Weird Archaeology

Overview

Real archaeology isn’t exactly an Indiana Jones movie, but neither is it just monotonous digging holes in the dirt or reading dusty books in a quiet library. While there can be a lot of hard work involved in archaeology, excavating pottery over and over again, and rediscovering the artifacts and architecture of everyday life, there are also many things found in archaeology that can be described as “weird.” You have probably seen some documentary, tv show, or movie that claims aliens built an impressive ancient monument or brought complex written language to humans, such as the pyramids of Giza and the system of Egyptian hieroglyphs. As weird and ridiculous as that may sound, there are many discoveries in archaeology that are legitimate and weird—unexplained or just outright strange.