South American Find

circa 1920: An expedition unearthing the bones of prehistoric creatures. Professor E S Riggs was the leader of the 2nd Captain Marshall Field Palaeontologies Expedition into the wilds of South America for the Natural History Museum of Chicago. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Riggs Expedition

circa 1930: The unearthing of the bones of prehistoric monsters for the Chicago Museum. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

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Unearthed

23rd August 1966: An ancient Roman amphitheatre which was unearthed by archaeologists at Kom El Dekkar in Alexandria. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Han Dynasty Relic Unearthed At A Construction Site In Sichuan

ZIYANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 22: (CHINA OUT) Residents gather and watch as workers excavate a copper sculpture of a carriage at the construction site of Zixi Garden, a real estate project on December 22, 2005 in Ziyang of Sichuan Province, China. Experts from the cultural relic departments estimated that the copper carriage was made in Han Dynasty (BC206-AD220) and will give further identification of the relic, according to local media. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Han Dynasty Relic Unearthed At A Construction Site In Sichuan

ZIYANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 22: (CHINA OUT) Residents gather and watch as workers excavate a copper sculpture of a carriage at the construction site of Zixi Garden, a real estate project on December 22, 2005 in Ziyang of Sichuan Province, China. Experts from the cultural relic departments estimated that the copper carriage was made in Han Dynasty (BC206-AD220) and will give further identification of the relic, according to local media. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Mosaic Discovery

2nd October 1953: A Roman mosaic floor has been unearthed during archaeological excavations at the site of a Roman house in Winchester. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Roman Skeleton

22nd September 1936: The remains of a pre-historic man, unearthed at Maidon Castle, near Dorchester. The discovery was made by Doctor P Mortimer Wheeler. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Sarcophagus

1950: Dr Zacaria examines mummies which were unearthed in an uncovered tomb. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Saxon Site

A general view of excavation work behind the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, where Saxon remains were unearthed. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Relics At The Liuwan Museum Of Ancient Painted Pottery

LEDU COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 10: (CHINA OUT; PHOTOCOME OUT) A skeleton and potteries buried with the dead are seen at a restored pit of the Liuwan tombs at the Liuwan Museum of Ancient Painted Pottery on June 10, 2005 in Ledu County of Qinghai Province, China. The museum, built on the ruins of the Liuwan tombs, is China's largest painted pottery museum with a collection of 37,925 antique pieces dating back some 3,000 to 4,600 years ago. Archeologists have unearthed more than 30,000 items of cultural heritage, including over 20,000 pieces of painted pottery, since the 1970s from the site. The Liuwan tombs, a large burial ground for members of a primitive clan, offers valuable materials representing four typical cultures in ancient China for archeologists to study ancient social structure. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Relics At The Liuwan Museum Of Ancient Painted Pottery

LEDU COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 10: (CHINA OUT; PHOTOCOME OUT) A skeleton and potteries buried with the dead are seen at a restored pit of the Liuwan tombs at the Liuwan Museum of Ancient Painted Pottery on June 10, 2005 in Ledu County of Qinghai Province, China. The museum, built on the ruins of the Liuwan tombs, is China's largest painted pottery museum with a collection of 37,925 antique pieces dating back some 3,000 to 4,600 years ago. Archeologists have unearthed more than 30,000 items of cultural heritage, including over 20,000 pieces of painted pottery, since the 1970s from the site. The Liuwan tombs, a large burial ground for members of a primitive clan, offers valuable materials representing four typical cultures in ancient China for archeologists to study ancient social structure. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Relics At The Liuwan Museum Of Ancient Painted Pottery

LEDU COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 10: (CHINA OUT; PHOTOCOME OUT) A skeleton and potteries buried with the dead are seen at a restored pit of the Liuwan tombs at the Liuwan Museum of Ancient Painted Pottery on June 10, 2005 in Ledu County of Qinghai Province, China. The museum, built on the ruins of the Liuwan tombs, is China's largest painted pottery museum with a collection of 37,925 antique pieces dating back some 3,000 to 4,600 years ago. Archeologists have unearthed more than 30,000 items of cultural heritage, including over 20,000 pieces of painted pottery, since the 1970s from the site. The Liuwan tombs, a large burial ground for members of a primitive clan, offers valuable materials representing four typical cultures in ancient China for archeologists to study ancient social structure. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Relics At The Liuwan Museum Of Ancient Painted Pottery

LEDU COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 10: (CHINA OUT; PHOTOCOME OUT) A skeleton and potteries buried with the dead are seen at a restored pit of the Liuwan tombs at the Liuwan Museum of Ancient Painted Pottery on June 10, 2005 in Ledu County of Qinghai Province, China. The museum, built on the ruins of the Liuwan tombs, is China's largest painted pottery museum with a collection of 37,925 antique pieces dating back some 3,000 to 4,600 years ago. Archeologists have unearthed more than 30,000 items of cultural heritage, including over 20,000 pieces of painted pottery, since the 1970s from the site. The Liuwan tombs, a large burial ground for members of a primitive clan, offers valuable materials representing four typical cultures in ancient China for archeologists to study ancient social structure. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Relics At The Liuwan Museum Of Ancient Painted Pottery

LEDU COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 10: (CHINA OUT; PHOTOCOME OUT) A skeleton and potteries buried with the dead are seen at a restored pit of the Liuwan tombs at the Liuwan Museum of Ancient Painted Pottery on June 10, 2005 in Ledu County of Qinghai Province, China. The museum, built on the ruins of the Liuwan tombs, is China's largest painted pottery museum with a collection of 37,925 antique pieces dating back some 3,000 to 4,600 years ago. Archeologists have unearthed more than 30,000 items of cultural heritage, including over 20,000 pieces of painted pottery, since the 1970s from the site. The Liuwan tombs, a large burial ground for members of a primitive clan, offers valuable materials representing four typical cultures in ancient China for archeologists to study ancient social structure. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Relics At The Liuwan Museum Of Ancient Painted Pottery

LEDU COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 10: (CHINA OUT; PHOTOCOME OUT) Pottery relics are displayed at the Liuwan Museum of Ancient Painted Pottery on June 10, 2005 in Ledu County of Qinghai Province, China. The museum, built on the ruins of the Liuwan tombs, is China's largest painted pottery museum with a collection of 37,925 antique pieces dating back some 3,000 to 4,600 years ago. Archeologists have unearthed more than 30,000 items of cultural heritage, including over 20,000 pieces of painted pottery, since the 1970s from the site. The Liuwan tombs, a large burial ground for members of a primitive clan, offers valuable materials representing four typical cultures in ancient China for archeologists to study ancient social structure. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Relics At The Liuwan Museum Of Ancient Painted Pottery

LEDU COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 10: (CHINA OUT; PHOTOCOME OUT) Skeletons and potteries buried with the dead are seen at a restored pit of the Liuwan tombs at the Liuwan Museum of Ancient Painted Pottery on June 10, 2005 in Ledu County of Qinghai Province, China. The museum, built on the ruins of the Liuwan tombs, is China's largest painted pottery museum with a collection of 37,925 antique pieces dating back some 3,000 to 4,600 years ago. Archeologists have unearthed more than 30,000 items of cultural heritage, including over 20,000 pieces of painted pottery, since the 1970s from the site. The Liuwan tombs, a large burial ground for members of a primitive clan, offers valuable materials representing four typical cultures in ancient China for archeologists to study ancient social structure. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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