More wonders of the ancient world were revealed in 2021, including the mummies of Egypt's pharaohs, sunken Crusader treasure, and a Roman crucifixion

Bethany DawsonJan 2, 2022, 19:22 IST

Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Insider

Archaeologists revealed more wonders of the ancient world in 2021.
They ranged from a lost city, a mummy with a golden tongue, and 2,400-year-old baskets of fruit.

In 2021 archaeologists discovered an array of lost treasures of the ancient world.

Insider's coverage of the archaeological breakthroughs included Egyptian mummies with tongues of gold, sunken Crusader trove, and 2000-year-old Roman slave quarters perfectly preserved by a volcanic eruption.

2,400-year-old baskets of fruit discovered in ancient Egyptian city under the sea

Head of Diorite found in Abu Qir Bay, where ancient cities of Canopus and Thonis-Herakleion are.Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

Archaeologists discovered 2 ancient graves of a mother and baby near Stonehenge in England

Inside the sarsen circle at Stonehenge.James Davies/English Heritage

'Lost golden city' found in Egypt

The city was found after seven months of excavating.STR/picture alliance via Getty Images

The earliest evidence of tobacco used by hunter-gatherers in the US West 12,000 years ago

Archaeologists unearth an ancient hearth, containing four charred tobacco seeds, in northern Utah on October 11, 2021.Sarah K. Rice/Handout via REUTERS

An amateur diver found a 3-foot sword off the Israeli coast dating back to the Crusades

Jacob Sharvit, director of the Marine Archaeology Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority, holds a meter-long (yard-long) sword, that experts say dates back to the Crusaders, in the Mediterranean seaport of Cesarea, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Archaeologists discovered an Egyptian mummy buried with a golden tongue

Archaeologists found an Ancient Egyptian mummy with a golden tongue covering still in its mouth in El Bahnasa, Egypt.Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

Rare evidence of Roman crucifixion found in England

Nail found in the heel bone of the ancient skeleton.Albion Archaeology

Astonishing images of Roman slave quarters in Pompeii frozen in time for almost 2,000 years by a volcanic eruption

A "slaves' room" at a Roman villa, containing beds, amphorae, ceramic pitchers, and a chamber pot discovered in a dig near the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, destroyed in 79 AD by a massive volcanic eruption, Italy, 2021Pompeii Archeological Park/Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism/Handout via REUTERS

High-tech scanners 'unwrapped' a mummified Egyptian pharaoh, revealing a seemingly healthy 35-year-old with no clues for how he died

Facemask of the unwrapped mummy of Pharaoh Amenhotep I.S. Saleem and Z. Hawass

The discovery of a 2000-year-old dagger was a vital clue to revealing a forgotten battle between the Roman Empire's legions and tribal warriors

A soldier's dagger from 15 BC was found in Oberhalbstein (Graubünden, Switzerland) before and after restorations.Archäologischen Dienst Graubünden

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