1862 in archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1862.
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Excavations
- Re-excavation of Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery in eastern England under direction of landowner Septimus Davidson; a ship burial is uncovered.
Finds
- The Painted Cave of Galdar discovered at Gáldar, Las Palmas, on Gran Canaria.
Events
- Napoleon III establishes the National Archaeological Museum of France in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.[1]
Births
- May 27: Francis Llewellyn Griffith, British Egyptologist (died 1934)
- October 26: Thomas J. Preston, Jr., American archaeologist (died 1955)
- November 26: Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (died 1943)
Deaths
References
- Effros, Bonnie (2012). Uncovering the Germanic Past: Merovingian Archaeology in France, 1830-1914. OUP Oxford. p. 72. ISBN 9780199696710.
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