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Clay puppets discovered at the Mesoamerican Preclassic site of San Isidro, El Salvador, about 2,400 years old. These were controlled by a string placed through the neck and the discoveries at San Isidro confound assumptions about ancient El Salvador being culturally undeveloped.

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Clay puppets discovered at the Mesoamerican Preclassic site of San Isidro, El Salvador, about 2,400 years old. These were controlled by a string placed through the neck and the discoveries at San Isidro confound assumptions about ancient El Salvador being culturally undeveloped.

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The Pilling Figurines are a set of eleven clay figurines made by the Fremont culture around 1000 years ago. They were discovered in 1950 under a rock overhang in a side canyon of Range Creek, Utah, and are now housed at the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum

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The Pilling Figurines are a set of eleven clay figurines made by the Fremont culture around 1000 years ago. They were discovered in 1950 under a rock overhang in a side canyon of Range Creek, Utah, and are now housed at the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum

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10 ancient skeletons arranged in a spiral with their bodies interlocked were found in 2018 at an archaeological site called Tlalpan just south of Mexico City. The skeletons date back about 2,400 years

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10 ancient skeletons arranged in a spiral with their bodies interlocked were found in 2018 at an archaeological site called Tlalpan just south of Mexico City. The skeletons date back about 2,400 years

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Among the treasures discovered in King Tut’s tomb is an elaborate pectoral with a central scarab carved from a canary-yellow material called Libyan Desert glass. Found in the sand dunes of Egypt’s western desert, the glass was formed about 29 million years ago by a meteorite strike

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Among the treasures discovered in King Tut’s tomb is an elaborate pectoral with a central scarab carved from a canary-yellow material called Libyan Desert glass. Found in the sand dunes of Egypt’s western desert, the glass was formed about 29 million years ago by a meteorite strike

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Five ceramic figurines dating to around 400 B.C.found on the tallest pyramid at Archeological site of San Isidro in western El Salvador.

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Five ceramic figurines dating to around 400 B.C.found on the tallest pyramid at Archeological site of San Isidro in western El Salvador.

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An Old Copper Culture II-A dagger recovered several years ago by Harold Alanen from Ontario's Thunder Bay District. It's almost 23" long and about 1.4 lbs . It's currently the largest II-A known. ca. 4000-1000 B.C.E.

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An Old Copper Culture II-A dagger recovered several years ago by Harold Alanen from Ontario's Thunder Bay District. It's almost 23" long and about 1.4 lbs . It's currently the largest II-A known. ca. 4000-1000 B.C.E.

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The 24,000 years old remains of Mal'ta Boy, discovered in the 1920s in Siberia, Russia. The boy belonged to the population of Ancient North Eurasians, who were genetically intermediate between modern western Eurasians and Native Americans, but distant from east Asians

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The 24,000 years old remains of Mal'ta Boy, discovered in the 1920s in Siberia, Russia. The boy belonged to the population of Ancient North Eurasians, who were genetically intermediate between modern western Eurasians and Native Americans, but distant from east Asians

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The Star Carr Frontlets dating to 11,000 years ago that were discovered at Star Carr Mesolithic archaeological site south of Scarborough in North Yorkshire,England.

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The Star Carr Frontlets dating to 11,000 years ago that were discovered at Star Carr Mesolithic archaeological site south of Scarborough in North Yorkshire,England.

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The colossal 3,200-year-old statue of Ramesses II, which is 11 meters tall and weighs 83 tons. It was discovered in 1820, broken into six pieces at Mit Rahina near ancient Memphis, where it lay for several decades. It is now in the entrance hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum.

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The colossal 3,200-year-old statue of Ramesses II, which is 11 meters tall and weighs 83 tons. It was discovered in 1820, broken into six pieces at Mit Rahina near ancient Memphis, where it lay for several decades. It is now in the entrance hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum.

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While preparing for construction of a housing development in Stuttgart, Germany, an ancient horse cemetery with more than 100 burials was discovered that was used by the Roman cavalry unit stationed nearby in the second century C.E.

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While preparing for construction of a housing development in Stuttgart, Germany, an ancient horse cemetery with more than 100 burials was discovered that was used by the Roman cavalry unit stationed nearby in the second century C.E.

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Hacha in the form of bound hands. Veracruz, Mexico, Classic period, ca. 600-900 AD. Stone. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Hacha in the form of bound hands. Veracruz, Mexico, Classic period, ca. 600-900 AD. Stone. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Archaeologists have unearthed, in 2015, the oldest case of decapitation ever found in the New World. The skull belonged to a young man and was buried in Brazil about 9,000 years old, with severed hands covering its face in a mysterious pose

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Archaeologists have unearthed, in 2015, the oldest case of decapitation ever found in the New World. The skull belonged to a young man and was buried in Brazil about 9,000 years old, with severed hands covering its face in a mysterious pose

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The San Pedro Mountains mummy is a mummy discovered in a cave in Wyoming in the 1930s and since lost. Scientific analyses have concluded that it is the mummy of a Native American infant that was born with anencephaly

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The San Pedro Mountains mummy is a mummy discovered in a cave in Wyoming in the 1930s and since lost. Scientific analyses have concluded that it is the mummy of a Native American infant that was born with anencephaly

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17 Old Copper Culture "Spuds" from the Judge James R. Beer Private Collection. These are adze-like woodworking tools produced between 4500-1000 B.C.E. They were found throughout Wisconsin, and spuds have also been found in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and New York

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17 Old Copper Culture "Spuds" from the Judge James R. Beer Private Collection. These are adze-like woodworking tools produced between 4500-1000 B.C.E. They were found throughout Wisconsin, and spuds have also been found in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and New York

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An old photo of a man wearing a 13th century CE necklace made from moa bone, and discovered at the Māori archaeological site of Wairau Bar in New Zealand

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An old photo of a man wearing a 13th century CE necklace made from moa bone, and discovered at the Māori archaeological site of Wairau Bar in New Zealand

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The 9445-year-old Spirit Cave mummy, discovered in 1940 in Spirit Cave in Nevada, is the oldest human mummy found in North America. The mummified man was found to be wearing moccasins and wrapped in a tule matt and a rabbit-skin blanket

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The 9445-year-old Spirit Cave mummy, discovered in 1940 in Spirit Cave in Nevada, is the oldest human mummy found in North America. The mummified man was found to be wearing moccasins and wrapped in a tule matt and a rabbit-skin blanket

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In 2003, the upper half of a decapitated torso was discovered in a bog near Croghan Hill, a site important in Irish myths. Despite the man having been killed over 2,100 years old, the remains were so well-preserved that his fingerprints are still intact.

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In 2003, the upper half of a decapitated torso was discovered in a bog near Croghan Hill, a site important in Irish myths. Despite the man having been killed over 2,100 years old, the remains were so well-preserved that his fingerprints are still intact.

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Gallagh Man was discovered in a bog in County Galway, Ireland, in 1821. The remnants of the rope used to strangle him over 2000 years ago were still around his neck.

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Gallagh Man was discovered in a bog in County Galway, Ireland, in 1821. The remnants of the rope used to strangle him over 2000 years ago were still around his neck.

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The Dilmun Burial Mounds in Bahrain, dating back to the Dilmun and the Umm al-Nar culture . Recent studies have shown that an estimated 350,000 ancient grave mounds could have been solely produced by the local population over a number of thousands of years

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The Dilmun Burial Mounds in Bahrain, dating back to the Dilmun and the Umm al-Nar culture . Recent studies have shown that an estimated 350,000 ancient grave mounds could have been solely produced by the local population over a number of thousands of years

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