1802 in archaeology

none December 2009 1802 archaeology science The year 1802 in archaeology involved some significant events. Finds May 24/25 - A loculus in the Catacomb of Priscilla in Rome is located and opened, revealing remains believed at this time to be of the early Christian martyr Philomena.O'Sullivan Paul St. Philomena, The Wonder-Worker TAN Books 1993 978-0895555014 Publications Vivant Denon - Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes du général Bonaparte; includes first publication of the Dendera zodiac. Johann Jahn - Biblische Archäologie. Other events The Rosetta Stone arrives at the British Museum and first goes on public display. Georg Friedrich Grotefend makes the first decipherment of cuneiform. Births Juan Galindo, explorer and writer of early accounts of the ruins of the Maya civilization (d. 1839).Fagan Brian From Stonehenge to Samarkand: An Anthology of Archaeological Travel Writing 2006 Oxford University Press, USA 9780195160918 287 en registration https://archive.org/details/fromstonehengeto00faga_0/page/287 References Category:Archaeology by year Category:1800s in archaeology Archaeology