2023 in archaeology explained

This page lists significant events of 2023 in archaeology.

Excavations

Finds

January
February
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Events

January

February

March

Deaths

April

See also

References

  1. News: 2023-02-27 . Lowther Castle: Archaeologists bid for signs of Norman conquest . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-08-10.
  2. Web site: McTaggart . Paul . 2023-06-27 . Excavation underway to unearth signs of Norman conquest . 2023-08-10 . News and Star . en.
  3. Web site: Lowther Medieval Castle . 2023-08-10 . www.lancaster.ac.uk . en.
  4. Web site: McGrory . Grace . Laversuch . Chloe . 2023-07-20 . First archaeological dig at castle for 160 years . 2023-07-20 . BBC News . en-GB.
  5. Web site: Rampart Scotland – King's Park Fort 2023 . 2023-08-18 . en-US.
  6. Web site: The Burn of Swartigill, Caithness . 2023-08-18 . Archaeology Orkney . en-GB.
  7. News: Mysterious marks on Ice Age cave art may have been ancient records . 15 February 2023 . Science News . 27 January 2023 . 15 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230215212025/https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mysterious-marks-ice-age-cave-art . live .
  8. Bacon . Bennett . Khatiri . Azadeh . Palmer . James . Freeth . Tony . Pettitt . Paul . Kentridge . Robert . An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and Phenological Calendar . Cambridge Archaeological Journal . 5 January 2023 . 33 . 3 . 371–389 . 10.1017/S0959774322000415 . 255723053 . en . 0959-7743. free .
  9. News: Thomas . Tobi . 2023-02-17 . Discovery of 4,500-year-old palace in Iraq may hold key to ancient civilisation . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-02-23 . 0261-3077.
  10. Web site: Ho . Karen K. . 2023-02-21 . Archaeologists Discover Remains of 4,500-Year-Old Lost Ancient Palace in Iraq . 2023-02-23 . ARTnews.com . en-US.
  11. Web site: Tom Metcalfe . 2023-01-26 . Mysterious 12-sided Roman object found in Belgium may have been used for magical rituals . 2023-02-20 . livescience.com . en.
  12. Collins . Rob . Sands . Rob . 2023-02-20 . Touch wood: luck, protection, power or pleasure? A wooden phallus from Vindolanda Roman fort . Antiquity . 97 . 392 . en . 419–435 . 10.15184/aqy.2023.11 . 257069682 . 0003-598X. free .
  13. Web site: Orie . Amarachi . 2023-02-20 . Wooden object nearly 2,000 years old suggests Romans used sex toys, study says . 2023-02-24 . CNN . en.
  14. Web site: Antiquity . 2,000-year-old stringed instrument uncovered in Vietnam . 2023-02-24 . phys.org . en.
  15. Web site: A 2,000-Year-Old Antler In Vietnam May Be Oldest Music Instrument Of Its Kind . 2023-02-24 . IFLScience . 21 February 2023 . en.
  16. Kalisher . Rachel . Cradic . Melissa S. . Adams . Matthew J. . Martin . Mario A. S. . Finkelstein . Israel . 2023-02-22 . Cranial trephination and infectious disease in the Eastern Mediterranean: The evidence from two elite brothers from Late Bronze Megiddo, Israel . PLOS ONE . en . 18 . 2 . e0281020 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0281020 . 1932-6203 . 9946252 . 36812179. 2023PLoSO..1881020K . free .
  17. Web site: Strickland . Ashley . 2023-02-22 . An elite Bronze Age man had brain surgery more than 3,000 years ago . 2023-02-24 . CNN . en.
  18. Web site: Milligan . Markus . 2023-02-22 . Evidence of Bronze Age cranial surgery found at ancient Megiddo . 2023-02-24 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . en-US.
  19. News: Hunt . Katie . Earliest evidence of bow and arrow use outside Africa unearthed in France . 27 March 2023 . CNN.
  20. Metz . Laure . Lewis . Jason E. . Slimak . Ludovic . Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France . Science Advances . 24 February 2023 . 9 . 8 . eadd4675 . 10.1126/sciadv.add4675. 36812314 . 9946345 . 2023SciA....9D4675M .
