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1862 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1862.

Excavations

  • Re-excavation of Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery in eastern England under direction of landowner Septimus Davidson; a ship burial is uncovered.

Finds

  • The Painted Cave of Galdar discovered at Gáldar, Las Palmas, on Gran Canaria.
  • The Apollo Omphalos in Athens, Greece.

Events

  • Napoleon III establishes the National Archaeological Museum of France in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Births

  • May 27: Francis Llewellyn Griffith, British Egyptologist (died 1934)
  • June 24: Arthur Bulleid, English archaeologist of the Somerset Levels (died 1951)
  • October 26: Thomas J. Preston, Jr., American archaeologist (died 1955)
  • November 26: Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (died 1943)

References

References

  1. (2012). "Uncovering the Germanic Past: Merovingian Archaeology in France, 1830-1914". OUP Oxford.
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