1898 in archaeology

none September 2020 1898 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1898. Explorations Exploration of the site of Assur by German archaeologists begins. Excavations J. E. Quibell excavates the royal residences of various early Egyptian kings at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt. Excavations at Bremetennacum (Ribchester), Lancashire, England (1898–9). Finds March - Victor Loret discovers Amenhotep II's mummy in his KV35 tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings within the original sarcophagus, together with a mummy cache containing several New Kingdom Pharaohs including Thutmose IV, Seti II and Ramesses III, IV and VI.Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II Peter Der Manuelian Hildesheim Gerstenberg 1987 3-8067-8105-2 Summer - The Bleasdale Circle, a Bronze Age timber and earthwork in Lancashire, England, is discovered by Thomas Kelsall.http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/view.asp?siteid=4398&pageid=20460&e=e Scheduled Ancient Monument - Bleasdale Circle your Lancashire Lancashire County Council 2011-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120305190839/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/view.asp?siteid=4398&pageid=20460&e=e 2012-03-05 The Withypool Stone Circle (late Neolithic/early Bronze Age) on Exmoor, England, is discovered accidentally by Archibald Hamilton. The Narmer Palette is found by J. E. Quibell while excavating the royal residences of various early Egyptian kings at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt. The site of Karakorum is identified as the former Mongol capital by Nikolai Yadrintsev, who discovers the Orkhon script during the same expedition. Willie Peppé, excavating a stupa at Piprahwa Kot, discovers ashes claimed to be of Gautama Buddha. Purported finding of the Kensington Runestone in Minnesota. Births 22 August – Jaroslav Černý, Czech-born Egyptologist (d. 1970). 14 September – Ernest Nash, born Ernst Nathan, German-born student of Roman architecture and pioneer of archaeological photography (d. 1974).Radnoti-Alföldi, M.; Lahusen, M. C. (2000). Ernest Nash - Ernst Nathan: Potsdam, Rom, New York, Rom. Nicolai'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 3-87584-045-3. 21 December – George E. Mylonas, Greek archaeologist (d. 1988).G. E. Mylonas, 89, Archeologist Who Led Greek Excavations, Dies 31 December – J. Eric S. Thompson, English archaeologist, student of the Maya civilization (d. 1975).https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-Eric-S-Thompson Sir J. Eric S. Thompson britannica.com 28 May 2017 Phoebe KeefMcInnes James Secrets of the High Woods: Revealing Hidden Landscapes 2016 https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SD_Secrets_2016-06_I_05.pdf 86–87 Manley John East Dean: a home for the High Woods South Downs National Park Authority 978-1-5272-0302-0 17 January 2025 (d. 1978) Deaths 21 October – Marianne Brocklehurst, English Egyptological traveller and expedition sponsor (b. 1832). See also List of years in archaeology 1897 in archaeology 1899 in archaeology References Category:Archaeology by year Category:1890s in archaeology Archaeology