1822 in archaeology
The year 1822 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations
Excavations
Finds
- Turin King List is discovered by Bernardino Drovetti.
- First discoveries of Golasecca culture.
- Smythe's Megalith in England is identified but dismantled.
Publications
Miscellaneous
- September 27 - Jean-François Champollion announces his success in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs using the Rosetta Stone in a letter to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in Paris (based on the work of Thomas Young).
Births
- January 6 - Heinrich Schliemann, excavator of Troy (d. 1890)[1]
- February 23 - Giovanni Battista de Rossi, developed Christian archeology (d. 1894)
Deaths
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gollark: *Why* would you get one when the modern alternatives are so much better?
gollark: Those were deprecated in 19██ too, where would you *get* one?
gollark: ... of course not, how would that even *work*?
gollark: Yes, that would NOT be effective in the large apiolectromagnetic field gradients involved.
See also
References
- "Heinrich Schliemann - German archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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