24 – A collection of 20 tombs is discovered in Kom Al-Khelgan in the
Nile Delta, dating back to the
Middle Kingdom and the beginning of the
New Kingdom, from about 1640 to 1540 B.C.[9]
25 – Discovery of the coffin of Captain
Matthew Flinders (d. 1814) in London excavations in advance of
High Speed 2 is announced.[10]
4 – Four hundred ancient stone monuments are found near
Tifariti in
Western Sahara, dating back to over 10,000 years ago to 3,000 years ago.[15]
7 – Roman lead coffins are discovered in
Surrey, decorated with scallop shells which might refer to fertility and rebirth in the
Romano-Celtic culture.[16]
13 – An ancient shipyard is found at the Tel Abu Saifi archaeological site in the northern
Sinai Peninsula, which might have been the Roman fortress of Silla.[17]
27 – A criosphinx and other unfinished sculptures are discovered at the
Gebel el-Silsila, dating back to the reign of
Amenhotep III.[18]
March
10 – An ancient city, probably one of the three ancient capitals of the
Qin Dynasty (
Chinese: 废丘), is found accidentally by workers who are building the
Xi'an Metro.[19]
25 – A number of
Aztec sacrifices including a richly adorned jaguar dressed as a warrior at the Templo Mayor are discovered in Mexico City, which may lead to
Moctezuma II's tomb.[20]
A port used to transport stones from their quarries to the pyramid sites is located near
Gebel el-Silsila on the east bank of the
Nile, dating back to the
18th dynasty.[22]
28 – Discovery of remains of a
B-24 bomber that crashed into the sea near
Bermuda in 1945 is announced.[23]
30 – A 14-year-old boy in
Glasgow, Scotland, discovers long-lost medieval stone carvings in a cemetery.[24]
The wreck of a ship of about 1540 in the Dutch
North Sea loaded with copper plates with marks of the
Fugger family, found by chance in a salvage operation.[27]
5 – A tomb is discovered at Al-Dayabat archaeological site in
Sohag Governorate, dating back to the Ptolemaic era.[28]
10 – A new species of hominin, Homo luzonensis, is announced as being found in Callao Cave,
Luzon,
Philippines. At 67,000 years old, these are the oldest hominin remains found in the archipelago.[29]
13 – A 4,000-year-old tomb of an influential person named 'Khuwy' is found in
Saqqara, dating back to the
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt.[30]
A 17th century fort is discovered in
Stornoway in the Western Isles of Scotland.[39]
24
Identification of a 2,300-year-old bark
shield dating back to the
Iron Age, found in 2015 at the Everards Meadows site south of
Leicester in England, is announced.[40]
A marching camp used by the Roman legions, dating back to the first century during the reign of governor
Agricola, is found in
Ayrshire.[41]
June
American submarine
USS Grayback (SS-208) (sunk 1944) is located by a private research group, Lost 52 Project, off the coast of
Okinawa (Japan).[42]
27 – 2,000 year-old mummies are found in Egypt, at
Saqqara, in the area near
Djoser Pyramid; the burial site dates back approximately to between the 6th century BC and the 1st century AD.[47]
An 11,000-year-old ancient temple, dating back to the
Neolithic era, is unearthed in
Dargeçit, Turkey.[69]
November
2 – One of Britain's first cities is discovered at
Blick Mead on
Salisbury Plain, probably occupied by hunter-gatherers, who built
Stonehenge, 10,000 years ago.[70]
5 – A Roman-era
catacomb is discovered in Saqqara, dating between the first and second century AD.[71]
8
An ancient shipwreck is found in the
Volga river near Vinnovka,
Samara, which is over 600 years old.[72]
Two shipwrecks are discovered in the
Baltic Sea, linked to Sweden's Vasa, dating back to the 17th century.[73]
A cave lion figurine made of woolly mammoth tusk at the
Denisova Cave, dating back to approximately 45,000 years ago.[75]
21 – Announcement that an 8,000-year-old monument has been found at Uğurlu-Zeytinlik,
Imbros.[76]
23 – Mummified animals are announced to have been discovered a year earlier at Saqqara near Cairo, including cats, crocodiles, cobras, birds, lion cubs, and a large scarab.[77]
12 – Dating of a cave painting of a hunting scene in
Sulawesi, Indonesia, to at least 43,900 years BP, is announced. It is the oldest known example of human art.[82]
17 – Two Bronze Age tombs containing a trove of engraved jewelry and artifacts are discovered in
Pylos, Greece.[83]
30 – A hoard of gold coins dating back to the 9th century is unearthed in
Yavneh, Israel, including a dinar minted during the reign of
