This year had no shortage of archaeological discoveries, and ARTnews reported on the most notable and exciting of them.

While there were some new finds like the oldest blue pigment discovered in Europe, a rare hieroglyphic decree identified in Egypt, and an elite Moche residence unearthed in Northern Peru, a number of archaeological studies took a deeper dive into previously known sites and artifacts like the excavations at England’s Palace of Westminster, a digital reconstruction of Pompeiian homes, and AI analyses of the Dead Sea and Herculaneum scrolls.

Below is a look at the 20 archaeological finds that are likely to have an impact on our understanding of human history for years to come.