CMG Highlights Discoveries Spanning Tanzania to China
China Media Group (CMG) has released its annual list of the world’s most significant archaeological discoveries in 2025, showcasing findings that redefine humanity’s understanding of ancient civilizations. From Tanzania’s 1.5-million-year-old bone tools to China’s earliest matrilineal society evidence, these breakthroughs span continents and eras.
Key Discoveries Reshape Timelines
In Tanzania, researchers identified bone tools crafted 1.5 million years ago – the oldest ever found – using hippopotamus and elephant remains. Meanwhile, Chinese scientists confirmed a prehistoric matrilineal society in Shandong Province through ancient DNA analysis, predating European examples by centuries.
Bronze Age Urbanization Revealed
A 1600 BC settlement in Kazakhstan’s steppes, spanning 140 hectares with bronze workshops, challenges assumptions about Eurasian urban development. Similarly, Peru’s newly discovered 3,500-year-old mountain city reveals sophisticated pre-Columbian trade networks.
Mediterranean Marvels Unearthed
Egypt announced its first major pharaonic tomb discovery since 1922 – the resting place of Thutmose II near Luxor. In Italy, Pompeii’s 1st-century BC frescoes depicting religious rituals emerged as the site’s most significant artistic find in a century.
Maya Monument Rewrites History
Mexico’s Aguada Fénix platform, built over 3,000 years ago, now stands as the Maya region’s oldest and largest structure, predating iconic cities like Tikal by nearly a millennium.
