1887 in archaeology

none 1887 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1887. Excavations June–July - Carl Humann works at Hierapolis. Finds A local woman digging for sebakh at Amarna uncovers a cache of over 300 cuneiform tablets containing diplomatic correspondence of the Pharaohs, now commonly known as the Amarna Letters. German submersible Brandtaucher, which sank on trial in the port of Kiel in 1851, is discovered, and on July 5 is raised. Publications William Ivison Macadam - "Notes on the Ancient Iron Industry of Scotland", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Augustus Pitt Rivers - Excavations in Cranborne Chase, vol. 1Petch Alison Cranborne Chase excavations http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/rpr/index.php/article-index/12-articles/211-cranborne-chase-excavations/ web.prm.ox.ac.uk 27 May 2017 en-gb Miscellaneous The Reverend George Brown is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge. Births January 27 - Carl Blegen, American archaeologist of Greece (d. 1971)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Blegen Carl Blegen Britannica.com 27 May 2017 October 27 - Neil Judd, American archaeologist (d. 1976)Portrait of Neil Merton Judd https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_371636 Smithsonian Institution Archives 5 June 2017 en Deaths September 1 - Jules Desnoyers, French geologist and archaeologist (b. 1800) References Category:Archaeology by year Category:1880s in archaeology Archaeology