1852 in archaeology
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1852 in archaeology
Explorations[]
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Excavations[]
- January - Excavations of the royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin are resumed by Victor Place.
- Excavations at Nineveh are continued by H. C. Rawlinson.
- Excavations at Babylon by Julius Oppert begin.
- Excavations in the Nile Valley by Hekekyan Bey begin.
Finds[]
- Antique-collecting grave robbers dig up the bones of Lilias Adie who died in 1704 in custody under investigation for witchcraft at Torryburn, Scotland.[1][2]
Publications[]
- William Michael Wylie - Fairford Graves: a record of researches in an Anglo-Saxon burial place in Gloucestershire.
Births[]
- March 30 - James Theodore Bent, English explorer, archaeologist and author (died 1897).
Deaths[]
- March 5 - Bernardino Drovetti, Piedmontese antiquarian and Egyptologist (born 1776).
- October 13 - John Lloyd Stephens, American explorer of Maya civilization sites in Mesoamerica (born 1805).
See also[]
- List of years in archaeology
- 1851 in archaeology
- 1853 in archaeology
References[]
- ^ Woodyatt, Amy (2019-09-02). "Scottish officials are hunting the remains of 18th-century 'witch'". CNN Travel. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ Flynn, Meagan (2019-09-03). "The bones of an 18th century 'witch' vanished decades ago. Now Scottish officials are hunting for them". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
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