  21. Web site: 2023-02-24 . In Photos: 22 Persian, Roman and Coptic tombs discovered in Upper Egypt's Minya - Greco-Roman - Antiquities . Ahram Online.
  22. Web site: 2023-02-26 . Group Of Persian, Roman and Coptic Tombs Discovered In Egypt .
  23. Web site: Freiburg . University of . Steel was already being used in Europe 2,900 years ago, shows study . 2023-03-03 . phys.org . en.
  24. Web site: Ancient Egyptian discovery rewrites history of Sudanese kingdom . 2023-03-07 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . March 2023 . en-US.
  25. Web site: Submerged prehistoric site discovered with remains of extinct species . 2023-03-07 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 3 March 2023 . en-US.
  26. Web site: Treasure hoard containing 1000 coins uncovered in Eastern Poland . 2023-03-07 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 4 March 2023 . en-US.
  27. Web site: Roman era sphinx uncovered at Dendera Temple Complex . 2023-03-07 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 6 March 2023 . en-US.
  28. Web site: Excavations reveal Roman altar stone in shrine or cult room . 2023-03-07 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 7 March 2023 . en-US.
  29. Web site: Home Staff Intranet . 2023-03-09 . Lancaster University Staff Intranet . en-gb.
  30. Web site: Evidence of Romano-Celtic temple found in northern Britain . 2023-03-09 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 8 March 2023 . en-US.
  31. Web site: Cemetery from the Tang dynasty uncovered in China . 2023-03-09 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 8 March 2023 . en-US.
  32. Web site: Archaeologists uncover a pre-Columbian temple complex . 2023-03-10 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 9 March 2023 . en-US.
  33. Web site: Roman amphitheatre discovered at ancient Ategua . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 10 March 2023 . en-US.
  34. Web site: Watermill uncovered with Anglo Saxon origins . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 13 March 2023 . en-US.
  35. Web site: Archaeology . Cotswold . 2023-03-13 . HS2 Discoveries: Buckinghamshire watermill with Anglo-Saxon origins . 2023-03-22 . Cotswold Archaeology . en-GB.
  36. Web site: Medieval artefacts found in Poland from possible knights court . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 14 March 2023 . en-US.
  37. Web site: Bronze swords from Mycenaean civilisation found in Greek Tomb . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 14 March 2023 . en-US.
  38. News: 2023-03-17 . Olney: Roman villa mosaic found under Aldi supermarket site . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-03-22.
  39. Web site: Archaeologists unearth Roman mosaic in Olney . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 17 March 2023 . en-US.
  40. Web site: Archaeologists uncover ancient ring ditch . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 16 March 2023 . en-US.
  41. Web site: Guiding serpent sculpture discovered at Chichén Itzá . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 17 March 2023 . en-US.
  42. Web site: Ancient murals depicting two-faced figures found in Peru . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 16 March 2023 . en-US.
  43. Web site: Celestial reliefs depicting the heavens uncovered in the Temple of Esna . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 21 March 2023 . en-US.
  44. Web site: Maya burial chamber containing green figurines found at Palenque . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 20 March 2023 . en-US.
  45. Web site: New discoveries at the Matriya Sun Temple . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 20 March 2023 . en-US.
  46. Web site: Byzantine mosaic excavated in Israel . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 20 March 2023 . en-US.
