1843 in archaeology
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ExplorationsEdit
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ExcavationsEdit
- Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad.
- Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple in Dorset, England.
FindsEdit
- Tomb of Menecrates (c. 600 BCE) on Corfu.
- Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent, England.
PublicationsEdit
- Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood
- The History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott
- Mittelitalien vor den Zeiten der römischen Herrschaft, nach den Denkmälern by Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken
EventsEdit
- c. January: The Singapore Stone is blown up.
- September: The Alexander Mosaic is moved from Pompeii to Naples.
- British Archaeological Association founded.[1]
BirthsEdit
- June 4 - Charles Conrad Abbott, American archaeologist and naturalist (d. 1919)
- September 9 - Oscar Montelius, Swedish archaeologist (d. 1921)[2]
DeathsEdit
- January 29 - Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken, German Classical archaeologist (b. 1813)
- June 4 - Ippolito Rosellini, Tuscan Egyptologist (b. 1800)[3]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "The British Archaeological Association: its foundation and split". etheses.dur.ac.uk. 1991. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "Oscar Montelius - Swedish archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Ippolito Rosellini". Britannica.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.