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The year 1999 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

• Excavations resume at Qatna, in Syria.
• Wide-scope vertical and horizontal excavation of world's oldest wet-rice (rice paddy) agricultural feature, c. 800 BC, at Okhyeon site, Ulsan, Korea.

Finds

• Shipwreck of the RMS Carpathia is located.

Publications

Events

Births

Deaths

• March 31 - Yuri Knorozov, epigrapher of Maya hieroglyphs
• July 16 - Barri Jones
• Arvid Andrén