1867 in archaeology

Explorations

• Ruins of Great Zimbabwe rediscovered by Adam Renders.

Excavations

• Oluf Rygh excavates the Tune ship in Norway.
• Excavations at Bibracte begun by Gabriel Bulliot (continue to 1907).
• September - Augustus Henry Lane-Fox undertakes his first excavation, at Cissbury Ring hill fort in West Sussex.

Finds

• George Smith discovers an inscription recording a solar eclipse in the month of Sivan on British Museum Tablet K51, which he is able to link to 15 June 763 BC, the cornerstone of ancient Near Eastern chronology.
• The (full) Speyer wine bottle is found in the excavation of a mid-4th century Roman tomb near Speyer in Germany.
• The Stele of Vespasian is found in Armazi, Georgia.

Events

• National Archaeological Museum of Spain is established in Madrid by Royal Decree of Isabella II.

Births

• 13 May - Thomas Gann, Anglo Irish explorer and archaeologist of the Maya civilization (d. 1938)
• 27 August - Alfred Lucas, English analytical chemist and archaeologist, part of Howard Carter's team at the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb (d. 1945)

Deaths

• August 3 - August Böckh, German classical scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785)

References

References

1. Rawlinson, Henry C.. (18 May 1867). "The Assyrian Canon Verified by the Record of a Solar Eclipse, B.C. 763". [[Athenaeum (British magazine).
2. "National Archaeological Museum - Madrid Tourist Attractions".