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The year 2006 in archaeology includes the following significant events. Contents 1 Explorations 2 Excavations 3 Publications 4 Finds 5 Awards 6 Miscellaneous 7 Deaths 8 See also Explorations Tomb of the Roaring Lions Luhansk sacrificial site Ancient pre-Inca pet cemetery dated to the Chiribaya culture found south of Lima Peru1 Ancient pre-Inca tombs complex dated to Middle Sican culture discovered under the Huaca Loro pyramid in Peru; 12 ceremonial tumi knives found 2 Excavations KV63 - the Valley of the Kings near Luxor Egypt. Publications K925 - the Valley of the Kings near Luxor Egypt. Steve Burrow - The Tomb-builders in Wales 4000-3000 BC. Andrea Carandini - Remo e Romolo: Dai rioni dei Quiriti alla citt dei Romani (775/750 - 700/675 a.C. circa) and La leggenda di Roma. Gwyn Davies - Roman Siege Works. Jrg Eggler & Othmar Keel - Corpus der Siegel-Amulette aus Jordanien: vom Neolithikum bis zur Perserzeit. Lars Fogelin - Archaeology of Early Buddhism. Matthew Johnson - Ideas of Landscape. Chris Stringer - Homo Britannicus: the Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain. Finds December - Little Horwood Hoard of Iron Age gold staters from Buckinghamshire England. The Irish bog psalter yielded the fragments of a prayer book found in a bog in Ireland where it has been buried for approximately 1200 years. Awards June 17 - Barry Cunliffe knighted. 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 CE and the Schyen manuscripts to between the 1st and 5th centuries CE. 30th anniversary of the founding of the modern Korean Archaeological Society. Deaths December 1 - Bruce Trigger Canadian archaeologist and McGill University professor. See also List of years in archaeology Karnak Pompeii Mayapan - recent excavations near cenote wells.