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1810 in archaeology
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1810 archaeology science
The year 1810 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England: Second excavations by William Cunnington and Richard Colt Hoare.
Publications
Alexander von Humboldt publishes illustrated accounts of Pre-Columbian ruins of Mesoamerica including Mitla and Xochicalco.
Richard Colt Hoare begins publication of The Ancient History of Wiltshire in England.
Births
11 April: Henry Rawlinson, English Assyriologist (d. 1895).Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson - British orientalist https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Creswicke-Rawlinson Encyclopædia Britannica 2017-05-17
26 July: Henry Christy, English ethnologist, archaeologist and sponsor (d. 1865).
Deaths
30 March: Luigi Lanzi, Italian archaeologist (b 1732).https://arthistorians.info/lanzil Lanzi, Luigi arthistorians.info 2017-05-17
31 December: William Cunnington, English antiquarian (b. 1754).
See also
Roman Forum - excavations
References
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Category:1810s in archaeology
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