5 incredible discoveries of 2021
The one ring (to prevent your hangover) It would be lovely to uncover a stockpile of gold coins worth more than $300,000 hidden in the walls of a house or a rare dish worth $1.7 million hidden in a drawer after a difficult year. Rare discovery in unexpected locales, as well as history-making archaeological investigations that shed light on humanity's past, pique our interest. There was no mysterious monolith in the desert to keep us on our toes this year, but there were some astonishing discovery, from as small as an insect track in a famous painting to as large as an entire city. A gold and purple amethyst ring that may have been worn to prevent hangovers was found at a site where (of course) one of the largest known ancient wineries once stood, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced in November. The jewel was located in the Israeli city of Yavne, quite close to the remains of a warehouse containing wine vessels known as amphorae. The ring's owner was probably a wealthy By...
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