2006 in archaeology

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The year 2006 in archaeology includes the following significant events.

Contents

1 Explorations
2 Excavations
3 Publications
4 Finds
5 Awards
6 Miscellaneous
7 Deaths
8 See also

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]

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.

See also

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

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