1878 in archaeology

Excavations

• Christos Stamatakis excavates the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece (built c.1300–1200 BC).
• Excavation of Vinovia Roman fort in the north of England begins.
• September - Carl Humann begins excavations at Pergamon.

Publications

• American Antiquarian founded by Rev. Stephen D. Peet.
• Isaac Fletcher - "The Archaeology of the West Cumberland Coal Trade", Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society.

Finds

• The Balawat Gates are discovered in Assyria by Hormuzd Rassam.
• 31 Iguanodon skeletons are discovered in a coal mine at Bernissart, Belgium.
• Pergamon Altar.
• Birka female Viking warrior excavated by Hjalmar Stolpe on the Swedish island of Björkö but believed at this time to be male.
• Bayou St. John submarine.

Other events

• September 12 - 'Cleopatra's Needle' is erected beside the River Thames in London.

Births

• December 29 - Félix-Marie Abel, French biblical archaeologist (d. 1953)

References

References

1. "The Balawat Gates".
2. Koffmar, Linda. (2017-09-08). "Första DNA-bevisen för kvinnlig vikingakrigare". Uppsala University.
3. (2012). "Blue-Water Empire: The British in the Mediterranean since 1800". Penguin UK.