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1817 in archaeology
The year
1817 in archaeology
involved some significant events.
Events
The
Elgin Marbles
go on display in the
British Museum
in
London
.
Stamford Raffles
publishes
The History of Java
.
Explorations
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
travels extensively through
Egypt
, visiting
Abu Simbel
,
Karnak
and the
Valley of the Kings
, creating several excavation sites.
Major
Stephen H. Long
commands an expedition exploring the southern part of
Arkansas
, as well as the
Louisiana
border of the
Red River
; he also explores the
Wisconsin River
to its headwaters and the
Mississippi River
to the
Falls of Saint Anthony
.
Excavations
October - The
KV16
burial site of
Ramesses I
in the East
Valley of the Kings
is discovered and excavated by
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
.
Near
Cairo
, the
Great Sphinx of Giza
is excavated to chest level by
Giovanni Battista Caviglia
.
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
clears the Great Temple of
Abu Simbel
of sand.
The
tophet
in
Carthage
is first excavated; since then, hundreds of
urn
s and
stelae
(engraved stones) have been recovered.
Finds
January 1 - Sailing through the
Sandwich Islands
,
Otto von Kotzebue
discovers
New Year Island
.
October -
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
finds the tomb and sarcophagus of
Seti I
.
October 9 - The
KV21
burial site in the
Valley of the Kings
is discovered by
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
.
October 10 - The
KV16
burial site of
Ramesses I
in the East
Valley of the Kings
is discovered by
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
.
November 22 -
Frédéric Cailliaud
discovers the old Roman
Mons Smaragdus
emerald
mines at Sikait,
Egypt
.
Births
Henry Syer Cuming
, antiquarian, collector and secretary of the British Archaeological Association (d.
1902
)
March 5 -
Austen Henry Layard
, French-born British archaeologist of Iran (d.
1894
)
Deaths
November 5 -
Carl Haller von Hallerstein
, German archaeologist of Greece (b.
1774
)
References