archaeologists dug a test trench at the edge of a temple on the crossroads of two major thoroughfares in the ancient city of Tenochtitlan, the name the Aztecs gave to the city they founded in 1325. About a yard below the surface, they saw the top of a tiny skull." Publications Reynolds, A. C., Betancourt, J. L., Quade, J., Patchett, P. J., Dean, J. S., and Stein, J. (2005). "87Sr/86Sr sourcing of ponderosa pine used in Anasazi Great House construction at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico." Journal of Archaeological Science 32, 1061-1075. Finds May: Statue of Nike at Tadmor March: Discovery of the first tomb in the Valley of the Kings since 1922 August: the alleged Palace of David site is the remains of a large 10th to 9th century BC public building in East Jerusalem Awards Miscellaneous On 18 April, the bodies of 30 British Royal Navy officers and sailors discovered in 2000 on Nelson's Island are buried in a naval ceremony in Alexandria, Egypt. Dating from the 1798 Battle of the Nile and another battle three years later, only one body, that of Commander James Russell, can be positively identified. Births Deaths 2006 Explorations Tomb of the Roaring Lions Excavations KV63 Publications Finds The Irish Bog Psalter contains the fragments of a prayer book found in a bog in Ireland, where it has been for an estimated 1200 years. Awards Miscellaneous The Kharosti scrolls, the oldest collection of Buddhist manuscripts in the world, are radiocarbon dated by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). The group confirms the initial dating of the Senior manuscripts to 130-250 A.D. and the Schøyen manuscripts to between the first and fifth centuries A.D. Births Deaths See also List of archaeological excavations by date Timeline of archaeology 2000s