1925 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1925.
Excavations
- Kaminaljuyu Mayan site, by Manuel Gamino.
- Kültepe in Turkey, by BedÅich Hrozný.
- Excavations in Gibraltar by Dorothy Garrod begin (continue to 1926).
- October - Tin Hinan Tomb in the Sahara located and opened by Byron Khun de Prorok.[1]
- December - Complete excavation of the Great Sphinx of Giza by Ãmile Baraize begins (continues to 1936).
Publications
- John Beazley - Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils
- V. Gordon Childe - The Dawn of European Civilization.
- AleÅ¡ HrdliÄka - The Old Americans.
Finds
- July 13 - "Venus of Dolnà VÄstonice" at Dolnà VÄstonice in Moravia.
- October 28 - Howard Carter reveals the golden death mask of Tutenkhamun.[2]
- Ennigaldi-Nanna's Museum at Ur is discovered by Leonard Woolley.[3]
- "Venus of Savignano" near Savignano sul Panaro in Italy.
- "Galilee skull" in Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh.
- The Aurignacian settlement site at Breitenbach in Saxony-Anhalt is discovered by local schoolteacher E. Thiersch.[4]
- Belgic pottery at Swarling, Kent.
- Makapansgat pebble in South Africa.
Births
- January 22 - John Davies Evans, English archaeologist and academic (d. 2011)[5]
- April 24 - Leslie Alcock, English archaeologist (d. 2006)[6]
- November 14 - James Mellaart, British archaeologist. (d. 2012)[7]
Deaths
- February 4 - Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist (b. 1855).[8]
