1878 in archaeology

none November 2025 1878 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1878. Excavations Christos Stamatakis excavates the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece (built c.1300–1200 BC). Excavation of Vinovia Roman fort in the north of England begins. September - Carl Humann begins excavations at Pergamon. Publications American Antiquarian founded by Rev. Stephen D. Peet. Isaac Fletcher - "The Archaeology of the West Cumberland Coal Trade", Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 10.5284/1064794 Finds The Balawat Gates are discovered in Assyria by Hormuzd Rassam.The Balawat Gates http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=276395&partId=1 British Museum 25 May 2017 31 Iguanodon skeletons are discovered in a coal mine at Bernissart, Belgium. Pergamon Altar. Birka female Viking warrior excavated by Hjalmar Stolpe on the Swedish island of Björkö but believed at this time to be male.Linda Koffmar 2017-09-08 Första DNA-bevisen för kvinnlig vikingakrigare First DNA evidence for female Viking warriors Uppsala University sv https://www.uu.se/press/nyheter/artikel/?id=9274&area=2,6,10,16,22&typ=artikel&lang=sv https://web.archive.org/web/20170917210310/https://www.uu.se/press/nyheter/artikel/?id=9274&area=2,6,10,16,22&typ=artikel&lang=sv 2017-09-17 dead 2020-07-09 Bayou St. John submarine. Other events September 12 - 'Cleopatra's Needle' is erected beside the River Thames in London.Holland Robert Blue-Water Empire: The British in the Mediterranean since 1800 2012 Penguin UK 9781846145551 https://books.google.com/books?id=8QRXc7pr9DQC&pg=PT116 en Births December 29 - Félix-Marie Abel, French biblical archaeologist (d. 1953) References Category:Archaeology by year Category:1870s in archaeology Archaeology