Archaeologists in South Africa revealed in 2018 that they had discovered the remnants of the ancient city of Kweneng, the continent's first metropolis.
93 million years old fossilised bones of a crocodile were excavated and discovered in 2010. When they imaged the fossils in 2022, they discovered a young dinosaur's remnants in the crocodile's stomach.
In order to avoid being hit by the cannons of the town of Rdbyhavn, the Danish vessel Delmenhorst purposefully grounded itself close to the city in 1644, whereupon it was sunk during naval combat. The Delmenhorst's wreck was discovered in 2020 in the Baltic Sea by marine archaeologists.
Researchers have found some evidence that suggests society may have existed before the development of agriculture in the ancient village of Karahan Tepe, which is located close to the Turkish-Syrian border. It was first discovered in 1997.
In 2018, it was revealed that more than 7,000 stone tools had been found in Attirampakkam, an open-air Palaeolithic site in northwest Chennai, India, during an excavation in 1999.
The largest and most complete ichthyosaur skeleton ever found in the UK was uncovered at Rutland Water in February 2021. One of the largest fossil discoveries in the UK is the 180 million-year-old Rutland sea dragon.
The Endurance, the ill-fated ship captained by Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found at the bottom of the Weddell Sea in March 2022. Shackleton and his crew made an incredible escape in boats and on foot from the sinking ship in 1915 when it was struck by sea ice.