Harun al-Rashid.[88]
Events
January 21 - A recently "discovered"
recumbent stone circle in
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, thought to date from around 4,000 years BP, is shown to be about 20 years old.[89]
April 18 - Announcement that a bone found in 1964 at
Fishbourne Roman Palace has been identified as that of a
rabbit (likely a pet) from the 1st century AD, making it the oldest found in England.[91]
June 3 - Announcement that designated sunken
materiel on the south coast of England lost in training for the 1944
Normandy landings has been scheduled for legal protection.[92]
July 2 - A 1,300-year old, 200 square metres (2,200 sq ft) one-piece floor mosaic, found in
Hatay in 2010, is opened to visitors.[94]
July 22 - Announcement that a
Baltic Sea wreck, first located in 2009, has been identified earlier in the year as belonging to a date around 1500 and in an excellent state of preservation.[95]
August 29 - Stone tools and animal bones that are 16,600 years old have been found near the
Salmon River near
Cottonwood, Idaho. These may be the oldest human remains found in the Americas.[96]
October 7 -
Syria places a 5th-century mosaic from the region between
Hama and
Idlib on display at the
National Museum of Damascus after its return to the country having been smuggled to
Canada in the late 1990s.[98]
November 11
Archaeologists in
Iceland map shipwrecks near
Eyrarbakki, which consist of 400 English, Dutch, Danish, Basque, and Icelandic vessels lost between A.D. 1200 and 1920.[99]
Cadw announces that the wreck of an American
Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter which crashed in September 1942 off the coast of
Wales near
Harlech is the first legally designated military aircraft crash site in the United Kingdom to be scheduled for legal protection for its historic and archaeological interest.[100]
November 27 - A replica Anglo-Saxon house adjacent to the site of the foundations on which it is based excavated in 2016 at
Long Wittenham in the
Thames Valley of England is opened.[103]
^"1722 Waggonway found!". The Waggonway Project. 1722 Waggonway Heritage Group. 2019-06-18. Archived from
the original on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
24 – A collection of 20 tombs is discovered in Kom Al-Khelgan in the
Nile Delta, dating back to the
Middle Kingdom and the beginning of the
New Kingdom, from about 1640 to 1540 B.C.[9]
25 – Discovery of the coffin of Captain
Matthew Flinders (d. 1814) in London excavations in advance of
High Speed 2 is announced.[10]
4 – Four hundred ancient stone monuments are found near
Tifariti in
Western Sahara, dating back to over 10,000 years ago to 3,000 years ago.[15]
7 – Roman lead coffins are discovered in
Surrey, decorated with scallop shells which might refer to fertility and rebirth in the
Romano-Celtic culture.[16]
13 – An ancient shipyard is found at the Tel Abu Saifi archaeological site in the northern
Sinai Peninsula, which might have been the Roman fortress of Silla.[17]
27 – A criosphinx and other unfinished sculptures are discovered at the
Gebel el-Silsila, dating back to the reign of
Amenhotep III.[18]
March
10 – An ancient city, probably one of the three ancient capitals of the
Qin Dynasty (
Chinese: 废丘), is found accidentally by workers who are building the
Xi'an Metro.[19]
25 – A number of
Aztec sacrifices including a richly adorned jaguar dressed as a warrior at the Templo Mayor are discovered in Mexico City, which may lead to
Moctezuma II's tomb.[20]
A port used to transport stones from their quarries to the pyramid sites is located near
Gebel el-Silsila on the east bank of the
Nile, dating back to the
18th dynasty.[22]
28 – Discovery of remains of a
B-24 bomber that crashed into the sea near
Bermuda in 1945 is announced.[23]
30 – A 14-year-old boy in
Glasgow, Scotland, discovers long-lost medieval stone carvings in a cemetery.[24]
The wreck of a ship of about 1540 in the Dutch
North Sea loaded with copper plates with marks of the
Fugger family, found by chance in a salvage operation.[27]
5 – A tomb is discovered at Al-Dayabat archaeological site in
Sohag Governorate, dating back to the Ptolemaic era.[28]
10 – A new species of hominin, Homo luzonensis, is announced as being found in Callao Cave,
Luzon,
Philippines. At 67,000 years old, these are the oldest hominin remains found in the archipelago.[29]
13 – A 4,000-year-old tomb of an influential person named 'Khuwy' is found in
