The year 2005 in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below. Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ...
See also: 2003 in archaeology, other events of 2004, 2005 in archaeology and the list of years in archaeology. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The following entries cover events related to the study of archaeology which occurred in the listed year. ...
On April 18, 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 1798Battle of the Nile and another battle three years later, only one body, that of Commander James Russell, can be positively identified.
April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The year 2000 AD in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below. ... Nelsons Island is an island located in Abū Qīr Bay, off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. ... Antiquity and modernity stand cheek-by-jowl in Egypts chief Mediterranean seaport Located on the Mediterranean Sea coast, Alexandria (in Arabic, الإسكندرية — al-Iskandariyah) is the chief seaport in Egypt, and that countrys second largest city, and the capital of the Al Iskandariyah governate. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of the Nile, also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay, was an important naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars between a British fleet commanded by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys DAigalliers. ...
Some were followers of "alternative archaeology," especially believers in a lost Atlantis-type civilization deep in antiquity that gave birth to all the known civilizations of early human history.
In the case of archaeology, these movements have channeled that hostility into alternative visions of the human past that engage surprisingly large sectors of the public.
Although both creationism and alternative archaeology have adopted some scientific trappings, they seek ultimate answers to the riddles of human existence on the spiritual or supernatural plane, where scientists cannot and should not venture.
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