1810 in archaeology

The year 1810 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

• Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.
• Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England: Second excavations by William Cunnington and Richard Colt Hoare.

Publications

• Alexander von Humboldt publishes illustrated accounts of Pre-Columbian ruins of Mesoamerica including Mitla and Xochicalco.
• Richard Colt Hoare begins publication of The Ancient History of Wiltshire in England.

Births

• 11 April: Henry Rawlinson, English Assyriologist (d. 1895).
• 26 July: Henry Christy, English ethnologist, archaeologist and sponsor (d. 1865).

Deaths

• 30 March: Luigi Lanzi, Italian archaeologist (b 1732).
• 31 December: William Cunnington, English antiquarian (b. 1754).

See also

• Roman Forum - excavations

References