1844 in archaeology
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Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic4 Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1844.
Explorations
- Karl Richard Lepsius examines, describes, and maps Meroë; and partially explores the upper passage of tomb KV20 in the Valley of the Kings.[1]
Excavations
- Frances Stackhouse Acton excavates a Roman villa in the grounds of her home at Acton Scott in England.[2]
Finds
- William Reeves locates Nendrum Monastery.
- Discovery of Rudchester Mithraeum.
Publications
- Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America by Frederick Catherwood, with color lithographs of ruins of the Maya civilization.
- March - The Archaeological Journal first published. The first volume includes Frederick Lukis's "Observations on the primaeval antiquities of the Channel Islands" (pp. 144–52).
Births
- August 3 - Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist of Iran (d. 1920)
Deaths
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See also
References
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