1828 in archaeology
Events
- The 'Metternich Stela' is presented by Muhammad Ali of Egypt to Prince Metternich.[1]
Finds
- The Crondall Hoard, a hoard of one hundred and one old French and Anglo-Saxon coins, is found in the village of Crondall in the English county of Hampshire.
Publications
- Prussian Academy of Sciences begins publication of the Corpus Inscriptionum Graecum under the editorship of August Böckh.
Births
- May 2 - Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and explorer (d. 1915)[2]
- August 18 - Jakob Messikommer, Swiss archaeologist (d. 1917)
- Frank Calvert, British archaeologist (d. 1908)
Deaths
- March 31 - Charles "Hindoo" Stuart, Anglo-Irish British East India Company officer and collector of Hindu antiquities (b. c.1758)
References
- Dorman, P. (1987). Egypt and the Ancient Near East in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York.
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