Editing 2023 in archaeology (section)

== Finds ==

;January
* 5 – A study reports that notational signs [[Upper Paleolithic|from ~37,000 years ago]] in caves, apparently conveying [[calendar]]ic meaning about the behaviour of animal species drawn next to them, are [[History of writing#Recorded history of writing|the first]] known (proto-)[[writing]] in history.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mysterious marks on Ice Age cave art may have been ancient records |url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mysterious-marks-ice-age-cave-art |access-date=15 February 2023 |work=Science News |date=27 January 2023 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215212025/https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mysterious-marks-ice-age-cave-art |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bacon |first1=Bennett |last2=Khatiri |first2=Azadeh |last3=Palmer |first3=James |last4=Freeth |first4=Tony |last5=Pettitt |first5=Paul |last6=Kentridge |first6=Robert |title=An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and Phenological Calendar |journal=Cambridge Archaeological Journal |date=5 January 2023 |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=371–389 |doi=10.1017/S0959774322000415 |s2cid=255723053 |language=en |issn=0959-7743}}</ref>
* 17 – 4,500 year-old Sumerian Lord Palace of the Kings was discovered in [[Iraq]], [[Girsu]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Tobi |date=2023-02-17 |title=Discovery of 4,500-year-old palace in Iraq may hold key to ancient civilisation |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/17/discovery-of-4500-year-old-palace-in-iraq-may-hold-key-to-ancient-civilisation |access-date=2023-02-23 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ho |first=Karen K. |date=2023-02-21 |title=Archaeologists Discover Remains of 4,500-Year-Old Lost Ancient Palace in Iraq |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-discover-remains-4500-year-old-lost-palace-iraq-1234658416/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 27 – 1,600-year-old fragment of [[Roman dodecahedron]] unearthed in [[Belgium]], [[Flanders]].<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Tom Metcalfe |date=2023-01-26 |title=Mysterious 12-sided Roman object found in Belgium may have been used for magical rituals |url=https://www.livescience.com/roman-dodecahedron-discovered-belgium |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=livescience.com |language=en}}</ref>

