What treasures have humans unearthed in the past 200 years? Just look at this picture

For more than 200 years,

There are countless important archaeological discoveries;

The number "100"

In the great discoveries of human history,

It is just a drop in the ocean;

despite this,

This article is still the most learned article of the year——

Uncover 100 great treasures from the past!

They expanded the view of human history.

Show the footprints left by our ancestors.

※This article is selected from the December issue of the Chinese version of National Geographic, China Geography

INFOGRAPHIC PRODUCTION: ALBERTO LUCAS LÓPEZ, EVE CONANT

ILLUSTRATION: MATTHEW TWOMBLY

Laetoli Footprints

Photograph by Raffaello Pellizzon

Discovery of Homo habilis remains at Olduvai Gorge

Photograph by Robert Sisson, Nat Geo Image Collection

Göbekli Tepe

Photographs by Vincent Musi, Nat Geo Image Collection

Stonehenge

Photograph by Joe McClanley, Nat Geo Image Collection

Golden Bull-Head Harp from the Royal Tomb of Ur

Image courtesy of PENN MUSEUM

The Standard of Ur, currently in the British Museum, depicts the theme of "War, Peace and Sacrifice".

Image courtesy of PENN MUSEUM

Part of the Code of Hammurabi in the Louvre

Photograph by Victor R. Boswell, Jr.

Agamemnon's golden mask, hidden in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, is the best evidence of Mycenaean civilization

Image courtesy of National Archaeological Museum, Athens

One of Egypt's national treasures, the golden mask of Tutankhamun

Photography: KENNETH GARRETT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

Digital reconstruction of Tutankhamun's face

Photography: KENNETH GARRETT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

A bone inscription of the Shang Dynasty, stored in the Shanghai Museum

Image source: Shanghai Museum official website

Royal tombs of the kings of Kush at Nuri, Sultanate

Photograph by Robbie Shone, Nat Geo Image Collection

Nebra Sky Plate

Image source: Wikipedia, Dbachmann

Pit 1 is the largest terracotta warrior pit in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi

Image source: MASSIMILIANO DE SANTIS/FOTOTECA 9X12

Dead Sea Scroll fragments on display at the Israel Antiquities Authority

Photograph by Paolo Verzone

Nazca Lines in the coastal desert of southern Peru

Photograph by Robert Clark

Petra, Jordan

Photograph by Martin Gray

Easter Island statues

Photograph by Jim Richardson, National Geographic Creative

Chichen Itza in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Photograph by Paul Nicklen

In May 2010, in Mexico, workers were moving the 12-ton stone statue of Tlaltecuhtli, the goddess of the earth in Aztec legend.

Photograph by Kenneth Garrett

HL Hunley, the world's first submarine to sink an enemy ship, was found, salvaged and repaired for more than ten years after it sank more than 130 years ago. It made its debut on January 12, 2012.

Photograph: Randle Hill, REUTERS

This image is from the first batch of photos taken when Titanic was discovered in 1985

Photograph by EMORY KRISTOF