1968 in archaeology
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1968 in archaeology
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[edit] Explorations
[edit] Excavations
- Anne Stine Ingstad and Helge Ingstad complete excavations of Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows
[edit] Publications
[edit] Finds
- Archaeological prospection of Buvuma Island directed by the Tervuren Museum finds early use of pottery
[edit] Awards
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Project to move temples of Abu Simbel to prevent their inundation by the Aswan High Dam successfully completed
- The Egyptian National Antiquities Service and the Getty Conservation Institute in Santa Monica, California started conservation project for tomb of Queen Nefertari.
