2006 in archaeology
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The year 2006 in archaeology includes the following significant events.
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[edit] Explorations
- Tomb of the Roaring Lions
- Luhansk sacrificial site
- Ancient pre-Inca pet cemetery dated to the Chiribaya culture found south of Lima, Peru[1]
- Ancient pre-Inca tombs complex dated to Middle Sican culture discovered under the Huaca Loro pyramid in Peru; 12 ceremonial tumi knives found [2]
[edit] Excavations
- KV63 - the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.
[edit] Publications
[edit] 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.
[edit] Awards
[edit] 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.
[edit] Deaths
- December 1 - Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist and McGill University professor.
[edit] See also
- List of years in archaeology
- Karnak
- Pompeii
- Mayapan - recent excavations, near cenote wells.
