List of famous archaeological discoveries
Most of the archeological discoveries listed below had significance for the development of archaeology as a discipline and added to human knowledge. However, some such discoveries may later have their meaning to be reassessed in the context of later discoveries, or even be discredited at a later date (eg. Piltdown Man).
Some archaeological discoveries may be associated with a particular archaeological site; others are equally relevant out of context.
- Amesbury Archer
- Boxgrove man
- Dead Sea scrolls
- Kennewick Man
- Kensington runestone
- Lindow man
- Linear B
- Narmer palette - Egypt
- Neanderthal
- Newport ship
- Oetzi
- Phaistos Disk
- Red Lady of Paviland
- Rosetta Stone
- Siberian Ice Maiden - Pazyryk
- Similaun
- Standard of Ur - Ur
- Sutton Hoo ship burial
- Taung child
- Terracotta Army
- Tollund man
- Tomb of Tutankhamen
- Turkana boy