1868 in archaeology

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The year 1868 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations[]

Charles Warren starts first excavations of Jericho.
Grime's Graves in the English county of Norfolk is excavated in 1868-1870, including Gallery III2b of Greenwell's Pit.
The Mammen excavation, a Viking Age site near Viborg in Jutland (Denmark) is excavated.^[1]
At Les Eyzies, France, a cave site is excavated containing Cro-Magnon remains, at the end of La Rue du Scez overlooking Le Havre du Scez (Saie).
At Nymphaeum (a Greek colony in the Crimea), a burial site is excavated, with six Scythian tombs.
In Greece, philologist Spyridon Findiklis and his assistant Ioannis Papadakis begin the first excavations in Thebes and Plataea.^[2]

The Mesha Stele is found.^[3]
At Rome, the remains of the Porta Capena are found.
At Les Eyzies, France, alongside the Cro-Magnon remains, numerous flint tools of Aurignacian manufacture are found.
Hildesheim Treasure is found.^[4]
The first Shapwick hoard of Roman coins is found in England.^[5]

January 3: Franz Cumont, Belgian archaeologist and historian (died 1947)^[6]
March 15: Albert Lythgoe, American Egyptologist, curator of the New York Metropolitan Museum (died 1934)^[7]
July 14: Gertrude Bell, British archaeologist (died 1926)^[8]

September 10: Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (born 1788)

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^ "The scientific work". Archaeological Museum of Thebes. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
^ "The Mesha Stele". louvre.fr. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony; Eidinow, Esther (29 March 2012). The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 684. ISBN 9780199545568.
^ "Monument no. 194188". Pastscape. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
^ "Franz Cumont - Belgian archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ Bierbrier, Morris L (2012). Who Was Who in Egyptology, 4th edition. Egypt Exploration Society, London. p. 344. ISBN 978-0856982071.
^ Buchan, James (11 March 2003). "Miss Bell's lines in the sand". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2017.