  47. Web site: Abandoned mosaic flooring found at Roman Pompeii . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 21 March 2023 . en-US.
  48. Web site: 2,000 ram heads uncovered at Temple of Rameses II in Abydos . 2023-04-04 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 26 March 2023 . en-US.
  49. Web site: Whiddington . Richard . 2023-04-06 . An 1,800-Year-Old Venus Statuette Was Discovered In a Roman-Era Garbage Dump in France . 2023-04-07 . Artnet News . en-US.
  50. Web site: Kristina Killgrove . 2023-03-27 . Roman-era trash dump containing naked Venus statue and other artifacts unearthed in France . 2023-04-07 . livescience.com . en.
  51. Web site: Bronze Age treasure found in Poland . 2023-04-04 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 30 March 2023 . en-US.
  52. Web site: Tom Metcalfe . 2023-03-31 . 1,000-year-old brick tomb discovered in China is decorated with lions, sea anemones and 'guardian spirits' . 2023-04-07 . livescience.com . en.
  53. 2024-01-02. Digging for Britain. Television production.
  54. Web site: Millenniums-old tiger-patterned ritual weapon unearthed in east China-Xinhua . 2023-04-03 . english.news.cn.
  55. Web site: Archaeologists uncover 4,500-year-old ritual weapon engraved with tigers . 2023-04-03 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 3 April 2023 . en-US.
  56. Web site: Roman remains uncovered beneath UK's Exeter Cathedral . 2023-04-04 . The Jerusalem Post JPost.com . 2 April 2023 . en-US.
  57. News: 2023-03-30 . Exeter Cathedral Roman remains unearthed by archaeologists . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-04-04.
  58. Guerra-Doce . E. . Rihuete-Herrada . C. . Micó . R. . Risch . R. . Lull . V. . Niemeyer . H. M. . 2023-04-06 . Direct evidence of the use of multiple drugs in Bronze Age Menorca (Western Mediterranean) from human hair analysis . Scientific Reports . en . 13 . 1 . 4782 . 10.1038/s41598-023-31064-2 . 37024524 . 10079862 . 2023NatSR..13.4782G . 2045-2322.
  59. Web site: Direct evidence of ancient Bronze Age drug use found in Menorca . 2023-04-07 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 6 April 2023 . en-US.
  60. Web site: Etruscan tomb discovered in ruins of ancient Vulci . 2023-04-10 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 7 April 2023 . en-US.
  61. Web site: Archaeologists uncover ornate Christian frescos in Old Dongola . 2023-04-10 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 7 April 2023 . en-US.
  62. Web site: 2023-04-10 . New Treasures Identified In The Sunken Roman City Of Baiae . 2023-04-10 . IFLScience . en.
  63. Web site: Underwater survey reveals new discoveries in sunken town of Baia . 2023-04-10 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 9 April 2023 . en-US.
  64. Web site: Fragment of giant Roman statue uncovered in Chersonesos . 2023-04-10 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 9 April 2023 . en-US.
  65. Web site: Lidman . Melanie . Over 1,000 years ago, Caesarea's coast was likely the birthplace of sand farming . 2023-04-13 . www.timesofisrael.com . en-US.
  66. Web site: High status tomb discovered in Saqqara necropolis . 2023-04-13 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 12 April 2023 . en-US.
  67. Web site: Maya ball game marker discovered in Chichén Itzá . 2023-04-13 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 11 April 2023 . en-US.
  68. Web site: Archaeologists identify a submerged temple of the Nabataeans in Pozzuoli . 2023-04-14 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 11 April 2023 . en-US.
  69. Web site: Altuntaş . Leman . 2023-04-12 . Archaeologists identify a sunken Nabataean temple dedicated to the God Dusares at Pozzuoli . 2023-04-14 . Arkeonews . en-US.
  70. Web site: Scoperti ex voto al tempietto di Paestum | Artribune . 15 April 2023 .