;February

* 20 – A study reports that 2,000 year-old disembodied 6.3 inches long wooden [[phallus]] toy was revealed at the Roman Fort of [[Vindolanda]] by the [[Newcastle University]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Collins |first1=Rob |last2=Sands |first2=Rob |date=2023-02-20 |title=Touch wood: luck, protection, power or pleasure? A wooden phallus from Vindolanda Roman fort |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/touch-wood-luck-protection-power-or-pleasure-a-wooden-phallus-from-vindolanda-roman-fort/53F4B0838D23DB65F6A244695624102E |journal=Antiquity |volume=97 |issue=392 |language=en |pages=419–435 |doi=10.15184/aqy.2023.11 |s2cid=257069682 |issn=0003-598X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Orie |first=Amarachi |date=2023-02-20 |title=Wooden object nearly 2,000 years old suggests Romans used sex toys, study says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/world/roman-wooden-phallus-sex-object-intl-scli-scn/index.html |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
* 21 – A 2,000-year-old stringed musical instrument about 35 centimeters long was discovered at the Go Ô Chùa archaeological site in [[Long An province]], southern [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Antiquity |title=2,000-year-old stringed instrument uncovered in Vietnam |url=https://phys.org/news/2023-02-year-old-instrument-uncovered-vietnam.html |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=phys.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A 2,000-Year-Old Antler In Vietnam May Be Oldest Music Instrument Of Its Kind |url=https://iflscience.com/a-2-000-year-old-antler-in-vietnam-may-be-oldest-music-instrument-of-its-kind-67618 |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=IFLScience |date=21 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* 22
** The remains of two elite brothers were found in a [[Bronze Age]] [[tomb]] in [[Tel Megiddo]], [[Israel]]. The early evidence of a Bronze Age [[Skull|cranial]] [[surgery]] called [[Trepanning|trepanation]] was also identified in one of the males.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kalisher |first1=Rachel |last2=Cradic |first2=Melissa S. |last3=Adams |first3=Matthew J. |last4=Martin |first4=Mario A. S. |last5=Finkelstein |first5=Israel |date=2023-02-22 |title=Cranial trephination and infectious disease in the Eastern Mediterranean: The evidence from two elite brothers from Late Bronze Megiddo, Israel |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=e0281020 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0281020 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=9946252 |pmid=36812179|bibcode=2023PLoSO..1881020K |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Strickland |first=Ashley |date=2023-02-22 |title=An elite Bronze Age man had brain surgery more than 3,000 years ago |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/world/bronze-age-brain-surgery-scn/index.html |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Milligan |first=Markus |date=2023-02-22 |title=Evidence of Bronze Age cranial surgery found at ancient Megiddo |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/evidence-of-bronze-age-cranial-surgery-found-at-ancient-megiddo/146270 |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |language=en-US}}</ref>
** A study reports the [[History of archery|earliest]] evidence of [[bow and arrow]] use [[Recent African origin of modern humans|outside Africa]] {{Crossreference|(see also [[2020 in science#June|12 Jun 20]])}} – [[Upper Palaeolithic|~54,000 years ago]] [[:sw:Grotte Mandrin|in France]], showing the earliest known ''[[Homo sapiens|H. sapiens]]'' to migrate into [[Neandertal]] territories {{tooltip|used these technologies|they most likely used mechanically propelled weapons, such as bow-and-arrow or spear-thrower-and-dart combinations as they found small stone points for e.g. tips of arrows}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Katie |title=Earliest evidence of bow and arrow use outside Africa unearthed in France |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/23/world/france-cave-earliest-bow-arrow-use-outside-africa-scn/index.html |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Metz |first1=Laure |last2=Lewis |first2=Jason E. |last3=Slimak |first3=Ludovic |title=Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France |journal=Science Advances |date=24 February 2023 |volume=9 |issue=8 |pages=eadd4675 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.add4675|pmid=36812314 |pmc=9946345 |bibcode=2023SciA....9D4675M }}</ref>
* 26 – 16 individual tombs and 6 funerary complex from the Persian, Roman and Coptic periods were discovered by the Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission at the [[Oxyrhynchus|Al-Bahnasa]] archaeological site, [[Minya Governorate|Minya]], [[Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-24 |title=In Photos: 22 Persian, Roman and Coptic tombs discovered in Upper Egypt's Minya - Greco-Roman - Antiquities |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/489649.aspx |access-date= |website=Ahram Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-26 |title=Group Of Persian, Roman and Coptic Tombs Discovered In Egypt |url=https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/26/group-persian-roman-coptic-tombs-discovered-egypt/}}</ref>
* 28 – A study reports that steel [[chisel]]s were already in use in [[Europe]] on the [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberian peninsula]] around 2,900 years ago.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freiburg |first=University of |title=Steel was already being used in Europe 2,900 years ago, shows study |url=https://phys.org/news/2023-02-steel-europe-years.html |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=phys.org |language=en}}</ref>

