World's Weirdest Archaeological Discoveries

Archaeology is one of the most fascinating works where one gets to unearth some exciting things about the past and piece together a story dug from ruins. It is archaeology that brought us the truth about giant animals like dinosaurs that had roamed on the very planet we live on. Archaeology has unearthed some fascinating events of ancient empires. Some of these finds have been done through years of planning and search while others have sprung surprises by pure accident ending up with weird archaeological discoveries.

Many popular movies such as Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, The mummy have been inspired by the work of archaeology and weird archaeological discoveries. The popularity of these movies reflects the fascination of people with the past and mysteries of our ancestors and curiosity to find weird archaeological stuff from the past. There are many such discoveries that are not only mysterious but also weird in their own way.

WEIRD LAWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

The accidental discovery of Viking Burial Pit by workers who were working on a road project in Dorset UK Road Construction is one weird archaeological discovery that has caught the imagination of the masses. The discovery of an ancient well dating back to the 16th century in a living room in Plymouth Devon is another such weird archaeological discovery made. Then there is the discovery of Terra Cotta Army in China where a vast army of sculptures have been unearthed, with no two sculptures being the same.

Keep reading to know some weird archaeological finds that have revealed mankind's ancient histories.

1.Rapa Nui
Popularly known as Easter Island, this is one of the most isolated places in the world, thousands of miles off of the Chilean coast in the South Pacific where construction of enormous stone heads around the island has been discovered.

2.Stonehenge
The prehistoric monument commonly known as Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous landmarks discovered in England. The ring of megalithic stones was built approximately 4,000 years ago whose actual purpose is yet to be determined.

3.Mass Grave Of The Headless Vikings
A mass grave containing the headless remains of 54 Viking mercenaries were accidentally discovered while laying a road in Dorset. The strange part of this discovery is that the leg and arm bones, heads and torsos were all neatly arranged into their own separate piles.

4.Royal Hair Pin
During the restoration of Paris’ Fontainebleau Palace, workers made a fascinating discovery when they found a hairpin belonging to the 16th century French Queen Catherine de Medici in a communal latrine. A very weird archaeological discovery indeed!

5.Ancient Well
Colin Steer’s house in Plymouth Devon had a dip in his living room, so he decided to dig it up. After digging seventeen feet for three days straight Steer made a historical discovery of a thirty-three foot mediaeval well dating from the 16th century which was built by Sir Francis Drake to carry water from Dartmoor to Plymouth.

6.Nazca Lines
First seen from commercial aircraft in the 1920s and 30s, Nazca lines are staggeringly enormous shapes of animals and birds in Peru drawn some 2,000 years ago without any arial assistance.

7.The Tomb Of Sunken Skulls
While excavating a dry lake bed in Motala, Sweden, archaeologists came across several skulls that had stakes driven directly through their craniums. One of the skulls even had pieces of others' skulls crammed up inside them around 8,000 years ago.

8.Terra Cotta Army, China
This is yet another truly unique yet weird archaeological find. The army figures, dating from around the late third century BC were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in China. Current estimates are that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses. Each of the soldier is facially unique.