24. Mysterious Metal Monoliths Appear Everywhere in 2020
Location: Utah, California, Romania, and New Mexico
Year Discovered: 2020
Est. Value: Unknown
2020 was a crazy year, and a single news article that kept coming up inspired a lot of conspiracy ideas about aliens. The same monoliths kept appearing in prime alien locales such as Utah, California, Romania, and New Mexico. These were sudden appearances in these places; they were long, vertical slabs of metal, ten to twelve feet long. The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey sprang to mind, and that’s probably the point—not much is known about these, just like the totems in that film. Nobody can determine if this was an alien invasion, a bizarre hoax, a government mind control operation, an art project, or something else since they are so mysterious and lovely.
25. Lavish Third-Century Home Found Under the Streets of Rome
Location: Rome, Italy
Year Discovered: 2017
Est. Value: Unknown
In order to construct a new metro line, excavators began working beneath Rome in 2017. Rome is one of the oldest important cities, therefore many fascinating artifacts were discovered. For instance, while excavating, workmen discovered the charred remains of a posh third-century residence. A 1,800-year-old dog’s skeleton that was probably destroyed in the fire was also discovered. The house was burnt but amazingly well-preserved due of the ash left behind by the fire, which stopped the ruins in their tracks. Experts surmised that the owner of this house was a Celian Hill aristocracy.