1853 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1853.
Explorations
[edit | edit source]- Alexander Cunningham examines and describes the ruins at Harappa in the Punjab
- John Thurnam begins investigating tumuli around Knap Hill in Wiltshire, England
Finds
[edit | edit source]- Hormuzd Rassam excavates the clay tablets which will be deciphered as Epic of Gilgamesh
- Winter 1853–54 – Archaeologist Ferdinand Keller identifies the remains of the Meilen–Rorenhaab site, first of the prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich to be located.[1][2][3]
Births
[edit | edit source]- June 3 – Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942)
- December 26 – Wilhelm Dörpfeld, German architect and archaeologist (d. 1940)[4]
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- June 8 – Howard Vyse, English soldier and Egyptologist (b. 1784)
- Charles Masson, British explorer of Buddhist sites (b. 1800)
See also
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