2006 in archaeology

2006 in archaeology

The year 2006 in archaeology includes the following significant events.

Explorations

*Tomb of the Roaring Lions
*Luhansk sacrificial site
*Ancient pre-Inca pet cemetery dated to the Chiribaya culture found south of Lima, Peru [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060925-dog-mummy.html]
*Ancient pre-Inca tombs complex dated to Middle Sican culture discovered under the Huaca Loro pyramid in Peru; 12 ceremonial tumi knives found [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061127-peru-tombs.html]

Excavations

*KV63 - the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.

Publications

K925 - the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.

Finds

*The Irish bog psalter yielded the fragments of a prayer book found in a bog in Ireland, where it has been buried for approximately 1200 years.

Awards

Miscellaneous

*The Kharosti scrolls, the oldest collection of Buddhist manuscripts in the world, are radiocarbon-dated by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). The group confirms the initial dating of the Senior manuscripts to 130-250 CE and the Schøyen manuscripts to between the 1st and 5th centuries CE.
*30th anniversary of the founding of the modern Korean Archaeological Society.

Deaths

*December 1 - Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist and McGill University professor.

ee also

* List of years in archaeology
* Karnak
* Pompeii
* Mayapan - recent excavations, near cenote wells.


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