2014 in archaeology
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The year 2014 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- January 7 - The journal Nature announced that some Tsinghua Bamboo Slips represent "the world's oldest example of a multiplication table in base 10".[1]
Excavations
- November 6 - The recovery of the bell of the Franklin expedition's HMS Erebus is announced.[2]
Finds
- January 6 - Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim announces the positive identification of the tomb of Sobekhotep I.
- March 7 - The discovery of an alabaster statue of Princess Iset, dating from c. 1350 BC, is announced in Egypt.[3]
- April 9 - The Israel Antiquities Authority announces the discovery of a 3,300 year old ancient Egyptian coffin in the Jezreel Valley during a natural gas pipeline excavation. The coffin is thought to have belonged to a wealthy Canaanite.[4]
- April 19 - Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities announces the discovery of two Twenty-sixth Dynasty tombs in Oxyrhynchus, one of which belonged to a scribe and the other one to a major clerical family.[5]
- April 28 - Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities announces the discovery of at least 50 mummies in the tomb KV40.[6]
- May 7 - The discovery of a 5,600-year-old preserved tomb and mummy predating the First Dynasty of Egypt, at Nekhen, is announced by the Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities.[7]
- June 3 - The discovery of a 5,000-year old pair of woollen riding trousers in China is announced.[8]
- July 4 - The discovery of more than 150 burials in the Atacama Desert belonging to a previously unknown culture was announced.[9] The findings are dated to between the 4th-7th century AD and indicate that the area was inhabited before the expansion of the Tiwanaku culture.[9]
- July 7 - The discovery of 26 Roman/late Iron Age coins probably of the Corieltauvi in a Dovedale cave in the Peak District of England is announced.[10]
- September 9 - A ship of Franklin's lost expedition is located.[11][12]
- December 21 - A container of 5,251 coins from the reigns of Æthelred the Unready and Cnut the Great is found in Buckinghamshire, England, by a metal detectorist.[13]
- December 28 - An underground city estimated to be around 5,000 years old is discovered in Turkey.[14]
See also
- List of years in archaeology
References
- ↑ Jane Qiu (7 January 2014). "Ancient times table hidden in Chinese bamboo strips". Nature. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ↑ "HMS Erebus ship's bell recovered from Franklin expedition". CBC News. 2014-11-06.
- ↑ "World Briefs". The Durango Herald. March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ↑ Yashar, Ari (9 April 2014). "Ancient Egytian Coffin Unearthed in Jezreel Valley". Israel National News. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ↑ "Pharaonic tombs discovered in Minya". Egypt Independent. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ↑ "50 mummies discovered in Kings Valley". Egyptian State Information Service. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ↑ "Archaeologists discover 5,600-year-old preserved tomb in Egypt". Middle East Online. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ Chayka, Kyle (2014-06-03). "These Are the World’s Oldest Pants". Time. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Unknown culture discovered in Peru". Past Horizons. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ↑ Ferguson, Kate (2014-07-07). "Iron Age treasure discovered in Peak District cave". i (London). p. 21.
- ↑ "Ship from lost Franklin expedition found". Toronto Star. thestar.com. 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
- ↑ "Lost Franklin expedition ship found in the Arctic". CBC. 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
- ↑ "Thousands of ancient coins discovered in Buckinghamshire field". BBC News. 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ Keneally, Meghan (January 2, 2015). "Inside the Mysterious Underground City That's 5,000 Years Old". abcnews.go.com. Retrieved January 3, 2015.