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1925 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1925.

Excavations

  • Kaminaljuyu Mayan site, by Manuel Gamino.
  • Kültepe in Turkey, by Bedřich Hrozný.
  • Excavations in Gibraltar by Dorothy Garrod begin (continue to 1926).
  • October - Tin Hinan Tomb in the Sahara located and opened by Byron Khun de Prorok.
  • December - Complete excavation of the Great Sphinx of Giza by Émile Baraize begins (continues to 1936).

Publications

  • John Beazley - Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils
  • V. Gordon Childe - The Dawn of European Civilization.
  • Aleš Hrdlička - The Old Americans.

Finds

  • July 13 - "Venus of Dolní Věstonice" at Dolní Věstonice in Moravia.
  • October 28 - Howard Carter reveals the golden death mask of Tutenkhamun.
  • Ennigaldi-Nanna's Museum at Ur is discovered by Leonard Woolley.
  • "Venus of Savignano" near Savignano sul Panaro in Italy.
  • "Galilee skull" in Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh.
  • The Aurignacian settlement site at Breitenbach in Saxony-Anhalt is discovered by local schoolteacher E. Thiersch.
  • Belgic pottery at Swarling, Kent.
  • Makapansgat pebble in South Africa.

Births

  • January 22 - John Davies Evans, English archaeologist and academic (d. 2011)
  • April 24 - Leslie Alcock, English archaeologist (d. 2006)
  • November 14 - James Mellaart, British archaeologist. (d. 2012)

Deaths

  • February 4 - Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist (b. 1855).

References

References

  1. De Prorok, Count Byron Khun. (1926). "Digging for Lost African Gods". G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  2. Winstone, H. V. F.. (2006). "Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun". Barzan.
  3. Hopkins, Owen. (2021). "The Museum: From its Origins to the 21st Century". Frances Lincoln.
  4. Porr, M.. (2004). "Paläolithikum und Mesolithikum: Kataloge zur Dauerausstellung im Landesmuseum, Halle".
  5. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8738496/Professor-John-Evans.html Obituary of Professor John Evans, The Daily Telegraph, 2 September, 2011]
  6. (23 June 2006). "Leslie Alcock".
  7. (3 August 2012). "James Mellaart".
  8. "Robert Koldewey - German architect and archaeologist".
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