  71. News: Morris-Grant. Brianna. 2023-04-22. SS Montevideo Maru shipwreck found 81 years after Australia's worst maritime disaster. live. https://archive.today/20230422120934/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/montevideo-maru-wwii-shipwreck-found/102255384. 2023-04-22. 2023-04-22. Australia Broadcasting Corporation News.
  72. Web site: Archaeologists discover Roman sanctuary and cemetery in Belgium . 2023-04-24 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 19 April 2023 . en-US.
  73. Web site: Archaeologists uncover the first human representations of the ancient Tartessos people . 2023-04-24 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 19 April 2023 . en-US.
  74. Web site: Altuntaş . Leman . 2023-04-19 . Archaeologists have uncovered the first human representations of the people of mythical Tartessos . 2023-04-24 . Arkeonews . en-US.
  75. Web site: Decapitated and dismembered bodies found at Maya pyramid . 2023-04-24 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 20 April 2023 . en-US.
  76. Web site: 2023-04-21 . 20 Decapitated Bodies Found At Maya Pyramid Of Death . 2023-04-24 . IFLScience . en.
  77. Web site: University . Flinders . Archaeologists identify Moluccan boats that may have visited Australia from Indonesia in rock art drawings . 2023-06-02 . phys.org . en.
  78. Web site: 2023-05-29 . Operation to prevent looting has led to discovery of burial caves . 2023-06-04 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . en-US.
  79. Web site: 2023-05-31 . High-status tombs from Lijiaya Culture discovered in northern Shaanxi . 2023-06-03 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . en-US.
  80. Web site: 2023-05-31 . Archaeologists uncover giant Bronze Age barrow cemetery . 2023-06-03 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . en-US.
  81. Web site: Staff . M. N. D. . 2023-06-01 . Pre-Columbian sculpture found in Veracruz may depict female ruler . 2023-06-03 . Mexico News Daily . en-US.
  82. Web site: 2023-05-31 . Archaeologists discover fortified settlement from the Datuotou Culture . 2023-06-03 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . en-US.
  83. News: Zimmer . Carl . Carl Zimmer . Ancient Human Relatives Buried Their Dead in Caves, New Theory Claims - Homo naledi, despite having tiny brains, may have lit fires and decorated walls around the graves of their dead, according to controversial new research. . 5 June 2023 . . live . https://archive.today/20230605183811/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/science/ancient-humans-homo-naledi-buried-dead.html . 5 June 2023 . 5 June 2023 .
  84. Lee Berger (paleoanthropologist). Berger . Lee R. . Hawks . John . Fuentes . Agustin . Van Rooyen . Dirk . Tsikoane . Mathabela . Ramalepa . Maropeng . Nkwe . Samuel . Molopyane . Keneiloe . 241,000 to 335,000 Years Old Rock Engravings Made by Homo naledi in the Rising Star Cave system, South Africa . bioRxiv . 10.1101/2023.06.01.543133 . 5 June 2023. 259113360 .
  85. Lee Berger (paleoanthropologist). Fuentes . Agustin . Kissel . Marc . Spikins . Penny . Molopyane . Keneiloe . Hawks . John . Berger . Lee R. . Burials and engravings in a small-brained hominin, Homo naledi, from the late Pleistocene: contexts and evolutionary implications . bioRxiv . 10.1101/2023.06.01.543135 . 5 June 2023. 259113355 .
  86. News: Ukraine finds British WW2 Hurricane planes outside Kyiv. BBC News. 2023-07-02. 2023-07-02.
  87. News: Ruane. Michael. Navy identifies wreck of WWII aircraft carrier hit by kamikaze plane. 2023-07-11. The Washington Post. 2023-07-11.
  88. Web site: Ancient Roman baths — frequented by gladiator spectators — uncovered in Spain . Miami Herald . 24 July 2023 .
  89. Web site: Lost for centuries, Emperor Nero's theater is unearthed in Rome . CNN. 28 July 2023. 29 July 2023.
