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Terracotta Army: The 8,000-strong terracotta army created to protect the emperor in his afterlife. The figures include warriors, chariots, and horses, all interned for over 2,000 years. 2. Tutankhamuns tomb: One of the most significant archaeological finds of the 20th century took place on November 4, 1922. The young pharaohs golden mask was uncovered later, in 1925. 3. Rosetta Stone: The Rosetta Stone is a slab of granitoid stone featuring three versions of a written decree issued in 196 BCE by a group of Egyptian clergy. 4. Pompeii: A cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii under volcanic ash and rock. 5. Cave of Altamira: A cave complex discovered in 1868 near the historic town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain, revealed an astonishing set of prehistoric rock art. 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Terracotta Army: The 8,000-strong terracotta army created to protect the emperor in his afterlife. The figures include warriors, chariots, and horses, all interned for over 2,000 years.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="ndsdk pa">2. Tutankhamun's tomb: One of the most significant archaeological finds of the 20th century took place on November 4, 1922.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="jaddf pa">3. Rosetta Stone: The Rosetta Stone is a slab of granitoid stone featuring three versions of a written decree issued in 196 BCE by a group of Egyptian clergy.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="nnfxz pa">4. Pompeii: A cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii under volcanic ash and rock.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="fibao pa">5. Cave of Altamira: A cave complex discovered in 1868 near the historic town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain, revealed an astonishing set of prehistoric rock art.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="jliqm pa">6. Staffordshire Hoard: The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever found was discovered in 2009 by a metal detectorist in a field near the village of Hammerwich.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="zrsao pa">7. Stonehenge: Arguably the world's most famous prehistoric stone circle—and certainly the most architecturally sophisticated.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="ettzn pa">8. Varna Necropolis: Discovered by archaeologists in 1974, the Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria is internationally considered one of the key archaeological sites in world prehistory.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="mlnnx pa">9. Tombs of pyramid builders in Egypt: The pyramids of Giza rank among the greatest archaeological treasures found on Earth. It's long been speculated that they were built using slave labor.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="nuqrp pa">10. Sutton Hoo: Sutton Hoo is the site of two early medieval cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, in Suffolk, England.<br></h1> </div>    {
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