1810 in archaeology
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The year 1810 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
- Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.
- Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England: Second excavations by William Cunnington and Richard Colt Hoare.
Publications
- Alexander von Humboldt publishes illustrated accounts of Pre-Columbian ruins of Mesoamerica including Mitla and Xochicalco.
- Richard Colt Hoare begins publication of The Ancient History of Wiltshire in England.
Births
- 11 April: Henry Rawlinson, English Assyriologist (d. 1895).[1]
- 26 July: Henry Christy, English ethnologist, archaeologist and sponsor (d. 1865).
Deaths
- 30 March: Luigi Lanzi, Italian archaeologist (b 1732).[2]
- 31 December: William Cunnington, English antiquarian (b. 1754).
See also
- Roman Forum - excavations