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Overview of the events of 2012 in archaeology
The year 2012 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
January - Discovery of a first-century farmhouse on the building site of the new stadium in the south of Marseille .[1]
Excavations
June 6 - Excavators from
August 24 -
October - Remains of substantial
December - Archaeologists complete excavation of a 900-seat Athenaeum from the time of the Emperor Hadrian in Rome discovered during work on a Metro line at Piazza Venezia .[13]
Excavation of working-class Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
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Excavations at Holt Castle in Wales begin.
Finds
January
The use of
Evidence for early Mayan tobacco use is published.[16]
Discovery that the
February 17 - Alabaster colossus of pharaoh Amenhotep III is discovered.[18]
March - Discovery of an inscribed doorjamb at Karnak giving the hitherto unknown titulary of pharaoh Senakhtenre Ahmose .[19]
March - A 7th century grave near Cambridge in England provides an early example of the transition from pagan Anglo-Saxon to Christian burial practices.[20]
March 30 - In Georgia , archeologists report unearthing jars containing what they believe to be the world's oldest honey .[21]
May - The oldest Mayan astronomical calendar discovered so far, from the 9th century, is reported from
Xultun .
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May 9 - Archaeologists announce discovery on The Burren in Ireland of evidence of settlement from 6000 BCE.[23]
May 19 - The cursing stone to be found in the country, dated to circa 800, has been discovered on
Canna .
[24]
May 22 - The
June 25 - In the metal detectorists is announced.
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July
September - A beeswax filling is discovered in the cracked tooth of a Neolithic man in Slovenia .[31]
October - In Jersey, the Trinity Hoard of Bronze Age tools and weapons is discovered.[32]
November - 2,400-year-old golden treasure near the Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari , Bulgaria .[33]
December - Discovery near Canterbury , England, of a 1st-century Iron Age bronze helmet containing a bag of cremated human remains is announced.[34] [35]
Undated
Devunigutta Temple in India first reported.[36]
Discovery of a rock inscription confirming the existence of Iry-Hor , the earliest ruler of Egypt known by name.[37]
Cypriot pottery vessels excavated at Yehud in the land of Canaan (modern-day Israel) subsequently discovered to contain the earliest surviving evidence of opium for use as a narcotic .[38]
Events
Deaths
See also
References
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^ "Remains of Shakespeare's Curtain Theatre discovered in Shoreditch" (Press release). Museum of London Archaeology. 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-07-12 .
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^ "Researchers find strong evidence for medieval church in Leicester where monarch was buried" . University of Leicester. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2013-02-04 .
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^ "Scottish dig unearths '10,000-year-old home' at Echline" . BBC News . 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2012-12-27 .
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^ Hildebrandt, Sybille (2012-02-03). "Vikings grew barley in Greenland" . ScienceNordic . Retrieved 2012-12-27 .
^ "Armenian archeologist finds colossus of pharaoh Amenhotep III" . News.am . 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-06-25 .
^ Sébastien Biston-Moulin: Le roi Sénakht-en-Rê Ahmès de la XVIIe dynastie , ENiM 5, 2012, p. 61-71, available online .
^ "Anglo-Saxon Christian grave find near Cambridge 'extremely rare' " . BBC News . 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2012-12-27 .
^ Lomsadze, Giorgi (2012-03-30). "Report: Georgia Unearths the World's Oldest Honey" . Eurasianet.org. Retrieved 2012-06-25 .
^ "Maya art and calendar at Xultun stun archaeologists" . BBC News . 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-12-27 .
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^ "Roman and Celtic coin hoard worth up to £10m found in Jersey" . BBC News . 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2012-06-25 .
^ Basckin, Deborah (2012-07-30). "Underwear dating back to the 15th Century found in Austrian castle" . BBC News . Retrieved 2012-12-27 .
^ "Medieval lingerie from Lengberg Castle, East-Tyrol" . Universität Innsbruck . 2012-07-23. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2012-12-27 .
^ "Polar Expedition Vessel S.S. Terra Nova Discovered" . 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2013-02-04 .
^ Rincon, Paul (2012-08-16). "Scott's wrecked ship Terra Nova found off Greenland" . BBC News . Retrieved 2012-10-06 .
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^ "News, Weather & Information for the Channel Islands - Bronze Age axe heads discovered" . channelonline.tv. Archived from the original on 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2012-10-13 .
^ "Thracian Gold Treasure Discovered in Bulgaria" . National Geographic . Washington, D.C. 2012-11-11. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved 2018-07-15 .
^ "Iron Age bronze helmet found on Canterbury farmland" . BBC News . 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2012-12-27 .
^ "A Late Iron Age helmet found near Canterbury" . Canterbury Archaeological Trust . 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2012-12-27 .
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