1875 in archaeology

1875 in archaeology

The year 1875 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

*Hermes and the infant Dionysos by Praxiteles or his followers, a Hellenistic or Roman copy after the original of 4th century BC is discovered in the rubble of the ruined Temple of Hera at Olympia, Greece. It is now at Archaeological Museum, Olympia, Greece.

Publications

Births

*October 21 - Sir Guy Francis Laking, keeper of the London Museum
*November 19 - Hiram Bingham III

Deaths

* Jean-Frédéric Waldeck

See also

*Ancient Egypt / Egyptology


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