20 Greatest Historical Discoveries of 2025-2026

If you enjoy evidence-based ancient history, myth-busting, and clear explanations of new discoveries, you’re in the right place. Wonder why I say BCE and CE? See here:    • Am I Too "Woke" for Saying CE and BCE?   CONTENTS 00:00 Introduction 00:44 The Orator's Stage 03:21 The Clean Hands of Hattusa 05:15 Number Notation Goes Further Back 06:43 Advanced Surgery in the Altai Mountains 08:34 Hidden Lineage in Argentina 10:16 Zapotec Calendar Breakthrough 12:12 Bronzetti Origins 14:45 Ancient Southeast Asia Economic Network 16:46 Typhoons in Oracle Bones 19:40 Basque vs. Iberian 21:24 Caral's Heirs Survived a Catastrophe 24:10 Families in Sacrificial Tombs 26:08 Iron at Sanxingdui 27:51 When Bows Replaced Atlatls 29:39 The City Where Equality Grew 32:33 Stonehenge's Scottish Altar Stone 34:48 Plague Teeth in Jordan 36:48 The Boats in Stone 38:52 Hanging Coffin Ancestry 41:03 Karnak's Island Origins ►LEAVE A COMMENT We would love to hear your thoughts about the video. Please be civil to the other commenters. If your comment does not appear, try again with different words. YouTube sometimes glitches and comments don't go through. Or they might flag your comment as potentially inappropriate. ►DOWNLOAD Professor Miano's free e-booklet: "Why Ancient History Matters": https://scholaantiquorum.eo.page/n272t Follow Professor Miano on social media: ►FACEBOOK:   / drdavidmiano   ►X:   / drdavidmiano   ►INSTAGRAM:   / drmiano   ►BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/davidmiano.b... ► REFERENCES FTC Disclaimer Notice: Some of the links here may be affiliate links, meaning that if you click on them and purchase something on another website, I get a small commission. It doesn't cost you any extra, but I thought you should know! It does help support the channel. 20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S104775942510... 19. https://doi.org/10.1017/S006615462500... 18. https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2025.10146 17. https://www.nsu.ru/n/media/news/nauka... 16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09... 15. https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2025.10148 14. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.... 13. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.77 12. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... 11. https://doi.org/10.36707/palaeohispan... 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025... 9. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2026.10... 7. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pga... 6. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10359 5. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.70080 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16080926 3. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.... 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65... 1. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10185