1720s in archaeology

Last updated November 30, 2025

The decade of the 1720s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrives at Easter Island.

Excavations

Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

Finds

1723: Roman inscribed stone found in Chichester, England.
1725: Rudge Cup found in England.
1727: Gilt bronze head from cult statue of Sulis Minerva from the Temple at Bath, England, found by workmen excavating a sewer.

Publications

1723: Antoine de Jussieu publishes De l'Origine et des usages de la Pierre de Foudre on the origins of fossils, prehistoric stone tools and meteorites.^[1]

Births

1721: Nicholas Revett, English architect (d. 1804)
1726: October 12 - Pierre Henri Larcher, French classical scholar (d. 1812)
1729: September 25 - Christian Gottlob Heyne, German archaeologist (d. 1812)

References

↑ "Les pierres de foudre" . Retrieved 2011-10-18.

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1710s in archaeology

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1720s

Succeeded by

1730s in archaeology

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[1] "Les pierres de foudre" . Retrieved 2011-10-18.

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