1820 in archaeology

1820 in archaeology

The year 1820 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

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Excavations

Publications

* " Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia" by Giovanni Battista Belzoni
* First volume of the American Antiquarian Society's "Transactions". Includes map and descriptions of Mound Builders remain in Ohio by Caleb Atwater

Finds

*Aphrodite of Melos (also called Venus de Milo) is discovered. It is made c. 150 BC - 125 BC. It is now kept at Musee du Louvre, Paris.

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

Deaths


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