  90. Web site: Civitavecchia, scoperto il relitto di un'antica nave romana del II secolo avanti Cristo . 28 July 2023 .
  91. Web site: Scavano per realizzare supermercato a Sarsina e trovano un tempio capitolino romano. Salviamolo! . 31 July 2023 .
  92. Web site: Sarcofago scoperto per caso durante lavori a Battipaglia. 25 August 2023.
  93. Web site: Dead Sea reveals four 1,900-year-old Roman swords in cave . BBC News . 6 September 2023 .
  94. Web site: 2024-03-28 . Philippi University Excavation - 2023 Excavation Period . https://web.archive.org/web/20240402192518/https://www.culture.gov.gr/el/Information/SitePages/view.aspx?nID=4914 . 2024-04-02 . Hellenic Republic – Ministry of Culture.
  95. Web site: World's oldest wooden structure found in Zambia – DW – 09/20/2023 . 2023-09-20 . dw.com . en.
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  97. News: Colin. Paterson. Colin Paterson. Stage that once hosted William Shakespeare found, claims Norfolk theatre. BBC News. 2023-10-05. 2023-10-05.
  98. Web site: Price . Stephen . 2024-04-15 . Roman treasure found on Ynys Môn . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240415164313/https://nation.cymru/news/roman-treasure-found-on-ynys-mon/ . 2024-04-15 . 2024-04-15 . . en-GB.
  99. Web site: Tomba alessandrina scoperta in Campania durante uno scavo per la rete idrica . 6 October 2023 .
  100. Web site: New Kingdom cemetery found at Tuna el-Gebel . HeritageDaily . 16 October 2023 .
  101. Web site: Ancient Egyptian cemetery holds rare 'Book of the Dead' papyrus and mummies . Live Science . 25 October 2023 .
  102. Web site: Iraq dig unearths 2,700-year-old winged sculpture largely intact . France 24 . 25 October 2023 .
  103. Casana . Jesse . Goodman . David D. . Ferwerda . Carolin . A wall or a road? A remote sensing-based investigation of fortifications on Rome's eastern frontier . Cambridge University Press . 1516–1533 . 26 October 2023 . 97 . 396 . 10.15184/aqy.2023.153 . free .
  104. Web site: Italian archaeologists open 2,600-year-old tomb for first time, find wealthy family's treasures . CBS News . 2 November 2023 .
  105. Web site: Archäologen entdecken »Halle von König Hinz« in Brandenburg . Der Spiegel . de . 1 November 2023 .
  106. Web site: In Photos: Tomb of Late Period royal scribe unearthed in Abusir necropolis . Ahram Online . 3 November 2023 .
  107. Web site: Cambridge experts find Roman theatre in Italy dig . BBC News . 12 December 2023 .
  108. Web site: 2023 . Poznań Young Researchers Archaeology Conference 2023 .
  109. Web site: 2023-02-09 . Opening at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari and the Tomb of Meru in North Asasif .
  110. Web site: Egypt: opening at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari and in the Tomb of Meru in North Asasif . 2023-02-15 . Science in Poland . en.
  111. News: Tsoni . Paula . 2023-02-27 . Archaeological Museum Of Elefsina Reopens To The Public . en-US . GreekReporter.com . 2023-02-27.
  112. Web site: Title: The 4th Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw 'Przeszłość ma przyszłość!/ The Past Has a Future!' – Faculty of Archaeology UW . 2023-03-22 . en-GB.
  113. Web site: Nationally important treasure hoard from the medieval period unveiled . 2023-03-22 . HeritageDaily - Archaeology News . 11 March 2023 . en-US.
  114. Web site: University . Durham . Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp - Durham University . 2023-05-01 . www.durham.ac.uk . en-gb.
  115. Web site: Archeologia in lutto. Si è spenta a 80 anni, dopo lunga malattia, Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, tra i massimi esperti della protostoria dell'Italia e del Mediterraneo, una delle protagoniste assolute dell'archeologia nell'ultimo cinquantennio. July 2, 2023.
  116. Web site: Opustila nás archeologička a kolegyňa Etela Studeníková – Archeologický ústav SAV . 9 January 2024 . sk-SK . 1 June 2023.