1872 in archaeology

none 1872 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1872. Events ca. June - The ship Napried, carrying approximately 5,000 of the antiquities collected by Luigi Palma di Cesnola on Cyprus bound for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is lost in the Mediterranean Sea.http://napried.com/ Napried Exploration napried.com 2019-06-22 December 3 - George Smith presents the first translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh to a meeting of the Society of Biblical Archaeology in London.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10321147/The-tragic-tale-of-George-Smith-and-Gilgamesh.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224433/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10321147/The-tragic-tale-of-George-Smith-and-Gilgamesh.html dead 4 October 2013 The tragic tale of George Smith and Gilgamesh telegraph.co.uk 23 May 2017 Excavations Excavations on Delos by the French School at Athens begin. Finds Loughton Camp in Epping Forest 'discovered' by Benjamin Harris Cowper. Spring - First portion of Lenape Stone said to have been discovered in Bucks County, Pennsylvania by Barnard Hansell. Publications William Copeland Borlase - Nænia Cornubiæ: a descriptive essay, illustrative of the sepulchres and funereal customs of the early inhabitants of the county of Cornwall.http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n86-17033/ Borlase, William Copeland 1848-1899 worldcat.org 24 May 2017 John Evans - The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain.http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781108081481 Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain Cambridge.org 24 May 2017 James Fergusson - Rude Stone Monuments in all Countries. Births January 15 - Harold St George Gray, English archaeologist (d. 1963)https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/rpr/index.php/article-index/12-articles/332-harold-st-george-gray/ Harold St George Gray ox.ac.uk 23 May 2017 References Category:Archaeology by year Category:1870s in archaeology Archaeology