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Lost & Found: Great Archaeological Discoveries
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Lost & Found tells documented stories of how tombs, shipwrecks, manuscripts, and artifacts came to light and what careful study revealed. Episodes credit local knowledge and participants, examine context and ownership, and separate evidence from interpretation.
Episodes
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How the Dead Sea Scrolls Came to Light
In nineteen forty-seven, members of the Ta'amra Bedouin found ancient manuscripts in a cave near the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The first seven scrolls passed through local hands, dealers, scholars, and institutions before their age and importance were fully established. News of the...
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The Antikythera Shipwreck and Its Mysterious Machine
In the spring of nineteen hundred, sponge divers sheltering near the Greek island of Antikythera entered the water and encountered an ancient wreck scattered across a steep seabed. Divers and the Hellenic Royal Navy recovered statues, glass, pottery, jewelry, and corroded metal. One bronze lump...
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Sutton Hoo: The Ship Burial Beneath the Mounds
In May nineteen thirty-nine, Basil Brown cut into the largest burial mound at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. Iron rivets began appearing in regular positions. The timber itself had decayed, but it left a dark impression in the sand. As Brown followed the line, the outline of an enormous ship emerged....
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How Tutankhamun's Tomb Was Found
On the fourth of November, nineteen twenty-two, excavation workers in Egypt's Valley of the Kings uncovered the top of a step cut into the rock. By the next day, more steps led to a sealed doorway. The discovery did not yet prove that an intact royal tomb waited below, but its location and…
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Lost & Found tells documented stories of how tombs, shipwrecks, manuscripts, and artifacts came to light and what careful study revealed. Episodes credit local knowledge and participants, examine context and ownership, and separate evidence from interpretation.
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