1818 in archaeology
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The year 1818 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Events
- June 13 - Caspar Reuvens is appointed as the world's first professor of archaeology, at Leiden University in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Explorations
- Giovanni Battista Belzoni explores the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza.[1]
Finds
- February 17 - The burial vault of Dunfermline Abbey in Scotland, containing the remains of Robert the Bruce, is uncovered and secured for scholarly examination.[2][3]
- Ancient temple at Sanchi.
- 1818 or 1819 - Prajnaparamita of Java.
Publications
- Juan Ramis publishes Antigüedades célticas de la isla de Menorca ("Celtic Antiquities of the Island of Menorca") in Mahón, the first book in the Spanish language entirely devoted to prehistory.