1844 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1844.
Explorations
- Karl Richard Lepsius examines, describes, and maps Meroë; and partially explores the upper passage of tomb KV20 in the Valley of the Kings.[1]
Excavations
- Frances Stackhouse Acton excavates a Roman villa in the grounds of her home at Acton Scott in England.[2]
Finds
- The François Vase is discovered in fragments at Chiusi in Tuscany by Alessandro François.[3]
- Nendrum Monastery is located on Hadrian's Wall by William Reeves.
- Discovery of Rudchester Mithraeum in the north of Ireland.
Publications
- Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America by Frederick Catherwood, with color lithographs of ruins of the Maya civilization.
- March - The Archaeological Journal first published. The first volume includes Frederick Lukis's "Observations on the primeval antiquities of the Channel Islands" (pp. 144â52).[4]
Births
- August 3 - Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist of Iran (d. 1920)
