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1829 in archaeology
Explorations
'Charles Masson' (James Lewis) explores the Indus Valley Civilisation and locates the site of Harappa.Charles Masson Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281803 1842
Excavations
First excavations at Olympia, Greece by an expedition led by Abel Blouethttps://www.britannica.com/place/Olympia-ancient-site-Greece Olympia britannica.com 24 May 2017
Yorkshire Philosophical Society concludes excavation of St Mary's Abbey, York, England,Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey: History of York http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/norman/saints-and-prophets-statues-from-st-marys-abbey www.historyofyork.org.uk 24 May 2017 prior to construction of the Yorkshire Museum on part of the site.
Finds
Engis 2, part of the skull of a young child and other bones, recognised in 1936 as the first known Neanderthal fossil, is found in the Awirs cave near Engis in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) by Philippe-Charles Schmerling.Philippe-Charles Schmerling Recherches sur les ossements fossiles découverts dans les cavernes de la Province de Liège P.-J. Collardin Liège 1833 S. 1–66.
Deaths
10 May - Thomas Young, English Egyptologist (b. 1773)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Young Thomas Young Britannica.com 17 May 2017
See also
List of years in archaeology
1828 in archaeology
1830 in archaeology
References
Category:Archaeology by year
Category:1820s in archaeology
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