Finds
- March - Discovery of KV63, the first tomb in the Valley of the Kings found since 1922.
- May - Statue of Nike at Tadmor.
- June - Archaeologists excavating the Templo Mayor site in Tenochtitlan (modern-day Mexico City) discover a rare child sacrifice to the Aztec war god Huitzilopochtli. The child's body was given a ceremonial burial in a seated position, probably around 1450 in a cornerstone-laying ceremony to mark the building a new portion of the temple (announced July 22).
- August - Alleged Palace of David site, remains of a large 10th to 9th century BC public building in East Jerusalem.
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