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1887 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1887
.
Excavations
June–July -
Carl Humann
works at
Hierapolis
.
Finds
A local woman digging for
sebakh
at
Amarna
uncovers a cache of over 300
cuneiform tablet
s containing diplomatic correspondence of the
Pharaoh
s, now commonly known as the
Amarna Letters
.
German
submersible
Brandtaucher
, which sank on trial in the
port of Kiel
in 1851, is discovered, and on July 5 is raised.
Publications
William Ivison Macadam - "Notes on the Ancient Iron Industry of Scotland",
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
.
Augustus Pitt Rivers
-
Excavations in Cranborne Chase
, vol. 1
Miscellaneous
The Reverend George Brown is elected to the
Disney Professorship of Archaeology
in the
University of Cambridge
.
Births
January 27 -
Carl Blegen
, American archaeologist of Greece (d.
1971
)
October 27 -
Neil Judd
, American archaeologist (d.
1976
)
Deaths
September 1 -
Jules Desnoyers
, French geologist and archaeologist (b.
1800
)
References