NASA Discovered Deep Beneath Saturn's Clouds New NASA Cassini data shows that Saturn is not the world we once thought it was... bVdGTrBc2Ok massive-pliosaur-remains-discovered-in-britain Massive Pliosaur Remains Discovered in Britain In this week's short 8 Days of Science, Doug takes a look at some old people, Ben takes a look at the darkness, and Doug takes a look and something that somebody once thought was a fish. BsdR3gd3UVE 7dos-the-oldest-ever-bat-fossil-has-been-discovered 7DOS | The Oldest Ever Bat Fossil Has Been Discovered In this week's 7 Days of Science, we take a look at a host of palaeontology news, and a rocket that hasn't quite got up to space yet. xwE-dvTAXrs new-species-of-long-necked-prehistoric-marine-reptile-discovered New Species of Long-Necked Prehistoric Reptile Discovered Diamantinasaurus is named after the Diamantina Creek in the Channel Country of southwest Queensland.