Saqqara, dating back to the
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt.[30]
A 17th century fort is discovered in
Stornoway in the Western Isles of Scotland.[39]
24
Identification of a 2,300-year-old bark
shield dating back to the
Iron Age, found in 2015 at the Everards Meadows site south of
Leicester in England, is announced.[40]
A marching camp used by the Roman legions, dating back to the first century during the reign of governor
Agricola, is found in
Ayrshire.[41]
June
American submarine
USS Grayback (SS-208) (sunk 1944) is located by a private research group, Lost 52 Project, off the coast of
Okinawa (Japan).[42]
27 – 2,000 year-old mummies are found in Egypt, at
Saqqara, in the area near
Djoser Pyramid; the burial site dates back approximately to between the 6th century BC and the 1st century AD.[47]
An 11,000-year-old ancient temple, dating back to the
Neolithic era, is unearthed in
Dargeçit, Turkey.[69]
November
2 – One of Britain's first cities is discovered at
Blick Mead on
Salisbury Plain, probably occupied by hunter-gatherers, who built
Stonehenge, 10,000 years ago.[70]
5 – A Roman-era
catacomb is discovered in Saqqara, dating between the first and second century AD.[71]
8
An ancient shipwreck is found in the
Volga river near Vinnovka,
Samara, which is over 600 years old.[72]
Two shipwrecks are discovered in the
Baltic Sea, linked to Sweden's Vasa, dating back to the 17th century.[73]
A cave lion figurine made of woolly mammoth tusk at the
Denisova Cave, dating back to approximately 45,000 years ago.[75]
21 – Announcement that an 8,000-year-old monument has been found at Uğurlu-Zeytinlik,
Imbros.[76]
23 – Mummified animals are announced to have been discovered a year earlier at Saqqara near Cairo, including cats, crocodiles, cobras, birds, lion cubs, and a large scarab.[77]
12 – Dating of a cave painting of a hunting scene in
Sulawesi, Indonesia, to at least 43,900 years BP, is announced. It is the oldest known example of human art.[82]
17 – Two Bronze Age tombs containing a trove of engraved jewelry and artifacts are discovered in
Pylos, Greece.[83]
30 – A hoard of gold coins dating back to the 9th century is unearthed in
Yavneh, Israel, including a dinar minted during the reign of
Harun al-Rashid.[88]
Events
January 21 - A recently "discovered"
recumbent stone circle in
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, thought to date from around 4,000 years BP, is shown to be about 20 years old.[89]
April 18 - Announcement that a bone found in 1964 at
Fishbourne Roman Palace has been identified as that of a
rabbit (likely a pet) from the 1st century AD, making it the oldest found in England.[91]
June 3 - Announcement that designated sunken
materiel on the south coast of England lost in training for the 1944
Normandy landings has been scheduled for legal protection.[92]
July 2 - A 1,300-year old, 200 square metres (2,200 sq ft) one-piece floor mosaic, found in
Hatay in 2010, is opened to visitors.[94]
July 22 - Announcement that a
Baltic Sea wreck, first located in 2009, has been identified earlier in the year as belonging to a date around 1500 and in an excellent state of preservation.[95]
August 29 - Stone tools and animal bones that are 16,600 years old have been found near the
Salmon River near
Cottonwood, Idaho. These may be the oldest human remains found in the Americas.[96]
October 7 -
Syria places a 5th-century mosaic from the region between
Hama and
Idlib on display at the
National Museum of Damascus after its return to the country having been smuggled to
Canada in the late 1990s.[98]
November 11
Archaeologists in
Iceland map shipwrecks near
Eyrarbakki, which consist of 400 English, Dutch, Danish, Basque, and Icelandic vessels lost between A.D. 1200 and 1920.[99]
Cadw announces that the wreck of an American
Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter which crashed in September 1942 off the coast of
Wales near
Harlech is the first legally designated military aircraft crash site in the United Kingdom to be scheduled for legal protection for its historic and archaeological interest.[100]
November 27 - A replica Anglo-Saxon house adjacent to the site of the foundations on which it is based excavated in 2016 at
Long Wittenham in the
Thames Valley of England is opened.[103]
^"1722 Waggonway found!". The Waggonway Project. 1722 Waggonway Heritage Group. 2019-06-18. Archived from
the original on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-07-10.