;March

* 1 – [[Ancient Egypt]]ian [[hieroglyph]]s inscribed on sandstone blocks was discovered in [[Old Dongola]], [[Sudan]] by Polish archaeologists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ancient Egyptian discovery rewrites history of Sudanese kingdom |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/ancient-egyptian-discovery-rewrites-history-of-sudanese-kingdom/146324 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 4
** A submerged prehistoric site with the remains of extinct species was discovered in the Quintero Bay on the central Chilean coast.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Submerged prehistoric site discovered with remains of extinct species |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/submerged-prehistoric-site-discovered-with-remains-of-extinct-species/146360 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=3 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** A treasure hoard weighing 3&nbsp;kg was uncovered in a [[ceramic]] jar in [[Lublin Voivodeship]], [[Poland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Treasure hoard containing 1000 coins uncovered in Eastern Poland |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/treasure-hoard-containing-1000-coins-uncovered-in-eastern-poland/146371 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=4 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 6 – A Roman era [[sphinx]] was revealed at the lower level of the [[Dendera Temple complex]] in [[Qena Governorate|Qena]], [[Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roman era sphinx uncovered at Dendera Temple Complex |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/roman-era-sphinx-uncovered-at-dendera-temple-complex/146385 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=6 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 7 – A 1,800 year-old [[Ancient Rome|Roman era]] stone [[altar]] was discovered in the grounds of [[Leicester Cathedral]] by the [[University of Leicester]], [[England]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Excavations reveal Roman altar stone in shrine or cult room |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/excavations-reveal-roman-altar-stone-in-shrine-or-cult-room/146401 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=7 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 9
** Evidence of the Romano-Celtic religious temple was discovered near the [[Lancaster Roman Fort|Lancaster Fort]] during a [[hydrogeophysics]] training session in [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], [[England]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Staff Intranet |url=https://portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/news/article/lancaster-university-researchers-help-reveal-evidence-of-rare-roman-temple-1 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Lancaster University Staff Intranet |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Evidence of Romano-Celtic temple found in northern Britain |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/evidence-of-romano-celtic-temple-found-in-northern-britain/146420 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=8 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** A cemetery dated to the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] with over 300 artifacts was unearthed in [[Datong]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cemetery from the Tang dynasty uncovered in China |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/cemetery-from-the-tang-dynasty-uncovered-in-china/146415 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=8 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[Pre-Columbian era|Pre-Columbian]] temple complex made of dried bricks with destroyed human burials was discovered near [[Barranca, Lima|Barranca]], [[Peru]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archaeologists uncover a pre-Columbian temple complex |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-uncover-a-pre-columbian-temple-complex/146441 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=9 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 10 – The remains of the Roman [[Amphitheatre|amphitheater]] were discovered at the Roman city of Ategua, [[Córdoba, Spain|Cordoba]], [[Spain]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roman amphitheatre discovered at ancient Ategua |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/roman-amphitheatre-discovered-at-ancient-ategua/146471 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=10 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 13 – The remains of the [[watermill]] structure with an associated building that contained two rooms were identified at a small site near [[Buckingham]], [[England]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watermill uncovered with Anglo Saxon origins |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/watermill-uncovered-with-anglo-saxon-origins/146503 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=13 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archaeology |first=Cotswold |date=2023-03-13 |title=HS2 Discoveries: Buckinghamshire watermill with Anglo-Saxon origins |url=https://cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/hs2-excavations-of-a-watermill-in-buckinghamshire/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=Cotswold Archaeology |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* 14
** A collection of medieval artifacts including a clasp and two [[Denarius|denarii]], the crosses, rings made of copper wire, silver ornaments from the 11th-12th century AD was discovered in [[Daromin]], [[Poland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Medieval artefacts found in Poland from possible knights court |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/medieval-artefacts-found-in-poland-from-possible-knights-court/146515 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=14 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** 3 [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean]] [[bronze]] [[sword]]s dating to the 12th century BC were revealed in the Greek tomb on the Trapeza Plateau in the [[Peloponnese]], [[Greece]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bronze swords from Mycenaean civilisation found in Greek Tomb |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/bronze-swords-from-mycenaean-civilisation-found-in-greek-tomb/146520 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=14 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 17 – [[Roman Empire|Roman era]] [[mosaic]] made of red, blue and white [[tile]]s was discovered by [[Oxford Archaeology]] team in [[Olney, Buckinghamshire|Olney]], [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-17 |title=Olney: Roman villa mosaic found under Aldi supermarket site |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64918113 |access-date=2023-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archaeologists unearth Roman mosaic in Olney |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-unearth-roman-mosaic-in-olney/146566 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=17 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 18
** An ancient circular shape [[ring ditch]] was uncovered in [[Derbyshire|Derbyshre]], [[England]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archaeologists uncover ancient ring ditch |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-ring-ditch/146558 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=16 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** A [[Serpent symbolism|serpent]] [[sculpture]] which served to guide the route from the [[El Castillo, Chichen Itza|El Templo]] was discovered at [[Chichen Itza]], [[Yucatán]], [[Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guiding serpent sculpture discovered at Chichén Itzá |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/guiding-serpent-sculpture-discovered-at-chichen-itza/146572 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=17 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[Adobe]] walls with 1,400 year-old ancient [[mural]]s depicting double-faced figurines were discovered at [[Pañamarca]], [[Peru]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ancient murals depicting two-faced figures found in Peru |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/ancient-murals-depicting-two-faced-figures-found-in-peru/146551 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=16 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 20
** Celestial reliefs depicting the heavens with the signs of zodiac were discovered during re-coloring works in the Temple of [[Esna]], [[Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celestial reliefs depicting the heavens uncovered in the Temple of Esna |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/celestial-reliefs-depicting-the-heavens-uncovered-in-the-temple-of-esna/146614 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=21 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[Maya civilization|Maya]] burial chamber with offerings and skeletal remains was discovered in [[Palenque]], [[Chiapas]], [[Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maya burial chamber containing green figurines found at Palenque |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/maya-burial-chamber-containing-green-figurines-found-at-palenque/146600 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=20 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** More remains of the Matriya Sun Temple with a number of [[quartzite]] stone from the time of [[Horemheb]] was uncovered in [[Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)|Heliopolis]], [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=New discoveries at the Matriya Sun Temple |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/new-discoveries-at-the-matriya-sun-temple/146592 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=20 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine period]] [[mosaic]] with a series of floral patterns was revealed by the [[Israel Antiquities Authority]] in [[Shoham]], [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Byzantine mosaic excavated in Israel |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/byzantine-mosaic-excavated-in-israel/146586 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=20 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 21 – The remains of a mosaic flooring with [[Geometry|geometric]] pattern below the AD 79 floor level of the corridor was revealed in [[Pompeii]], [[Naples]], [[Italy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abandoned mosaic flooring found at Roman Pompeii |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/abandoned-mosaic-flooring-found-at-roman-pompeii/146607 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=21 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 25 – 2,000 [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Ptolemaic era]] Ram (male [[sheep]]) heads with other votive offerings were uncovered at Temple of [[Ramesses II]] in [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] by the [[University of York]] archaeologists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2,000 ram heads uncovered at Temple of Rameses II in Abydos |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/2000-ram-heads-uncovered-at-temple-of-rameses-ii-in-abydos/146662 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=26 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 27 – 1,800-year-old Roman era artifacts including statuettes of the goddess [[Venus de Milo|Venus]], a potter's [[kiln]], coins and clothing pins were discovered by archaeologists in [[Rennes]], northwest [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whiddington |first=Richard |date=2023-04-06 |title=An 1,800-Year-Old Venus Statuette Was Discovered In a Roman-Era Garbage Dump in France |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venus-statue-garbage-dump-brittany-france-inrap-2278066 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author1=Kristina Killgrove |date=2023-03-27 |title=Roman-era trash dump containing naked Venus statue and other artifacts unearthed in France |url=https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-trash-dump-containing-naked-venus-statue-and-other-artifacts-unearthed-in-france |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=livescience.com |language=en}}</ref>
* 30 – 2,500 year-old [[Bronze Age]] treasure with an [[axe]] head, two bronze hoop ornaments and jewelry was discovered near [[Zalewo]], [[Poland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bronze Age treasure found in Poland |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/bronze-age-treasure-found-in-poland/146680 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=30 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 31 – A 1,000-year-old square-shaped [[brick]] tomb containing three people from the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jurchen Jin dynasty]] has been found in [[Shanxi|Shanxi province]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Tom Metcalfe |date=2023-03-31 |title=1,000-year-old brick tomb discovered in China is decorated with lions, sea anemones and 'guardian spirits' |url=https://www.livescience.com/1000-year-old-brick-tomb-discovered-in-china-is-decorated-with-lions-sea-anemones-and-guardian-spirits |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=livescience.com |language=en}}</ref>

