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1810 in archaeology
Overview of the events of 1810 in archaeology
The year 1810 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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- Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.
- Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England: Second excavations by William Cunnington and Richard Colt Hoare.
- Alexander von Humboldt publishes illustrated accounts of Pre-Columbian ruins of Mesoamerica including Mitla and Xochicalco.
- Richard Colt Hoare begins publication of The Ancient History of Wiltshire in England.
- 11 April: Henry Rawlinson, English Assyriologist (d. 1895).[1]
- 26 July: Henry Christy, English ethnologist, archaeologist and sponsor (d. 1865).
- 30 March: Luigi Lanzi, Italian archaeologist (b 1732).[2]
- 31 December: William Cunnington, English antiquarian (b. 1754).
- Roman Forum - excavations
- "Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson - British orientalist". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- "Lanzi, Luigi". arthistorians.info. Retrieved 2017-05-17.