1750s in archaeology

none 1750 archaeology science The decade of the 1750s in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations 1757: Robert Adam surveys the ruins of Diocletian's Palace at Spalato in Dalmatia. Excavations 1750s: Formal excavations continue at Pompeii and at Herculaneum including discovery of the Villa of the Papyri and Herculaneum papyri. 1753: Botanist Vitaliano Donati is commissioned by King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia to travel to Egypt and acquire items from its past. He returns with 300 pieces recovered from Karnak and Qift which become the nucleus of the Museo Egizio in Turin. 1755: At Bath, England, when the Priory or Abbey house is demolished and the foundations are cleared, stone coffins, bones of various animals, and other things are found.Davis, Charles E. 2004-10-02. The Excavations of Roman Baths at Bath (E-text). Project Gutenberg, eBook #13582. Webpage: G5828. Upon digging further, hot mineral waters gush forth and interrupt the work: the old Roman sewer had been found, and the water is drained off. Foundations of regular buildings are traced leading to excavation of a great bath, afterwards called Lucas's Bath, when the eastern wall of the great Hall is opened. 1757: Rev. Bryan Faussett begins excavating Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in Kent, England (continues to 1773).Leslie Webster Leslie E. Webster Anglo-Saxon England AD 400–1100 Longworth, Ian Cherry, John Archaeology in Britain since 1945 London British Museum 1986 0-7141-2035-9 121 registration https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780714120355/page/121 Finds 1754: A hoard of about 207 Roman gold coins (and one silver coin) are discovered at Menzelen just outside Xanten on the lower Rhine. 1755: Several sepulchral inscriptions and figures, in bas-relief, are discovered at Bonn in Lower Germany. 1756: The Gallarus Oratory on the Dingle Peninsula of Ireland is first reported, by antiquary Charles Smith. Publications 1753: Robert Wood's The ruins of Palmyra; otherwise Tedmor in the desart published in English and French. 1755: Frederic Louis Norden's Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie published posthumously in Copenhagen. 1757: Robert Wood's The ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria published in English and French. Other events 1751: The Society of Antiquaries of London receives its Royal charter. 1754: French scholar Jean-Jacques Barthélemy deciphers Palmyrene inscriptions, the first successful decipherment of a previously "dead" ancient script in modern scholarship.Barthélemy Jean-Jacques Réflexions sur l'alphabet et sur la langue dont on se servoit autrefois à Palmyre (1754) Histoire de l'Académie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres 1759 26 Paris 577–97 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5803181n/f614.image frDaniels Peter T. Peter T. Daniels "Shewing of Hard Sentences and Dissolving of Doubts": The First Decipherment Journal of the American Oriental Society 108 3 1988 00030279 603863 419–436 http://www.jstor.org/stable/603863 2026-03-14 Births 1754: William Cunnington, pioneering English antiquarian and archaeologist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century (d. 1810). 1755: May 16 - Honoré Flaugergues, French astronomer and archaeologist (d. 1830 or 1835). 1758: December 9 - Richard Colt Hoare, English antiquarian and archaeologist (d. 1838).http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-richard-colt-hoare-2509 Sir Richard Colt Hoare 1758–1838 tate.org 9 June 2017 Deaths 1755: February 11 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675).Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei - Italian dramatist https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francesco-Scipione-marchese-di-Maffei Encyclopedia Britannica 10 June 2017 en Notes Archaeology timeline 1750s 1740s in archaeology 1760s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by decade Category:18th century in archaeology Archaeology