;April

* 2
** 4,500-year-old axe-shaped and tiger patterned ritual weapon was discovered in [[Wuxi]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Millenniums-old tiger-patterned ritual weapon unearthed in east China-Xinhua |url=https://english.news.cn/20230402/43c701b715cb4dfb93e00d04444320f9/c.html |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=english.news.cn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archaeologists uncover 4,500-year-old ritual weapon engraved with tigers |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-4500-year-old-ritual-weapon-engraved-with-tigers/146757 |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=3 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** The remains of a Roman street and residence have been discovered beneath [[Exeter Cathedral]], Cloister Garden, [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roman remains uncovered beneath UK's Exeter Cathedral |url=https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736182 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |date=2 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-30 |title=Exeter Cathedral Roman remains unearthed by archaeologists |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-65124213 |access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
* 4 – A number of ancient dwellings including two rectangular buildings, three [[Bronze Age]] roundhouses, a Roman-era settlement were discovered by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit team at [[Newquay]], [[England]].
* 6 – A research based on an analysis conducted on human hair published in the journal [[Scientific Reports]] has shown direct evidence of drug use by the inhabitants of [[Bronze Age]] [[Menorca]] in the cult cave of Es Càrritx.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Guerra-Doce |first1=E. |last2=Rihuete-Herrada |first2=C. |last3=Micó |first3=R. |last4=Risch |first4=R. |last5=Lull |first5=V. |last6=Niemeyer |first6=H. M. |date=2023-04-06 |title=Direct evidence of the use of multiple drugs in Bronze Age Menorca (Western Mediterranean) from human hair analysis |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=4782 |doi=10.1038/s41598-023-31064-2 |pmid=37024524 |pmc=10079862 |bibcode=2023NatSR..13.4782G |issn=2045-2322}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Direct evidence of ancient Bronze Age drug use found in Menorca |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/direct-evidence-of-ancient-bronze-age-drug-use-found-in-menorca/146802 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=6 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 8
** A rock-cut [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] tomb containing a female burial urn and grave goods dating from the 6th century BC  was discovered in [[Vulci]], [[Italy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Etruscan tomb discovered in ruins of ancient Vulci |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/etruscan-tomb-discovered-in-ruins-of-ancient-vulci/146815 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=7 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** Ornate frescos showing Christian scenes with various depictions have been uncovered by the [[Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw|Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology]] in [[Old Dongola]], [[Sudan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archaeologists uncover ornate Christian frescos in Old Dongola |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-ornate-christian-frescos-in-old-dongola/146809 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=7 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 10
** The sunken remains of an ancient [[Roman villa]] including marble tiled flooring, and numerous [[marble]] columns have been discovered by underwater archaeologists in [[Baiae]], [[Italy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-10 |title=New Treasures Identified In The Sunken Roman City Of Baiae |url=https://iflscience.com/new-treasures-identified-in-the-sunken-roman-city-of-baiae-68376 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=IFLScience |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Underwater survey reveals new discoveries in sunken town of Baia |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/underwater-survey-reveals-new-discoveries-in-sunken-town-of-baia/146835 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=9 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> 
** A 4- meter-tall [[marble]] Roman statue fragment has been discovered near the [[St. Vladimir's Cathedral, Sevastopol|St. Vladimir’s Cathedral]] in [[Chersonesus]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fragment of giant Roman statue uncovered in Chersonesos |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/fragment-of-giant-roman-statue-uncovered-in-chersonesos/146822 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=9 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** 1,5-square-km sand-dune farming with about 370 checkboard crop plots including [[ceramic]], [[glass]], [[Coin|coins]] and [[marble]] fragments was uncovered in [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarea]], [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lidman |first=Melanie |title=Over 1,000 years ago, Caesarea's coast was likely the birthplace of sand farming |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-1000-years-ago-caesareas-coast-was-likely-the-birthplace-of-sand-farming/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref> 
* 11 – Elite tomb of the noble named [[Panehesy|Panehsy]] from the [[Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt|19th Dynasty]] with mudbrick walls and offering bearers was discovered in [[Saqqara]], [[Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=High status tomb discovered in Saqqara necropolis |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/high-status-tomb-discovered-in-saqqara-necropolis/146888 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=12 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 12
