1842 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1842.
Explorations
- Site of Masada discovered.
- Karl Richard Lepsius begins an expedition to Egypt and the Sudan commissioned by King Frederick William IV of Prussia.
Publications
- W. F. Ainsworth publishes the first report on Ãçayak Byzantine Church.
- Karl Lepsius produces the first modern list of pyramids.
- David Roberts begins publication of The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia (chromolithographs).
- First known use of the term "Industrial archaeology".[1]
Births
- 12 January: Teoberto Maler, Mayanist