1852 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1852.

Excavations

• January - Excavations of the royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin are resumed by Victor Place.
• Excavations at Nineveh are continued by H. C. Rawlinson.
• Excavations at Babylon by Julius Oppert begin.
• Excavations in the Nile Valley by Hekekyan Bey begin.

Finds

• Antique-collecting grave robbers dig up the bones of Lilias Adie who died in 1704 in custody under investigation for witchcraft at Torryburn, Scotland. ^{[1] [2]}
• In May, excavations by Charles Ernest Beulé on the Acropolis of Athens discover the remains of the Beulé Gate. ^[3]

Publications

• William Michael Wylie - Fairford Graves: a record of researches in an Anglo-Saxon burial place in Gloucestershire.

Births

• March 30 - James Theodore Bent, English explorer, archaeologist and author (died 1897).

Deaths

• March 5 - Bernardino Drovetti, Piedmontese antiquarian and Egyptologist (born 1776).
• October 13 - John Lloyd Stephens, American explorer of Maya civilization sites in Mesoamerica (born 1805).

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1851 in archaeology
• 1853 in archaeology

References

1. Woodyatt, Amy (2019-09-02). "Scottish officials are hunting the remains of 18th-century 'witch'". CNN Travel. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
2. Flynn, Meagan (2019-09-03). "The bones of an 18th century 'witch' vanished decades ago. Now Scottish officials are hunting for them". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2019-09-03.
3. St. Clair, William (2022). St Clair, David; Barnes, Lucy (eds.). Who Saved the Parthenon? A New History of the Acropolis Before, During and After the Greek Revolution (PDF). Cambridge: Open Book Publishers. pp. 490–491. doi: 10.11647/OBP.0136 . ISBN   978-1-78374-461-9. S2CID   248842303. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2023-01-07.