1844 in archaeology
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1844 in archaeology
Lithograph of ruins at Tulum, by Frederick Catherwood
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[]
- List of years in archaeology
- 1843 in archaeology
- 1845 in archaeology
References[]
- ^ Tyldesley, Joyce (1996). Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh. Penguin Books. p. 122.
- ^ Stackhouse Acton, Frances (2012). "Description of a Roman Villa discovered at Acton Scott, near Church Stretton, in Shropshire, in 1817; with an account of further researches made in July, 1844: Communicated in a Letter from Mrs. Frances Stackhouse Acton to the Very Reverend the Dean of Hereford". Archaeologia (London). 31: 339–345. doi:10.1017/S0261340900012480.
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