1889 archaeological discoveries

Göktürk inscriptions dating to the 8th century

6th century BCE Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian with a labeled depiction of the known world

Viking warrior burial, Birka, Sweden

Vaphio, Vafio or Vapheio is an ancient site in Laconia, Greece, on the right bank of the Eurotas, some south of Sparta. It is famous for its tholos or beehive tomb, excavated in 1889 by Christos Tsountas. This consists of a walled approach, about long, leading to a vaulted chamber some in diameter, in the floor of which the actual grave was cut. The tomb suffered considerable damage in the decades following its excavation. During conservation work in 1962 the walls were restored to a height of about .

inscribed stone tablet

Sumerian creation myth

archaeological find