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2023 in archaeology

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This page lists significant events of 2023 in archaeology.

Excavations

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Finds

January
February
  • 20 – A study reports that 2,000 year-old disembodied 6.3 inches long wooden phallus toy was revealed at the Roman Fort of Vindolanda by the Newcastle University.[15][16]
  • 21 – A 2,000-year-old stringed musical instrument about 35 centimeters long was discovered at the Go Ô Chùa archaeological site in Long An province, southern Vietnam.[17][18]
  • 22
    • The remains of two elite brothers were found in a Bronze Age tomb in Tel Megiddo, Israel. The early evidence of a Bronze Age cranial surgery called trepanation was also identified in one of the males.[19][20][21]
    • A study reports the earliest evidence of bow and arrow use outside Africa (see also 12 Jun 20)~54,000 years ago in France, showing the earliest known H. sapiens to migrate into Neandertal territories used these technologies.[22][23]
  • 26 – 16 individual tombs and 6 funerary complex from the Persian, Roman and Coptic periods were discovered by the Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission at the Al-Bahnasa archaeological site, Minya, Egypt.[24][25]
  • 28 – A study reports that steel chisels were already in use in Europe on the Iberian peninsula around 2,900 years ago.[26]
March
April
May
June
July
August
  • - During works on water networks on a construction site in Battipaglia, in Via Belvedere, a stone sarcophagus has been found.[95]
September
  • 6 – Four 1,900-year-old Roman swords have been found in a cave at the Dead Sea, which might have been hidden by Judean rebels during the Bar Kokhba revolt after being taken from Roman soldiers.[96]
  • 15 – The head of a statue depicting the Greek god Apollo was found at an excavation site in the ancient Greek city of Philippi. The statue dates back to the 2nd or early 3rd century A.D.[97]
  • 20 – Kalambo structure: The world's oldest wooden structure, dating back ~476,000 years, is identified in Zambia after first being discovered in 2019. It shows an unexpected early capacity to shape tree trunks into large combined structures, changing views of the technical cognition of early hominins.[98][99]
  • Undated – Exposure of an early 15th century wooden floor in the Guildhall of St George, King's Lynn, England, thought likely to have been trod by Shakespeare when his playing company visited a century later.[100]
    • A pair of copper alloy Roman bracelets were found on Anglesey (Welsh: Ynys Môn) in September 2023. The bracelets include a silver plate decorated with a raised triskele. Comparison and analysis suggests the bracelets date to the 2nd century AD.[101]
October
November
  • 1 – A 3,000-year-old monument was discovered at Seddin, which might be the meeting hall of King Hinz, a ruler in Prignitz during the Bronze Age.[108]
  • 3 – The tomb of the high official "Djehutyemnakht" was revealed in Abusir which dated back to the Late Period, decorated with inscriptions of apotropaic spells against snake bites. The discovery was made by a Czech archaeological mission from the Charles University in May earlier that year.[109]
December
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Events

January

February
  • 9 – the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Tomb of Meru were opened to the public after the restoration.[112][113]
  • 27 – The Archaeological Museum of Elefsina has reopened to the public following the conclusion of restoration works.[114]

March

Deaths

April

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