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1844 in archaeology
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1844 archaeology science
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1844.
thumb|250px|Lithograph of ruins at Tulum, by Frederick Catherwood
Explorations
Karl Richard Lepsius examines, describes, and maps Meroë; and partially explores the upper passage of tomb KV20 in the Valley of the Kings.Joyce Tyldesley Joyce Tyldesley Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh Penguin Books 1996 122
Excavations
Frances Stackhouse Acton excavates a Roman villa in the grounds of her home at Acton Scott in England.10.1017/S0261340900012480 Description of a Roman Villa discovered at Acton Scott, near Church Stretton, in Shropshire, in 1817; with an account of further researches made in July, 1844: Communicated in a Letter from Mrs. Frances Stackhouse Acton to the Very Reverend the Dean of Hereford Archaeologia 31 339–345 2012 https://zenodo.org/record/2061659 Acton Frances Stackhouse
Finds
The François Vase is discovered in fragments at Chiusi in Tuscany by Alessandro François.http://arthistorians.info/francoisa François, Alessandro Lee Sorensen Dictionary of Art Historians 2018-03-23 2025-10-10 2018-03-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20180323220113/http://arthistorians.info/francoisa dead Wayback Machine
Nendrum Monastery is located on Hadrian's Wall by William Reeves.
Discovery of Rudchester Mithraeum in the north of Ireland.
Publications
Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America by Frederick Catherwood, with color lithographs of ruins of the Maya civilization.
March - The Archaeological Journal first published. The first volume includes Frederick Lukis's "Observations on the primeval antiquities of the Channel Islands" (pp. 144–52).Observations on the Primeval Antiquities of the Channel Islands Archaeological Journal/Volume 1/Observations on the Primeval Antiquities of the Channel Islands 1845 Archaeological Journal 1 142–151 yes yes
Births
August 3 - Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist of Iran (d. 1920)
See also
List of years in archaeology
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