2006 in archaeology

none 2006 archaeology science The year 2006 in archaeology includes the following significant events. Explorations Tomb of the Roaring LionsMcMahon Barbara Italian 'tomb raider' reveals burial chamber https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jun/18/italy.arts The Observer 22 December 2017 18 June 2006 Excavations KV63 - the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.Final coffin opened in Egyptian chamber http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13597524/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/final-coffin-opened-egyptian-chamber/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130405071656/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13597524/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/final-coffin-opened-egyptian-chamber dead April 5, 2013 msnbc.com 10 January 2018 en 28 June 2006 Ancient pre-Inca pet cemetery dated to the Chiribaya culture found south of Lima, Peru.Tombs of Pre-Inca Elite Discovered Under Peru Pyramid https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061127-peru-tombs.html https://web.archive.org/web/20061201173527/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061127-peru-tombs.html dead December 1, 2006 news.nationalgeographic.com 22 December 2017 Ancient pre-Inca tombs complex dated to Middle Sican culture discovered under the Huaca Loro pyramid in Peru; 12 ceremonial tumi knives found.Tombs of Pre-Inca Elite Discovered Under Peru Pyramid http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061127-peru-tombs.html https://web.archive.org/web/20061201173527/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061127-peru-tombs.html dead December 1, 2006 news.nationalgeographic.com 22 December 2017 The Jewish cemetery, Lucena (Andalusia), the largest such cemetery excavated in Spain, is discovered during construction of the city's southern ring road and excavated. Portions of Timișoara Fortress in Romania. Finds July - The Faddan More Psalter, a devotional book, is found in a peat bog in Ireland, where it has been buried for approximately 1200 years.1200-year-old prayer book discovered in bog https://www.smh.com.au/news/world/1200yearold-prayer-book-discovered-in-bog/2006/07/26/1153816221849.html www.smh.com.au 26 July 2006 2018-03-01 en December Little Horwood Hoard of Iron Age gold staters from Buckinghamshire, England.Record ID: BUC-5D0980 - Iron Age coin hoard https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/548376 The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2018-03-01 en 2018-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20180302163937/https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/548376 dead River Boyne shipwreck of 1530s found off Drogheda in Ireland.What lies beneath https://www.irishtimes.com/news/what-lies-beneath-1.608652 The Irish Times 2018-03-01 Inscriptions in an early form of Linear Elamite discovered at Jiroft in Iran. Roman sarcophagus found during work at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, well outside the walls of Londinium.Ancient body prompts new theories https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6196972.stm BBC News 2006-12-01 2024-07-14 Defences from the Siege of Leith (1560) discovered in Pilrig, Edinburgh, Scotland.http://www.edinburghguide.com/story/architecture/2 Significant Clue to Leith's History Found in Pilrig Park EdinburghGuide.com Alstead Media 2006-12-13 2019-07-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20190706191619/http://www.edinburghguide.com/story/architecture/2 2019-07-06 dead Wreck of Type A Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarine, sunk in the 1942 attack on Sydney Harbour, discovered off Sydney's Northern Beaches. Publications Steve Burrow - The Tomb-builders in Wales 4000-3000 BC 9780720005684 Andrea Carandini - Remo e Romolo: Dai rioni dei Quiriti alla città dei Romani (775/750 - 700/675 a.C. circa) 9788806180652 and La leggenda di Roma 9788804634973 Gwyn Davies - Roman Siege Works 9780752428970 Jürg Eggler & Othmar Keel - Corpus der Siegel-Amulette aus Jordanien: vom Neolithikum bis zur Perserzeit 9783525530146 Lars Fogelin - Archaeology of Early Buddhism 9780759107502 Matthew Johnson - Ideas of Landscape 9781405178334 Chris Stringer - Homo Britannicus: the Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain 9780713997958 Awards June - Barry Cunliffe knighted.Birthday honours: list in full https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/birthday-honours-list-in-full-6097967.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/birthday-honours-list-in-full-6097967.html 2022-05-01 subscription The Independent 14 January 2018 17 June 2006 Events October - British historian Alex Woolf publishes arguments that the Pictish kingdom of Fortriu was located around the Moray Firth region, further north in Scotland than the previous consensus.Woolf Alex 2006 Dén Nechtain, Fortriu and the geography of the Picts The Scottish Historical Review 85 2 182–201 10.3366/shr.2007.0029 161978981 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. Deaths June 6 - Leslie Alcock, English archaeologist (b. 1925)Lane Alan Leslie Alcock https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jun/24/guardianobituaries.mainsection The Guardian 30 May 2017 23 June 2006 August 2 - Richard Avent, British archaeologist, conservationist and civil servant (b. 1948)Wakelin Peter 2006-08-25 Obituary: Richard Avent http://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/25/guardianobituaries.mainsection 2022-08-26 the Guardian en December 1 - Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist and McGill University professor (b. 1937)Antiquity Journal http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/tributes/trigger.html www.antiquity.ac.uk 13 March 2017 See also List of years in archaeology Karnak Pompeii Mayapan - recent excavations, near cenote wells. References Category:Archaeology by year Category:2000s in archaeology Archaeology