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1829 in archaeology
Overview of the events of 1829 in archaeology
1829 in archaeology
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- 'Charles Masson' (James Lewis) explores the Indus Valley civilisation and locates the site of Harappa.[1]
- First excavations at Olympia, Greece by an expedition led by Abel Blouet[2]
- Yorkshire Philosophical Society concludes excavation of St Mary's Abbey, York, England,[3] prior to construction of the Yorkshire Museum on part of the site.
- Engis 2, part of the skull of a young child and other bones, recognised in 1936 as the first known Neanderthal fossil, is found in the Awirs cave near Engis in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) by Philippe-Charles Schmerling.[4]
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- 10 May - Thomas Young, English Egyptologist (b. 1773)[5]
- Masson, Charles (1842). Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab.
- "Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey: History of York". www.historyofyork.org.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- Schmerling, Philippe-Charles (1833). Recherches sur les ossements fossiles découverts dans les cavernes de la Province de Liège. Liège: P.-J. Collardin. S. 1–66.
- "Thomas Young". Britannica.com. Retrieved 17 May 2017.