1826 in archaeology

Last updated December 13, 2025

Excavations

Preliminary excavations at Harappa in British India by Daya Ram Sahni.

Finds

Possible date - Discovery of Hunterston Brooch in Scotland.^[1]

Births

March 20 - Augustus Wollaston Franks, English antiquarian (died 1897)

Deaths

March 10 - John Pinkerton, Scottish-born antiquarian (born 1758)^[2]

References

↑ Lamb, John (1896). Annals of an Ayrshire Parish: West Kilbride. Glasgow: John J. Rae. p. 92.
↑ O’Flaherty, Patrick (January 2014). Scotland's Pariah: The Life and Work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826. University of Toronto Press. p. 186. ISBN 9781442649286.

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[1] Lamb, John (1896). Annals of an Ayrshire Parish: West Kilbride. Glasgow: John J. Rae. p. 92.

[2] O’Flaherty, Patrick (January 2014). Scotland's Pariah: The Life and Work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826. University of Toronto Press. p. 186. ISBN 9781442649286.

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