2002 in archaeology

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Explorations

First expedition to Sub Marine Explorer in the Pearl Islands by James P. Delgado.

Excavations

March – Part of the podium of the Temple of Apollo in Mdina, Malta is discovered and subsequently excavated.^[1]

Finds

Mask of la Roche-Cotard.
3,500-year-old human remains found in the Citadel of Damascus.
June: Newport ship.
October: Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc.

Publications

Thebes tablets

Miscellaneous

Brief reappearance and study of Seaton Carew Wreck
Ciampate del Diavolo (early hominid footprints in Italy) come to scientific attention

Deaths

April 28 - Gordon Willey, American archaeologist (born 1913)

See also

Syria - ongoing excavations.

References

↑ Testa, Michael (19 March 2002). "New find at Mdina most important so far in old capital". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016.

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