1836 in archaeology
1836 in archaeology. See also: other events of 1836.
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Explorations
- Site of Susa in Persia examined by Henry Rawlinson.
Excavations
Finds
- May - Right half of Llandaf Diptych (carved from elephant ivory in Paris around 1340/60) found in south Wales.[1]
- June
- 17 miniature coffins of unknown provenance are found in a cave on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.[2]
- Wreck of Tudor navy ship Mary Rose (capsized 1545) discovered in the Solent.
- Chatsworth Head found near Tamassos on Cyprus.[3]
Publications
- Otto Jahn - Palamedes.
- Christian Jürgensen Thomsen - Ledetraad til Nordisk Oldkyndighed.
Events
- October 25 - Luxor Obelisk re-erected in Place de la Concorde, Paris.
- James Prinsep begins to decipher the Edicts of Ashoka.
Births
Deaths
gollark: Besides, if you have fewer people, scientific research and such goes slower.
gollark: Like humanity wouldn't manage to mess up horribly with fewer people.
gollark: According to many ethical theories, people not dying is, all else equal, better than them dying.
gollark: Besides², I think some recent deep learning systems manage somewhat above-human performance on some language/vision tasks.
gollark: Me, for some definitions of it. Also some other people who exist.
References
- Redknap, Mark (2011-06-25). "The Llandaf Diptych". Cardiff: National Museum Wales. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- "Arthur's Seat coffins". National Museums Scotland. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- Mattusch, Carol C. (1988). Greek Bronze Statuary: from the beginnings through the fifth century B.C.. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. p. 3. ISBN 0801421489. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
chatsworth head british museum.
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