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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1840.
1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1796th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 796th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1790s decade. As of the start of 1796, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Sir John Hubert Marshall was an English archaeologist who was Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902 to 1928. He oversaw the excavations of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro, two of the main cities that comprise the Indus Valley Civilisation.
George Smith was a pioneering English Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest-known written works of literature.
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1890.
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1877.
Sir Charles Thomas Newton was a British archaeologist. He was made KCB in 1887.
General Sir Charles Warren, was an officer in the British Royal Engineers. He was one of the earliest European archaeologists of the Biblical Holy Land, and particularly of the Temple Mount. Much of his military service was spent in British South Africa. Previously he was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1886 to 1888 during the Jack the Ripper murders. His command in combat during the Second Boer War was criticised, but he achieved considerable success during his long life in his military and civil posts.
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1901.
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1874.
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1876.
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1917.
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1927.
David George Hogarth, also known as D. G. Hogarth, was a British orientalist archaeologist and scholar associated with T. E. Lawrence and Arthur Evans. He was Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford from 1909 to 1927.
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1914.
Charles Conrad Abbott was an American archaeologist and naturalist.
The year 1807 in archaeology involved some significant events.
The decade of the 1750s in archaeology involved some significant events.
John Romilly Allen FSA FSAScot was a British archaeologist.