1844 in archaeology

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.

Excavations

• Frances Stackhouse Acton excavates a Roman villa in the grounds of her home at Acton Scott in England.

Finds

• The François Vase is discovered in fragments at Chiusi in Tuscany by Alessandro François.
• 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. 144–52).

Births

• August 3 - Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist of Iran (d. 1920)

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1843 in archaeology
• 1845 in archaeology

References