1822 in archaeology

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The year 1822 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Finds

March 23 - Stone coffin of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (executed 1322) is found at Ferry Fryston in West Yorkshire (England).^[1]
Smythe's Megalith in Kent (England) is identified but dismantled.
Turin King List is discovered by Bernardino Drovetti.
First discoveries of Golasecca culture.

Publications

Descriptions of the Ruins of an Ancient City, discovered near Palenque published in London. The first book on the Maya site of Palenque, based on the accounts of Antonio Bernasconi and Antonio del Rio, and illustrated with engravings based on the drawings of Bernasconi and Luciano CastaÃ±eda.

Miscellaneous

September 27 - Jean-FranÃ§ois Champollion announces his success in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs using the Rosetta Stone in a letter to the AcadÃ©mie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in Paris (based on the work of Thomas Young).

Births

January 6 - Heinrich Schliemann, excavator of Troy (d. 1890)^[2]
February 23 - Giovanni Battista de Rossi, developed Christian archeology (d. 1894)

See also

Ancient Egypt / Egyptology

References

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