1860 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1860.
Explorations
- Ernest Renan visits the Roman temple of Bziza.
Excavations
- Giuseppe Fiorelli takes charge of excavations at Pompeii.
- Ernest Renan makes excavations at Byblos.
- Excavation of Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles on Holy Island, Anglesey, off the coast of Wales.
Finds
- Édouard Lartet discovers stone tools (of a type already found in England) at Aurignac.[1]
- Cornet De Groot rediscovers Muara Takus Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia.[2]
- Atalante Hermes from Atalante and Hermes of Aegium from Aegium in Greece.
Publications
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Births
- July 15 - Max von Oppenheim, German Near Eastern archaeologist (d. 1946).
- November 8 - Francis J. Haverfield, English Romano-British archaeologist (d. 1919).
Deaths
See also
References
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