March 7 - The discovery of an alabaster statue of Princess Iset, dating from c. 1350 BC, is announced in Egypt.[5]
April–May - The earliest known mariner's astrolabe is recovered by David Mearns from ongoing excavation of what is believed to be the Portuguese carrackEsmeralda, wrecked in 1503 off the coast of Oman.[6]
April 9 - The Israel Antiquities Authority announces the discovery of a 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian coffin in the Jezreel Valley during a natural gas pipeline excavation. The coffin is thought to have belonged to a wealthy Canaanite.[7]
April 19 - Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities announces the discovery of two Twenty-sixth Dynasty tombs in Oxyrhynchus, one of which belonged to a scribe and the other one to a major clerical family.[8]
April 28 - Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities announces the discovery of at least 50 mummies in the tomb KV40.[9]
May 7 - The discovery of a 5,600-year-old preserved tomb and mummy predating the First Dynasty of Egypt, at Nekhen, is announced by the Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities.[10]
June 3 - The discovery of a 5,000-year-old pair of woollen riding trousers in China is announced.[11]
July 4 - The discovery of more than 150 burials in the Atacama Desert belonging to a previously unknown culture is announced. The findings are dated to between the 4th-7th century AD and indicate that the area was inhabited before the expansion of the Tiwanaku culture.[12]
September - Galloway Hoard found by Derek McLennan, a metal detectorist. The hoard was buried in the early 10th century and includes more than 100 items of gold and silver.[18]
October - Cave paintings in Pettakere Cave at Maros on Sulawesi are dated as being approximately 40,000 years old, it is announced; one of a hand is 39,900 years old, making it "the oldest hand stencil in the world". Dr. Maxime Aubert, of Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, adds: "Next to it is a pig that has a minimum age of 35,400 years old, and this is one of the oldest figurative depictions in the world, if not the oldest one."[19]
December - The Winfarthing pendant, a gold and garnet 7th century disc brooch, is found by landscape archaeology student, Tom Lucking, near Diss, Norfolk.[21]
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