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1836 in archaeology

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1836 in archaeology.

Explorations
October 16 - Ruins of Roman site at Mastaura in Greece visited by William Hamilton.
Site of Susa in Persia examined by Henry Rawlinson.

Excavations

Finds
May - Right half of Llandaf Diptych (carved from elephant ivory in Paris around 1340/60) found in south Wales.
June
17 miniature coffins of unknown provenance are found in a cave on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.
Wreck of Tudor navy ship Mary Rose (capsized 1545) discovered in the Solent.
Chatsworth Head found near Tamassos on Cyprus.

Publications
Otto Jahn - Palamedes.
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen - Ledetraad til Nordisk Oldkyndighed.

Events
October 25 - Luxor Obelisk re-erected in Place de la Concorde, Paris.
James Prinsep begins to decipher the Edicts of Ashoka.

Births

Deaths

References

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