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1697 In Archaeology
The decade of the 1690s in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations * Excavations * Finds * 1693 - Alfred Jewel discovered at North Petherton in Somerset, England. * 1697 - Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb discovered in Lebanon by Henry Maundrell. Events * 1693 - John Aubrey completes his ' in manuscript. * 1694 - Maltese Canon (priest), canon Ignazio di Costanzo reports in a letter that the Cippi of Melqart bear an inscription in the Phoenician alphabet. Births * 1690: February 3 - Richard Rawlinson, English antiquarian (d. 1755 in archaeology, 1755) * 1692: October 31 - Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765 in archaeology, 1765) * 1696: Francis Drake (antiquary), Francis Drake, English antiquary (d. 1771 in archaeology, 1771) Deaths * 1697: John Aubrey, English antiquary (b. 1626 in archaeology, 1626) * 1698: Giovanni Giustino Ciampini, Italian archaeologist (b. 1633 in archaeology, 1633) References {{s-end Archaeology by decade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1680s In Archaeology
The decade of the 1680s in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations * Excavations * 1685: Dolmen at Borger, Netherlands, excavated by Titia Brongersma. Finds * Publications * 1685: Jacob Spon - ''Miscellanea eruditae antiquitatis'' Events * 1683: June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens in Oxford. The Rev. Robert Huntington donates the limestone false door stele of Shery (Egypt), Shery from Saqqara (Fourth Dynasty of Egypt), one of the first large Middle Eastern sculptures seen in Western Europe. * 1687: An explosion destroys part of the Parthenon. Births * 1685: approximate date - John Horsley (archaeologist), John Horsley, English people, English archaeologist (d. 1732 in archaeology, 1732) * 1687: November 7 - William Stukeley, English antiquarian (d. 1765 in archaeology, 1765) Deaths * 1680: November 28 - Athanasius Kircher, Germany, German scholar (b. 1602 in archaeology, 1602) * 1689: November 26 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1630s in archaeolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |