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1876 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1876
.
Excavations
Mycenae
by
Heinrich Schliemann
.
Finds
The "
Mask of Agamemnon
" found at
Mycenae
by
Heinrich Schliemann
. Later in the year Schliemann supposedly telegraphs a Greek newspaper "I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon".
June 29 -
Robin Hood Cave Horse
, a fragment of rib engraved with a
horse
's head, discovered by Rev. J. M. Mello at
Creswell Crags
in the north east midlands of England, the only piece of
Upper Paleolithic
portable art
showing an animal to be found in Britain.
October - Excavations by
John Clayton
in
Coventina
's Well at
Carrawburgh
on
Hadrian's Wall
yield at least 13,400
Roman coins
.
Publications
Amelia Edwards
-
A Thousand Miles up the Nile
.
Births
March 19 -
John Marshall
,
English
Director-General of the
Archaeological Survey of India
(died
1958
).
May 5 -
John Garstang
, English
archaeologist
of the
Near East
(died
1956
).
Deaths
August 19 -
George Smith
, English
Assyriologist
(born
1840
)
See also
Ancient Egypt
/
Egyptology
References