1823 in archaeology

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The year 1823 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Events

• Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan completes reconstruction of the Northumbrian Ruthwell Cross in Scotland.

Excavations

• Roman tombs near Lorium, Etruria (1823–4).
• Roman villa near Bramdean, Hampshire, England.

Finds

• January - In a cave on the Gower Peninsula of south Wales, Rev. William Buckland discovers the "Red Lady of Paviland", the first identification of a prehistoric (male) human burial. The bones are discovered with those of the woolly mammoth, proving that the two had coexisted.^[1]
• Summer - Smythe's Megalith, a Neolithic tomb, is discovered in Kent, England, and excavated by local antiquarian Clement Smythe.

Births

• Giuseppe Fiorelli, Italian archaeologist of Pompeii (died 1896)

Deaths

• December 3 - Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer of Egyptian antiquities (born 1778)

See also

• Ancient Egypt / Egyptology

References

1. Aldhouse-Green, Stephen (October 2001). "Great Sites: Paviland Cave". British Archaeology (61). Retrieved 2010-07-16.