1858 in archaeology

none 1858 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1838. Explorations February 2 - Systematic exploration of the prehistoric Swiss lake pile village of Wetzikon-Robenhausen by Jakob Messikommer begins. Désiré Charnay makes the first photographs of the Maya ruins of Palenque Finds Stone tools in a cave at Brixham in England.W. J. Harrison Christy, Henry (1810–1865) 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5375 2011-05-05 10.1093/ref:odnb/5375 Hoard of Neolithic flint tools and weapons at York in England.http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/prehistory/the-york-hoard The York Hoard Yorkshire Museum York History of York 2016-01-16 Ancient Greek sculpture of the Lion of Knidos found by Richard Popplewell Pullan near modern-day Datça, Turkey. Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu at Dayr al-Bahri by François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette. Boston Green Head at the Serapeum of Saqqara (presumed year).http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/head-of-a-priest-the-boston-green-head-131018 Head of a priest (The Boston Green Head) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2014-05-01 In Luxor, Egypt, the Rhind papyrus is found (named for Alexander Henry Rhind, the discoverer; it is sometimes called the Ahmes papyrus for the scribe who wrote it around 1650 BC). December 31 - Roman coin hoard at Weston Underwood found in Buckinghamshire, England. Events George Rowell uses photography to document the reconstruction of the Saxon 'Brighthampton Urn' in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (England), the first known such use in archaeological conservation.Exhibit label, Ashmolean Museum AN1966.1178. Noted 2023. Births Approximate date - Mary Brodrick, English Egyptologist (died 1933) Deaths February 6 - Georg Friedrich Creuzer, German Greek philologist and archaeologist (born 1771) Establishments Municipal museum of Saverne, France, established. See also List of years in archaeology 1857 in archaeology 1859 in archaeology References Category:Archaeology by year Category:1850s in archaeology Archaeology