** A 40 kg 1,200 year-old ball game marker decorated with a bas-relief glyphic band was discovered in the [[Casa Colorada]] complex, [[Chichen Itza]], [[Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maya ball game marker discovered in Chichén Itzá |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/maya-ball-game-marker-discovered-in-chichen-itza/146867 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=11 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** A sunken [[Nabataean Kingdom|Nabataean]] temple dedicated to the deity [[Dushara|Dusares]] along with two marble altars from Roman period was discovered at [[Pozzuoli]], [[Italy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archaeologists identify a submerged temple of the Nabataeans in Pozzuoli |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-identify-a-submerged-temple-of-the-nabataeans-in-pozzuoli/146880 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=11 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Altuntaş |first=Leman |date=2023-04-12 |title=Archaeologists identify a sunken Nabataean temple dedicated to the God Dusares at Pozzuoli |url=https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-identify-a-nabataeans-temple-dedicated-to-the-god-dusares-at-pozzuoli/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Arkeonews |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 18 – The wreckage of ''[[Montevideo Maru]]'', a Japanese auxiliary ship sunk by a United States submarine during [[World War II]] with over 1000 captive Australians on board, is discovered in the [[South China Sea]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Morris-Grant|first=Brianna|date=2023-04-22|title=SS Montevideo Maru shipwreck found 81 years after Australia's worst maritime disaster|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/montevideo-maru-wwii-shipwreck-found/102255384|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230422120934/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/montevideo-maru-wwii-shipwreck-found/102255384|archive-date=2023-04-22|access-date=2023-04-22|website=Australia Broadcasting Corporation News}}</ref>
* 19
** Traces of a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[cemetery]] with burials and [[sanctuary]] was discovered in [[Elewijt]], near [[Zemst]], [[Belgium]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archaeologists discover Roman sanctuary and cemetery in Belgium |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-discover-roman-sanctuary-and-cemetery-in-belgium/147025 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=19 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** Two ornate stone busts, including [[Jewellery|jewelry]] and [[Hairstyle|hairstyles]] which are thought to be the first facial representations of the [[Tartessos|Tartessian]] goddesses were discovered at [[Turuñuelo]], [[Spain]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archaeologists uncover the first human representations of the ancient Tartessos people |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-the-first-human-representations-of-the-ancient-tartessos-people/147019 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=19 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Altuntaş |first=Leman |date=2023-04-19 |title=Archaeologists have uncovered the first human representations of the people of mythical Tartessos |url=https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-have-uncovered-the-first-human-representations-of-the-people-of-mythical-tartessos/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Arkeonews |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 21 – The sacrificial remains of 20 young male were found by [[Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia|INAH]] in a Mayan pyramid in [[Moral Reforma]], [[Mexico]]. Decapitated individuals were associated with the [[consecration]] of the pyramid and the consolidation of its relationship with the [[afterlife]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decapitated and dismembered bodies found at Maya pyramid |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/decapitated-and-dismembered-bodies-found-at-maya-pyramid/147050 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=20 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-21 |title=20 Decapitated Bodies Found At Maya Pyramid Of Death |url=https://iflscience.com/20-decapitated-bodies-found-at-maya-pyramid-of-death-68570 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=IFLScience |language=en}}</ref>

