1855 in archaeology
The year 1855 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations
Excavations
- May - Heath Wood barrow cemetery in England, by Thomas Bateman.[1]
Finds
Events
- December 14 - inaugural meeting of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
Publications
- John Yonge Akerman - Remains of Pagan Saxondom.
- Churchill Babington (ed.) - Benefizio della Morte di Cristo, a remarkable book of the Reformation period.
Births
- September 10 - Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist (d. 1925).[2]
Deaths
- April 15 - William John Bankes, English Member of Parliament, explorer and Egyptologist (b. 1786).[3]
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References
- Bateman, Thomas (1861). Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills in the Counties of Derby, Stafford and York.
- "Robert Koldewey - German architect and archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- "BANKES, William John (1786-1855), of Kingston Hall, Dorset". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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