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The year 2014 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• January 7 - The journal Nature announced that some Tsinghua Bamboo Slips represent "the world's oldest example of a multiplication table in base 10".^[1]

Excavations

• November 6 - The recovery of the bell of the Franklin expedition's HMS Erebus is announced.^[2]
• Re-excavation of St Piran's Oratory, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, begins.

Finds

• January 6 - Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim announces the positive identification of the tomb of Sobekhotep I.
• March 7 - The discovery of an alabaster statue of Princess Iset, dating from c. 1350 BC, is announced in Egypt.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• April 28 - Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities announces the discovery of at least 50 mummies in the tomb KV40.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• June 3 - The discovery of a 5,000-year-old pair of woollen riding trousers in China is announced.^[8]
• July 4 - The discovery of more than 150 burials in the Atacama Desert belonging to a previously unknown culture was announced.^[9] 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.^[9]
• July 7 - The discovery of 26 Roman/late Iron Age coins probably of the Corieltauvi in a Dovedale cave in the Peak District of England is announced.^[10]
• September 9 - A ship of Franklin's lost expedition is located, later announced as the flagship, HMS Erebus.^[11][12]
• December 18 - The discovery of a large British Iron Age and Anglian square barrow cemetery at Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in a rescue archaeology excavation is announced.^[13]
• December 21 - A container of 5,251 coins from the reigns of Æthelred the Unready and Cnut the Great is found in Buckinghamshire, England, by a metal detectorist.^[14]
• December 28 - An underground city estimated to be around 5,000 years old is discovered in Turkey.^[15]

See also

• List of years in archaeology

References

1. Jane Qiu (7 January 2014). "Ancient times table hidden in Chinese bamboo strips". Nature. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
2. "HMS Erebus ship's bell recovered from Franklin expedition". CBC News. 2014-11-06.
3. "World Briefs". The Durango Herald. March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
4. Yashar, Ari (9 April 2014). "Ancient Egytian Coffin Unearthed in Jezreel Valley". Israel National News. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
5. "Pharaonic tombs discovered in Minya". Egypt Independent. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
6. "50 mummies discovered in Kings Valley". Egyptian State Information Service. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
7. "Archaeologists discover 5,600-year-old preserved tomb in Egypt". Middle East Online. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
8. Chayka, Kyle (2014-06-03). "These Are the World's Oldest Pants". Time. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
9. "Unknown culture discovered in Peru". Past Horizons. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
10. Ferguson, Kate (2014-07-07). "Iron Age treasure discovered in Peak District cave". i. London. p. 21.
11. "Ship from lost Franklin expedition found". Toronto Star. thestar.com. 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
12. "Lost Franklin expedition ship found in the Arctic". CBC. 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
13. "Iron Age skeletons at house building site". Pocklington Post. 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
14. "Thousands of ancient coins discovered in Buckinghamshire field". BBC News. 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
15. Keneally, Meghan (January 2, 2015). "Inside the Mysterious Underground City That's 5,000 Years Old". abcnews.go.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.