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This page lists major archaeological events of 2017.
Excavations
May 6–7 – One of the biggest archaeology excavations in
Leicester
, England is opened to the public over two days. The excavation, overseen by
University of Leicester
Archaeological Services, has uncovered two large Roman mosaics and two Roman streets.
[1]
Summer – First season of rescue excavation of wreck of French-built English ship
HMS
Invincible
(1747)
in
The Solent
.
[2]
[3]
October – Site of Reno nightclub (closed 1986) in
Manchester
, England.
[4]
Autumn – Site of
Norman
motte-and-bailey castle
on
Mount Stewart
estate in Northern Ireland cleared.
[5]
Finds
February – A cave which once held
Dead Sea Scrolls
is found in the
Judean desert
by archaeologists from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
. The scrolls are believed to have been looted in the 1950s.
[6]
March – Archaeologists from
Haifa University
discover the wreck of a 13th-century crusader ship and its cargo in
Acre, Israel
.
[7]
March 7 – An ancient Egyptian statue of what is initially thought to be
Ramesses II
is found in groundwater in
Cairo
by archaeologists from Egypt and Germany.
[8]
The statue is subsequently believed to be of
Psamtik I
based on inscriptions on the base of the statue.
[9]
March 23 – Announcement of discovery of a medieval
Jewish cemetery
in
Rome
.
[10]
April – Announcement of the earlier accidental discovery at
St Mary-at-Lambeth
church in London of a vault containing the tombs of five
Archbishops of Canterbury
dating back to 1610 during refurbishment as a museum.
[11]
May 23 – Discovery of the wrecks of
SS
Ohio
(1875)
and
SS
Choctaw
in
Lake Huron
.
[12]
May 31 – Announcement of two Roman town houses, thought to date from the 3rd or 4th century, found under
Priory Park, Chichester
in England. One of the town houses includes a hot room and baths.
[13]
June – Archaeologists uncover a city dating back to the 10th century as well as a 12th-century mosque in Eastern
Ethiopia
.
[14]
Summer – Roman
boxing gloves
found at
Vindolanda
in the north of England.
[15]
August –
Boxford Roman mosaic
discovered in southern England.
[16]
[17]
August 19 –
Heavy cruiser
USS
Indianapolis
(launched 1931; sunk 1945) is located in the
Philippine Sea
.
[18]
August 24 – A 6th century
mosaic
with
Greek
inscriptions dated from the rule of
Justinian I
is discovered while installing communication cables in
Jerusalem
's
Old City
.
[19]
September – Announcement of discovery of two Roman swords and a toy wooden sword in the domestic quarters of
Vindolanda
, suggesting a hasty departure from the site.
[20]
October 5 – Announcement of presumed location of wreck of
ocean liner
SS
Athenia
, the first British civilian casualty of
World War II
, on
Rockall
Bank.
[21]
November 3 – Archaeologists announced the discovery of a 1400 year-old Byzantine sarcophagus with
Greek inscriptions
on the cover saying "Blessed Kandes sleeps here" in the antique village of Sadak in
Satala
in
Turkey
.
[22]
[23]
November 17 – Three Roman-era shipwrecks were found off the coast of
Alexandria
, which carried a Roman head carving possibly belong to a commander called "Antonio", and three gold coins dating back to the Emperor
Octavius
.
[24]
November 23 – Israeli archaeologists report the discovery of a four-line Greek mosaic inscription at
Ashdod
, suggesting a Georgian origin on account of its dating to "the 3rd
indiction
, year 292", which corresponds to AD 539 according to a medieval Christian Georgian calendar.
[25]
November 29 – Archaeologists interpret defensive works at
Ebbsfleet, Thanet
, as evidence of
Caesar's invasion of Britain
at
Pegwell Bay
in 54BC.
[26]
December 18 – Announcement of discovery of artefacts from the 18th century Clapham's
coffeehouse
in
Cambridge
, England.
[27]
December 21 – Announcement of discovery of the 1914 wreck of the
Royal Australian Navy
's first
submarine
, the British-built
HMAS
AE1
, the first
Allied
submarine lost in
World War I
, off
Duke of York Islands
in
Papua New Guinea
.
[28]
Discovery of early paintings of animals,
Celebes warty pigs
and
anoas
(dwarf buffalo), being pursued by human-like figures from (probably) at least 44,000 years BP, in a cave in South
Sulawesi
(Indonesia) located by an Australian-led team.
[29]
A skeleton is excavated near
Fenstanton
in eastern England which is subsequently identified as a Roman slave victim of
crucifixion
.
[30]
A
Fairey Swordfish
aircraft, crashed during World War II, is found off
Malta
.
[31]
Events
January 20 – A
tetrapylon
monument is destroyed and part of a
Roman amphitheatre
damaged by
ISIS
in
Palmyra
.
[32]
The
Pylos Combat Agate
from
Griffin Warrior Tomb
, excavated in 2015, is cleaned.
[33]
DNA
analysis of the skeleton of the
Birka female Viking warrior
excavated on the Swedish island of
Björkö
in 1878 (and then believed to be male) confirms her sex.
[34]
Deaths
January 24 –
Peter Woodman
, Irish archaeologist (b.
1943
)
[35]
February 4 –
Ivor Noël Hume
, British-born historical archaeologist (b.
1927
)
[36]
March 1 –
Dai Morgan Evans
, British archaeologist (b.
1944
)
[37]
June 27 –
Bridget Allchin
, British archaeologist and prehistorian (b.
1927
)
[38]
June 29 –
Antonio Sagona
, Australian archaeologist (b.
1956
)
[39]
See also
List of years in archaeology
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