1868 in archaeology

none 1868 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1868. Excavations Charles Warren starts first excavations of Jericho. Grime's Graves in the English county of Norfolk is excavated in 1868-1870, including Gallery III2b of Greenwell's Pit. The Mammen excavation, a Viking Age site near Viborg in Jutland (Denmark) is excavated."Conservation of Textiles - part 3" (photos), webpage: Natmus-DK-textile https://web.archive.org/web/20070814053201/http://www.natmus.dk/cons/x/textile/textile3.htm 2007-08-14 . At Les Eyzies, France, a cave site is excavated containing Cro-Magnon remains, at the end of La Rue du Scez overlooking Le Havre du Scez (Saie). At Nymphaeum (a Greek colony in the Crimea), a burial site is excavated, with six Scythian tombs. In Greece, philologist Spyridon Findiklis and his assistant Ioannis Papadakis begin the first excavations in Thebes and Plataea.The scientific work https://www.mthv.gr/en/the-museum/the-scientific-work/ Archaeological Museum of Thebes 2017-11-23 Alfred Biliotti starts excavations at Ialysos on Rhodes. Finds The Mesha Stele is found.The Mesha Stele http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/mesha-stele louvre.fr 15 May 2017 16 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103247/https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/mesha-stele dead At Rome, the remains of the Porta Capena are found. At Les Eyzies, France, alongside the Cro-Magnon remains, numerous flint tools of Aurignacian manufacture are found. Hildesheim Treasure is found.Hornblower Simon Spawforth Antony Eidinow Esther The Oxford Classical Dictionary 29 March 2012 Oxford University Press 9780199545568 684 https://books.google.com/books?id=bVWcAQAAQBAJ en The first Shapwick hoard of Roman coins is found in England.http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=194188 Monument no. 194188 English Heritage Pastscape 2019-05-28 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120926172635/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=194188 2012-09-26 Births January 3: Franz Cumont, Belgian archaeologist and historian (died 1947)Franz Cumont - Belgian archaeologist https://www.britannica.com/biography/Franz-Valery-Marie-Cumont Encyclopedia Britannica 15 May 2017 en March 15: Albert Lythgoe, American Egyptologist, curator of the New York Metropolitan Museum (died 1934)Bierbrier Morris L Who Was Who in Egyptology, 4th edition Egypt Exploration Society, London 344 2012 978-0856982071 July 14: Gertrude Bell, British archaeologist (died 1926)Buchan James Miss Bell's lines in the sand https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/12/iraq.jamesbuchan The Guardian 15 May 2017 11 March 2003 Deaths September 10: Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (born 1788) See also Neanderthal man References Category:Archaeology by year Category:1860s in archaeology Archaeology