1852 in archaeology

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.
• In May, excavations by Charles Ernest Beulé on the Acropolis of Athens discover the remains of the Beulé Gate.

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).

References

References

1. Woodyatt, Amy. (2019-09-02). "Scottish officials are hunting the remains of 18th-century 'witch'".
2. 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]].
3. St. Clair, William. (2022). "Who Saved the Parthenon? A New History of the Acropolis Before, During and After the Greek Revolution". Open Book Publishers.