Sometimes the unexpected is also the most exciting.

Don't get me wrong, I'm usually a planner.

I love mapping out a schedule or building a road map for a new project.

But every now and then, the unexpected is a welcome change.

For the archaeologists working in Northern Sudan back in 2018, I imagine they had similar

hopes.

They were working in an ancient cemetery that had already revealed a small collection

of human remains.

But it was a little 3,000 year old pyramid shaped tomb that held the promise of surprise.

Typically, structures like that were the resting place of high ranking officials.

So I imagine the team was gearing up for something amazing, something different.

And yes, what they found was certainly unexpected, but it was way outside of their assumptions.

It was a horse.

And not just any horse, this skeleton was completely intact without a single bone missing, and

there were even pieces of the animal's coat still clinging to the bone.

At 3,000 years old, that's practically unheard of.

Yet here it was, still in the same position it had been buried, looking almost lifelike.

Oh, and one more thing.

Inside the horse's grave, archaeologists also found the iron bit that had been buried with

it.

Turns out it's one of the oldest pieces of worked iron ever discovered in Africa, and

it shows us a powerful truth.

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