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1853 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1853.

Explorations

  • Alexander Cunningham examines and describes the ruins at Harappa in the Punjab
  • John Thurnam begins investigating tumuli around Knap Hill in Wiltshire, England

Finds

  • 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.

Births

  • June 3 – Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942)
  • December 26 – Wilhelm Dörpfeld, German architect and archaeologist (d. 1940)

Deaths

  • June 8 – Howard Vyse, English soldier and Egyptologist (b. 1784)
  • Charles Masson, British explorer of Buddhist sites (b. 1800)

References

References

  1. Keller, Ferdinand. (1854). "Die keltischen Pfahlbauten in den Schweizerseen". Mittheilungen der Antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich.
  2. "Keller, Ferdinand".
  3. "Sites Switzerland: ''Meilen-Rorenhaab'' (CH-ZH-09)". palafittes.org.
  4. "Wilhelm Dorpfeld - German archaeologist".
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