;May

* 27 – The discovery of the [[Moluccans|Moluccan]] types of vessels depicted in the rock art painting from Awunbarna was announced in [[Arnhem Land]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Flinders |title=Archaeologists identify Moluccan boats that may have visited Australia from Indonesia in rock art drawings |url=https://phys.org/news/2023-05-archaeologists-moluccan-boats-australia-indonesia.html |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=phys.org |language=en}}</ref>
* 29 – The discovery of the several [[Ossuary|ossuaries]] uncovered during the operation to prevent antiquity looting was announced near [[Kafr Kanna]] in [[Galilee]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-05-29 |title=Operation to prevent looting has led to discovery of burial caves |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/operation-to-prevent-looting-has-led-to-discovery-of-burial-caves/147475 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 31 
** The discovery of rammed earth buildings, elite tombs, cemeteries, and hundreds of artefacts was announced in [[Qingjian County]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-05-31 |title=High-status tombs from Lijiaya Culture discovered in northern Shaanxi |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/high-status-tombs-from-lijiaya-culture-discovered-in-northern-shaanxi/147499 |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |language=en-US}}</ref>
** The discovery of the huge [[Bronze Age]] cemetery with barrows up to twenty was announced in [[Salisbury]], [[England]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-05-31 |title=Archaeologists uncover giant Bronze Age barrow cemetery |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-uncover-giant-bronze-age-barrow-cemetery/147488 |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |language=en-US}}</ref> 
'''June'''

* 1 
** The discovery of the 1.54 meters high [[Pre-Columbian era|pre-Columbian]] statue, similar to ''[[The Young Woman of Amajac]]'', was announced in Hidalgo Amajac area, [[Veracruz]], [[Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=M. N. D. |date=2023-06-01 |title=Pre-Columbian sculpture found in Veracruz may depict female ruler |url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/pre-columbian-sculpture-found-veracruz-may-depict-female-ruler/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=Mexico News Daily |language=en-US}}</ref>
** The discovery of the [[Fortification|fortified]] settlement complex which dates from between 1500 BC to 1300 BC from the Datuotou culture was announced in [[Beijing]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-05-31 |title=Archaeologists discover fortified settlement from the Datuotou Culture |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-discover-fortified-settlement-from-the-datuotou-culture/147494 |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |language=en-US}}</ref>

* 5 – Scientists report potential evidence that ''[[Homo naledi]]'', an [[extinct]] [[species]] of [[Brain size#Variation and evolution|small-brained]] [[archaic human]] discovered in 2013 in [[South Africa]], and living as long as 500,000 years ago, [[burial|buried their dead]], created [[cave art|art in their caves]] and [[Control of fire by early humans|used fire]]. It is reported to be a controversial theory, with some experts noting that the evidence did not yet support these "extraordinary conclusions" and "could have a range of other explanations".<ref name="NYT-20230605">{{cite news |last=Zimmer |first=Carl |authorlink=Carl Zimmer |title=Ancient Human Relatives Buried Their Dead in Caves, New Theory Claims - Homo naledi, despite having tiny brains, may have lit fires and decorated walls around the graves of their dead, according to controversial new research. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/science/ancient-humans-homo-naledi-buried-dead.html |date=5 June 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230605183811/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/science/ancient-humans-homo-naledi-buried-dead.html |archivedate=5 June 2023 |accessdate=5 June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |authorlink1=Lee Berger (paleoanthropologist)|last1=Berger |first1=Lee R. |last2=Hawks |first2=John |last3=Fuentes |first3=Agustin |last4=Van Rooyen |first4=Dirk |last5=Tsikoane |first5=Mathabela |last6=Ramalepa |first6=Maropeng |last7=Nkwe |first7=Samuel |last8=Molopyane |first8=Keneiloe |title=241,000 to 335,000 Years Old Rock Engravings Made by Homo naledi in the Rising Star Cave system, South Africa |doi=10.1101/2023.06.01.543133 |date=5 June 2023|s2cid=259113360 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |authorlink6=Lee Berger (paleoanthropologist)|last1=Fuentes |first1=Agustin |last2=Kissel |first2=Marc |last3=Spikins |first3=Penny |last4=Molopyane |first4=Keneiloe |last5=Hawks |first5=John |last6=Berger |first6=Lee R. |title=Burials and engravings in a small-brained hominin, Homo naledi , from the late Pleistocene: contexts and evolutionary implications |doi=10.1101/2023.06.01.543135 |date=5 June 2023|s2cid=259113355 }}</ref>

