1923 in archaeology

none 1923 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1923. Explorations May 5: The Synagogue of Tomar in Portugal is purchased by scholar Samuel Schwarz for the purposes of excavation, restoration and preservation.Ghiuzeli Haim F. The Synagogue of Tomar, Portugal https://www.bh.org.il/synagogue-tomar-portugal/ Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot 2020-07-09 1996 Expedition under Neil Merton Judd to collect dendrochronological specimens in order to date habitation of Chaco Canyon. Exploration of Tasghîmût fortress in Morocco by Henri Basset and Henri Terrasse begins.Hespéris fr Sanctuaires et fortresses almohades Henri Basset Henri Terrasse 7 1927 157–71 Excavations February 16: Howard Carter opens the inner chamber of Tutankhamun's tomb. Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, China is excavated a second time by Otto Zdansky under the supervision of Johan Gunnar Andersson. New excavations at Viroconium (Wroxeter) in England begin (continue to 1927). Finds July 13: An American Museum of Natural History expedition to Mongolia under Roy Chapman Andrews is the first in the world to discover fossil dinosaur eggs. Initially thought to belong to the ceratopsian Protoceratops, they will be determined in 1995 actually to belong to the theropod Oviraptor. Material unearthed by Otto Zdansky's excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China will eventually yield two human molars, but these finds are not announced until 1926. Copper Bull from Leonard Woolley's excavations at Ur. Bronze Age hoard found in Huelva harbour. A decapitated 7th-century Saxon man is excavated from the prehistoric Stonehenge site in England."Skeleton unearthed at Stonehenge was decapitated" https://web.archive.org/web/20100630102958/http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/000109.html 30 June 2010 ; BBC News (9 June 2000); ABCE News (13 June 2000); Fox News (14 June 2000); New Scientist (17 June 2000); Archeo News (2 July 2000). Aphrodite of Rhodes statue in Rhodes (then part of Italy). Publications O. G. S. Crawford - "Air Survey and Archaeology", The Geographical Journal (May). Cyril Fox - The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Ralph Linton - The Material Culture of the Marquesas Islands. Deaths February 15 - Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau, French Orientalist (b. 1846) April 5 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, British Egyptological excavation sponsor (b. 1866).George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th earl of Carnarvon - British Egyptologist https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Edward-Stanhope-Molyneux-Herbert-5th-earl-of-Carnarvon Encyclopædia Britannica 2017-05-23 en References Archaeology Category:1920s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year