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1780s ^. 1790s in archaeology ^. 1800

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Excavations

• Francis Llewellyn Griffith begins a 4-year series of excavations in Nubia.
• Edgar Lee Hewett begins a 4-year project at Quiriguá.
• Antonios Keramopoulos excavates the temple of Apollo in Thebes, Greece.[1]
• St Piran's Oratory, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England.
• Coldrum Long Barrow in south east England.

Finds

• December – 'Meroë Head' looted from a bronze statue of Roman emperor Augustus buried in the Kushite site of Meroë in modern Sudan, excavated by John Garstang.[2]

Events

• United Fruit Company purchases land in Guatemala including the Maya site of Quiriguá; 30 acres (120,000 m²) including and around the ruins are set aside as an archaeological zone.
• The National Museums of Kenya, a governmental body maintaining several museums and monuments in Kenya (with headquarters in Nairobi), is founded by the East Africa Natural History Society.

Births

• February 13 – Ignacio Bernal, Mexican archaeologist (d. 1992).
• May 3 – Anne Strachan Robertson, Scottish archaeologist and numismatist (d. 1997).[3]
• May 28 – Stuart Piggott, English archaeologist (d. 1996).[4]
• July 10 – Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski, American archaeologist (d. 2007).[5]
• August 5 – Jacquetta Hawkes, British archaeologist (d. 1996).[6]

Deaths

• May 26 – Cyrus Thomas, American ethnologist and archaeologist (b. 1825).
• June 22 – Richard Wetherill, American archaeologist (b. 1858).
• August 12 – Adolf Michaelis, German classical scholar (b. 1835).
• August 23 – Jakob Messikommer, Swiss archaeologist (b. 1828).

See also

• Pompeii

References

1. "The scientific work". Archaeological Museum of Thebes. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
2. Opper, Thorsten (2014). The Meroë Head of Augustus. Objects in Focus. London: British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0714150918.
3. "Obituary: Professor Anne Robertson". The Independent. November 15, 1997. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
4. "Obituary: Professor Stuart Piggott". The Independent. September 27, 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
5. Holley, Joe (January 14, 2008). "Pompeian Historian Wilhelmina Jashemski". Washington Post. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
6. "Obituary: Jacquetta Hawkes". The Independent. March 20, 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2017.