1866 in archaeology
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1866 in archaeology
Explorations[]
- Architect Thomas Drew draws attention to the significance of St. Audoen's Church, Dublin, Ireland.
Excavations[]
- Discovery and first excavation of Fertőrákos mithraeum.
Publications[]
- Posthumous publication by Édouard Lartet of Henry Christy's Reliquiae Aquitanicae, being contributions to the archaeology and palaeontology of Perigord and the adjacent provinces of southern France commences.[1]
Finds[]
- February 26 - The Calaveras Skull is discovered in California. Purported to be evidence of humans in North America during the Pliocene epoch, it turns out to be a hoax.
- The prehistoric sculpture Swimming Reindeer is found in France.
- The first copy of the Decree of Canopus is found at Tanis.
Awards[]
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Miscellaneous[]
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Births[]
- May 23 - Edgar J. Banks, American antiquarian (d. 1945).
- June 26 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, British Egyptological excavation sponsor (d. 1923).[2]
Deaths[]
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See also[]
- List of years in archaeology
- 1865 in archaeology
- 1867 in archaeology
References[]
- ^ Harrison, W. J. (2004). "Christy, Henry (1810–1865)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5375. Retrieved 2011-05-05. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ "George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th earl of Carnarvon - British Egyptologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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