1843 in archaeology
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Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic4 Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1843.
Explorations
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Excavations
- Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad.
- Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple in Dorset, England.
Finds
- Tomb of Menecrates (c. 600 BCE) on Corfu.
- Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent, England.
Publications
- 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
Events
- c. January: The Singapore Stone is blown up.
- September: The Alexander Mosaic is moved from Pompeii to Naples.
- British Archaeological Association founded.[1]
- Edward Simpson begins forgery of stone implements in England.[2]
Births
- June 4 - Charles Conrad Abbott, American archaeologist and naturalist (d. 1919)
- September 9 - Oscar Montelius, Swedish archaeologist (d. 1921)[3]
Deaths
- January 29 - Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken, German Classical archaeologist (b. 1813)
- June 4 - Ippolito Rosellini, Tuscan Egyptologist (b. 1800)[4]
See also
References
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