;July

* 2 – Buried airframes of British-built [[Hawker Hurricane]] [[fighter aircraft]] of the 1940s are being excavated in [[Ukraine]], it is announced.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ukraine finds British WW2 Hurricane planes outside Kyiv|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65955365|work=BBC News|date=2023-07-02|accessdate=2023-07-02}}</ref>

*24 – Large-sized roman thermal baths discovered in [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]], near the amphitheater domus.<ref>https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article277600808.html</ref>

* 26 – The discovery of the [[Theatre of Nero]] in [[Rome]] is announced by Rome’s superintendent Daniela Porro.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/emperor-nero-theater-rome-scn-scli-intl/index.html|title=Lost for centuries, Emperor Nero's theater is unearthed in Rome |publisher=CNN| date=28 July 2023| accessdate =29 July 2023}}</ref>

* 28 – An ancient roman merchant ship from the 2nd century BC has been discovered off the coast of [[Civitavecchia]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/07/28/news/civitavecchia_scoperto_il_relitto_di_unantica_nave_romana_del_ii_secolo_avanti_cristo-409264150/ | title=Civitavecchia, scoperto il relitto di un'antica nave romana del II secolo avanti Cristo | date=28 July 2023 }}</ref>

* 31 - During the early excavations for the construction of a [[Conad]] supermarket a temple, probably dedicated to the [[Capitoline Triad]], has been found in [[Sarsina]]. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stilearte.it/scavano-per-realizzare-supermercato-a-sarsina-e-trovano-un-tempio-capitolino-romano-salviamolo/ | title=Scavano per realizzare supermercato a Sarsina e trovano un tempio capitolino romano. Salviamolo! | date=31 July 2023 }}</ref>

;September 

* 6 – Four 1,900-year-old Roman swords have been found in a cave at the [[Dead Sea]], which might have been hidden by Judean rebels during the [[Bar Kokhba revolt]] after being taken from Roman soldiers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66728207 |title=Dead Sea reveals four 1,900-year-old Roman swords in cave |publisher=BBC News |date=6 September 2023 }}</ref>
* 20 – The [[Kalambo structure|world's oldest wooden structure]] is identified in Zambia after first being discovered in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World's oldest wooden structure found in Zambia – DW – 09/20/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-found-in-zambia/a-66878895 |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>
* Undated – Exposure of an early 15th century wooden floor in the [[Guildhall of St George]], [[King's Lynn]], England, thought likely to have been trod by [[Shakespeare]] when his playing company visits a century later.<ref>{{cite news|first=Colin|last=Paterson|authorlink=Colin Paterson|title=Stage that once hosted William Shakespeare found, claims Norfolk theatre|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67007980|work=BBC News|date=2023-10-05|accessdate=2023-10-05}}</ref>

;October 
* 5 - [[Calvizzano]]: During works for the water network a frescoed hellenistic age tomb has been found.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://napoli.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/23_ottobre_06/tomba-alessandrina-scoperta-in-campania-durante-uno-scavo-per-la-rete-idrica-6c9e3ed0-bde9-445a-99a5-753b16d6bxlk.shtml?refresh_ce | title=Tomba alessandrina scoperta in Campania durante uno scavo per la rete idrica | date=6 October 2023 }}</ref>