1940 in archaeology

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Explorations

Start of excavations at Tell Uqair by Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities (Seton Lloyd, Taha Baqir and Fuad Safar).
Start of excavations at Ahichatra.
Start of excavations in the Vatican Necropolis.
Excavations at Brahmagiri by M. H. Krishna of the Mysore state Archaeological Department.

12 September: Lascaux caves. Painted c. 15,000 BC - 13,000 BC. Closed to the public in 1963.
After ten-year expedition at Tanis, "Silver Pharaoh" tomb uncovered by Pierre Montet. It is the first ever intact tomb found.
Ferriby Boat 2 discovered by Ted Wright.[1]
Balline Hoard.

April 25 - Wilhelm Dörpfeld, German archaeologist of Troy (b. 1853)[3]
John Lamplugh Kirk, British archaeologist, collector and museum curator (b. 1869)

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Table of years in archaeology
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… 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 … … 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s … … 19th century 20th century 21st century …
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